CELPIP Listening Part 2 Practice Test: Protecting Shared Garden

MAN: Hi Elise, did you notice the flattened plants beside our shared path? The children cut across that corner yesterday while carrying the badminton box to the lawn.

WOMAN: Hey Farid. I did. I nearly ordered a fence last night, but putting something between our gardens without speaking to you felt like a poor start.

MAN: I appreciate that. A tall fence would shade my vegetable bed after lunch, so I'd be trading your damaged flowers for vegetables that get no light.

WOMAN: I wondered about moving the flowers back. They've been settled there for years, though, and disturbing all those roots seems excessive when the route is the problem.

MAN: Could we make the way around them more obvious instead?

WOMAN: Maybe. A low edge would mark the bed without casting much shade, and we could leave a wider opening where everyone turns towards the lawn.

MAN: That sounds fair. The children aren't ignoring the plants on purpose; when the box fills both hands, the straight-looking gap is the one they notice.

WOMAN: Before buying anything, I'll mark the possible edge with string. Both families can walk around it and tell us whether the opening feels wide enough.

MAN: Let's have the children carry the box and their rackets during the trial. Two adults walking through empty-handed could approve a route that fails the first real test.

WOMAN: Good idea. I can explain why the plants need space, and you can show where the games should be left afterward, so they hear one workable plan.

MAN: Let's do that Saturday, when nobody is upset about fresh damage. They'll listen better if we're showing them a route instead of scolding them afterward.

WOMAN: I'll leave the corner as it is until then. Adding pots would hide the shortcut, but it wouldn't show us whether our alternative actually works.

MAN: I'll also check that the wider opening doesn't send everyone directly into the shed door. The whole route has to work, not only the flower-bed end.

WOMAN: Thanks. If the string trial works for the children as well as us, I'll buy the low edging afterward.