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CELPIP Practice Listening: Discussion ID: #61491 Hard Waste Bins at a Waterloo Community Park
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  • You will watch a 2-minute video. Then 8 questions will appear.
  • Choose the best way to answer each question.
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Correct Answer: The Region of Waterloo delivered twelve new recycling and composting bins that need to be placed in the community park.

Why this is correct: The meeting follows delivery of twelve recycling and composting bins; the speakers need to choose their locations before the cleanup event.

Tips: For a meeting trigger, connect the opening event with the action immediately required.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • The city announced a ban on single-use plastics in parks.: No ban on single-use plastics is announced.
  • Residents complained about the lack of green space in the neighbourhood.: No complaint about lack of green space prompts this meeting.
  • A new park is being built and requires waste management planning.: The bins are for an existing community park, not a newly planned park.

Correct Answer: It is where most visitors enter, and the single garbage bin there overflows every weekend.

Why this is correct: Most visitors enter through the Weber Street entrance, and its single garbage bin overflows every weekend. Those two problems make the entrance an obvious location for new bins.

Tips: Decide what the question asks for and choose the option supported by the discussion.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • The city requires all bins to be visible from the street.: No rule requiring bins to be visible from the street is mentioned.
  • It is the only paved area in the park.: The entrance is not described as the park’s only paved area.
  • It is the safest location for heavy equipment.: Heavy-equipment safety is not given as the reason for this location.

Correct Answer: Parents buy snacks from the vending machine and wrappers end up on the ground because the nearest bin is too far away.

Why this is correct: Parents buy snacks from the vending machine, and wrappers end up on the ground. The nearest bin is a three-minute walk away, which explains the litter problem at the playground.

Tips: Decide what the question asks for and choose the option supported by the discussion.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Children are vandalizing the existing bins.: The problem is discarded snack wrappers, not vandalism of bins.
  • The playground equipment is outdated and dangerous.: No problem with outdated or dangerous playground equipment is reported.
  • There is no seating for parents near the play area.: No lack of seating for parents is reported.

Correct Answer: The dog walking trail exit on Bridgeport Road.

Why this is correct: The fourth location suggested is the dog walking trail exit on Bridgeport Road, where owners have no place to dispose of waste bags.

Tips: Listen for the new location after the three existing sites are summarised.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • The sports field on the west side of the park.: The west-side sports field is not proposed as the fourth location.
  • The parking lot at the centre of the park.: The central parking lot is not proposed as the fourth location.
  • The community garden near the north entrance.: The north-entrance community garden is not proposed as the fourth location.

Correct Answer: Signs using the same icons as the region's curbside bins so people recognize them.

Why this is correct: The proposed signs will use the same icons as the region’s curbside bins so people can recognise them immediately.

Tips: Keep the sign design separate from other materials mentioned later.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Custom bin covers to match the park's theme.: No custom bin covers are proposed.
  • A colour-coded map of the entire park.: A map is later planned for the maintenance crew, but it is not the design offered for the bin signs.
  • A mobile app for reporting overflowing bins.: No mobile reporting app is proposed.

Correct Answer: Saturday morning, with signs printed and laminated by Friday.

Why this is correct: Saturday morning is offered for placement and signage together, and the response accepts Saturday with signs ready by Friday. Both parts of the final option are stated.

Tips: Match the proposed time with the replies that follow.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • The day before the weekend cleanup event.: The dialogue does not identify installation as the day before the cleanup event; it explicitly names Saturday morning.
  • After receiving approval from the city council.: No city council approval is a prerequisite in the installation discussion.
  • The following Monday during regular maintenance hours.: Monday installation is not proposed.

Correct Answer: Email them a map showing each bin location so they can update their pickup route.

Why this is correct: The maintenance crew needs to add the new bin sites to its pickup route. The stated next step is to email the crew a map showing each location.

Tips: Match the recipient, method and information in the proposed action.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Ask them to provide extra bins from their storage.: No request for extra bins is proposed.
  • Schedule a meeting with them to discuss waste management strategy.: The stated action is an email with a map, not a strategy meeting.
  • Hire additional workers for bin collection.: No hiring of additional collection workers is proposed.

Correct Answer: Checking back in a month to see if any adjustments are needed.

Why this is correct: The final suggestion is to check back in a month and see whether any adjustments are needed.

Tips: Use the final concrete follow-up rather than the broader goal of improving recycling.

Why the other options are wrong:

  • Hosting a community event to raise awareness about recycling.: No community recycling-awareness event is suggested as the follow-up.
  • Conducting a survey of park visitors about their waste habits.: No survey of park visitors is suggested as the follow-up.
  • Applying for a government grant to purchase more bins.: No grant application for more bins is suggested as the follow-up.

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