Grammar for ielts fiona Aish & Jo Tomlinson ■L& 11

Examiner: 
Have you travelled to many d ifferent places in your country?
Student: 
Yes, I've travelled to lots of d ifferent cities in China. I've been to Beijing, Guangzhou,
Nanjing, Harbin and Kunming. My favourite one was Beijing. I w ent there a couple 
of years ago and it was really fantastic. I did n 't realize how cold 
it was in Beijing. I
was amazed. Apparently, it is really hot in the su m m e r but really cold in the w in te r 
tim e. U nfortunately, I w ent in the w in te r!
Unit 3 Fame
Track 04
Presenter: 
In today’s program m e I’ ll continue exam ining the im pact of fam e on lifestyle using
the style icon Gloria Van Broncken as an example. Before becoming fam ous in 
the m odelling industry, Gloria had lived in a s m a ll village and had never travelled 
outside her own country. She used to w ork in a clothes store and she enjoyed 
a ll the usual activities of a teenager in her free tim e. She’d been w orking in the 
clothes store fo r two years when a custom er who represented a m odel agency 
spotted her and signed her up. By the tim e she was 21 Gloria had travelled round 
the w orld several tim es and had appeared on the cover of many inte rna tio n al 
fashion magazines. Now the im pact of such drastic lifestyle changes can be very 
s ig n ific a n t... 
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Unit 
U
Education
Track 05
Librarian: 
Hello there. How can I help you?
John: 
I’m going to do a presentation on Mary Shelley, and I’d like to get some books on
her.
Librarian: 
Okay. The biographies are on the th ird floor. I’ll w rite the aisle num ber down fo r
you.
John: 
Thanks. I m ight use the Internet too and look fo r resources on there.
Librarian: 
T hat’s a good idea. If you’re going to use the Internet, have a look on the Great
B ritish Authors website.