Cambridge IELTS 18 · Listening · Test 3 · Part 1

Listening Test 3, Part 1: answers explained

Wayside Camera Club membership form

The recording and its 10 questions (1–10). Every answer is explained with the words that give it away.

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Part 1 recording

Play it once, as in the exam, and answer the questions below as you listen.

Questions 1–10

Form completion
1 Home address: 52 ______ Street, Peacetown
2 Heard about us: from a ______
3 Reasons for joining: to enter competitions to ______
4 Type of membership: ______ membership (£30)
Table completion
5 ‘______ ’
6 Scene must show some ______
7 The ______ was wrong.
8 ‘______ ’
9 Scene must show ______
10 The photograph was too ______

Answers explained

Answer the questions first: finding the evidence yourself teaches more than reading it. The answers stay folded until you ask.

Question 1

Marrowfield

What you hear

52 Marrowfield Street

Why

Dan gives his house number and street as 52 Marrowfield Street, and Breda checks the spelling letter by letter. Write Marrowfield with the double R and the F-I-E-L-D ending she confirms. Peacetown is the town and the ten miles refers to distance, so neither belongs in the gap.
Question 2

relative

What you hear

I was talking to a relative the other day and he suggested it

Why

Dan admits he usually searches online, but this time somebody in the family suggested the club. Breda asks whether that person is a member too, and Dan says no: he belongs to another club. So the source is a relative, not a member or a website.
Question 3

socialise / socialize

What you hear

I also like to socialise with other photographers

Why

Competitions come first, which the form already supplies. The second reason is introduced by 'also': he likes to socialise with other photographers. Either British or American spelling of the verb is fine, and the form needs the verb because it follows 'to'.
Question 4

full

What you hear

I think I’ll go for the full membership

Why

Breda offers £30 for full membership or £20 for an associate, and Dan chooses the full one. The £30 printed on the form also matches full. Associate is the tempting wrong word because it is mentioned straight after, but it costs £20.
Question 5

Domestic Life

What you hear

the theme was entitled ‘Domestic Life’

Why

The first competition's theme was entitled 'Domestic Life', and Breda paraphrases it as something related to the home. The quotation marks in the table show you need the exact title, two words. His dinner-table photo is the picture, not the title.
Question 6

clouds

What you hear

capture the clouds as well

Why

For the sunset competition, the instructions told entrants to capture the clouds as well; blue sky and a setting sun alone wouldn't do. The table needs the thing the scene must show, which is clouds. Pinks and purples are Breda's comment on colour.
Question 7

timing

What you hear

the timing wasn’t right

Why

The judges said Dan should have waited longer to get the shot. Breda sums this up as 'the timing wasn't right', and Dan agrees he took it too soon. The gap after 'The' therefore needs timing, not the sunset itself.
Question 8

Animal Magic

What you hear

called ‘Animal Magic’

Why

Dan names the third competition himself: 'Animal Magic'. Copy it as two capitalised words. Breda's remark that animals are a difficult subject, and Dan's hundreds of shots, are only colour around the title.
Question 9

(animal) movement

What you hear

there had to be some movement in the scene

Why

Breda says animals move all the time, and Dan confirms that the rules required some movement in the scene. So the table is asking for movement, or animal movement. Both fit. The fox is what he photographed, not what the scene had to show.
Question 10

dark

What you hear

I suspected that it was a bit dark, which is what I was told

Why

Dan took his fox picture at night and suspected it was a bit dark, which is exactly what the judges told him. The table's 'too ___' needs dark. His fox, the night and the shots are context; the criticised quality is darkness.

Part 1 audioscript

Part 1 · audioscript

BREDA

Hello, Wayside Camera Club, Breda speaking.

DAN

Oh, hello, um, my name’s Dan and I’d like to join your club.

BREDA

That’s great, Dan. We have an application form- would you like to complete it over the phone, then you can ask any questions you might have?

DAN

Oh, yes, thanks.

BREDA

OK, so what’s your family name?

DAN

It’s Green- Dan Green.

BREDA

So – can I take your email address?

DAN

Yes, it’s [email protected].

BREDA

Thanks. And what about your home address?

DAN

Well, I’m about ten miles away from your club in Peacetown. I live in a house there.

BREDA

OK, so what’s the house number and street?

DAN

It’s 52 Marrowfield Street.

BREDA

Is that M-A double R-O-W-F-l-E-L-D?

DAN

That’s right.

BREDA

... and that’s Peacetown, you said?

DAN

Uhuh.

BREDA

So how did you hear about our club? Did you look on the internet?

DAN

I usually do that, but this time, well, I was talking to a relative the other day and he suggested it.

BREDA

Oh, is he a member too?

DAN

He belongs to another club – but he’d heard good things about yours.

BREDA

OK. So what do you hope to get from joining?

DAN

Well, one thing that really interests me is the competitions that you have. I enjoy entering those.

BREDA

Right. Anything else?

DAN

Well, I also like to socialise with other photographers.

BREDA

That’s great. So what type of membership would you like?

DAN

What are the options?

BREDA

It’s £30 a year for full membership or £20 a year if you’re an associate.

DAN

I think I’ll go for the full membership, then.

BREDA

That’s a good idea because you can’t vote in meetings with an associate membership.

BREDA

If I could just find out a bit more about you...

DAN

OK.

BREDA

So you said you wanted to compete- have you ever won any photography competitions?

DAN

Not yet, but I have entered three in the past.

BREDA

Oh, that’s interesting. So why don’t you tell me something about those? Let’s start with the first one.

DAN

Well, the theme was entitled ‘Domestic Life’.

BREDA

I see – so it had to be something related to the home?

DAN

Yeah. I chose to take a photo of a family sitting round the dinner table having a meal, and, urn, I didn’t win, but I did get some feedback.

BREDA

Oh, what did the judges say?

DAN

That it was too ‘busy’ as a picture.

BREDA

Aha - so it was the composition of the picture that they criticised?

DAN

That’s right - and once they’d told me that, I could see my mistake.

BREDA

So what was the theme of the second competition?

DAN

Well, my university was on the coast and that area gets a lot of beautiful sunsets so that was the theme.

BREDA

Oh, sunsets, that’s a great theme.

DAN

Yes. The instructions were to capture the clouds as well – it couldn’t just be blue sky and a setting sun.

BREDA

Sure, cause they give you all those amazing pinks and purples.

DAN

Yeah – and I thought I’d done that well, but the feedback was that I should have waited a bit longer to get the shot.

BREDA

I see. So the timing wasn’t right.

DAN

Yes – I took it too soon, basically. And then the third competition I entered was called ‘Animal Magic’.

BREDA

Well, that’s a difficult subject!

DAN

I know! I had to take hundreds of shots.

BREDA

I’m sure – because animals move all the time.

DAN

That’s what we had to show – there had to be some movement in the scene. I got a great shot of a fox in the end, but I took it at night and, well, I suspected that it was a bit dark, which is what I was told.

BREDA

Well Dan – you seem to be really keen and we’d be delighted to have you in our club. I’m sure we can help with all those areas that you’ve outlined.

DAN

Thanks, that’s great.

Part 1 recording

Questions 1–10

Answers explained

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Part 1 audioscript