[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.
[00:47.53]Mother's Day
[00:49.66]Does your mother know how much you appreciate her?
[00:53.10]Well, Mother's Day is the time to show her.
[00:56.88]It's a chance to say 'thank you',
[00:59.38]or to tell your mum how much you love her.
[01:02.53]In Britain, Mother's Day, or Mothering Sunday,
[01:06.78]falls on a different day each year,
[01:09.59]because it takes place a few weeks before the festival of Easter.
[01:14.07]But it is always in the early springtime, which seems appropriate,
[01:18.58]as the season when new plants emerge,
[01:21.03]and baby birds and animals are born.
[01:24.60]In the USA, Mother's Day takes place a little later, in May,
[01:29.71]and many other countries also celebrate their mothers
[01:33.07]on different days of the year.
[01:35.86]It began many years ago, when children,
[01:38.93]especially girls, as young as 10 would live and work away from home
[01:44.10]as housemaids and other types of servant.
[01:47.45]Mothering Sunday was a day
[01:49.49]when everyone was allowed to go to their home village or town,
[01:53.70]and visit their mothers.
[01:56.93]The second and third readings.
[01:58.92]You should begin writing now.
[02:03.49]Does your mother know how much you appreciate her?
[02:21.28]Does your mother know how much you appreciate her?
[02:39.18]Well, Mother's Day is the time to show her.
[02:57.32]Well, Mother's Day is the time to show her.
[03:15.39]It's a chance to say 'thank you',
[03:17.52]or to tell your mum how much you love her.
[03:35.19]It's a chance to say 'thank you',
[03:37.39]or to tell your mum how much you love her.
[03:55.16]In Britain, Mother's Day, or Mothering Sunday,
[04:13.61]In Britain, Mother's Day, or Mothering Sunday,
[04:31.83]falls on a different day each year,
[04:48.91]falls on a different day each year,
[05:06.00]because it takes place a few weeks before the festival of Easter.
[05:24.72]because it takes place a few weeks before the festival of Easter.
[05:43.09]But it is always in the early springtime, which seems appropriate,
[06:01.40]But it is always in the early springtime, which seems appropriate,
[06:20.97]as the season when new plants emerge,
[06:38.73]as the season when new plants emerge,
[06:56.41]and baby birds and animals are born.
[07:14.26]and baby birds and animals are born.
[07:32.13]In the USA, Mother's Day takes place a little later, in May,
[07:51.89]In the USA, Mother's Day takes place a little later, in May,
[08:11.71]and many other countries also celebrate their mothers
[08:14.63]on different days of the year.
[08:31.82]and many other countries also celebrate their mothers
[08:34.86]on different days of the year.
[08:51.72]It began many years ago, when children,
[09:09.77]It began many years ago, when children,
[09:28.16]especially girls, as young as 10 would live and work away from home
[09:48.04]especially girls, as young as 10 would live and work away from home
[10:07.69]as housemaids and other types of servant.
[10:25.58]as housemaids and other types of servant.
[10:43.23]Mothering Sunday was a day
[10:45.00]when everyone was allowed to go to their home village or town,
[10:49.33]and visit their mothers.
[11:05.71]Mothering Sunday was a day
[11:07.61]when everyone was allowed to go to their home village or town,
[11:11.77]and visit their mothers.
[11:27.88]The last reading.
[11:31.03]Does your mother know how much you appreciate her?
[11:34.44]Well, Mother's Day is the time to show her.
[11:38.14]It's a chance to say 'thank you',
[11:40.74]or to tell your mum how much you love her.
[11:43.95]In Britain, Mother's Day, or Mothering Sunday,
[11:48.17]falls on a different day each year,
[11:50.90]because it takes place a few weeks before the festival of Easter.
[11:55.24]But it is always in the early springtime, which seems appropriate,
[12:00.14]as the season when new plants emerge,
[12:02.47]and baby birds and animals are born.
[12:05.89]In the USA, Mother's Day takes place a little later, in May,
[12:11.27]and many other countries also celebrate their mothers
[12:14.47]on different days of the year.
[12:17.36]It began many years ago, when children,
[12:20.49]especially girls, as young as 10 would live and work away from home
[12:25.30]as housemaids and other types of servant.
[12:28.90]Mothering Sunday was a day
[12:30.98]when everyone was allowed to go to their home village or town,
[12:35.19]and visit their mothers.
[12:38.15]Now you have two minutes to check through your work.
[14:47.47]That is the end of part 1 dictation.