Children playing outdoors

👂️ Audio and questions

What do the speakers agree are the two reasons why children play outdoors less now than in the past?

Concerns about traffic

Limited outdoor play facilities

Increased time spent online

Preference for indoor play

Reduction in free time

In his assignment, which two aspects of outdoor play does Ravi want to focus on?

How it helps children to evaluate risk

How it broadens their horizons

How it aids children’s muscular development

How it improves children’s digestion

How it teaches children about the environment

According to Ravi, in which two ways are children’s periods of outdoor play now different from a generation ago?

They are less dangerous.

They involve fewer children.

They usually last a shorter time.

 They include fewer made-up games.

They involve fewer chasing games.

Ravi thinks parents should be more concerned about the decline of outdoor play because

It affects family relationships.

It leads to health problems later in life.

It makes childhood less enjoyable.

What does Ravi say that schools should do with regard to outdoor play?

Revise their aims.

Spend more money on it.

Listen to the views of parents.

What did Smith and Barker say about children in rural areas?

They tend not to be allowed on farmland.

They receive more supervision outdoors.

They spend more time outdoors than city children.

What problem does Dr Chang highlight about Smith and Barker’s research?

Its findings are inconclusive.

It is too old to be useful.

Its focus is limited.

❓ Transcript

Children playing outdoors

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Part 3 You will hear a student called Ravi talking to his tutor, Dr. Chang, about research he is doing for an assignment on children playing outdoors.

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First you have some time to look at questions 21 to 26.

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Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 26.

DR. CHANG:

Right, Ravi, tell me how the research for your assignment about children's outdoor play is going.

RAVI:

Yes, well, I've been reading about why children spend less time playing outside now than 20 or 30 years ago.

DR. CHANG:

So is it just because of the amount of online time that children have now, which obviously happens indoors?

RAVI:

Well, if that was the case, there'd be a correlation between high Internet use and low levels of outdoor play.

RAVI:

And it's nothing to do with whether there are adequate facilities outside, playgrounds, for example, as any open space will do.

RAVI:

There's perhaps no single more important factor than parental worries about the dangers of vehicles on the streets.

DR. CHANG:

But it could also be that children today prefer playing indoors to outdoors?

RAVI:

Well, a study in Tokyo suggests it's the other way around, that children are spending more time in structured activities and out-of-school clubs than before.

RAVI:

And this has a knock-on effect on...

DR. CHANG:

What's left for outdoor play.

RAVI:

Right.

DR. CHANG:

Your premise is that outdoor play is good.

DR. CHANG:

What exactly do you want to focus on in your assignment?

RAVI:

Well, not so much on things that apply to exercise in general, like children's muscles getting stronger because they run around.

RAVI:

And not on what seems, for instance, self-evident, that outdoor play helps children to concentrate on things other than lessons.

DR. CHANG:

Sure.

RAVI:

I'd like to investigate some of the more unexpected benefits, like to children's digestion.

RAVI:

This is because fresh air tends to stimulate hunger, perhaps leaving to one side the question of whether climbing trees helps educate children about the natural world.

DR. CHANG:

No, not really relevant.

DR. CHANG:

What sort of decisions do outdoor games and activities force children to make?

RAVI:

Well, for example, how they decide how dangerous something might be.

RAVI:

And I'd like to outline the main findings on that.

DR. CHANG:

Okay.

DR. CHANG:

And as you're arguing that there's been a shift in play patterns over the last generation or so, how are you going to substantiate this?

RAVI:

Yes.

RAVI:

Surveys have compared parents' recollections of their childhood play 30 years ago with what their children do now.

RAVI:

And the nature of what children do when they are playing outdoors has changed.

DR. CHANG:

How exactly?

RAVI:

Well, surprisingly, it's not so much how often children play outside or preferences for large or small groups, but the fact that the play sessions don't go on for as long.

RAVI:

And games involving one child running after another who tries to get away, these are still as popular as ever.

RAVI:

But one thing that has declined is improvised games.

RAVI:

And I'd like to examine why this might be.

DR. CHANG:

Interesting.

DR. CHANG:

And what about safety?

RAVI:

Well, from my reading, serious accidents are still rare.

RAVI:

More kids hurt themselves falling out of bed than out of trees.

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Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions 27 to 30.

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Now listen and answer questions 27 to 30.

RAVI:

I think the decline of outdoor play is a problem, which should worry parents.

RAVI:

I mean, perhaps the children themselves don't miss it.

RAVI:

They may be happy to spend lots of time indoors.

RAVI:

But the links between inactivity and physical problems when they're adults are so well established that I think kids should be encouraged to spend more time outdoors with their brothers and sisters and friends.

DR. CHANG:

What about schools?

RAVI:

Well, what I think they should do differently regarding outdoor play, and it wouldn't actually require a great deal of expenditure, is base their policy on different outcomes, like developing children's confidence, not just thinking about exam results.

RAVI:

Although I don't know how it would go down with the parents.

DR. CHANG:

And do children get more contact with nature in rural areas?

RAVI:

There's research on this by Smith and Barker.

RAVI:

Intuitively, you'd expect children in rural areas to spend more time out in the open.

RAVI:

But in fact, they are generally told to keep off agricultural land.

RAVI:

Plus, there are difficulties with supervision outside towns and cities.

DR. CHANG:

Right.

DR. CHANG:

And Smith and Barker's paper was published in...

RAVI:

2001.

DR. CHANG:

Not the most up-to-date, but still valid to use.

DR. CHANG:

But you'll need to stipulate very precisely that their focus was, if I remember correctly, just on rural areas.

DR. CHANG:

So you'd need to consider how far their restricted findings might be applicable to urban areas as well.

RAVI:

Okay.

DR. CHANG:

Right.

DR. CHANG:

So now I'd suggest you produce an overview of what you're going to cover...

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That is the end of Part 3.

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You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to Part 3.

🔥 Answer key (đáp án và giải thích)

Giải thích chi tiết

Hello Dolbie 🤩 Cùng chinh phục câu hỏi này nhé 😁

🌱 Đọc hiểu câu hỏi: Hai người nói đồng ý rằng lý do nào khiến trẻ em ngày nay chơi ngoài trời ít hơn so với trước? → Từ khóa là "agree", "reasons", "children play outdoors less". Mình cần tìm đoạn mà cả hai người cùng đồng ý rằng đây là lý do khiến trẻ không chơi ngoài trời nhiều như trước.

▶️ Bắt đầu nghe ở: 00:01:13 – Ravi bắt đầu nói về những lý do khiến trẻ chơi ngoài trời ít hơn: "Yes, well, I've been reading about why children spend less time playing outside now…"

☺️ Giải thích:

Ravi nói: 👉 “There’s perhaps no single more important factor than parental worries about the dangers of vehicles on the streets.” → Điều này có nghĩa là nỗi lo của cha mẹ về nguy hiểm từ xe cộ là một lý do rất quan trọng.
Đây là từ đồng nghĩa với “concerns about traffic” trong đáp án A.
Cách paraphrase:
- parental worries → concerns
- dangers of vehicles on the streets → traffic

✅ Đáp án đúng: A – Concerns about traffic

🧐 DOLBIE lưu ý:

❌ B. Limited outdoor play facilities => Ravi bác bỏ điều này bằng câu: "any open space will do", nghĩa là không cần playground xịn vẫn chơi được.

❌ C. Increased time spent online => Ravi cũng bác bỏ, nói rằng nếu đúng thì đã có mối tương quan rõ ràng, nhưng không có.

Chúc Dolbie học tốt và tự tin hơn trong bài thi IELTS nha 🥳💪

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