[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.

[00:48.18]Finding Peace of Mind

[00:51.99]How many times have you gotten upset

[00:54.75]because someone wasn't doing their job,

[00:57.62]because things didn't go as you'd hoped,

[01:00.75]or because your friend has lied to you?

[01:04.59]This kind of anger happens to all of us.

[01:08.33]It's part of the human experience.

[01:11.26]But it isn't always easy to find peace when you've become upset.

[01:17.29]Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mind:

[01:21.87]see the glass as already broken.

[01:25.65]The cause of our stress or anger

[01:28.31]is that things don't go the way we like.

[01:31.71]And so the solution is simple:

[01:34.61]expect things to go wrong and accept it,

[01:38.26]because you won't change the facts.

[01:41.30]If you expect them to happen,

[01:43.20]or even see them as already happening,

[01:46.75]you won't get so upset, and think,

[01:49.46]"I expected that to happen.

[01:52.11]The glass was already broken, and I accept that."

[01:57.09]You'll have peace of mind.

[01:59.72]And that will be a welcome surprise.

[02:04.48]The second and third readings.

[02:07.00]You should begin writing now.

[02:12.39]How many times have you gotten upset

[02:15.04]because someone wasn't doing their job,

[02:33.32]How many times have you gotten upset

[02:36.15]because someone wasn't doing their job,

[02:54.56]because things didn't go as you'd hoped,

[02:57.59]or because your friend has lied to you?

[03:15.77]because things didn't go as you'd hoped,

[03:18.67]or because your friend has lied to you?

[03:36.90]This kind of anger happens to all of us.

[03:55.24]This kind of anger happens to all of us.

[04:13.58]It's part of the human experience.

[04:31.29]It's part of the human experience.

[04:49.00]But it isn't always easy to find peace when you've become upset.

[05:08.78]But it isn't always easy to find peace when you've become upset.

[05:28.76]Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mind:

[05:47.62]Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mind:

[06:06.61]see the glass as already broken.

[06:24.71]see the glass as already broken.

[06:42.86]The cause of our stress or anger

[06:45.24]is that things don't go the way we like.

[07:03.24]The cause of our stress or anger

[07:05.37]is that things don't go the way we like.

[07:23.56]And so the solution is simple:

[07:41.01]And so the solution is simple:

[07:58.46]expect things to go wrong and accept it,

[08:01.83]because you won't change the facts.

[08:18.93]expect things to go wrong and accept it,

[08:22.98]because you won't change the facts.

[08:40.74]If you expect them to happen,

[08:42.57]or even see them as already happening,

[09:01.12]If you expect them to happen,

[09:03.04]or even see them as already happening,

[09:21.46]you won't get so upset, and think,

[09:39.20]you won't get so upset, and think,

[09:57.03]"I expected that to happen.

[09:59.37]The glass was already broken, and I accept that."

[10:18.91]"I expected that to happen.

[10:21.21]The glass was already broken, and I accept that."

[10:40.88]You'll have peace of mind.

[10:57.75]You'll have peace of mind.

[11:14.66]And that will be a welcome surprise.

[11:32.56]And that will be a welcome surprise.

[11:50.44]The last reading.

[11:52.86]How many times have you gotten upset

[11:55.64]because someone wasn't doing their job,

[11:58.58]because things didn't go as you'd hoped,

[12:01.68]or because your friend has lied to you?

[12:05.42]This kind of anger happens to all of us.

[12:09.02]It's part of the human experience.

[12:12.12]But it isn't always easy to find peace when you've become upset.

[12:18.24]Let me tell you a little secret to finding peace of mind:

[12:22.75]see the glass as already broken.

[12:26.60]The cause of our stress or anger

[12:28.80]is that things don't go the way we like.

[12:32.35]And so the solution is simple:

[12:35.35]expect things to go wrong and accept it,

[12:39.01]because you won't change the facts.

[12:41.64]If you expect them to happen,

[12:43.98]or even see them as already happening,

[12:47.75]you won't get so upset, and think,

[12:50.78]"I expected that to happen.

[12:53.17]The glass was already broken, and I accept that."

[12:58.30]You'll have peace of mind.

[13:00.63]And that will be a welcome surprise.

[13:04.68]Now you have two minutes to check through your work.

[15:14.03]That is the end of part 1 dictation.