Section 6

TOPIC: CITY LIFE

UNIT 1

Lesson A. IN-CLASS LISTENING

Text Title: Free Fantasian Radio

Cassette: From The Cambridge English Course,

by M.Swan, C.Walter

1. Pre-Listening Vocabulary

Go over the list of the words and phrases below and clear up any difficulties.

efficient management - эффективное управление

industrial output [] - выпуск промышленной продукции

flooding [] - наводнение

aircraft [] - самолет

average earnings [] - средний заработок

grotnic [] - денежная единица

maintain order [] - поддерживать порядок

release figures [] - оглашать цифры

briefly [] - вскоре

a vailable [] - находящийся в наличии

Stranvegan []

Banhooly [] - geographical names

East Mork

Chingport []

A melia Musk [] - proper names

Joseph Brodsk

2. Listening Exercises

2.1. You will hear the ten o’clock news broadcast by two radio stations: Free Fantasian Radio station (FFR) and Democratic Fantasian Radio (DFR). Identify the number of news items. Note the order in which the news items come in the programme.

2.2. There are some differences in the information given in the two broadcasts. What do you think is the main reason for the differences?

1. different sources of information

2. different political orientation

3. desire to tell the listeners the whole truth

2.3. Copy the table below into your notebooks.

Information	FFR	DFR
Number of demonstrations Was the march violent? How many hurt? Average earnings up/down by: Industrial output Exports up/down by: Inflation: Number of homeless due to flooding Weather Who died? At what age?

2.4. Listen to the recording twice and complete the table.

2.5. Listen to the details concerning the place of the action, its time and the people involved in the two news programmes. Take notes so as to expand each of the following news items. The first is done for you.

1. the government’s economic policies are successful/ led to inefficient management and lower productivity.

2. During the demonstration police …

3. There was flooding in the South of the country. The local army units … . Damage …

4. … has died … at his/her home in …

5. News came in of a plane crash …

6. And now the weather forecast. It will be … . The weekend …

3. Language Focus

3.1. Listen to the recording again. Complete the following word combinations with verbs they go with in the news reports.

1. figures released today …

2. official sources …

3. economic policies …

4. industrial output …

5. prompt action …

6. news of a plane crash …

7. the fighting …

8. the Fantasian grotnic now …

3.2. Contrastive stress. Copy the sentences given below. Listen to them and underline the words contrasted.

1. Democratic Fantasian Radio has a different political position from Free Fantasian Radio.

2. Free Fantasian Radio has a similar position to Free Fantasian Television.

3. Export figures are rising faster than import figures.

4. I’ve never met the president, but I’ve met the president’s wife.

5. I don’t usually vote in election, but this one’s important.

6. First reports referred to two aircraft, but it is now believed that three aircraft were involved.