PART 1
Questions 1 – 8 Complete the form below.
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
PACKHAM’S SHIPPING AGENCY – customer quotation form
Example
Country of destination: .K..e..n..y…a…..
Name: Jacob 1 …………
Address to be collected from: |
2 |
………… |
College, Downlands Rd |
Town: Postcode: |
3 |
Bristol ………… |
Size of container:
Length: 1.5m
Width: 4 ………… Height: 5 …………
Contents: clothes
6 …………
7 …………
Total estimated value: 8 £…………
Tapescript for IELTS Listening Recording 1
You will hear a telephone conversation between a customer and an agent at a company which ships large boxes overseas.
A |
Good morning Packham’s Shipping Agents. Can I help you? |
B |
Oh yes, I’m ringing to make enquiries about sending a large box, a container, back home to Kenya from the UK. |
A |
Yes, of course. Would you like me to try and find some quotations for you? |
B |
Yes, that’d be great. Thank you. |
A |
Well first of all, I need a few details from you. |
B |
Fine. |
A |
Can I take your name? |
B |
It’s Jacob Mkere. |
A |
Can you spell your surname, please? |
B |
Yes, it’s M-K-E-R-E. |
A |
Is that ‘M’ for mother? |
B |
Yes. |
A |
Thank you, and you say that you will be sending the box to Kenya? |
B |
That’s right. |
A |
And where would you like the box picked up from? |
B |
From college, if possible. |
A |
Yes, of course. I’ll take down the address now. |
B |
It’s Westall College. |
A |
Is that W-E-S-T-A-L-L? |
B |
Yes, … college. |
A |
Westall College. And where’s that? |
B |
It’s Downlands Road, in Bristol. |
A |
Oh yes, I know it. And the postcode? |
B |
It’s BS8 9PU. |
A |
Right … and I need to know the size. |
B |
Yes, I’ve measured it carefully and it’s 1.5m long … |
A |
Right. |
B |
0.75m wide … |
A |
OK. |
B |
And it’s 0.5m high or deep. |
A |
Great. So I’ll calculate the volume in a moment and get some quotes for that. But first can you tell me, you know, very generally, what will be in the box? |
B |
Yes there’s mostly clothes. |
A |
OK. [writing down] |
B |
And there’s some books. |
A |
OK. Good. Um … Anything else? |
B |
Yes, there’s also some toys. |
A |
OK and what is the total value, do you think, of the contents? |
B |
Well the main costs are the clothes and the books – they’ll be about £1500 but then the toys are about another two hundred – so I’d put down £1700. |
Answers:
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Mkere
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Westall
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BS8 9PU
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0.75 m/metre(s)/meter(s) (wide) / three(-)quarter(s) (of) (a) metre/meter (wide) /
¾ m (wide) / 75 cm(s) (wide)
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0.5 m/metre(s)/meter(s) (high/deep) / (a) half (a) metre/meter (high/deep) /
½ m (high/deep) / 50 cm(s) (high/deep)
- & 7 in either order
(some) books (some) toys
8. 1,700
Words in brackets are optional – they are correct, but not necessary. Alternative answers are separated by a slash (/).