[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.
[00:47.35]April Fool's Day
[00:49.81]1st April is a day to be careful,
[00:52.80]or you could easily get tricked by someone.
[00:55.54]It's April Fool's Day, a day when people traditionally like
[01:00.11]to try to make a fool of someone else and laugh at them.
[01:04.62]There are lots of theories surrounding the origins of the day,
[01:08.73]but one explanation is connected with the change
[01:12.13]in the calendar in the 16th century,
[01:15.05]which meant that 1st April was no longer the beginning of the year.
[01:20.04]Those who still celebrated the New Year on 1st April were called fools.
[01:26.69]So what kind of tricks do people play on April Fool's Day?
[01:31.94]Well, there are lots of simple tricks
[01:34.28]that you can play on your friends.
[01:36.93]For example, you could wear a black sweater
[01:39.96]and pull a piece of white thread through it,
[01:42.62]so that people try to pull it off.
[01:45.10]You could change the time on someone's alarm clock
[01:48.01]so that they're late for work.
[01:51.44]The second and third readings.
[01:53.63]You should begin writing now.
[01:57.12]1st April is a day to be careful,
[02:00.12]or you could easily get tricked by someone.
[02:17.08]1st April is a day to be careful,
[02:19.83]or you could easily get tricked by someone.
[02:36.97]It's April Fool's Day, a day when people traditionally like
[02:56.28]It's April Fool's Day, a day when people traditionally like
[03:15.97]to try to make a fool of someone else and laugh at them.
[03:35.06]to try to make a fool of someone else and laugh at them.
[03:54.18]There are lots of theories surrounding the origins of the day,
[04:12.74]There are lots of theories surrounding the origins of the day,
[04:31.54]but one explanation is connected with the change
[04:34.79]in the calendar in the 16th century,
[04:52.81]but one explanation is connected with the change
[04:56.09]in the calendar in the 16th century,
[05:13.78]which meant that 1st April was no longer the beginning of the year.
[05:33.19]which meant that 1st April was no longer the beginning of the year.
[05:52.76]Those who still celebrated the New Year on 1st April were called fools.
[06:13.00]Those who still celebrated the New Year on 1st April were called fools.
[06:33.65]So what kind of tricks do people play on April Fool's Day?
[06:53.16]So what kind of tricks do people play on April Fool's Day?
[07:12.08]Well, there are lots of simple tricks
[07:29.94]Well, there are lots of simple tricks
[07:47.20]that you can play on your friends.
[08:04.29]that you can play on your friends.
[08:20.73]For example, you could wear a black sweater
[08:38.61]For example, you could wear a black sweater
[08:56.62]and pull a piece of white thread through it,
[09:14.08]and pull a piece of white thread through it,
[09:31.55]so that people try to pull it off.
[09:48.46]so that people try to pull it off.
[10:04.96]You could change the time on someone's alarm clock
[10:22.65]You could change the time on someone's alarm clock
[10:40.43]so that they're late for work.
[10:57.32]so that they're late for work.
[11:14.37]The last reading.
[11:16.88]1st April is a day to be careful,
[11:19.76]or you could easily get tricked by someone.
[11:22.75]It's April Fool's Day, a day when people traditionally like
[11:27.04]to try to make a fool of someone else and laugh at them.
[11:31.65]There are lots of theories surrounding the origins of the day,
[11:35.84]but one explanation is connected with the change
[11:39.15]in the calendar in the 16th century,
[11:42.18]which meant that 1st April was no longer the beginning of the year.
[11:47.34]Those who still celebrated the New Year on 1st April were called fools.
[11:53.72]So what kind of tricks do people play on April Fool's Day?
[11:58.65]Well, there are lots of simple tricks
[12:01.16]that you can play on your friends.
[12:03.50]For example, you could wear a black sweater
[12:06.89]and pull a piece of white thread through it,
[12:09.37]so that people try to pull it off.
[12:11.96]You could change the time on someone's alarm clock
[12:14.80]so that they're late for work.
[12:18.14]Now you have two minutes to check through your work.
[14:27.68]That is the end of part 1 dictation.