Listening for ielts 7 Unit 1

Listening for IELTS
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mountains, seacoast and beautiful forests. Agriculture, forestry, shipping and fishing are major 
industries in British Columbia. 
The people of this land of Canada are as varied as its landscape. The original settlers, those we call the 
people of the first nations, came from Asia by crossing the Baring Strait from Siberia to Alaska. In their 
new environment they developed many new languages and cultures. 
In the 16th century the first Europeans arrived in eastern Canada. They came from Britain and France. 
By making treaties with the original inhabitants they gradually established colonies in eastern and 
central Canada. After a war with France, Britain took over the French colonies in Quebec and eastern 
Canada, by the end of the 18th century all of Canada was under British rule. From this time until the 
present century most of the immigrants to Canada were British, Scottish and Irish. In this century, 
however, Canada has had an influence of settlers from all over the world. There are now hundreds of 
thousands of people from Asia, Africa and South America who now call Canada their home. 
Unit 6
: Listening Activity No. 13 
Tom
: Kevin, could you tell me something about the bars? I have never been to a bar. You see, Steve, my 
classmate, has invited me to go to a bar tonight.
Kevin
: I see. You know, the word "bar" means a room in a pub. We say the bar when we mean he part of 
that room where drinks are kept. Soon after you go into the pub, you'll realize that nobody comes to the 
tables to take orders or, money; instead, customers go to the bar to buy their drinks.
Tom
: I see. People will go to the bar directly to get their drinks and don't wait for someone to come to 
take their orders.
Kevin
: That's right. People don't queue at the bar, but they do wait till it'll their turn.