Answer to Dictation 1
Visitors to a UK beach saw an unusual sight earlier this week.
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Answer to Dictation 2
Thousands of bags of chips washed up on a beach in the county.
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Answer to Dictation 3
The bags were in shipping containers that fell off cargo ships.
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Answer to Dictation 4
Currents and tides carried one of the containers and the chips to the shore.
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Answer to Dictation 5
On closer inspection we saw not just the chips but chip bags.
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Many people came to the beach to help the clean-up.
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Answer to Dictation 7
He is worried about a colony of seals that live near the beach.
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Answer to Dictation 8
If the seals see the bags they will play with them or try to eat them.
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Answer to Dictation 9
Some of the food items washing on to the shoreline may be harmful to them.
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Answer to Dictation 10
The chip spill is the second such event on the beaches recently.
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