LISTENING - PART LISTENING - PART PRACTICE I've just come back from a short music course called Singing for Beginners It was at Brownstoke College, which is just to the north of London A woman called Lena Phipps runs these three-day courses for people with no previous experience of singing Lena used to be an opera singer, but no longer (1)…………… occasionally sings in jazz clubs, but spends appears on the stage Nowadays she (2)…………… excellent most of her time teaching She was (3)…………… ! There were only nine of us on the course I attended, five men and four woman, and Lena never takes more than ten students on a course This means that everyone has lots opportunity to sing of attention and plenty of (4)…………… nervous We were all very (5)…………… at the beginning, but every class begins with some exercises to help students relax These are followed by warm-up exercises to improve quality the (6)…………… of the voice During the three days, students learn around twenty songs in a variety of different styles, depending on the interests of the class members There are classical and modern confident enough to songs, including pop songs By the last day, everyone was (7)…………… perform their favourite song on their own! I would really recommend this course Brownstoke College is an old building surrounded by a beautiful garden Accommodation is very comfortable - the single (8)…………… and twin rooms are clean and warm, and three meals a day are included in the cost; a cooked breakfast, lunch and an evening meal The lunch is very good, and the salads can be recommended Courses begin on the last Tuesday of the month, so the next one begins on the th of September 24 (9)……………………… and continues until Thursday the 26th of September I would reserve advise you to (10)…………… a place early, because it's certain to be very popular! LISTENING – PART PRACTICE LISTENING – PART PRACTICE festival completed performances basement created space-ship excellent Entrance £3.25 limited LISTENING – PART PRACTICE W: Frank, tell us about some of the ships you've discovered 300 M: Well, there's nothing quite like finding your first old ship - it was (1)…………… years old It was just lying at the bottom of the sea, so it wasn't difficult to find Most are covered in sand and rocks - but this one wasn't I'm actually a teacher, not a full-time diver - I dive in my free time but I often get to professional divers, because I have good up-to-date equipment them before the (2)…………… fishermen who tell me about their local area Another thing that helps is talking to (3)…………… experiences I've even written a book about some of their (4)…………… At the moment, I'm looking for the gold from a ship called The Seabird It was an enormous well-built ship and it was coming from Australia on a winter night in (5)…………… 1859 (6)…………… Everything was going fine until the ship reached the English coast, when it crashed into some rocks in a very strong wind and sank to the bottom of the sea It was carrying gold from Australia, and most of it is still at the bottom of the sea My wedding ring is actually made from gold which I found on an eighteenthcentury sailing ship A friend of mine, another diver, has already found £88,000 (7)…………… worth of gold from different ships He's now decided to give up his job and become a full-time diver My house is full of things like coins, bottles and old guns My wife is always complaining about the number of objects around the house - she says I should open (8)…………… antiques an (9)…………… shop - but I love all these old things Anyway, in the end, I gave museums some things from my collection to (10)…………… , because I didn't want to sell them But my wife still wasn't very pleased, I'm afraid As diving is a dangerous hobby, it's not a good idea to try to teach yourself I'd advise anyone interested to what I did There are some excellent diving clubs like the one I joined, which run courses for beginners It is best to one of these before you go on a diving holiday LISTENING – PART PRACTICE Thank you for calling the Central Museum information line Central Museum is open every day from 2nd January through 31st December and is open daily from 10 am until pm The museum itself is a wonderful example of architecture completed in the year 1889, and the gardens, still in their local (1)……………… , 1921 original (2)…………… design, surprise and delight visitors of all ages The museum contains an important 19th-century English furniture collection as permanent Japanese art exhibition and admission is free to all visitors well as a (3)…………… Admission includes a free pre-recorded audio guide and we are fully equipped to welcome wheelchair users (4)…………… Our museum shop sells a variety of books, cards, gifts You’ll find all kinds of interesting ideas for both adults and children The museum also has a café, offering a 4.30 selection of hot and cold dishes throughout the day from 10 until (5)…………… For visitors travelling by car, parking is available at the hotel next door It’s just public metres away from the museum There is also frequent local (6)……….…… transport with buses to and from the town centre There are also buses from the railway station every ten minutes throughout the day (7)…………… For further information about the museum, its history and its collection, 451858 for information about please call 01202 451800 You can also call (8)…………… hiring group visits, or if you’re interested in (9)…………… a room at the museum Teachers can look at our website or www.centralmuseum.uk where they find lots of project ideas for (10)…………… work Thank you for calling the Central Museum information line LISTENING – PART PRACTICE Can I just say something about the training day next week You should all receive shortly We’ve had to make changes to rooms and even your programme by email (1)……… now some of the training sessions may have to be held in a different building But we’ll let you know if this happens Some of you have asked about changing to a different session than the one you signed up for We’ve tried to this when it’s been possible but as some training (2)……… sessions are full, it will sometimes not be possible We will let you know by email on 13 (3)……… September the full list of names of people going to each session The materials they’ll be using during the sessions for you trainers will email you the (4)…………… to have a look at before the training day There are some tasks for you to complete in preparation for your session Please make sure you print out these materials and (5)……….…… completer the exercises before you attend questionnaire At the end of the training day you will all be given a (6)…….………… for your comments on each of the sessions you attended Could you please make sure you complete this and give it to the training manager? We are using a new company for this event and are keen to see how well the day goes Because staff in the company restaurant will also be attending training sessions, the cold restaurant will not be open We are arranging (7)………… food, teas and coffee for everyone Could you email the restaurant manager before the end of this week and let him dietary know if you have any special (8)………… requirements Finally, can I remind you to 134 for any last-minute changes Yes, we’ll check the noticeboard outside room (9)……… email you all important information but several of you have complained that you haven’t messages so to be absolutely sure you’re up to date, check the received our (10)………… , noticeboard LISTENING – PART PRACTICE Before tonight’s news, let me tell you about some of the shows we have for you this week, so you can make a note of them in your diary There are a few changes to our regular (1)…………… programmes, so listen carefully to make sure you don’t miss any of your favourites 8.30 Tonight at (2)………… John Seymour will present this week’s wildlife documentary safari park when he went John entertained us all previously with his trip to the (3)……… along to meet the elephants This time John will be telling us about how we can wildflowers in our gardens recognize the (4)………………… Then our first change of schedule Apologies to listeners looking forward to Writers’ interview World and our (5)………….….with Francis Selhurst, on how to get ideas for your next novel We’ve had to rearrange this interview for next week as Francis is attending a conference Instead, we’ll be talking with an expert about how you can internet make use of the (6)……… …… to get your next book published Thursday at 8.00 we have Sports Night as usual, with a look at next On (7)……….… cancelled due to weekend’s football Most of the games from last Saturday were (8)…… …… the terrible weather, so there are no reports on those matches But our experts will be looking forward to seeing some action this Saturday and will be trying to predict results as usual Join our team at 8.00 And finally, our reporter Sally Williams will be in town next Friday morning She’ll weekly programme Money Matters, starting be interviewing people for our (9)……….… from 10.00, not the usual 9.00 If you’d like the chance to speak to her and share your views of your experiences and any problems you may have, meet Sally at the (10)……… main door of the library, not the normal meeting place at the Town Hall, which is closed due to building work