Employment - Working as a lorry driver
The following listening passage is about Angela's dream of becoming a lorry driver.
Read the questions first, listen to the passage and then answer the questions. Key vocabulary from the passage and a full transcript are included on the next page.
Listening skills practice monologue 鈥 Working as a lorry driver.
Question
1. What did Angela do which shows she was always interested in becoming a lorry driver?
When she was little, she played with lorries/diggers.
Transcript
Nuair a bha mi beag, bhithinn tric a' cluich le l脿raidhean, digearan agus rudan mar sin.
Question
2. What did Angela need to do before she could drive lorries?
She needed to get a licence for driving a car.
Transcript
Mus b' urrainn dhomh l脿raidhean a dhr脿ibheadh, bha agam ri cead fhaighinn airson c脿r a dhr脿ibheadh an toiseach.
Question
3. What did she enjoy about the first time she was in a lorry?
Being high up.
Transcript
Bha a' chiad turas a bha mi air c霉l na cuibhle ann an l脿raidh cho math. Ch貌rd e rium a bhith shuas 脿rd.
Question
4. State any three things Angela carries in her lorry.
Three from:
- food
- clothes
- toys
- any item you can think of.
Transcript
Bidh mi a-nis a' dr脿ibheadh do bh霉th mh貌r le l脿raidh l脿n rudan leithid biadh, aodach, d猫ideagan; rud sam bith air an smaoinich thu.
Question
5. What are the two most important skills a driver needs?
- Must be careful and safe.
- Not be in a hurry.
Transcript
'S iad na rudan as cudromaiche san obair seo a bhith faiceallach agus s脿bhailte, gun a bhith ann an cabhag.
Question
6. Give details about one of the time restrictions a lorry driver faces.
One from:
- They must stop for three quarters of an hour every four and a half hours.
- They can't drive for more than 56 hours a week.
Transcript
Feumaidh dr脿ibhear stad airson tr矛 chairteil na h-uarach gach ceithir uairean gu leth. Chan fhaod sinn nas fhaide na caogad 's a sia uairean a th矛de a dhr脿ibheadh gach seachdain.
Question
7. What change is Angela happy to see?
More (and more) women driving lorries.
Transcript
Tha barrachd is barrachd bhoireannach a' dr脿ibheadh l脿raidhean a-nis cuideachd agus 's math sin.
Question
8. What does Angela say about how much she enjoys her job?
She enjoys it as much as she hoped she would when she was a little girl.
Transcript
Tha e a' c貌rdadh rium an-diugh a cheart cho math 's a bha mi an d貌chas nuair a bha mi nam nighean bheag.