Unit 4 - Listening

Unit 4: LISTENING
Read the information. Then read the statements about Section 3 of the IELTS
Listening test.
In Section 3 of the IELTS Listening test, you will hear a conversation, with a maximum of
four people taking part. They will be talking in an academic context. You will hear this
conversation only once, and you will have a short period of time to read the questions
before listening.
Unit 4: Exercise 1
In the next exercise you will hear two students preparing for a seminar
presentation on the topic of ‘recognising why and when people tell lies’.
Match the words in the box with the correct definitions.
Body language detect dishonest fake lie pretend psychologist

survey
1. behaving in a way that is not truthful: _____________________

2. to behave like something is true when you know that it’s not: ___________________
3. someone who studies the human mind and human emotions and behaviour:
_____________________
4. something that is not real: _________________
5. the movements or position of your body that show other people how you are feeling:
______________________
6. to say or write something that is not true: ______________________
7. to notice or discover something, usually by using a special method:
_________________________
8. a study of opinions or behaviour by asking people questions:
________________________
Unit 4: Exercise 2
Read the information. Then, listen to the next part of the conversation. What
comment, 1–3, do the students make about the topic?
Choose the correct answer.
In the IELTS Listening test, you may be asked to decide what comment a speaker made on a topic.
Listen carefully, and then choose the best option. All the options may use similar words from the
conversation, but only one will be correct.
Topic
People lie in order to get work.
Comment
o 1 They put large lies on their CV.

o 2 A lot of people lie in job interviews.
o 3 Big lies will be discovered.
Unit 4: Exercise 3
What comments do the students make for each of the following topics related to
lying?
Listen and choose five answers and write the correct letters, A–G, next to the
topics 1–5.
• Look quickly through the topics 1–5 before listening. The speakers will go through
these topics in the same order.
• Study the list of comments carefully and be prepared to listen for things the
speakers say that have a similar meaning.
• Listen and pay attention to how the speakers comment on each topic. At the same
time, look through the comments and choose the one which seems to fit best.
• After listening, go back and make sure you are happy with the comment you chose
for each topic.
Comments Topics related to lying

A It has unexpected statistics. 1. Children lying ______
2. telling ‘white’ lies ______
B It may not show how people really feel.
3. body language ______
C It is something that people learn to do. 4. being dishonest online ______
D It gets lots of media attention. 5. lying about academic work ______
E It may have an unexpected positive outcome.
F It can be detected easily.
G It is becoming less common.
Unit 4: Exercise 4
Listen again and fill in the blanks, then check your answers from exercise 3.
Christina: So, did you find anything interesting when you were doing the research?
Dan: Well, I read a good article about children lying. It makes the point that parents in all
cultures tell their children (1) _______ if they’re dishonest. They say ‘You mustn’t tell lies.’
However, when children are about six, they start to realise that parents lie, too.
Christina: How?
Dan: Well, parents might say to a child ‘If your little sister wants another biscuit, we should
tell her that they’re all (2)___________.’ So learning to lie is something that children are
taught to do by their parents.
Christina: So, that’s dishonest, isn’t it?
Dan: In a way. But the parents probably don’t see it as lying, they’re trying to get the child to
do what they want. The thing is that then, the child starts lying to get what he or she wants,
too! So, when children lie, we should actually see this as a (3)___________part of their
development.
Christina: Right. That seems like a good point to include in the presentation. One of the
things I was interested in is people telling ‘(4)___________ lies’ – you know, small lies to
make other people feel better. According to one survey, it seems that women tell about 30
white lies a day, whereas men tell about eight.
Dan: It won’t come as a surprise that people tell white lies to make other people feel more
(5)_________, but we should mention the number of lies. That will be surprising to people.
Christina: What else did you find interesting?
Dan: Professor Miller mentioned body language, didn’t she? You know, if someone keeps
moving from foot to foot, or has their arms (6)______________ across their chest –
psychologists used to say ‘That’s a sure sign of lying! But now we know that’s not true.’
Christina: So, if people are looking for those kinds of body language (7)________, they may
completely misunderstand what’s going on?
Dan: Yes. Especially because gestures have different meanings in different (8)___________.
Christina: For example, a lack of eye contact might be a sign of respect, not of dishonesty.
Dan: Exactly. What about people lying online? You know, someone posts a (9)__________
review of a restaurant they’ve never actually been to.
Christina: Well, apparently there is a problem with people writing fake reviews, but the
thing is, (10)_____________ are always writing about it and saying how awful the situation
is, when actually, according to Professor Edwards, it’s just a small minority of people that do
this.
Dan: So, just newspaper hysteria?
Christina: Right. So shall we say something about being dishonest at university?
Dan: You mean, (11)___________ you wrote something when really you just copied it from
somewhere?
Christina: Yes.
Dan: That’s really serious. Like, if you get caught, you might be asked to leave the course.
Christina: I don’t think everyone knows that tutors have software programmes that only take
a few seconds to (12)___________whether the work is yours, or whether you’ve copied
something.
Dan: OK, why don’t we start with that point?

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Unit 4: LISTENING

Match the words in the box with the correct definitions.

Body language detect dishonest fake lie pretend psychologist

1. behaving in a way that is not truthful: _____________________

Choose the correct answer.

People lie in order to get work.

o 1 They put large lies on their CV.

Comments Topics related to lying

E It may have an unexpected positive outcome.

F It can be detected easily.

G It is becoming less common.

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