hello everyone and welcome to our superintensive ielts class today we will be discussing about ielts listening basic skills the first skill you should have is knowing the main idea yes or the main idea the main idea in listening is the overall message given by the speaker about a topic oftentimes that main idea is the same as the purpose or objective of a conversation the asaring conversation this skill is needed in sections one and three of the ielts listening test listening on to the larger issues then karen what do you think the company will do well obviously they have the choice of accepting the very favorable terms that another company kmg plc have given them to buy them out that would mean creating a new company with a new image or they could decide on a boulder move and offer some new shares if they wanted but i think they're much more cautious than that and expect they will start trying to find individuals who'd be prepared to back them with some of the capital they need bike it she said karen said well obviously they have the choice of accepting the very favorable terms that another company kmg blc have given them to buy them out that will mean creating a new company with a new image or they could decide on a bolder move and offer some new shares if they want it but i think they're much more cautious than that and expect they will start trying to find individuals who will be prepared to back them with some of the capital they need karen is talking about although the main idea of the conversation is about a company's future yeah kanaini the next skill you need is to find factual information section one you will hear a man inquiring in a tourist center about activities suitable for families first you have some time to look at questions one to four you will see that there is an example that has been done for you on this occasion only the conversation relating to this will be played first hi can i help you i'd like to find out if you have any excursions suitable for families sure how about taking your family for a cruise we have a steamship that takes passengers out several times a day it's over a hundred years old the cruise takes place on a steamship so steamship has been written in the space now we shall begin you should answer the questions as you listen because you will not hear the recording a second time listen carefully and answer questions one to four hi can i help you i'd like to find out if you have any excursions suitable for families sure how about taking your family for a cruise we have a steamship that takes passengers out several times a day it's over a hundred years old that sounds interesting how long is the trip about an hour and a half and don't forget to take pictures of the mountains they're all around you when you're on the boat and they look fantastic okay and i assume there's a cafe or something on board sure how old are your children uh my daughter's 15 and my son's seven right well there are various things you can do once you've crossed the lake to make a day of it one thing that's very popular is a visit to the country farm you'll met off the boat by the farmer and he'll take you to the holding pens where the sheep are kept children love feeding them my son would love that he really likes animals well there's also a 40-minute trek round the farm on a horse if he wants do you think he'd manage it he hasn't done that before sure it's suitable for complete beginners good and again visitors are welcome to explore the farm on their own as long as they take care to close gates and so on there are some very beautiful gardens along the side of the lake which also belong to the farm they'll be just at their best now you could easily spend an hour or two there okay well that all sounds good and can we get lunch there you can and it's very good though it's not included in the basic cost you pay when you get there right yeah that sounds interesting how long is the trip come with the employment job about an hour and a half and don't forget to take pictures of the mountains yeah yeah the keyword yeah no more satu mountains can take pictures of the mountains that surround the lake all right no more dua transcript well there's also a 40-minute trek around the farm on a horse the key words are there are some very beautiful gardens along the side of the lake which also belong to the farm gardens yeah all right then the last one number four yeah disney and this is and can we get lunch there you can and it's very good though it's not included in the basic cost you pay when you get there singa giovanni adela lunch is available at extra cost all right and then the next skill that you should have is understanding speakers agreement yeah understanding speakers agreement type question is when two speakers start a conversation with different opinions i will play the audio and try answering questions and answer 21-23 21 to 23 okay stuart we need to start planning our paper on public libraries have you thought of an angle yet well there's so much we could look into how libraries have changed over the centuries for instance or how different countries organize them what do you think trudy maybe we should concentrate on this country and try and relate the changes in libraries to external developments like the fact that far more people can read than a century ago and that the local population may speak lots of different languages we could include something about changes in the source of funding too yes but remember we're only supposed to write a short paper so it's probably best if we don't go into funding in any detail right well should we just brainstorm a few ideas to get started okay we obviously need to look at the impact of new technology particularly the internet now that lots of books have been digitalized people can access them from their own computers at home and if everyone did that libraries would be obsolete yes but the digitalized books that are available online for free are mostly out of copyright aren't they and copyright in this country lasts for 70 years after the author dies so you won't find the latest bestseller or up-to-date information that's an important point anyway i find it hard to concentrate when i'm reading a long text on a screen i'd much rather read a physical book and it takes longer to read on a screen oh i prefer it i suppose it's just a personal preference i expect the libraries will go on evolving in the next few years some have already become centers where community activities take place like local clubs meeting there i think that'll become even more common i'd like to think so and that they'll still be serving their traditional function but i'm not so sure there are financial implications after all what i'm afraid will happen is that books and magazines will all disappear and they'll just be okay now let's go directly to the transcript of the conversation maybe we should concentrate on this country and try and relate the changes in libraries to external developments like the fact that far more people can read than a century ago and that the local population may speak lots of different languages how changes in society are reflected in public libraries but the digitalized books that are available online for free are mostly out of copyright aren't they and copyright in this country lasts for 70 years after the author dies so you won't find the latest best-seller or up-to-date information that's an important point see they are generally old last one number 23 what i'm afraid will happen is that books and magazines will all disappear and they'll just be rows and rows of computers singa no more dua c no longer contain any books all right then skilltra here explanation yeah we must understand the parts of an academic lecture which explains main ideas in yeah discussion of business we take certain values for granted today i'm going to talk about four of them collaboration hard work creativity and excellence most people would say they're all good things i'm going to suggest that's an over simple view the trouble with these values is that their theoretical concepts removed from the reality of day-to-day business pursue values by all means but be prepared for what may happen as a result they can actually cause damage which is not at all the intention business leaders generally try to do the right thing but all too often the right thing backfires if those leaders adopt values without understanding and managing the side effects that arise the values can easily get in the way of what's actually intended okay so the first value i'm going to discuss is collaboration values by all means but he prepared for what may happen as a result they can actually cause damage which is not at all the intention damage all too often the right thing backfires if those leaders adopt values without understanding and managing the side effects that arise this is the end of our super intensive ielts class 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