Angol középszintű érettségi – Hallott szöveg értése: Whales at Cape Cod
• In this section, you will hear a small report on meeting whales.
• Your task is to complete the sentences with one word or number in each
gap.
• First, you will have some time to look at the task, and then we will play the
whole recording in one piece.
• Then, after a short pause, you will hear the recording again, but this time we
will play the text in shorter sections to give you enough time to write down
your answers.
1. The man passed a ……………….. when he reached the open water.
2. The open water was the …………………………
3. A lot of ships made the same trip ……………………… ago.
4. Ships which left Cape Cod ………………. a lot of whales.
5. It is ironic to …………… whales at Cape Cod today.
6. It is a good sign when you can see ………………… circling something in the water.
7. ……………. shows the people where the humpback whales can be spotted.
forrás: British Council
Megoldások
1. a lighthouse
2. Atlantic ocean
3. 150
4. killed
5. see / watch
6. seabirds
7. cloud of water
Szöveg átirata
We’re just coming out past the lighthouses now into the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. One hundred and fifty years ago, thousands of ships made this same journey into the Atlantic because Cape Cod, back there, was the centre of the American whaling industry. Ships leaving this port killed thousands of whales all over the world. Now, ironically, Cape Cod is one of the best places in the world to see whales – and that’s why we’re here.
The seabirds we can see circling over there are a good sign. The birds often circle like that in places where whales are feeding. We’ll head in that direction. There! That cloud of water in the air there tells us that there are humpback whales over there …… Another! Any minute now we should see … WOW! Woohoo! Amazing!
