IELTS Listening · Cam 10

Test 1 Part 3

OK, let's go over the requirements and see what we have left to do.

Level: B2 · 64 sentences

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  1. OK, let's go over the requirements
  2. and see what we have left to do.
  3. Let's see.
  4. We have to give the professor a written summary of the information we've gathered on our topic,
  5. wild bird rescue and rehabilitation.
  6. The other written thing we have to turn in is a case study of the rehabilitation of one bird.
  7. We have the information on that already.
  8. Right.
  9. All we have to do is write it up.
  10. What about charts and graphs?
  11. Do we need to include something like that?
  12. I don't think so.
  13. They aren't really relevant,
  14. but we do have to turn in a list of the resources we used.
  15. Naturally.
  16. What about videos?
  17. I heard some of the other students were doing that.
  18. Well, I guess that must be optional
  19. because I don't see it on the requirements list.
  20. Okay, we should start planning our class presentation
  21. since that counts for half the grade.
  22. We've looked at lots of sources of information,
  23. but I think our best source was the interviews we did with the wildlife rehabilitators.
  24. Agreed.
  25. That and the journal articles.
  26. I think we have enough information from those two sources for the presentation anyhow.
  27. The books we looked at weren't all that helpful.
  28. I wonder if we should try to bring in some live birds for the presentation.
  29. That would be too difficult, don't you think?
  30. But we have lots of photos of rehabilitated birds.
  31. We can show those.
  32. Right.
  33. OK.
  34. I think we should start by talking about how to rescue a bird.
  35. Probably first we should help people understand which birds need rescuing.
  36. Yeah, that's really important because a lot of times people see a baby bird that's all alone
  37. or they find a bird sitting on the ground
  38. and they think it needs to be rescued.
  39. And usually those are just baby birds learning to fly.
  40. So we should emphasise that people should only attempt to rescue a bird that's clearly injured.
  41. For certain kinds of birds,
  42. the rescuer needs to wear protective gloves
  43. because some of those birds have sharp claws
  44. and can tear your shirt or worse,
  45. injure your face or some other part of your body.
  46. Yes, that's an important point.
  47. OK, next, let's tell people to put the injured bird in a box,
  48. a box with good air circulation.
  49. We should let them know that a cage isn't necessary and a bag,
  50. especially a plastic one, could hurt the bird more.
  51. Another thing we need to say is
  52. that the best way to help the bird stay calm is not by petting it or talking to it,
  53. but by leaving it completely alone.
  54. Then people should take the bird to the bird rescue centre as soon as possible.
  55. Right.
  56. And we should also point out that
  57. when they're driving the bird to the rescue centre,
  58. it's better not to play music on the radio or talk loudly,
  59. because those things just stress the bird.
  60. Yes.
  61. It's better just to speak quietly
  62. while you have the bird in the car.
  63. Okay, we've got that part covered.
  64. Next we should talk about what happens at the rescue center.