# Extrahands.com - 科目：雅思听力真题（Part 2） - 考频：中频 - 最近考试：2024.5.25 - 题目数：10 - 来源页：https://www.yaquan.site/paper/698f0fc1-24e7-4088-9b4d-1a527dd56bb0（在线机考练习与音频请访问该页面） - 数据更新：2026-10-29 ## 题目原文 00:00:00,680 Part two. 00:00:02,520 You will hear a radio program in which a man called Steven talks about an organization called ExtraHands.com. 00:00:12,500 First, you have some time to look at questions eleven to fifteen. 00:00:51,440 Now listen carefully and answer questions eleven to fifteen. 00:00:58,940 Steven Jennings has been involved with an intriguing organization called ExtraHands.com. I'll let him explain. 00:01:07,570 Thanks. Uh, yes, ExtraHands.com was started fifteen years ago by two New Zealanders who'd bought an old farm building and some land. They wanted to go organic, but they realized they'd need help clearing the fields for cultivation, and they just didn't have the money to pay for it. But they knew lots of people wanted to visit New Zealand. So they set up a website and advertised for volunteers to come and help on the farm there. Anyway, they got lots of volunteers, and they got their farm going, and ExtraHands.com was born. Today, the organization matches people who need help with people who are willing to work as a way of seeing the world. 00:01:52,680 You can either be a host if you need assistance or a volunteer if you're offering to work. In either case, to become a member, you just fill out a form on the ExtraHands.com website and pay the twenty-five dollar subscription. You only have to do that once. But for your membership to stay active, every twelve months, you have to go back to the website and check the details on your form there, adding information about any help you requested or work you did over that period. 00:02:26,000 So how does it work? Well, if a host has some work that needs to be done, he or she goes to the ExtraHands.com website and posts a description of the work. So the way most volunteers access these details on the website is by specifying the country or region they're interested in working in. But a few search according to how long they want to work for. Not many people have strong feelings about what sort of work they want to do. They're mostly fairly open about it. If you're interested in volunteering for a particular job, you can email your host to arrange the dates and establish things like accommodation and hours of work. It's all fairly informal. There are no legal documents or anything like that, but you do both need to have some sort of written record of what's been agreed before you actually arrive. 00:03:25,040 What about problems? Well, there are too many members for the organization to be able to investigate them all. But there's an online message board where members can post details of any difficulties they've had, things like unsatisfactory accommodation or volunteers who haven't done the work agreed, and this works very well. 00:03:50,880 Before you hear the rest of the program, you have some time to look at questions sixteen to twenty. 00:04:22,040 Now listen and answer questions sixteen to twenty. 00:04:28,920 I know you've personally had lots of ExtraHands.com placements, Steven. Tell us about them. 00:04:35,480 Well, my first placement was in Portugal, where I helped a local guy with a guidebook he'd written in English. I read what he'd written and corrected the English and made some suggestions for improving it. I was very pleased with it when I finished, and I learned lots about the country. The next placement was on the other side of the world in Australia. I was on a farm in the middle of nowhere, and since I'm pretty good in the kitchen, they had me fixing meals for thirty sheep shearers. I stayed two months, and it was a lot of fun, but I can tell you I was glad to get back home to California and just lie on a beach and relax. Okay. Then after a well-deserved rest, I did a job in South Korea for a small company that wanted an English speaker to show visiting Americans around. They gave me some books to read, and I learned as I worked. I loved it, and I developed a real taste for Korean food. 00:05:34,940 My most difficult job was for an older lady in the USA. She had a gigantic house and grounds, but she couldn't maintain them all herself. So I worked for her, digging and planting flowers and stuff around her swimming pool, and she grew tons of vegetables too. She was nice, but she fed me hot dogs morning, noon, and night. 00:05:58,840 Now, my most recent placement was last summer in Italy. I helped a family add a room onto their house. I didn't speak Italian or know the first thing about building, but the husband had an English-Italian phrase book, and together with sign language, showed me exactly what to do. And the wife's cooking was out of this world. 00:06:19,800 Thanks, Steven. And if you want more information about... 00:06:27,140 That is the end of part two. You now have thirty seconds to check your answers to part two. ## 题目与答案 ### 11. 11 Stephen says the founders of extrahands.com originally needed help in 11 Stephen says the founders of extrahands.com originally needed help in - preparing their fields for planting. - harvesting their organic crops. - constructing their farm buildings. **答案**：preparing their fields for planting. 原文定位：They wanted to go organic, but they realized they'd need help clearing the fields for cultivation 同义替换：「clear the fields」↔「prepare fields」；「cultivation」↔「planting」 ### 12. 12 To remain an active member of extrahands.com, you must 12 To remain an active member of extrahands.com, you must - update your form on the website every year. - pay a subscription of $25 every year. - use the scheme as a host or volunteer every year. **答案**：update your form on the website every year. 原文定位：But for your membership to stay active, every twelve months, you have to go back to the website and check the details on your form there, adding information about any help you requested or work you did over that period 同义替换：「remain an active member」↔「membership to stay active」；「year」↔「twelve months」；「update your form on the website」↔「go back to the website and check the details on your form, adding information」 ### 13. 13 Most extrahands.com volunteers search for jobs on the website according to 13 Most extrahands.com volunteers search for jobs on the website according to - the type of work available. - the geographical location. - the length of time required. **答案**：the geographical location. 原文定位：So the way most volunteers access these details on the website is by specifying the country or region they're interested in working in 同义替换：「search for jobs」↔「access these details」；「geographical location」↔「country or region」 ### 14. 14 Stephen recommends that the host and volunteer should 14 Stephen recommends that the host and volunteer should - confirm details of the arrangement in writing. - draw up a formal written contract. - meet each other before setting on terms. **答案**：confirm details of the arrangement in writing. 原文定位：There are no legal documents or anything like that, but you do both need to have some sort of written record of what's been agreed before you actually arrive 同义替换：「confirm details of the arrangement in writing」↔「have some sort of written record of what's been agreed」 ### 15. 15 To deal with members' problems, Extrahands.com have a system 15 To deal with members' problems, Extrahands.com have a system - for checking each new member online. - for allowing online feedback. - for inspecting work and accommodation. **答案**：for allowing online feedback. 原文定位：But there's an online message board where members can post details of any difficulties they've had, things like unsatisfactory accommodation or volunteers who haven't done the work agreed, and this works very well 同义替换：「deal with members' problems」↔「post details of any difficulties they've had」；「have a system」↔「an online message board」 ### 16. Portugal Portugal - cook - gardener - construction worker - tour guide - farm labourer - editor **答案**：editor 原文定位：Well, my first placement was in Portugal, where I helped a local guy with a guidebook he'd written in English. I read what he'd written and corrected the English and made some suggestions for improving it ### 17. Australia Australia - cook - gardener - construction worker - tour guide - farm labourer - editor **答案**：cook 原文定位：The next placement was on the other side of the world in Australia. I was on a farm in the middle of nowhere, and since I'm pretty good in the kitchen, they had me fixing meals for thirty sheep shearers ### 18. South Korea South Korea - cook - gardener - construction worker - tour guide - farm labourer - editor **答案**：tour guide 原文定位：Then after a well-deserved rest, I did a job in South Korea for a small company that wanted an English speaker to show visiting Americans around ### 19. USA USA - cook - gardener - construction worker - tour guide - farm labourer - editor **答案**：gardener 原文定位：My most difficult job was for an older lady in the USA. She had a gigantic house and grounds, but she couldn't maintain them all herself. So I worked for her, digging and planting flowers and stuff around her swimming pool, and she grew tons of vegetables too ### 20. Italy Italy - cook - gardener - construction worker - tour guide - farm labourer - editor **答案**：construction worker 原文定位：Now, my most recent placement was last summer in Italy. I helped a family add a room onto their house --- 以上内容由鸭圈雅思真题库（www.yaquan.site）提供，收录近期雅思考试真题回忆，支持在线机考模式免费练习。