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Conversation 1 scenario: a neighbour's complaint about bins and late music (student-student)
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Narrator: You share a rented house on Harcourt Street with your friend Ines and two other students, Lukas and Sam. Yesterday your next-door neighbour, Mr Kowalczyk, who has lived on the street for over forty years, left a handwritten note on your door. He complained that your recycling bins had stayed on the pavement for a whole week after collection day, blocking the path for his wife's wheelchair, and that music from your house last Thursday went on until one in the morning. This morning your landlord emailed to say that if there is another complaint, he will send all of you an official warning letter. Ines has asked to talk to you about it in the kitchen before lectures.
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interactive_listening: listen_and_complete
Interactive Listening, part 1: Listen and Complete. Listen to the scenario. You may replay it as many times as you like. Then type the missing information in the sentence. Answer only what is needed; paraphrases and minor spelling or grammar errors are accepted. On the test you complete 3-4 such sentences, and this part and Listen and Respond share 6 minutes 30 seconds; this practice item tests one sentence.
Complete the sentence about the situation. If anyone complains about the house again, the landlord will ______.
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