PTE Academic Listening

Summary Spoken Text

 DNA&RNA
 Typhoid Mary – Mary Mallon
 Mr. Green – Amory Lovins
 Chocolate (cocoa)
 Sound receptor
 Government trick – policy making
 Human creativity - 3P (People, Process—key and Product)
 Robots
 Globalization
 Interview with lady author
 Make errors
 Talent war
 Peasants in India
 Diaspora consciousness
 Laughing
 Animals, water, temperature tolerance
 International law and climate change
 English is Latin
 Financial consultant - women unable to pay her student loan
 Environmental law - Adam Smith theory
 Relationship between agriculture and urbanization
 Reducing - Government power - Democratic Party and Republican Party – federal level –
state level
 Stanford university conference
 Academic competition
 Vitamin D
 A female novelist

Word from Dictation

 Most of the theories are similar, but a few critics disagree.
 Most of the theories were similar, but a few critics disagreed.
 The first assignment will be due on the 14th of September.
 Your thesis should have a fairly limited scope.
 The thesis should have a limited scope.
 Competition for the places on this/in course is fierce.
 Despite the protest, the chemistry department was closed down.
 The importance of this event was not fully understood.
 The election for president is held once every four years.
 Tribes work together to build monolithic statues.
 Tribes work with each other to build a monolithic statue.
 The curriculum is described in your course syllabus.
 Please remember to bring highlighter to class on next Wednesday.
 Leading companies changed /have changed their policies after reports were released.
 The leading companies changed their policies after their report(s) was/were released.
 This graph shows there is a minimum growth.
 Relevant resources are reserved in the library.
 The main concept(s) of/in this thesis were not new.
 The dining hall will undergo renovation during the fall break.
 The dining hall will be under renovation during the fall break.
 Today’s lecture materials will be included in the next assessment.
 We support on the research [on problems] related to tropical (cyclone) dynamics and
forecasting.
 There was no correlation between (the) drug use and (the) cure rate.
 The University Library has most of the necessary books.
 Avoid confusing causes and effects of those changes.
 The history of movement was recorded by several writers.
 Experts believe that industry development will help economy.
 The same issue reached still the same explanation of the problem.
 The same reached the same explanation of the problem.
 This schedule allows a lot/plenty of time for independent study.
 This schedule would allow plenty of time on independent study.
 Conferences will always be scheduled two weeks in advance.
 Resource material is held at the library reference desk.
 The scientists here study a wide variety of atmosphere process.
 Our group is going to meet tomorrow in the library conference room.
 Our group is meeting tomorrow morning in the library conference room.
 The slide shows that there has been a minimal growth
 The coffee house has special student discount throughout the week.
 Interim grades will be posted on the board outside the student's lounge.
 Interim grades will be posted outside the student lounge.
 The qualification will be assessed with the criterion to approach.
 The qualification will be assessed with the criterion reference to approach.
 Politics is usually not a safe topic of conversation.
 The toughest part of research for postgraduate students is funding.
 Some/Most of the features are part of the previous system.
 Student's/Student identification cards will be issued by today or/and tomorrow.
 There were not enough evidences to support these recommendations.
 There is not enough evidence to support these recommendations.
 This was not enough evidence to support this recommendation.
 Observers waited nervously and held the breath for the concert.
 Observers waited nervously and took a breath for the concert.
 Our class is meeting tomorrow in the library conference room.
 Our group is going to meet tomorrow in the library conference room.
 Reference materials are held on the library reference desk.
 The relative humidity is the amount of moisture that air can hold.
 This schedule allows a plenty of time for independent study.