SARAH: Hello. Children’s Engineering Workshops.
FATHER: Oh hello. I wanted some information about the workshops in the school holidays.
SARAH: Sure.
FATHER: I have two daughters who are interested. The younger one’s Lydia, she’s four – do you take children as young as that?
SARAH: Yes, our Tiny Engineers workshop is for four to five-year-olds.
FATHER: What sorts of activities do they do?
SARAH: All sorts. For example, they work together to design a special cover that goes round an egg 【Q1】, so that when it’s inside they can drop it from a height and it doesn’t break. Well, sometimes it does break but that’s part of the fun!
FATHER: Right. And Lydia loves building things. Is there any opportunity for her to do that?
SARAH: Well, they have a competition to see who can make the highest tower 【Q2】. You’d be amazed how high they can go.
FATHER: Right.
SARAH: But they’re learning all the time as well as having fun. For example, one thing they do is to design and build a car 【Q3】 that’s attached to a balloon, and the force of the air in that actually powers the car and makes it move along. They go really fast too.
FATHER: OK, well, all this sounds perfect.
FATHER: Now Carly, that’s my older daughter, has just had her seventh birthday, so presumably she’d be in a different group?
SARAH: Yes, she’d be in the Junior Engineers. That’s for children from six to eight.
FATHER: And do they do the same sorts of activities?
SARAH: Some are the same, but a bit more advanced. So they work out how to build model vehicles, things like cars and trucks, but also how to construct animals 【Q4】 using the same sorts of material and technique, and then they learn how they can program them and make them move.
FATHER: So they learn a bit of coding?
SARAH: They do. They pick it up really quickly. We’re there to help if they need it, but they learn from one another too.
FATHER: Right. And do they have competition too?
SARAH: Yes, with the Junior Engineers, it’s to use recycled materials like card and wood to build a bridge 【Q5】, and the longest one gets a prize.
FATHER: That sounds fun. I wouldn’t mind doing that myself!
SARAH: Then they have something a bit different, which is to think up an idea for a five-minute movie 【Q6】 and then film it, using special animation software. You’d be amazed what they come up with.
FATHER: And of course, that’s something they can put on their phone and take home to show all their friends.
SARAH: Exactly. And then they also build a robot in the shape of a human, and they decorate 【Q7】 it and program it so that it can move its arms and legs.
FATHER: Perfect. So, is it the same price as the Tiny Engineers?
SARAH: It’s just a bit more: £50 for the five weeks.
FATHER: And are the classes on a Monday, too?
SARAH: They used to be, but we found it didn’t give our staff enough time to clear up after the first workshop, so we moved them to Wednesdays 【Q8】. The classes are held in the morning from ten to eleven.
FATHER: OK. That’s better for me actually. And what about the location? Where exactly are the workshops held?
SARAH: They’re in building 10A – there’s a big sign on the door, you can’t miss it, and that’s in Fradstone 【Q9】 Industrial Estate.
FATHER: Sorry?
SARAH: Fradstone – that’s F-R-A-D-S-T-O-N-E.
FATHER: And that’s in Grasford, isn’t it?
SARAH: Yes, up past the station.
FATHER: And will I have any parking 【Q10】 problems there?
SARAH: No, there’s always plenty available. So would you like to enrol Lydia and Carly now?
FATHER: OK.
SARAH: So can I have your full name …
Complete the notes below.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
听前预测：定位词为 cover；提示词为 an，此处应填元音开头的单数名词。
题目解析：定位词 cover 原词出现，随后出现答案词 egg，但定位词 cover 带有口音，若无法辨识发音，注意跟读模仿其发音。本题定位词 cover 在音频开始 32 秒之后出
现，这很考验心态。注意雅思听力题干出现的节奏，不应按照音频时间来推断， 而是应该按照定位词及相关信息来判断。
听前预测：定位词为 competition；提示词为 tallest，此处应填名词。
题目解析：定位词 competition 原词出现，随后即出现答案词 tower，题干中的 tallest 是录音中 highest 的同义替换。总体来说，本题难度不大，注意区分本题答案词与常考词 towel 的发音和使用语境。towel 意为“毛巾”，一般指在海边或者游泳时随身带的物品。
听前预测：定位词为 Make、balloon；提示词为 a，此处应填辅音开头的单数名词。
题目解析：本题除了通过题干信息定位，还可根据对话内容预判。第 2 题结束时，男性说“Right.”代表对话终结，从视觉上就要关注下一题，题干中的 Make 是录音中 design and build 的同义替换，随后出现答案词 car，之后又出现另一个定位词 balloon，因此答案为 car。注意雅思听力中的同义替换不仅仅指同义词，还可以是同义表达。
听前预测：定位词为 Build、cars、trucks；提示词为 and，此处应填名词。
题目解析：定位词 Build 原词出现，cars、trucks 后出现答案句 but also how to construct animals，其中 construct 是 Build 的同义替换，因此答案为 animals。本题答案
就在定位词之后，难度不大。但是要注意题干中的并列关系，不要盯着题干等 and 后的那个单词出现，更不要把 and 作为定位词，因为它被替换的可能性较大。注意听逻辑关系、节奏、升降调、同义表达，而不是等待原词出现。
听前预测：定位词为 card、wood；提示词为 longest，此处应填名词。
题目解析：考虑到同义替换的可能性，定位词 card、wood 是解题的关键。从题干句型来看，似乎这两个定位词会在答案前出现，longest 可能会在答案后出现，但是实际情况未必如此。因此不要盯着题干句型结构做题，这样会有思维盲点。注意捕捉名词，当听到 like card and wood to build a bridge，基本可以锁定答案，再根据之后听到的 the longest one gets a prize 可确定答案，因此答案为 bridge。
听前预测：定位词为 create、software；提示词为 a、short，此处应填单数名词。
题目解析：定位词 create 是录音中 think up 的同义替换，随后出现答案句“… think up an idea for a five-minute movie and then film it … special animation software”，其中 a five-minute 对应 short，software 原词出现，因此答案为 movie 或 film。
听前预测：定位词为 and program、robot；提示词为 Build，此处应填动词原型。
题目解析：本题的关键在于预判词性。定位词 robot 原词出现，随后出现答案句“and they decorate it and program it”，其中 and program 原词出现，因此答案为 decorate。
听前预测：定位词为 10 am、11 am；提示词为 Held on，此处应填表示星期或日期的词。
题目解析：题干中 Held on 意为“举办（活动等）”，据此可以预判答案很可能是日期或星期。根据男性的问题“And are the class on a Monday, too?”可知，答案应该填星 期，且即将出现。回答中说“… so we moved them to Wednesdays.”，因此答案为 Wednesdays，注意结尾的 s，Wednesdays 意为“每周三”。建议通过本题积累与不同介词搭配的时间表达。
听前预测：定位词为 Building 10A；提示词为 Industrial Estate，此处应填名词或形容词。
题目解析：题干中所有的信息都无法替换，定位较容易。但定位词 Building 10A 原词出现后有干扰信息“there’s a big sign …”，这句话实际上是一句插入语，紧接着就出现了答案词 Fradstone，本题重点考查对字母发音的辨识能力。如果本题做错了，注意跟读模仿其发音。
听前预测：提示词为 Plenty of，此处应填名词。
题目解析：本题没有明确的定位词，可能与上一题的间隔时间不会太长，且速度可能较快。审题时注意预判速度以及词性，提前做好准备。听的时候通过抓取名词代入填写，符合要求的可能就是正确答案。在上题答案 Fradstone 后先出现的名词为 station，但是 station 不能用 plenty of 来修饰，因此排除。而随后出现了 parking problems，选择语义合适的词并记录下来，之后听到回答中提到 plenty available，因此答案为 parking。