The idea
First identify the purpose of the message. On the second pass, listen specifically for a substitute stop and the end of a diversion. Negation, contrast words and time expressions can change an earlier detail. Write a short answer to each question before opening the answer. A correct response must match the message; information that sounds plausible but is not stated should stay out of your notes.
Listen for the decision
This original message tests a substitute stop and the end of a diversion. Keep the transcript closed for a first listen if your browser provides a German synthetic voice. Then replay and write down the specific detail needed for each question. The voice is device-generated; it is not a human recording, an exam recording or a test of natural background noise.
Read the text
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Achtung, eine Information für die Fahrgäste der Linie vierzehn. Die Haltestelle Rathaus wird heute nicht angefahren. Bitte benutzen Sie die Ersatzhaltestelle vor dem Blumenladen. Sie liegt ungefähr zweihundert Meter in Richtung Bahnhof. Die Umleitung gilt bis zum Ende des heutigen Betriebstags. Ab morgen früh halten die Busse wieder am Rathaus.
Examples
- Achtung, eine Information für die Fahrgäste der Linie vierzehn.Attention, information for passengers on route fourteen.
- Die Haltestelle Rathaus wird heute nicht angefahren.The Rathaus stop is not served today.
- Bitte benutzen Sie die Ersatzhaltestelle vor dem Blumenladen.Please use the temporary stop in front of the flower shop.
- Sie liegt ungefähr zweihundert Meter in Richtung Bahnhof.It is about two hundred metres towards the station.
- Die Umleitung gilt bis zum Ende des heutigen Betriebstags.The diversion applies until the end of today’s service.
- Ab morgen früh halten die Busse wieder am Rathaus.From tomorrow morning, buses will stop at the town hall again.
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Watch out
Do not confuse a mentioned option with the speaker's final instruction. For the first question, the supported answer is: Vor dem Blumenladen. Locate its evidence in the message. If your device has no German voice, this remains a reading-and-note-taking task; a transcript alone is not listening audio.
Try it yourself
Wo ist die Ersatzhaltestelle?
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Vor dem Blumenladen.
Vor dem Blumenladen. The shop is the precise landmark.
In welche Richtung geht man dorthin?
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In Richtung Bahnhof.
In Richtung Bahnhof. The direction is towards the station, not the town hall.
Wann wird die normale Haltestelle wieder bedient?
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Ab morgen früh.
Ab morgen früh. Today’s closure does not continue tomorrow.
Practice round
Answer three questions, then rebuild three German sentences. We keep your score.
Wo ist die Ersatzhaltestelle?
In welche Richtung geht man dorthin?
Wann wird die normale Haltestelle wieder bedient?
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Replay the message without reading. Give another person a two-sentence summary that preserves a substitute stop and the end of a diversion. Then compare your summary with the transcript. Change one factual detail and ask the person to identify the change on a final listen.