[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.
[00:47.72]Love
[00:49.50]Love is a strange thing.
[00:52.40]It can be the most amazing feeling in the world.
[00:56.50]Love plays a crucial role in our life.
[01:00.15]Love makes you feel wanted.
[01:02.94]If you realize that you can lose the one you love,
[01:06.31]then you have a greater appreciation of what you have.
[01:11.08]Think how lucky you are to have someone to love.
[01:15.22]Without love a person could go anywhere
[01:18.76]and also become cruel and ferocious.
[01:22.35]In the early stage of our life,
[01:24.74]our parents are the ones
[01:26.41]who shower us with unconditional love and care.
[01:31.00]They teach us what is right and wrong, good and bad.
[01:36.23]But we always tend to take this for granted.
[01:39.82]It is only after marriage and having kids
[01:43.11]that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others' feelings.
[01:48.93]The love towards kids makes a person responsible and mature
[01:53.97]and helps us understand life better.
[01:57.69]The second and third readings.
[02:00.43]You should begin writing now.
[02:03.84]Love is a strange thing.
[02:21.42]Love is a strange thing.
[02:38.36]It can be the most amazing feeling in the world.
[02:57.55]It can be the most amazing feeling in the world.
[03:15.82]Love plays a crucial role in our life.
[03:34.35]Love plays a crucial role in our life.
[03:52.58]Love makes you feel wanted.
[04:09.73]Love makes you feel wanted.
[04:27.10]If you realize that you can lose the one you love,
[04:45.41]If you realize that you can lose the one you love,
[05:03.77]then you have a greater appreciation of what you have.
[05:22.50]then you have a greater appreciation of what you have.
[05:41.25]Think how lucky you are to have someone to love.
[05:59.86]Think how lucky you are to have someone to love.
[06:18.44]Without love a person could go anywhere
[06:21.78]and also become cruel and ferocious.
[06:40.19]Without love a person could go anywhere
[06:43.53]and also become cruel and ferocious.
[07:01.86]In the early stage of our life,
[07:19.13]In the early stage of our life,
[07:36.38]our parents are the ones
[07:37.65]who shower us with unconditional love and care.
[07:56.91]our parents are the ones
[07:58.21]who shower us with unconditional love and care.
[08:17.46]They teach us what is right and wrong, good and bad.
[08:37.22]They teach us what is right and wrong, good and bad.
[08:57.04]But we always tend to take this for granted.
[09:14.90]But we always tend to take this for granted.
[09:32.80]It is only after marriage and having kids
[09:51.07]It is only after marriage and having kids
[10:09.46]that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others' feelings.
[10:29.64]that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others' feelings.
[10:49.80]The love towards kids makes a person responsible and mature
[10:54.88]and helps us understand life better.
[11:12.76]The love towards kids makes a person responsible and mature
[11:17.86]and helps us understand life better.
[11:36.00]The last reading.
[11:39.59]Love is a strange thing.
[11:42.34]It can be the most amazing feeling in the world.
[11:46.59]Love plays a crucial role in our life.
[11:50.24]Love makes you feel wanted.
[11:52.99]If you realize that you can lose the one you love,
[11:56.42]then you have a greater appreciation of what you have.
[12:01.12]Think how lucky you are to have someone to love.
[12:05.32]Without love a person could go anywhere
[12:08.70]and also become cruel and ferocious.
[12:12.46]In the early stage of our life,
[12:14.68]our parents are the ones
[12:16.40]who shower us with unconditional love and care.
[12:21.11]They teach us what is right and wrong, good and bad.
[12:26.21]But we always tend to take this for granted.
[12:29.87]It is only after marriage and having kids
[12:33.06]that a person understands and becomes sensitive to others' feelings.
[12:39.04]The love towards kids makes a person responsible and mature
[12:44.15]and helps us understand life better.
[12:47.94]Now you have two minutes to check through your work.
[14:56.28]That is the end of part 1 dictation.