IELTS Listening · Cam 9
Test 4 Part 2
Hello? Hi, it's Laura Carlton here.
Level: B2 · 96 sentences
Transcript
- Hello?
- Hi, it's Laura Carlton here.
- We've just arrived at the holiday flat
- But I can't get the hot water and heating to work.
- Oh, right.
- That's easy.
- Don't worry.
- In the upstairs cupboard you'll find the water heater.
- You'll see three main controls on the left at the bottom of the heater.
- The first one, the round one on the far left,
- Is the most important one for the heating and hot water.
- It's the main control switch.
- Make sure it's in the on position.
- The switch itself doesn't light up,
- But the little square below will be black
- If the switch is off.
- That's probably what's happened.
- It's got switched off by mistake.
- The middle one of these three controls,
- You'll see it's slightly larger than the first one, controls the radiators.
- If you feel cold while you're there and need the radiators on,
- This needs to be turned to maximum.
- The last of the three controls, the one on the right,
- Is usually on about a number four setting,
- Which for the water in the taps is usually quite hot enough.
- Below the heating controls in the middle
- Is a small round plastic button.
- If there isn't enough water in the pipes,
- Sometimes the heater goes out.
- If this happens, you'll need to press
- This button to reset the heater.
- Hold it in for about five seconds
- And the heater should come on again.
- Then there's a little square indicator under the third knob that's a kind of alarm light.
- It'll flash if you need to reset the heater.
- It sounds complicated.
- I'm sure you won't have any problems with it.
- There should be some more instructions on the side of the heater.
- Call me back if you can't make it work.
- OK.
- While you're on the phone,
- We haven't managed to find a few things we need,
- Like extra pillows for the beds and some washing powder.
- Is there any here?
- Pillows, yes.
- If you look in the cupboard,
- The large white one upstairs, to the left of the bathroom door,
- There should be four or five on the top shelf.
- And if you want to do some washing,
- There's some powder for that, um,
- Probably by the back door.
- There's a kind of shelf there above the sink.
- In fact, I'm sure there's some there in a large blue box.
- You need about half a cupful for each wash.
- Oh, and that reminds me.
- The spare key to the back door
- Is hanging on a hook on the wall by the sitting room window.
- Please make sure to put it back when you've used it.
- The previous guest lost it in the garden
- And I had to get another one made.
- And if you have any trouble with the lamps,
- You'll find some spare bulbs in a large cardboard box.
- It's on top of the washing machine
- With all kinds of useful things in it.
- Oh, and another thing I forgot to mention when we last spoke.
- Yes?
- I've left you a local map
- So you'll be able to find your way around easily.
- It shows the whole area.
- I put it in the top drawer of the chest under the TV in your bedroom.
- There's a whole file of local information in there too.
- Thanks.
- What about visiting the town?
- Can you give us any advice?
- Yes.
- You'll need to take the car.
- It's too far to walk from the flat, really.
- You have to pay to leave your car in all the car parks now, I'm afraid.
- I like the one that's by the station best,
- And you can walk to the town centre from there in five minutes.
- That's where all the best restaurants are.
- But if you want a takeaway,
- The Italian one does really good pasta and pizzas.
- Call 732281 for that one or 76619 for the Chinese.
- They're both good and they'll both deliver to the flat.
- As for places to visit, yes,
- Do go and see the railway museum.
- The exhibition is small but really good.
- It gets very crowded on Sundays,
- So I suggest you visit it on a quieter day,
- Later in the week, but not on Thursdays, which is market day.
- You won't find anywhere to park.
- And it's also the only day of the week
- When they're not open.
- Anything else?
- Not for the moment, thanks.