IELTS Listening Exercise #6
Listening Tip
You will hear a conversation between an employee at a company called Fresh Ideas, and a woman calling for information. First you have some time to look at Questions 1-5.
Now Listen carefully and answer Questions 1 to 5:
Questions 1-5
Listen and answer the questions.
Write ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
| Meal Options | Comments | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Meals for two |
|
£160.50 per week |
| Family meals |
|
£ per week |
| Luxury meals |
|
£233.50 per week |
- Employee:
- Hello. Online Meals Service.
- Caller:
- Hello. You deliver meals to people’s homes, right? My friend recommended you.
- Employee:
- Well, not quite. You place your order online for the meals you want, and then we provide everything you need to make them.
- Caller:
- Great. Could you tell me about the different meal options?
- Employee:
- Sure, we do Meals for Two. So that’s all your evening meals, Monday to Sunday. And, for two of them, it’ll be fish that you’re cooking with.
- Caller:
- OK. When do you deliver the meals?
- Employee:
- How it works is that you order online by Wednesday, then early on a Friday, our delivery truck will come to your home. We do it on a Friday, rather than a Monday, so you get fresher ingredients on the weekends.
- Caller:
- And how much is that?
- Employee:
- For the Meals for Two option, that’s £160.50 per week. Then we do a Family Meals option, which is suitable for two adults and up to three children.
- Caller:
- I see. What do you include in each meal?
- Employee:
- I can send you some menus to look at. Sometimes we include bread, but not always, and sometimes we offer different desserts. However, what we never do without is some kind of fruit. We want our meals to be varied, but nutritious.
- Caller:
- Good.
- Employee:
- And for teenagers, we try to get them involved in cooking, so for every meal, we put together a simple recipe. So you have everything you need, except cooking equipment, which we assume you already have.
- Caller:
- Nice idea. I’d really like to get my kids interested in cooking. So, in terms of cost, my friend told me she was paying £192.75 each week.
- Employee:
- That’s what it is, yes. It was £219.50, until we found some different suppliers, and so we were able to reduce the price by £26.75.
- Caller:
- Great!
- Employee:
- There’s one more option. Luxury Meals.
- Caller:
- How is that different to the Family Meals option?
- Employee:
- Well, it consists of dishes from various countries – so you might have a meal from Mexico one day, and something from Thailand or India on another.
- Caller:
- Wow, that would certainly make dinnertime less boring, although I suspect my children might find it rather spicy, and wouldn’t eat it. Aren’t these meals more expensive?
- Employee:
- Well, they’re £233.50 a week, which for five people, I think is good value for money.