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YEAR 11 IGCSE QUALIFYING EXAMINATION

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

0510/32 and 0511/32
Paper 3 Listening (Core)

TRANSCRIPT 2018

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TRANSCRIPT

IGCSE English as a Second Language

Listening Core

Year 11 Qualifying Examination 2018

TRACK 1

R1 ___________________

IGCSE English as a Second Language

Year 11 Qualifying Examination 2018

Listening Comprehension

Welcome to the exam.

In a moment, your teacher is going to give out the question papers. When you get your
paper, fill in your name, Centre number and candidate number on the front page. Do not talk
to anyone during the exam.

If you would like the recording to be louder or quieter, tell your teacher NOW. The recording
will not be stopped while you are doing the exam.

Teacher: please give out the question papers, and when all the candidates are ready to start
the test, please turn the recording back on.

[BEEP]

TRACK 2

R1 Now you are all ready, here is the exam.

Exercise 1

You will hear four short recordings. Answer each question on the line provided. Write no more
than three words for each detail.

You will hear each recording twice.

Pause 00'05"

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R1 Question 1

a) How should people send their photographs to The National Tourism Board?

b) By when do entries need to be sent?

[radio infomercial]

V1 * And here’s something that will interest listeners who enjoy photography. The National
Tourism Board has organised a photography competition which is open to anyone over the
age of twelve. The theme of the competition is ‘Work Hard, Play Hard’ and entries should be
sent by email to the address shown on The National Tourism Board’s website. The closing
date for entries is the 21 st August and each entry should be accompanied by your full name, a
contact number and your date of birth. **

Pause 00'10"
Repeat from * to **
Pause 00'05"

R1 Question 2

a) Which club is not affected by the closure of the gymnasium?

b) When can students find out about the Aerobics Club?

[announcement]

V1 * Before we finish our assembly today, I have a special announcement from the PE
Department. The gymnasium will be closed for the next five days, so PE classes will meet in
the auditorium until it opens again. Climbing Club will take place as normal, but Badminton
Club is cancelled this week. Members of the Aerobics Club should check the noticeboard
after break time for information about when and where they will be meeting this week. *

Pause 00'10"
Repeat from * to **
Pause 00'05"

R1 Question 3

a) Which topics is James considering for his science project?

b) Where are Sonia and James?

V1 [Male] * Hello Sonia. You look busy. What are you doing?

V2 [Female] Oh, hello James. I’m working on the project we have to do for our science class.

V1 Oh, I haven’t started mine yet. When do we have to hand them in?

V2 Next Tuesday James. You’d better get started or you won’t finish in time.

V1 Oh dear, I didn’t realise the deadline was next week. I need to choose a topic. Can you
remember what the choices are?

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V2 Well, there are three. I think it’s heat, sound and electricity, but let me check. I wrote it
down in my notebook somewhere. Ah, here it is: electricity, light and sound. I’m doing
electricity, so why don’t you choose one of the others?

V1 OK, but which one? I can’t decide.

V2 Just pick one James, and then ask the librarian over there to show you where the books
are on that topic. **

Pause 00'10"
Repeat from * to **
Pause 00'05"

R1 Question 4

a) How often does Sara go to her exercise class?

b) What was the last activity Sara did in her exercise class today?

V1 [Male] * Hello Sara. How are you? You’re looking well.

V2 [Female] Hi Josh. I’m fine thanks. In fact, I’m feeling great. I’ve just come from the sports
centre.

V1 Oh, what have you been doing?

V2 I’ve been to my exercise class. I go twice a week. I really enjoy it.

V1 That sounds good. What kind of exercises do you do?

V2 All sorts – there’s a trainer who tells us what to do, so I just follow her instructions.

V1 So what did you do today?

V2 I warmed up by spinning on the cycling machine for about fifteen minutes, then did twenty
minutes on the rowing machine, some weight lifting, and finished with some kick boxing. It’s
really great fun, but after an hour of that I’m exhausted.

V1 Do you use the running machine too?

V2 Sometimes, but not today. **

Pause 00'10"
Repeat from * to **
Pause 00'05"

R1 That is the end of the four short recordings. In a moment you will hear Exercise 2. Now
look at the questions for this part of the exam.

Pause 00’20”

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TRACK 3

R1 Exercise 2

You will hear a talk about comic books. Listen to the talk and complete the details below.
Write one or two words, or a number, in each gap.

You will hear the talk twice.

V1 * Good morning everyone. In today’s talk we will be exploring something that I’m sure
some of you are interested in, and that’s comics - or more specifically a particular style of
Japanese comic, called manga.

Comics are a popular, fun and effective style of story-telling. They are a combination of art,
writing and graphic design and are easily recognisable because of their use of bubbles, or
balloons, to show what characters are saying and thinking. Stories that are told in comic style
are presented in a sequence of pictures called a comic strip. Comic strips appear in
newspapers and magazines all over the world, and longer comic strips are sold as books or
graphic novels - and I’m sure many of you have browsed the shelves of graphic novels and
comic books in a bookshop. Because of their popularity with young people, comic books and
graphic novels are often found in schools and libraries, and are a good way for young people
to get into reading and develop a love of books and literature.

The first comics were created over two hundred years ago, but it was in the 1930s that they
really became popular. The main reason for their popularity increasing was because DC
Comics, an American company, introduced a new type of character to its comic strips. This
new character was a being from another planet with superhuman powers. He was called
Superman. Superman was the first comic book superhero, and due to his success, other
superheroes with different powers soon followed. They included Batman, The Flash, The
Fantastic Four, Spiderman, Wolverine and The X-Men.

In the mid-1940s, American soldiers sent to Japan often took comic books with them. Comics
were produced in Japan before this, but the influence of the American comics affected the
future development of Japanese comics. Eventually, Japanese comic books developed an
enormously popular style which came to be known as manga and, unlike American comics,
manga included a wide variety of story topics - not just superheroes.

One of the first artists to create comics in the modern manga style was Osamu Tezuka. He is
sometimes called the father of modern manga. His many creations include Astro Boy and
Kimba the white lion, both of which became famous worldwide as animated cartoons.
Tezuka’s drawings were influenced by popular American cartoon characters of the time such
as Betty Boop, Bambi and Mickey Mouse. Tezuka’s characters had large, expressive eyes
and this became one of the most recognisable features of manga art.

Other typical features of modern manga characters include glinting highlights in their eyes,
overly large heads, unusual hair colouring, small mouths, and bodies with long legs. In
addition, characters often show over-exaggerated emotions. For example, when they cry,
their tears pour out in buckets, or when they laugh their mouths become very large and their
eyes just small slits. Manga artists draw with clean lines and simple shapes. Finished manga
is usually printed in black and white, whereas most American comics are colour. A manga
book is normally made by a single creator, who writes the story, draws the cartoon strip, and
adds the speech bubbles.

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Today, manga is enjoyed by people of all ages because of the wide variety of story topics and
styles. Some of the most famous manga characters and stories are turned into cartoons,
known as anime, as well as computer games. **
Pause 00’30”

R1 Now you will hear the talk again.

Repeat from * to **
Pause 00'30"

R1 That is the end of the talk.

In a moment you will hear Exercise 3. Now look at the questions for this part of the exam.
Pause 00'25"

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TRACK 4

R1 Exercise 3

You will hear six people talking about cars, and what’s important to them when buying one.
For each of Speakers 1 to 6, choose from the list, A to G, which opinion each speaker
expresses. Write the letter in the box. Use each letter only once. There is one extra letter
which you do not need to use.

You will hear the recording twice.

R1 *Speaker 1

I’ve owned many cars in my life – probably about twenty – but not at the same time of course.
I bought my first one when I was twenty-two and back then I liked sports cars. Cars that
looked good and went fast were what I loved, but after I got married and became a parent my
priorities changed. Nowadays it’s not speed I look for, but features like air bags, rear seat
belts, fog lights and good crash test results. Have I become boring? I don’t think so, I’m just
doing what any responsible parent would do.

Pause 00’10”

R1 Speaker 2

I do a lot of driving, both for work and pleasure. I enjoy it – it’s fun, it’s interesting, you get to
see a lot of new places and, of course, modern cars are so comfortable and easy to drive.
The car I have at the moment is an automatic, which means I don’t have to do the gear
changing manually as the car does it itself – I think it has a computer attached to the gear
box or something - and that just adds to the simplicity and enjoyment of the driving
experience. I think this is the most important feature of any car that I buy.

Pause 00’10”

R1 Speaker 3

A car is like a fashion statement – it tells the world who you are! Yes, it’s important to have a
car with good safety features, and of course it needs to be reliable and nice to drive, but in
my opinion, since everyone is going to see you in your car, then above all it’s got to look
good.

Pause 00’10”

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R1 Speaker 4

Over the years, I’ve owned lots of cars. I buy mine second-hand because I think you can get
a better deal. But you have to be careful when you buy second-hand because you don’t want
to end up with something that breaks down a lot. I don’t mind what colour or model my car is,
as long as it’s reliable and will get me from A to B. I always get a mechanic to check the car
first if I’m thinking of buying it, just in case there are problems I haven’t noticed.

Pause 00’10”

R1 Speaker 5

I travel a lot for my job, so I need a car that’s comfortable to drive, reliable and quite cheap to
run. I’m not fussy about what colour it is – as long as it’s not bright pink or something crazy
like that – but it must have plenty of room for luggage. I usually have to transport boxes of
samples as I’m a saleswoman, so a car that I can’t fit 3 or 4 large boxes into is of no use to
me.

Pause 00’10”

R1 Speaker 6

You can spend a lot of money on petrol if you own a car, so one of the things that’s been
important to me over the years is to buy cars that are economical. I like a car that travels at
least 25 kilometres on one litre of petrol, but nowadays I think it’s even more important that
our cars don’t harm the environment. Some engines are not eco-friendly at all, but most
modern cars have more environmentally friendly engines, and that’s my number one priority
now when I change my car. **
Pause 00’20”

R1 Now you will hear the six speakers again.

Repeat from * to **

Pause 00'30"

R1 That is the end of Exercise 3.

In a moment you will hear Exercise 4. Now look at the questions for this part of the exam.
Pause 00'25

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TRACK 5

R1 Exercise 4

You will hear a radio presenter talking to Steven Briggs, a biologist, about colours that occur
in nature. Listen to the interview and look at the questions. For each question choose the
correct answer, A, B or C, and put a tick () in the appropriate box.

You will hear the interview twice.

V1 * [Female] Our next guest is biologist Steven Briggs, who has written an interesting book
entitled The Colours Of Nature. Welcome Steven, and thank you for joining us.

V2 [Male] Hello.

V1 So, what inspired you to write this book?

V2 Well, colours can be seen everywhere in nature – that’s what makes it so beautiful. Some
animals and plants, for example, use colours to announce that they’re dangerous, while
others use colour to help them blend in with their environment, so they can’t be seen. Colour
is also important if you want to attract a mate, or it can be used as a way of communicating,
or even to trick and confuse other creatures. Colour serves many purposes in the natural
world and it’s a fascinating topic to explore.

V1 So do you have any favourite animals, based on your interest in colour?

V2 I do. Would you like to hear about some of them?

V1 Yes, please.

V2 Well, on the cover of my book you’ll see a photograph of a very beautiful bird. Do you
know what it is?

V1 It’s a flamingo.

V2 That’s right, and have you ever wondered why flamingos are pink?

V1 I think it’s something to do with what they eat, isn’t it?

V2 That’s right. There’s a chemical called as-tax-an-thin which is produced by algae. Algae is
a kind of water plant.

V1 So do flamingos eat algae?

V2 The flamingos eat the creatures that eat the algae – so yes, in a way they do eat it, but
not directly. It gets passed up the food chain. Flamingos feed on small crustaceans, like
shrimps and prawns, and it’s these creatures that eat the algae. The chemical I mentioned
just now… can you remember its name?

V1 Er… as-tax-an-thin.

V2 Well done – you’re a good listener! Well, the as-tax-an-thin is red and if you eat enough of
it, it will turn you red.

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V1 I see, but the flamingo on the cover of your book isn’t red – it’s pink.

V2 Ah, well you’d have to eat an awful lot of as-tax-an-thin to go completely red, so you’re
quite right to point out that most flamingos are pink, although some do get quite red.

V1 Are there other creatures that are red, or pink, because of this chemical?

V2 There are, yes. Some types of fish - like trout and salmon, shrimps, and other water birds
like the ibis.

V1 What other animals can you tell us about?

V2 Well, there’s the green turtle. Have you ever seen one?

V1 Yes, but the one I saw wasn’t really green. It was dark brown, almost black in fact.

V2 Ah, well it’s not called a green turtle because of the colour of its skin or shell. It actually
gets its name from the colour of its body fat. Green turtles have green fat!

V1 Really?! Why’s that?

V2 Well, green turtles are herbivores, meaning they don’t eat other creatures – only water
plants and algae. It’s the algae that’s responsible for their green fat.

V1 That’s incredible! What else can you tell us?

V2 Do you know what a chameleon is?

V1 Yes, it’s a kind of lizard.

V2 That’s right – it’s a lizard with an amazing ability to change colour – depending on its
mood or its environment. It can change colour because it has four different skin layers. On
the outside is the epidermis, which is a protective layer – just like we have. Under that
though, it has three other layers that reflect different colours of light, or contain different
pigment colours. Depending on its situation or mood, the chameleon can make colour cells in
these three layers expand or contract to create different combinations of colour and patterns.

V1 Where do chameleons come from?

V2 In the wild, most types are found in Africa and Madagascar, but some are found in other
parts of the world too.

V1 Well, we’ve got time to hear about just one more amazing creature. What’s it going to be?

V2 Ah, well this is one of my absolute favourites – the cuttlefish. Sometimes it’s called ‘the
chameleon of the sea’ because, like the chameleon I was just telling you about, cuttlefish can
change colour too – but they do it in spectacular style! A cuttlefish can go from being entirely
one colour to a completely different colour in less than a second, and when it’s hunting it
actually pulses different colours and shapes across its body, which leaves its prey completely
mesmerised. They just look and stare at the amazing light show going on in front of them,
and then the cuttlefish pounces. So, I think this is my absolute favourite animal when it
comes to colour.**

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Pause 00’30”

R1 Now you will hear the interview again.

Repeat from * to **
Pause 00’30’’

R1 That is the end of Exercise 4, and of the exam.

In a moment your teacher will collect your papers. Please check that you have written your
name, Centre number and candidate number on the front of your question paper. Remember,
you must not talk until all the papers have been collected.

Pause 00’10’’

R1 Teacher, please collect all the papers.

Thank you everyone.

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