WOMAN: Hi Coleman, how are you? COLEMAN: Good, thanks. WOMAN: I wanted to have a chat with you because our friend Josh told me that you've joined a guitar group and it sounds interesting. I'd really like to learn myself. COLEMAN: Why don't you come along? I'm sure there's room for another person. WOMAN: Really? So-who runs the classes? COLEMAN: He's called a 'coordinator' - his name's Gary Mathieson. WOMAN: Let me note that down. Gary... How do you spell his surname? COLEMAN: It's M-A-T-H-I-E-S-O-N. WOMAN: Right, thanks. COLEMAN: He's retired, actually, but he's a really nice guy and he used to play in a lot of bands. WOMAN: Thanks. So how long have you been going? COLEMAN: About a month now. WOMAN: And could you play anything before you started? COLEMAN: I knew a few chords, but that's all. WOMAN: I'm sure everyone will be better than me. COLEMAN: That's what I thought, too. When I first spoke to Gary on the phone, he said it was a class for beginners, but I was still worried that everyone would be better than me, but we were all equally hopeless! WOMAN: Oh, that's reassuring. So where do you meet? COLEMAN: Well, when I joined the group, they were meeting in Gary's home, but as the group got bigger, he decided to book a room at the college in town. I prefer going there. WOMAN: I know that place. I used to go to tap dancing classes there when I was at secondary school. I haven't been since, though and I can't remember what road it's in... is it Lock Street? COLEMAN: It's just beyond there at the bottom of New Street near the city roundabout. WOMAN: Yes, of course. COLEMAN: The guitar club is on the first floor in Room T347. WOMAN: Right. And when do you meet? Is it at the weekend? COLEMAN: We meet on Thursdays. It used to be 10.30 and that suited me well, but now we meet at 11. The class that's in there before us asked if they could have the room for another 30 minutes. WOMAN: Oh, I see, Well, I'd love to come, but I don't have a guitar. COLEMAN: Well, you can always buy a second-hand one. There's a website called 'The perfect instrument' that sells all kinds of guitars, violins and so on. I'm sure you'll find something there. WOMAN: So what's a typical lesson like with Gary? COLEMAN: Well, he always starts by getting us to tune our guitars. That takes about five minutes. WOMAN: Uhuh. COLEMAN: Some people have an app they use, but others do it by ear. Gary goes round and helps them. And while he's doing that, he tells us what he's going lo do during the lesson. WOMAN: Right. COLEMAN: First, we usually spend about ten minutes doing some strumming. WOMAN: So is that using ... what are they called ... plectrums? COLEMAN: No - we just use our thumbs. WOMAN: Much easier. COLEMAN: Gary reminds us where to put our fingers for each chord and then we play them together. Sometimes we all just start laughing because we're so bad at keeping time, so Gary starts clapping to help us. WOMAN: Do you learn to play any songs? COLEMAN: Yes - we do at least one song with words and chords. I mean that's harder than you think. WOMAN: Oh, I'm sure it is! COLEMAN: That part of the lesson takes about 15 minutes. He often brings a recording of the song and plays it to us first. Then he hands out the song and if there's a new chord in it, we practise that before we play it together - but really slowly. WOMAN: Do you do any finger picking? COLEMAN: That's the last ten minutes of the lesson, when we pick out the individual notes from a tune he's made up. It's always quite simple. WOMAN: That must be hard, though. COLEMAN: It is, but people like it because they can really concentrate and if we're all playing well, it sounds quite impressive. The only trouble is that he sometimes gets us to play one at a time - you know, alone. WOMAN: That's scary. COLEMAN: It is, but I've got used to it now. At the end he spends about five minutes telling us what to practise for the following week. WOMAN: Well, thanks Coleman. I'll go and have a look at that website, I think.
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Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
听前预测： 定位词为 Coordinator；提示词为 Gary，此处应填人名。
题目解析： 本题定位词 Coordinator 和提示词 Gary 一出现，答案信息就紧跟着出现。男生先说一遍 Gary 的姓氏，注意这时候可以先适当记录一些好辨认的辅音信息，比
如单词首字母 M。随后女生提问如何拼写该姓氏，男生完整地报一遍拼写。考生注意跟上速度。雅思听力考试在考查人名类信息时，通常会给出具体的单词拼写。
听前预测： 提示词为 Level，此处词性不确定，应填吉他学习的程度。
题目解析： 上一题讲完人名后，对话内容转换到对 Gary 的描述，注意按照预判听取与吉他学习程度相关的信息。男生先提及 He’s retired, actually, but he’s a really nice guy and he used to play in a lot of bands，意为“实际上，虽然他已经退休了，但他是一个非常好的吉他手，曾经在很多乐队中演奏过”，该信息没有任何关于演奏水平的描述，继续听。出现了关于时间描述的新一轮对话，这属于无关信息。随后听到女生问 And could you play anything before you started，意为“你在开始学吉他之前有任何基础吗”，从这里开始，信息开始符合预判方向，但没有适合填写的词，继续听。最后听到男生对班级程度的描述 When I first spoke to Gary on the phone, he said it was a class for beginners，意为“我第一次和 Gary 通电话时，他说这是一门适合初学者的课程”，其中 beginners 符合对于吉他学习程度的描述，故填写。
听前预测： 提示词为 Place、the，此处应填名词，内容应是吉他课的地点，能够与冠词 the搭配。
题目解析： 上一题结束后，女生先问 where do you meet，意为“你们在哪里上课”，提示答案即将给出，注意听回答。男生先说 when I joined the group, they were meeting in Gary’s home，意为“当我刚加入时，他们曾经在 Gary 家里上课”，Gary’s home 是曾经上课的地方，不符合题干对于现在的要求，继续听。男生补充道but as the group got bigger, he decided to book a room at the college in town. I prefer going there，意为“但随着规模的扩大，他决定在城里的大学预订一个房间。我更喜欢去那里”。其中，college 符合题干要求，故填写。注意虽然房间也属于地点类信息，但要搭配冠词 the，意味着地点位置有特定指向性，而原文中房间没有特定指向，college 才符合与冠词 the 搭配的要求。另外，题干要求填写的是上课的地点，如果填写 room，信息还是不明确，college 才能明确位置信息。注意填写答案的语法和信息的方向要符合题干要求。
听前预测： 定位词为 Street；提示词为 Place，此处应填具体地点类信息，与 Street 搭配出现。
题目解析： 本题定位词 Street 先搭配 Lock 出现，这是女生猜测的地点，注意听男生回答的态度确认其是否为正确答案。男生回答 It’s just beyond there at the bottom of New Street near the city roundabout，意为“还要再远一点，就在新街的尽头，靠近城市环岛的位置”，其中 New 一词符合题干要求，且为男生给出的肯定回复，故为正确答案。雅思听力答案大小写都算对。
听前预测： 定位词和提示词均为 Thursday，此处应填时间类信息，可能为时刻或时间类名词，能够与介词 at 搭配。
题目解析： 本题定位词 Thursday 先出现，随后注意听时间，先听到 10.30，但搭配 used to（曾经），不符合题干对于现在时间的要求，继续听。听到男生补充 but now we meet at 11，意为“但是现在我们 11 点上课”，因此答案为 11 点。注意雅思听力中数字类命题无需计算，最后提及的 30 分钟不需要进行计算，它是干扰信息，即解释为什么要延迟半小时上课 The class that’s in there before us asked if theycould have the room for another 30 minutes，意为“（因为）我们前面的那个班级问我们，这个房间是否可以再用 30 分钟”。
听前预测： 定位词为 website；提示词为 The perfect，此处应填网站名称类信息，与 Theperfect 搭配出现。
题目解析： 本题定位词 website 原词出现，男生提及 There’s a website called ‘The perfect instrument’ that sells all kinds of guitars, violins and so on，意为“有一个网站叫做‘完美乐器’，上面出售各种吉他、小提琴等乐器”。其中 instrument 符合题干用词搭配，故填写。雅思听力答案大小写都算对。