4. Follow-Up Activity

Prepare a guide’s speech welcoming a group of tourists. Get ready to reproduce it in class.

CONSOLIDATION 5

Lesson A. IN-CLASS LISTENING

TEST

Lesson B. OUT-OF-CLASS LISTENING

Text Title: A telephone call

Cassette: From Highlight Upper Intermediate, by M.Vince

1. Writing Based On Listening. Recognition Accuracy Check

1.1. Listen to the phone call. While listening to the conversation for the second time fill in the missing phrase-openers and write down the dates and the times as if you were the person receiving the call.

Agent ... ... Furlows? ... ... ... ... Miss French, please?

Woman Sue, French speaking.

Agent Oh, good morning. ... ... ... Far Horizons travel agents. We are dealing with your travel arrangements for Athens. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... a small change to your ... ... .

Woman ... ... ... ... was all settled. I spoke to someone else ... ... , and they confirmed the arrangements. I’ve got them here somewhere.

Agent ... ... ... ... how these things are. It is a very busy time of the year.

Woman ... ... ... ... ... the changes, because I’ll have to make other arrangements for my arrival.

Agent ... ..., you were booked ... ..., that was ... ... leaving Heathrow at ... ... ... ... . The new flight time is ... ... ... ... ..., but on British Airways, ... ... .

Woman ... ..., that’s very late. What is the local arrival time in Athens?

Agent ... ... ... ... ... .

Woman I don’t like that at all. ... ... ... ... any other times?

Agent Another possibility is to fly ... ... ..., that’s ... ..., ... ..., and leaving ... ... ... ... ... . That’s ... ... .

Woman ... ... I’ve got all the details. ... ... ... ... ... ..., and I’ll call you back...

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

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

Stranvegan []

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

East Mork

Chingport []

Amelia 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.

3.3. Give the English equivalents for the following Russian word combinations from the text of the recording.

1. возрасти на 60% за последние 12 месяцев (о средних доходах населения)

2. успешная экономическая политика

3. согласно данным полиции

4. были драки в течение всей демонстрации

5. снизиться до 3%

6. неотложные меры

7. разразиться начаться (о драке)

8. уменьшить размер ущерба; предотвратить серьезный ущерб

9. послать письмо с выражением соболезнования

10. поступить (о новостях)

11. подробности к настоящему моменту неизвестны

12. устойчивая солнечная погода

13. с температурой значительно выше 30 градусов

14. лидеры оппозиционной партии