IELTS Listening Part 3: A Field Trip on Coastal Erosion

Part Three. You will hear two geography students discussing their field trip with their tutor.

First, you have some time to look at questions twenty-one to twenty-five.

Now listen carefully and answer questions twenty-one to twenty-five.

So, how was the trip to Wenbury?

Amazing! Though it was freezing on the cliffs!

We measured how far the cliff edge has moved.

It's losing about two metres every year.

Two metres? That's faster than I thought.

And the locals say the storms are getting worse, too.

One café owner told us she'd lost half her garden.

She's lived there for forty years. It was really upsetting.

Stories like that will make your report much stronger.

We recorded six interviews altogether.

Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions twenty-six to thirty.

Now listen and answer questions twenty-six to thirty.

Now, what did you conclude about protecting the coast?

I think the council should build more sea walls.

Hmm, I'm not so sure about that.

Sea walls protect one village, but the erosion just moves further along the coast.

But you can't just let people's homes fall into the sea!

You both make good points. That's exactly the debate.

In your report, present both options fairly,

and include the cost of each one.

Should we use the old photos from the town archive?

Absolutely! Comparing them with today's coastline will be really powerful.

And the word limit is three thousand, isn't it?

That's right. And it's due on the twentieth of May.

Better start writing, then, Ben!

Ha! Fair enough.

That is the end of Part Three.