IELTS Listening Part 2: a cheerful guide welcomes visitors to a historic garden and explains the route, the history and the rules.
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Part Two. You will hear a tour guide talking to visitors at a historic garden.
First, you have some time to look at questions eleven to sixteen.
Now listen carefully and answer questions eleven to sixteen.
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Hartley Gardens!
My name's Tom, and I'll be your guide this morning.
Before we start, a little bit of history.
The house was built in 1823 by a tea merchant called Edward Hartley.
He loved plants so much that he spent more on the garden than the house!
Today, the gardens cover about forty acres.
We'll begin right here, in the rose garden.
There are over three hundred kinds of roses here!
Can you smell them already? Lovely, isn't it?
From here, we'll walk down to the lake.
I'm afraid the old boathouse is closed this year for repairs.
But you can still feed the ducks from the wooden bridge.
Please use the bird food from the kiosk, not bread.
Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions seventeen to twenty.
Now listen and answer questions seventeen to twenty.
Next, we'll visit my favourite place, the Palm House!
Inside, it's always twenty-five degrees, even in winter!
It's home to over a thousand tropical plants.
After that, you'll have free time in the kitchen garden.
Everything grown there is used in our café.
So yes, the carrot cake really is home-made!
Just two rules. Please keep dogs on a lead,
and picnics are only allowed on the south lawn.
We'll meet again by the main gate at half past twelve.
Right, follow me, and enjoy the gardens!
That is the end of Part Two.
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