Hi guys, this is Fiona from IELTS with Fiona.
We're in week three of the September challenge and I'm going to look at a part three listening.
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All right, so let's get started with this part three today.
It's called Work Experience for Veterinary Science Students.
Now, veterinary is a difficult word to pronounce for anybody, so people often shorten it to say a vet.
A vet is a medical, a doctor for animals, obviously.
Vet has other meanings.
It means a veteran.
So in the UK, a veteran is somebody who might have served in a war and is no longer a soldier.
It also has the meaning I've discovered in America.
You can say a veteran teacher, which means that you've been a teacher for a long time.
To me that sounds a bit weird because I associate veterans with being soldiers, but apparently it's fine.
Anyway, in this listening, it's all about medical.
I keep saying medical, sorry animal doctors, which of course are medical doctors, but for animals.
So remember, in part three there are two students discussing some kind of academic topic and this is about their work experience.
So you know, when you're training you often have to do maybe a week or a month working in the field, basically getting practical experience rather than theoretical experience.
So Diana and Tim are discussing what they experienced when they did this practice.
So the first set of questions are multiple choice.
So there are three options for each question A, B or C.
In the reading there are four options, but in the listening, thank goodness, only three.
And the first question is this.
It says what problem did both Diana and Tim have when arranging their work experience?
Now here's my first tip.
It's the word both.
So this means that they maybe one of them had one problem and the other one had the other problem.
But which problem did both of them have?
And this, in this example, is actually really tricky.
So the three options here are number one making initial contact with suitable farms.
Number two or b sorry b organizing transport to and from the farm.
And c finding a placement for the required length of time.
Now, i actually had to go back and listen to this twice.
It is tricky.
So What do we want to listen for?
The initial contact with suitable farms, organising transport and the required length of time.
So Tim says, my farm was great, but arranging the work experience was hard.
One problem was it was miles away and I don't drive.
Also, I'd really wanted a placement for a month, but I could only get one for two weeks.
So Tim has mentioned every problem.
The first problem, arranging the work experience.
The second one, he couldn't drive, so the transport was a problem.
And the third one was about the length of time.
He wanted a month, but he could only get two weeks.
So he's mentioned all of those.
So now we need to find which one Diana had.
She says, I was lucky.
The farmer let me stay on the farm so I didn't have to travel.
So she didn't have the travel problem.
The right sort of farm to apply to wasn't easy.
The right sort of farm to apply to wasn't easy.
And there you've got the synonym, a suitable farm.
So that gives us the answer.
A Tim confirms this and he says no, they don't seem to have websites, do they?
I found mine through a friend of my mother's, but it wasn't easy.
So he's repeated it wasn't easy.
She said it wasn't easy.
And the answer then is A making initial contact with suitable farms, because they didn't have websites.
And she agrees.
She says no.
So that's the agreement.
But that's really not a nice question.
22 is more straightforward.
He says, Tim says he was pleased to be able to help.
A, a lamb that had a broken leg.
B, a sheep that was having difficulty giving birth.
Or C, a newly born lamb that was having trouble breathing, feeding.
So he says my farm was mostly livestock, especially sheep.
I really enjoyed helping out with them.
I was up most of one night helping a sheep deliver a lamb.
That's the answer.
She says on your own?
And he says no, the farmer was there and he told me what to do.
So this is the clear indication that he helped deliver the lamb.
And that is the answer, A. But listen for the tricks.
He says, oh, sorry, no, sorry.
He says, listen, he says, it wasn't a straightforward birth, but I managed.
So it's the birth. that gives us the answer B, a sheep that was having difficulty giving birth.
But the fact that he helped gives us that answer B compared to the trick.
He then says it was a great feeling to see the lamb stagger to its feet and start feeding almost straight away.
So It didn't have trouble feeding, so it's not C.
Then he says another time a lamb had broken its leg.
So this is the trick with A. A lamb had broken its leg.
Notice the words are exactly the same, so it's probably wrong.
And they got the vet in to set it free.
And he talked me through what he was doing.
So basically the vet did it and Tim didn't help.
So the answer there is B, a sheep was having difficulty.
Synonym is it wasn't a straightforward birth.
23, Diana now says the sheep on her farm...
A were different varieties, B were mainly reared for their meat and C had better quality wool than sheep on the hills.
So the first one, they were different kinds of sheep.
The second B, they were reared for their meat, and C, something about their wool.
Now on my list key words for IELTS, I actually put reared and that might seem strange.
People might say but that's a really it's not a common word.
It's not a common word but it is in IELTS, because they often talk about breeding animals and they use reared for a synonym.
It's really late, I'm so tired, sorry.
So This really shows how, if you follow that list, it's on my free 28-day planner.
Those words will come up, I promise you.
And it happens here.
So she says, my farm had sheep too.
The farm was in a valley and they had a lowland breed called Suffolks.
Although the farmer said they had had other breeds in the past.
So that's the trick.
They had had other breeds in the past.
But they don't have other breeds now.
So it's not a. That's a tense trick.
I've talked about that a lot.
How they choose tenses to give you the trick.
And Tim says so.
Were they bred for their meat?
Here's the word you need, bred.
Were they bred for their meat?
And she says, mostly, yes.
So, the answer is they were mainly, mostly, reared, bred for their meat.
And the answer is B. The thing about the wool question. it's more about Tim really.
He says, my farm had different breeds of sheep.
Sorry, my farm had a different breed of sheep.
They were cheviots.
Maybe that is quite confusing, the trick about various varieties.
And she said, oh, I heard their wool is really sought after.
That's Tim's sheep.
And he said, yes, it's very hard wearing and they use it for carpets.
So they mentioned the wool, but they didn't say the wool was better quality.
There wasn't a comparison.
So the sheep on her farm were mainly reared for their meat.
Twenty four.
What did the students learn about adding supplements to chicken feed?
I just think it's hysterical that the conversations that you get in IELTS about completely random topics but it's not a random topic, it's farming.
It's the most on my vocabulary course.
Farming is the one.
I have to stop myself putting more examples in because I've already got so many.
I wanted to add this one.
Look, here's another one about farming.
It's ridiculous, really.
Anyway, what did the students learn about adding supplements to chicken feed?
A, they should only be given if specially needed.
B, it is worth paying extra for the most effective ones.
Or C, the amount given at one time should be limited.
Now, there's another vocabulary item here I've addressed before.
This idea of is it worth it?
Is it worth paying for something?
Does it have the value that you pay for?
And the language comes up here and it's crucial for the answer.
So she says, well, Tim starts.
He says, I was interested in the amount of supplements they add to animals feed nowadays.
Even the chickens got extra vitamins and electrolytes in their feed.
So if you're not sure about the word supplements, try to guess that from context.
They often give you a kind of clue.
So this one, the chicken's got vitamins, is the clue.
That's the meaning of supplements.
Diana says, yes, I found that too.
They're not cheap.
But my farmer said some are overpriced for what they are.
They are overpriced, so they are not worth paying extra.
So we can cross off B And she says he just gave them at times when the chickens seemed to particularly require them.
So, they should only be given if specially needed.
That's answer 24A.
Tim brings the trick.
He says, yes, mine said the same.
He said certain breeds of chickens might need more supplements than the others, but the cheap and expensive ones are all basically the same.
Yeah, so that's just confirming it's not worth paying extra.
25.
What happened when Diana was working with dairy cows?
He says, did your farm have any other livestock, Diana?
And she says, yes, dairy cows.
So what problem was there?
A. She identified some cows incorrectly.
B. She accidentally threw away some milk.
Or C. She made a mistake when storing milk.
Now, these are all quite closely connected.
So, she said, I made a really embarrassing mistake when I was working in the milk shed.
Some cows had been treated with antibiotics, so their milk wasn't suitable for human consumption.
And it had to be put in a separate container.
So here's the idea of storage.
But I got mixed up and I poured some milk from the wrong cow in with the milk for humans.
So she put the milk in the wrong storage place.
So the whole lot had to be thrown away.
So the question is we know she made a mistake, but it's not A.
Did she actually accidentally throw milk away, or did she make the mistake when storing the milk?
So the answer is C. It was when she was storing it.
She didn't accidentally throw it away.
She had to throw it away because she mixed it with the wrong type of milk.
So 25 is C.
26.
What did both farmers mention about vets and farming?
This is tricky.
A. Vets are failing to cope with some aspects of animal health.
B. There needs to be a fundamental change in the training of vets.
Or C. Some jobs could be done by the farmer rather than by a vet.
So, 26.
Tim says, I asked my farmer how much he depended on the vet to deal with health problems.
I'd read reports that the livestock's health is being affected as farmers are under pressure to increase production.
Well, he didn't agree with that, but he said that actually some of the stuff the vets do like minor operations he'd be quite capable of doing himself.
Now, I'm just going to focus on that last line.
He said that some of the stuff the vets do like minor operations he'd be quite capable of doing himself.
So that gives us answer C. Some jobs could be done by the farmer rather than by a vet.
What I'd like to mention in that last one is how important it is that you're familiar with the contractions.
You know, when you're doing your speaking, I often say use the contraction form, the contracted form, it sounds much more natural.
And, you know, like he is becomes he's, he would becomes he'd, or I would like becomes I'd like.
And once you practice saying that, it's easier for you to hear it.
And there are about three examples in this listening where you really need to recognize the contraction.
Because in this last one, for example, he just says, he'd be quite capable of doing it himself.
He'd be quite But very fast speech, it's quite hard to pick up.
He'd be.
He doesn't say he would be quite capable.
He'd be.
So that is something, and that's my tip to leave you with today.
In the next part, I'm not going to do it now because it's too long.
There's a lot of where he uses this d or the had form.
Let me give you an example.
He says, I'd thought it'd be hard.
I'd thought it'd be hard.
I had thought it would be hard.
And then Tim also says, I thought they'd know a lot about it.
I thought they'd know a lot.
Contraction.
But scientists don't know much.
Contraction.
And those actually give you the answers.
For the second part of this, part three.
I'm not going to do that now because it's just too much information.
I think this is a tricky one.
So I would go and find that online and try it yourself.
So do let me know if you've got any questions, if you need any help or if you've got any specific requests.
Thanks for listening.
That's all for now.
Bye bye.
