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Boat trip round Tasmania So, hell
o everyone. My name’s Lou Mille r an d I’
m going to be your (Q1) _________ today as we take thi s fantastic boat tri p aroun d th
e Tasmanian (Q2) _________. Before we (Q3) _________, I just want t o tel l yo u a fe w thing s abou t ou r journey . Our boats aren’t hug e as you ca
n see. We already have three (Q4) _________ on board and on top of that, we ca
n transport a further fifteen people – that’s you – around the coastline. Bu t
please note if there are more tha n nin e people on either sid
e of the boat ,we’ll move some o f you over (Q11 ,
) otherwise all eighteen of us will end u p in th e sea!
We’ve recently upgraded all our boats. They use
d to be (Q5) _________, but ou r new one s now have these comfortable dar
k red seats and a light-green (Q6) _________ (Q12) in order to stand
out from others and help promote ou r company. Thi
s gives our boats a rather (Q7) ________ , _ don’t you think ?
We offer you a free lunch box during th
e trip and we have three types. Lunch box 1 contains (Q8) ________ _ sandwiches .Lunc h bo x 2 contain s a chedda r chees e rol l (Q13 ) an d Lunc h bo x 3
is (Q9) _________ and als o contains eggs an
d tuna . All three lunchboxes als o have a (Q10) _________ an d chocolate ba r inside. Pleas
e let staff know which lunch box you prefer. I’m sure I don’t hav e to ask yo u no
t to throw anything into the sea. W e don’t have any bins to put litte r in, but Jess, myself o r Ray ,ou
r other guide, will collect it from you (Q14) after lunch and pu t i t all i n a larg e (Q11) _________. ————————– The engine on the boa
t makes quite a lot of noise so before we head off ,let me tell you a few
things about what you’re goin g to see . This are
a is famous for its ancient lighthouse, which you’ll se e from th e boat a s we turn past th e first littl e island .I t wa s buil t i n 183 8 to protect sailors a s a numbe r of (Q12) ________ _ had le d t o significant los s of lif e (Q15/16 . ) Th
e construction itself was complicate d as some of the original drawings kep t by th
e local council show. It sits righ t on to
p of the cliffs in a very isolated spot. In th e nineteenth century ther e were many job s there ,suc h as polishin g th e brass lamps, (Q13)
_________ and cleaning windows, tha t kept lighthous e keeper s busy. Thes e worker s wer e mainly
(Q14) _________ until the middl
e of that century when ordinary familie s willin g to liv e i n suc h circumstances took ove . r (Q15/16 ) Some of you hav
e asked me what creatures we ca n expect to see. I kno w everyone love s the penguins, but they’re ver
y shy and ,unfortunately, tend to hid e from (Q15) ________ , _ but yo u 17 T1 L2 IELTS Gladiator 3
might see birds in the distance, such as sea eagles, flying around the clif f edges where they nest. When we get to th e rock y are
a inhabited by fur seals, we’ll stop an d watc h them swimming around the coast. They’r
e (Q16) _________ creatures so don’ t be surprised if on e pops up righ t in front of you (Q17/18 .
) Their predators ,orca whales, hunt along the coastlin e too ,bu t spotting
one of these is rare. Dolphins ,on the other hand, can sometimes approach o n their own o r in groups as they rid e the waves beside u . s (Q17/18 ) Lastly, I want to mentio
n the caves. Tasmania is famous for its caves an d the one s we’l l pas s by
are so amazing that people are lost for words when they see them. They can only be approached by sea (Q19/20 , ) but i f you fee l tha t yo
u want to see more than we’r e abl e t o sho w you ,then
you can take a kayak into the area on anothe r day an d one of ou r staff will giv e you more information on that. Wha
t we’ll do is to go through a narrow channel, past some incredible rock
formations and from there we’l l be able to se e the openings t
o the caves, and at that point we’ll talk to you about wha t lies beyon . d (Q19/20 ) 17 T1 L2 IELTS Gladiator 4