IELTS_Cam 9_Test 2_Section 1

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Hint: Anu Bhatt
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SECTION 1:

MAN: Good morning. Can I help you?
WOMAN: Yes. I’ve just been accepted on a course at the university and I’d like to try and arrange accommodation in the hall of residence.
MAN: Yes, certainly. Please sit down. What I’ll do is fill in a form with you to find out a little more about your preferences and so forth.
WOMAN: Thank you.
MAN: So first of all, can I take your name?
WOMAN: It’s Anu Bhatt.
MAN: Could you spell your name please?
WOMAN: Yes. A-N-U … B-H-A double T.
MAN: Thanks, and could I ask your date of birth?
WOMAN: 31st March 1972.
MAN: Thank you. And where are you from?
WOMAN: India.
MAN: Oh right. And what will you be studying?
WOMAN: I’m doing a course in nursing.
MAN: Right, thank you. And how long would you want to stay in hall, do you think?
WOMAN: Well, it’ll take three years but I’d only like to stay in hall for two. I’d like to think about living outside for the third year.
MAN: Fine. And what did you have in mind for catering? Do you want to cook for yourself or have all your meals provided, that’s full board?
WOMAN: Is there something in between?
MAN: Yes. You can just have evening meal provided, which is half board.
WOMAN: That’s what I’d prefer.
MAN: Yes, a lot of students opt for that. Now, with that in mind, do you have any special diet, anything we should know about?
WOMAN: Yes, I don’t take red meat.
MAN: No red meat.

MAN: Now, thinking about the room itself, we have a number of options. You can have a single study bedroom or you can have a shared one. These are both what we call simple rooms. The other alternative is to opt for a single bedsit which actually has more space and better facilities. There’s about £20 a week difference between them.
WOMAN: Well, actually my grant is quite generous and I think the bedsit sounds the best option.
MAN: Lovely. I’ll put you down for that and we’ll see what availability is like. Now can I ask some other personal details which we like to have on record?
WOMAN: Yes, of course.
MAN: I wonder if you could let us know what your interests are. This might help us get a closer match for placing you in a particular hall.
WOMAN: Ummm. Well, I love the theatre.
MAN: Right.
WOMAN: And I enjoy sports, particularly badminton.
MAN: That’s worth knowing. Now, what we finish with on the form is really a list from you of what your priorities are in choosing a hall and we’ll do our best to take these into account.
WOMAN: Well, the first thing is I’d prefer a hall where there are other mature students, if possible.
MAN: Yes, we do have halls which tend to cater for slightly older students.
WOMAN: Ummm and I’d prefer to be out of town.
MAN: That’s actually very good for you because we tend to have more vacancies in out-of-town halls.
WOMAN: Lucky!
MAN: Yes. Anything else?
WOMAN: Well, I would like somewhere with a shared area, a TV room for example, or something like that. It’s a good way to socialise.
MAN: It certainly is.
WOMAN: That’s it.
MAN: Now, we just need a contact telephone number for you.
WOMAN: Sure, I’ll just find it. It’s double 67549.
MAN: Great, so we’ll be in contact with you as soon as possible …

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