[00:00.69]PART I DICTATION
[00:03.70]Listen to the following passage.
[00:06.46]Altogether the passage will be read to you four times.
[00:10.63]During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed,
[00:14.74]listen and try to understand the meaning.
[00:17.69]For the second and third readings,
[00:20.50]the passage will be read sentence by sentence,
[00:23.24]or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds.
[00:28.20]The last reading will be done at normal speed again
[00:31.81]and during this time you should check your work.
[00:35.00]You will then be given 2 minutes
[00:36.90]to check through your work once more.
[00:40.24]Please write the whole passage on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
[00:44.00]Now, listen to the passage.
[00:48.83]Happiness Is a Journey
[00:51.89]There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.
[00:56.79]So treasure every moment you have.
[01:00.26]Don't waste too much of your time studying, working,
[01:04.26]or stressing about something that seems important.
[01:08.41]Do what you want to do to be happy
[01:11.49]and also do what you can to make the people you care about happy.
[01:17.12]Remember that time waits for no one.
[01:20.46]So stop waiting until you take your last test,
[01:24.15]until you finish school,
[01:25.92]until you have the perfect body, the perfect car,
[01:29.61]or whatever other perfect things you desire.
[01:33.87]Stop waiting until the weekend,
[01:36.57]until summer, spring, fall or winter,
[01:40.26]until you get married, until you die, until you're born again,
[01:45.37]to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.
[01:51.85]Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
[01:56.08]So work like you don't need the money,
[01:58.90]love like you have never been hurt,
[02:01.27]and dance like no one's watching.
[02:06.13]The second and third readings.
[02:08.78]You should begin writing now.
[02:12.27]There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.
[02:31.98]There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.
[02:51.74]So treasure every moment you have.
[03:09.69]So treasure every moment you have.
[03:27.59]Don't waste too much of your time studying, working,
[03:31.21]or stressing about something that seems important.
[03:49.91]Don't waste too much of your time studying, working,
[03:53.52]or stressing about something that seems important.
[04:12.25]Do what you want to do to be happy
[04:15.13]and also do what you can to make the people you care about happy.
[04:35.32]Do what you want to do to be happy
[04:38.16]and also do what you can to make the people you care about happy.
[04:58.24]Remember that time waits for no one.
[05:16.27]Remember that time waits for no one.
[05:34.26]So stop waiting until you take your last test,
[05:52.84]So stop waiting until you take your last test,
[06:11.39]until you finish school,
[06:13.09]until you have the perfect body, the perfect car,
[06:32.04]until you finish school,
[06:33.67]until you have the perfect body, the perfect car,
[06:52.63]or whatever other perfect things you desire.
[07:10.86]or whatever other perfect things you desire.
[07:29.07]Stop waiting until the weekend,
[07:46.68]Stop waiting until the weekend,
[08:04.38]until summer, spring, fall or winter,
[08:22.91]until summer, spring, fall or winter,
[08:41.37]until you get married, until you die, until you're born again,
[09:00.83]until you get married, until you die, until you're born again,
[09:20.79]to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.
[09:41.76]to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.
[10:02.41]Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
[10:21.15]Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
[10:39.83]So work like you don't need the money,
[10:42.63]love like you have never been hurt,
[11:00.22]So work like you don't need the money,
[11:02.85]love like you have never been hurt,
[11:20.50]and dance like no one's watching.
[11:38.33]and dance like no one's watching.
[11:56.12]The last reading.
[11:58.33]There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way.
[12:03.37]So treasure every moment you have.
[12:06.50]Don't waste too much of your time studying, working,
[12:10.63]or stressing about something that seems important.
[12:14.90]Do what you want to do to be happy
[12:17.97]and also do what you can to make the people you care about happy.
[12:23.48]Remember that time waits for no one.
[12:26.93]So stop waiting until you take your last test,
[12:30.63]until you finish school,
[12:32.40]until you have the perfect body, the perfect car,
[12:36.34]or whatever other perfect things you desire.
[12:40.40]Stop waiting until the weekend,
[12:42.95]until summer, spring, fall or winter,
[12:46.69]until you get married, until you die, until you're born again,
[12:51.71]to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.
[12:58.34]Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
[13:02.33]So work like you don't need the money,
[13:05.34]love like you have never been hurt,
[13:07.87]and dance like no one's watching.
[13:12.32]Now you have two minutes to check through your work.
[15:34.74]That is the end of part 1 dictation.