part four consists of two tasks you'll hear five short extracts in which people are talking about leaving their own country to study abroad look at task one for questions 21 to 25 choose from the list a to H Y each speaker decided to study in another country now look at task 2 for questions 26 to 30 choose from the list a to H what each speaker says they gained from the experience while you listen you must complete both tasks in the exam you have 45 seconds to look at part 4 speaker 1 I wanted to
study met even culture at university but needed to earn some cash first so I thought working as a plumber might help me achieve that however the idea of a short plumbing course in my own country didn't appeal so when I discovered one in an old European town I jumped at it I'm bilingual so a new language wouldn't be an issue but what made it perfect was all the ancient ruins in the area which I was just itching to explore once there I felt really driven to do well there was just this new sense of optimism
I even went on to be the college's best apprentice speaker to my brother and I had always played a lot of tennis and I was about to take it up professionally but then injured my leg quite badly and had to drop the idea so I upped sticks and got on a plane to a Sports Science degree it's really old and prestigious University it gave me a real sense of helping the next generation of top athletes to achieve their dream even if mine had somehow changed direction and they were really grateful for that so their recommendations
opened a number of doors for me once my studies had finished that was incredibly valuable speaker 3 I'd always been a great fan of detective stories and I suppose I always imagined myself being the one who solves the crime and catches the bad guy then quite by chance I happen to read about a forensic science course in the state and realized it was my big chance as it would get me exactly where I'd always wanted to go my family couldn't get over it when I announced my plans but the great bonus has been that loads
of films are made in the area where I'm living so I've got into that art form now I've never really seen myself as a movie buff before speaker 4 I'd lived in the city all my life and had plenty of friends there but we were all rushing around frantically as city dwellers do anyway I'd been meeting about problems with the environment and felt increasingly I wanted to do something but what then I discovered a course where I could train in agriculture and rural development and so off we went me and my family the area also
offered perfect opportunities for me to apply my newfound knowledge and I realized I no longer needed to rely on anyone to give me a job we could go anywhere where I could set up by myself it was exactly what we all needed speaker 5 I just qualified as a dentist and knew I could earn good money locally but the kind of jobs that were available just didn't appeal somehow and the only courses that tempted me if I wanted to top up my qualifications meant going abroad so off I went in fact even though the course
I chose was in English we were strongly encouraged to learn the local language as part of our studies and that turned out to be the best thing I ever did because knowing the language made me feel I really belonged in the place I ended up settling there and I haven't looked back since now play the recording again that is the end of the test
