[Music] section two you will hear a podcast about an area called the Sheep Market in a New Zealand City first you have some time to look at questions 11 to 14 now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 14 welcome to this podcast about the Sheep Market which is one of the oldest parts of the city as its name suggests there was originally a market here where Farmers brought their sheep but now it's been redeveloped into a buzzing vibrant area of the city which is also home to one of the city's fastest growing communities the
nearby university has always meant the areas popular with students who come in to enjoy the Lively nightlife but now graduates embarking on careers and the worlds of fashion and design are buying up the new apartments recently built here to replace the small houses where the market workers used to live the narrow old side streets are great places for finding original pictures jewelry and Ceramics which won't break the bank as well as local produce like fruit and vegetables there's also lots of pavement cafes where you can have a coffee and watch tourists from all over the
world go by the oldest buildings in the area are on the main streets including the city's first department store built in the 1880s which is still open today the Sheep Market is a center for fashion and there's a policy of encouraging new Young designers the young fashion competition is open to local young people who are passionate about fashion this year they've been asked to design an outfit based on ideas from the music and Technology that's part of their everyday life using both natural and man-made fibers the garments will be judged by a panel of experts
and fashion designers and the winning entries will be modeled at a special Galler evening parking at the sheet Market is easy there are plenty of pay and display car parking spaces on the roadsides which are fine if you just want to stay for an hour or two but if you want to spend the day there it's better to park in one of the four underground car Parks it's not expensive and if you can present a receipt from one of the local stores you'll not be charged at all after 600 p.m. many of the car Parks
have a flat rate which varies but it is usually very reasonable before you hear the rest of the the podcast you have some time to look at questions 15 to 20 now listen and answer questions 15 to 20 the Sheep Market is one of the main centers for art and history in the whole of the country if you look at our map you'll see some of the main attractions there most visitors start from Crawley Road at the bottom of the map the Reynolds house is one of the oldest houses in the city and is open
to the public it's on the north side of Crawley Road next to the footpath that leads to the public gardens the area is particularly interesting for its unusual sculptures the thumb is just what its name suggests but it's about 10 m high you'll see it on Hill Road across the road from the bank the Museum's got a particularly Fine Collection of New Zealand Landscapes it's on the east side of the sheep Market on City Road it's on the other side of the road from the public gardens immediately facing the junction with Hill Road the Contemporary
Art Gallery is on a little road that leads off Station Square not far from the public gardens the road ends at the gallery it doesn't go anywhere else that's open every day except Mondays the Warner Gallery specializes in 19th century art it's on City Road near the junction with Crawley Road on the same side of the road as the public gardens it's open on weekdays from 9: to 5:00 and entry is free finally if you're interested in purchasing high quality artwork the place to go is nucleus you need to go from Crawley Road up through
Station Square and East along Hill Road until you get to a small Winding Road turning off go up there and it's on your right if you get to City Road you've gone too far that is the end of section two you now have half a minute to check your answers that
