Melby Coal Mine IELTS Listening Answers with Explanation

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Melby Coal Mine IELTS Listening Answers with Explanation

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Question 1 - 2
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Which TWO pieces of advice are given about the Marsden Coastal Walk?
A
Stop for lunch in an ancient town.
B
Don't miss the ruins of a certain building.
C
Catch a boat to the start of this walk.
D
Be careful of the steep and rocky paths.
E
Don't worry about getting lost.
Question 3 - 4
Choose TWO letters, A-E.
Which TWO things are said about the Melby Heritage Walk?
A
This walk is mostly downhill.
B
The paths can get busy during the day.
C
This is a circular walk.
D
A tower stands on the site of an older structure.
E
There are far-reaching views the whole way.
Question 5 - 10
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Exhibition
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Baths
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Tools
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Vehicles
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Ponies
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Education centre
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❓ Transcript

Melby Coal Mine
Here is some information about history and nature walks in the region.
They can be completed in less than a day and also be
combined with a visit to Melby, a former coal mine now open
to the public.
The Marsden Coastal Walk is suitable for all the family as there
are no strenuous climbs.
The route begins at Marsden Harbour where there are hourly ferries to
and from the beautiful Hooker Island, a great place for fishing.
The walk covers part of the Coastal Path Trail.
As there are clear signposts all along the way, you don't even
need to take a map with you.
At one point, the route goes inland slightly and passes a castle
built in the 1400s, near to a now vanished market town.
The castle's now just a pile of stones, but it's a great
place to take photos and fascinating information boards show what it once
looked like.
If you set off early, you can be back in time for midday.
The Melby Heritage Walk is a great place to take photos, especially
of the night sky.
At certain times of the year, people come here from far and wide.
They climb to the top of the valley and take pictures of
the stars.
In the daytime, it's completely different.
As you hike through the dense woods in the valley bottom, the
only things you'll hear are the sound of your own footsteps.
At the highest point, you can stop to take in the views,
and those with lots of energy can climb the tower that's situated
where there was once a 17th century hunting lodge.
The route continues along the tops of the hills and brings you
back down to the starting point, the car park at Melby Coalmine.
Melby Coalmine has been open to the public for 20 years and
has won awards for its visitor experience.
Many of the buildings around the mine are still standing and have
been converted into display areas.
Firstly, there's an exhibition showing the history of the mine, with many
original black and white photos.
To see that, you go from the car park via a covered
walkway to the main visitor centre.
Go through the ticket office to an area where there are lockers
to leave heavy bags in, and where you can borrow raincoats.
Beyond that room is the exhibition.
There's a small bath house where miners used to wash after their
shift underground.
You can see that in the building directly to the north of
the engine house.
The boiler has gone from there now, but there are lines of
tin baths on the stone floor.
There's a display of early mining tools from the days before mechanisation.
You can find that in a small L-shaped building in the
middle of the northern boundary of the site.
It's incredible to think how miners were able to use hand implements
to cut through rock.
The vehicle shed, where you can find wagons of different sizes, along
with some of the high-tech cutting machines that were in use
until the mine closed, is in the southwest corner of the site
and can be accessed via a covered walkway.
There is a field with ponies, which are always popular with children,
on the north-eastern boundary of the site, not approached via a
covered walkway.
The other building to mention is the education centre.
This is where school groups go when they visit the mine, but
it's also accessible to the public, as it contains a library and
small gift shop.
The centre is connected to the ticket office via a short section
of covered walkway.

🔥 Answer key (đáp án và giải thích)

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Giải thích chi tiết

Câu hỏi: Which TWO pieces of advice are given about the Marsden Coastal Walk?

Đáp án đúng: B. Don't miss the ruins of a certain building. E. Don't worry about getting lost.

▶️ Bắt đầu nghe ở: Đoạn người nói bắt đầu mô tả Marsden Coastal Walk, thường có tín hiệu như “The Marsden Coastal Walk…”. Sau đó, hãy chú ý những câu nói về đường đi, biển chỉ dẫn, và địa điểm nổi bật trên tuyến đường.

☺️ Giải thích đáp án:

  • Trước khi nghe, xác định từ khóa chính trong câu hỏi là pieces of advice, Marsden Coastal Walk. Nghĩa là ta cần nghe xem người nói đang khuyên người đi bộ nên làm gì / không cần lo điều gì.

  • Với đáp án E, người nói nói rõ: “there are clear signposts all along the way”“you don't even need to take a map with you”.

  • Cụm này cho thấy tuyến đường có biển chỉ dẫn rõ ràng, nên người đi không cần lo bị lạc. Vì vậy chọn E. Don't worry about getting lost.

  • Với đáp án B, người nói tiếp tục nhắc đến một điểm đáng chú ý trên đường: tuyến đi passes a castle built in the 1400s.

  • Sau đó, người nói mô tả thêm rằng lâu đài giờ chỉ còn là “a pile of stones”, tức là tàn tích / phế tích của một công trình cổ.

  • Đồng thời, đây được nhấn mạnh là “a great place to take photos”, cho thấy đây là một điểm đáng ghé xem, không nên bỏ lỡ. Vì vậy chọn B. Don't miss the ruins of a certain building.

🧐 Lưu ý: ❌ A. Stop for lunch in an ancient town. => Dễ nhầm vì có nhắc đến a now vanished market town, nhưng thị trấn này đã biến mất, không phải nơi để dừng ăn trưa. ❌ C. Catch a boat to the start of this walk. => Audio nói tuyến đường begins at Marsden Harbour và ở đó có ferries ra đảo, nhưng đi thuyền không phải cách để tới điểm bắt đầu của walk. ❌ D. Be careful of the steep and rocky paths. => Trái ngược với thông tin nghe được: người nói nói rõ “no strenuous climbs”, nên đây không phải lời khuyên đúng.

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