Interviewer: Tell us about some of your favourite buildings. Architect: Mm, that’s difficult. There are so many …
Exchange D Interviewer: What exactly is the difference between green building and conventional building?
Owner: I think it’s all about using common sense. Too much construction focuses on the finish – I mean the aesthetic appeal – what the building looks like both inside and out. For us, the central issue is always the structure and systems – how the building is built. Green building means optimizing the infrastructure – the power, the heat and the water systems – and making the most of natural daylight to ensure efficient use of resources.
Interviewer: What are a couple of concrete examples? Owner: Well, take water. Hot and cold water should be provided from a single trunk line. Branch lines should be minimized. Hot water pipes should be insulated to the point of use. That’s not usually the case with most construction.
Interviewer: And is recycling and reusing an important aspect of this?
Owner: Absolutely. We reuse materials whenever we can. Timber off-cuts are used for smaller jobs – many builders throw so much away. If we can’t make use of materials on a current site, we’ll store it for …
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B Listen again, and, in each case, complete the notes. [Play
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A Look at the interviewer’s first question and then listen to the first part of the interview. Mark the statements below (T) true, (F) false or (NG) not given. Interviewer: Do students tend to do better in Writing Task 1 or 2?
Examiner: Mm, that’s difficult to say because, of course, the second task carries more marks and students have more time to write it. There are students who practise writing reports and know how to do them very well. Their reports are well-organized and easy to read. In contrast, they find the composition more of a challenge. Perhaps they don’t know quite what to say and they don’t organize ideas well. However, they actually score slightly better for the second task because the whole idea is that it’s more challenging.
Interviewer: So, it’s a question of balance? Examiner: Yes, it is. Students must time themselves and not write too much for the first task even if they feel this is where their strength lies. They have to leave
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enough time to do the second task properly as they gain more from that.
Interviewer: So, would you say the first task is easier? Examiner: Well, it depends. I wouldn’t say it’s easier – even though it carries fewer marks. It’s a much shorter piece of writing and students don’t need to use complex grammatical forms like conditionals and so on, but for some students it’s actually more difficult. They clearly find it quite hard to read the information properly and decide what’s relevant. It’s a very stylized piece of writing and that suits some people more than others. Some students clearly feel more comfortable debating an issue and expressing an opinion.
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B Listen to the second part of the interview about Writing Task 1 and complete the notes. Interviewer: So, what are some things you notice about the first task in particular?
Examiner: Well, certainly the students who do best are the ones that keep things fairly simple. By that, I don’t mean they use very basic English – that depends on their level – but that they say what needs to be said and no more. They pick out what’s relevant and what will interest the reader and then they express that using the most appropriate language. I think they understand that report writing is formulaic. They don’t try to be creative or explain why they think something is a trend, for example.
Interviewer: Is practice important? Examiner: Oh, very much so – for both writing tasks, in fact – but I think I notice it more for the first task. An advanced learner – perhaps even a native speaker – would find writing a report, based on two pie charts say, challenging if they’d never practised it. It’s like somebody who’s been driving for years might not pass a driving test if they suddenly had to take one again.
Interviewer: What are the most typical problems with the first task?
Examiner: The most typical problem is trying to report too much of the information. Students who can probably write very well make the mistake of trying to comment on almost everything shown by the figure. They write far too much or try to cram too much information into a sentence. It’s very important to spend some time looking at the figure before starting to write. In theory, it’s the language used that’s important and not what information the student has chosen to report. However, if a very obvious piece of stand-out information has been ignored while something fairly irrelevant is the focus of a paragraph, it suggests that the student hasn’t
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