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from the bottom up, instead of the normal top-down seepage which characterises 
most limestone cave formation. 

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Listening Test 4
 
SECTION 1 
You will hear a survey company representative ringing a person to obtain some 
information. 
Rep.: Hello? 
Person: Hello? Who is this? 
Rep.: Hello. I’m a representative of the Tallyho Survey Company, and I’d like to ask you 
a few questions regarding exercise.
Person: Oh, that’s an interesting subject. 
Rep.: Yes, we think so, too. 
Person: But I’m afraid I’m a bit busy at the moment. 
Rep.: Don’t worry. This will only take about four minutes at the most. It’s 10:25 now, so 
it will all be over by 10:30. 
Person: Well ... alright, if it’s that short. 
Rep.: It will be. So, one of the first things I need to know is where you are — that is, 
which suburb or area of the city? The last client was in Blackburn, for example. 
Person: Blackburn. That’s close to me. I’m in Box Hill. 
Rep.:Another eastern suburb then. I have a friend in Box Hill, too. Interesting place. 
Now, I need your approximate age for this survey. Are you younger than 20, between 20 
and 29, 30 and 39, and so on?
Person: I’ll turn 40 in a few months, so that puts me in the 40 to 49 age group. 
Rep.: Well, that’s in a few months, so right now you’re in the 30 to 39. 
Person: Oh, right. So put that then. 

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Rep.: Okay. Now, I need to know your occupation. The last caller was a housewife, for 
example; the one before that a teacher. 
Person: I used to be a teacher, too, teaching cookery. 
Rep.: And now? 
Person: Now you can just put ‘domestic duties’. Actually, I hope to begin a new job soon, 
as a cook, but that won’t be for some time yet. I have to wait for my husband’s restaurant 
to open. 
Rep.: Cook? That sounds interesting, but it’s ‘domestic duties’ for now. Okay, that just 
leaves some information about your family. This is not obligatory at all, so if you don’t 
want to answer, that’s fine. 
Person: What sort of information, exactly? 
Rep.: Oh, it’s very broad. Married, with children; single mother, that sort of thing. The 
last customer said she was a single mother. 
Person: I’m married, and not a mother. Put ‘married, no children’. 
Rep.: I’m married with children, myself. But I’ll put in your details, and that finishes the 
profile, and just l eaves the actual survey itself, if you’re ready to proceed. 
Rep.: Alright, let’s begin the survey now, about your exercise habits. 
Person: I’m afraid I don’t exercise much at all. 
Rep.: Well, the main question is in what form you take your exercise, however little that 
may be — for example, in just cleaning. Do you clean the house? 
Person: My husband does the cleaning, actually, but I walk to the supermarket and shops 
very often, up to four times a week. 
Rep.: I’ll put that then, unless there’s something else. 

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