Listening comprehension

Listen to the video about the Isles of Scilly, related to the article on pages 6-7 of English Now No 92. Then, drag and drop the missing words into the correct spaces in the transcript below.
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  • - Think of the
    ______
    but being in
    ______
    at the same time.
  • - It’s just so varied. You can be on the north end, poking around a ruined 16th-century castle and walking through one of the last battlefields of the English Civil War, and 20 minutes later, you find yourself strolling through one of the great
    ______
    of Europe.
  • - This garden is special because there’s nothing like it in
    ______
    . All our plants come from
    ______
    climate zones. The garden started in 1834. A man called Augustus Smith came here and he built a garden around the site of this old
    ______
    priory. So, it had a nice
    ______
    feel, with the old ruins, but also with the unique collection of plants. So, it made it something rather
    ______
    .
  • - I’ve lived on Tresco for 34 years. I came here just by
    ______
    , and I couldn’t quiet believe where I’d landed up. For such a small island, I think it has an awful lot to offer. It’s very self-contained; it has
    ______
    that you need.

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