Answer to Dictation 1
Leaving a tip in a restaurant or taxi is a part of life in many countries.
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Answer to Dictation 2
Usually we give a tip to a waiter or to a member of staff in a hotel.
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Answer to Dictation 3
With modern technology there is a new way to tip.
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Answer to Dictation 4
Many of these machines are asking customers to leave a 20 per cent tip.
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Answer to Dictation 5
They are not so happy about leaving a tip and giving extra money to a machine.
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Answer to Dictation 6
Reporters said many people in the USA are becoming tired of tipping.
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Answer to Dictation 7
They are even tipping when buying a bottle of water.
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Answer to Dictation 8
This was because there are more digital payment machines.
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Answer to Dictation 9
A prompt on a self checkout machine was like emotional blackmail.
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Answer to Dictation 10
It said Americans are leaving 15 per cent more tips than before.
See the self-checkout machines lesson for the whole text.
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