[00:00.75]PART I DICTATION
[00:04.32]Listen to the following passage.
[00:06.91]Altogether the passage will be read to you four times.
[00:11.19]During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed,
[00:15.02]listen and try to understand the meaning.
[00:18.06]For the second and third readings,
[00:20.27]the passage will be read sentence by sentence,
[00:23.21]or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds.
[00:27.65]The last reading will be done at normal speed again
[00:30.83]and during this time you should check your work.
[00:34.22]You will then be given 2 minutes
[00:36.19]to check through your work once more.
[00:38.87]Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
[00:43.18]Now, listen to the passage.
[00:47.38]The Modern Family
[00:49.78]Father leaves for work in the morning after breakfast.
[00:53.73]The two children take the bus to school,
[00:56.77]and mother stays home cooking and cleaning
[00:59.52]until father and the kids return home in the evening.
[01:03.83]This is the traditional picture of a happy family living in Britain.
[01:09.09]The past 20 years have seen enormous changes
[01:12.99]in the lives and structure of families in Britain.
[01:16.97]The biggest change has been caused by divorce.
[01:20.62]As many as 2 out of 3 marriages now end in divorce,
[01:25.60]leading to a situation where many children live with one parent
[01:30.28]and only see the other at weekends or holidays.
[01:34.17]There has also been a huge rise
[01:36.82]in the number of women with children who work.
[01:40.41]The large rise in divorces has meant
[01:43.00]many women need to work to support themselves and their children.
[01:48.09]Even when there is no divorce,
[01:50.21]many families need both parents to work in order to survive.
[01:56.14]The second and third readings.
[01:58.34]You should begin writing now.
[02:01.55]Father leaves for work in the morning after breakfast.
[02:19.47]Father leaves for work in the morning after breakfast.
[02:37.34]The two children take the bus to school,
[02:54.45]The two children take the bus to school,
[03:11.81]and mother stays home cooking and cleaning
[03:29.13]and mother stays home cooking and cleaning
[03:46.57]until father and the kids return home in the evening.
[04:04.48]until father and the kids return home in the evening.
[04:22.54]This is the traditional picture of a happy family living in Britain.
[04:41.63]This is the traditional picture of a happy family living in Britain.
[05:00.62]The past 20 years have seen enormous changes
[05:04.09]in the lives and structure of families in Britain.
[05:22.21]The past 20 years have seen enormous changes
[05:25.60]in the lives and structure of families in Britain.
[05:43.61]The biggest change has been caused by divorce.
[06:01.31]The biggest change has been caused by divorce.
[06:18.98]As many as 2 out of 3 marriages now end in divorce,
[06:38.11]As many as 2 out of 3 marriages now end in divorce,
[06:57.10]leading to a situation where many children live with one parent
[07:16.25]leading to a situation where many children live with one parent
[07:35.29]and only see the other at weekends or holidays.
[07:52.74]and only see the other at weekends or holidays.
[08:10.84]There has also been a huge rise
[08:13.36]in the number of women with children who work.
[08:30.49]There has also been a huge rise
[08:32.99]in the number of women with children who work.
[08:50.39]The large rise in divorces has meant
[09:07.62]The large rise in divorces has meant
[09:24.98]many women need to work to support themselves and their children.
[09:44.00]many women need to work to support themselves and their children.
[10:02.95]Even when there is no divorce,
[10:19.71]Even when there is no divorce,
[10:36.37]many families need both parents to work in order to survive.
[10:55.34]many families need both parents to work in order to survive.
[11:14.43]The last reading.
[11:16.81]Father leaves for work in the morning after breakfast.
[11:20.41]The two children take the bus to school,
[11:23.45]and mother stays home cooking and cleaning
[11:26.59]until father and the kids return home in the evening.
[11:30.59]This is the traditional picture of a happy family living in Britain.
[11:35.93]The past 20 years have seen enormous changes
[11:39.77]in the lives and structure of families in Britain.
[11:43.62]The biggest change has been caused by divorce.
[11:47.26]As many as 2 out of 3 marriages now end in divorce,
[11:52.23]leading to a situation where many children live with one parent
[11:56.88]and only see the other at weekends or holidays.
[12:00.63]There has also been a huge rise
[12:03.58]in the number of women with children who work.
[12:07.07]The large rise in divorces has meant
[12:09.51]many women need to work to support themselves and their children.
[12:14.59]Even when there is no divorce,
[12:16.66]many families need both parents to work in order to survive.
[12:21.90]Now you have two minutes to check through your work.
[14:31.42]That is the end of part 1 dictation.