[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.
[00:48.40]Tea Drinking in Different Cultures
[00:52.76]All around the world, people drink tea.
[00:56.18]But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone.
[01:00.76]In different countries people have different ideas about drinking tea.
[01:05.89]In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together.
[01:12.17]Chinese drink it at any time of the day at home or in teahouse.
[01:18.05]The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony.
[01:23.92]It is very old and full of meaning.
[01:27.73]Another tea-drinking country is England,
[01:31.05]where the late afternoon is called "teatime".
[01:35.15]Almost everyone has a cup of tea then.
[01:38.66]The English usually make tea in a teapot
[01:42.41]and drink it with cream and sugar.
[01:45.20]In the United States, people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals.
[01:51.67]Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea.
[01:56.19]Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots.
[02:02.62]The second and third readings.
[02:04.88]You should begin writing now.
[02:09.17]All around the world, people drink tea.
[02:27.61]All around the world, people drink tea.
[02:45.75]But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone.
[03:04.74]But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone.
[03:23.51]In different countries people have different ideas about drinking tea.
[03:43.59]In different countries people have different ideas about drinking tea.
[04:03.79]In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together.
[04:24.32]In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together.
[04:44.80]Chinese drink it at any time of the day at home or in teahouse.
[05:05.09]Chinese drink it at any time of the day at home or in teahouse.
[05:25.46]The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony.
[05:46.03]The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony.
[06:06.75]It is very old and full of meaning.
[06:25.10]It is very old and full of meaning.
[06:43.19]Another tea-drinking country is England,
[07:01.19]Another tea-drinking country is England,
[07:19.51]where the late afternoon is called "teatime".
[07:38.05]where the late afternoon is called "teatime".
[07:56.64]Almost everyone has a cup of tea then.
[08:14.75]Almost everyone has a cup of tea then.
[08:33.09]The English usually make tea in a teapot
[08:51.70]The English usually make tea in a teapot
[09:10.26]and drink it with cream and sugar.
[09:27.37]and drink it with cream and sugar.
[09:44.71]In the United States, people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals.
[10:05.89]In the United States, people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals.
[10:26.88]Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea.
[10:45.80]Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea.
[11:04.90]Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots.
[11:24.80]Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots.
[11:44.64]The last reading.
[11:47.90]All around the world, people drink tea.
[11:51.55]But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone.
[11:55.84]In different countries people have different ideas about drinking tea.
[12:01.00]In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together.
[12:07.18]Chinese drink it at any time of the day at home or in teahouse.
[12:13.12]The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony.
[12:19.12]It is very old and full of meaning.
[12:22.73]Another tea-drinking country is England,
[12:26.22]where the late afternoon is called "teatime".
[12:30.33]Almost everyone has a cup of tea then.
[12:34.20]The English usually make tea in a teapot
[12:37.58]and drink it with cream and sugar.
[12:40.32]In the United States, people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals.
[12:46.90]Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea.
[12:51.38]Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots.
[12:58.21]Now you have two minutes to check through your work.
[15:06.88]That is the end of part 1 dictation.