5.29.2010

Podcast on anti-social behaviour (Gordon Brown)

Listen and answer the questions, choose the right option or complete the following sentences. (Check your answers in “comments”).


1. What are the results of the government’s tough action?
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2. He knows that all facts and statistics are small comfort to the man who’s worried about ___________________________________________ or the person intimidated by rowdiness ___________________________________________ or the neighbour who­­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________
3. He says that, although he’s proud of their record, he would never be satisfied while a single British pensioner ___________________________________________________________ or a couple think it twice ___________________________________________________________.
4. What’s he going to do because the public have the right to know? How?
5. What will happen to every single one of the most chaotic families in Britain?
6. What will happen every time a young person bridges an ASBO?
7. Which of these measures have been taken recently?
a) They’ve created a new Team of Victims Champions to act on behalf or victims of anti-social behaviour.
b) Local councils will ban 24-hour drinking.
c) They’ve made local residents pay the cost of dealing with binge drinking.
d) Pubs and clubs will be made to pay the cost of keeping the neighbourhood safe?
8. What will they ensure in the future?
9. In the following days he says he’ll meet different people (local residents, police, the Victims Champion…) to see what more they can do to _______________________________________.
10. What is the government’s priority?

Dealing with anti-social behaviour

This is the video we saw yesterday in class.

5.27.2010

Cycling for food

Listen to the programme and take notes. Then you can read the script and learn some vocabulary.

Keep your English up to date

Staycation: listen to the origin of this new word.
A slip of the thumb: listen to what this word means.

Making a complaint

Listen to this programme and take a closer look at the language of complaining. When you have listened to the programme, you can read the script if you want. Don't forget to practise what you've learned with the activity at the bottom of the page.

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Listen to the explanation of the word "biodiversity" in the news.

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Secrets of the rainforest

Listen to the programme and take notes. Then you can read the script.