Listen to a radio programme about social networking what is professor browns opinion

Учебник Spotlight 7. Student Book. Страница 43

Extensive Reading — Дополнительное чтение

1. a) Look at the picture. What are these students doing? — Посмотри на картинку. Что эти студенты делают?

I think the students are working in a radio station. Maybe they are reading the news or doing an interview. — Я думаю, студенты работают на радиостанции. Может быть они читают новости или делают интервью.

b) Do you listen to the radio? What type of shows do you like? Music? News? Chat? Sport? — Ты слушаешь радио? Какие виды шоу тебе нравятся? Музыкальные? Новостные? Разговорные? Спортивные?

I listen to radio very often. I like music shows the most because you can only listen music and don’t think about it doing other useful housework.

Я очень часто слушаю радио. Я больше всего люблю музыкальные шоу, потому что ты можешь только слушать музыку и не думать о ней, выполняя другую полезную работу по дому.

2. a) Look at the title of the article. What do you think it is about? Listen or read and check. — Посмотри на заголовок статьи. Как ты думаешь, о чем она? Послушай или прочитай и проверь.

Turn on & Tune in

Lots of universities in Great Britain have their own radio station. Students who are studying media courses or hope to work in the radio industry usually run the stations.

1. The radio stations entertain the students by playing all the latest music and chart hits. They also review bands, films and new CDs among other things.

2. On a more serious note, the radio station informs the students about all the news on campus and in the local area.

3. A radio station needs several people to run smoothly. Firstly, there’s a DJ who presents the show and plays the music. There is a journalist who writes and then reads the news. A technician or engineer is always nearby in case the equipment breaks down. Lastly, the producer organises everything and controls the show.

4. Working for the radio station is good for the students involved. They gain useful practical experience that may help them find a job in the future.

Включай и Настраивай

У большинства университетов в Великобритании есть собственные радиостанции. Студенты, которые изучают различные медиа курсы или надеются работать в радиоиндустрии, обычно работают на этих радиостанциях.

1. Радиостанции развлекают студентов последними музыкальными хитами. Они также делают обзоры по музыкальным группам, фильмам и новым CD, среди других тем.

2. Если говорить о серьезном, то радиостанция информирует студентов обо всех новостях кампуса и его территории.

3. Чтобы радиостанция нормально работала, нужно несколько человек. Первый — это DJ, который ведет шоу и ставит музыку. Также должен быть журналист, который пишет, а затем читает новости. Технический специалист или инженер всегда рядом, на тот случай, если оборудование сломается. И наконец, продюсер, который организует все и контролирует шоу.

4. Работа на радиостанции — это полезное дело для вовлеченных студентов. Они приобретают полезные практические навыки, которые могут помочь им в будущем найти работу.

In my opinion, the article is about students who have their own radio stations. — По-моему, статья про студентов, у которых есть собственные радиостанции.

b) Read again and match the titles (A-E) to the paragraphs (1-4). One title does not match. Explain the words in bold. — Прочитай еще раз и сопоставь заголовки (А-Е) с параграфами (1-4). Один заголовок лишний. Объясни слова, выделенные жирным шрифтом.

3. What does each person do at a radio station? — Что каждый человек делает на радиостанции?

4. Listen to a radio programme. — Послушай радиопередачу

Alison: Good morning, listeners, and welcome to ‘Breakfast Time’ with your DJ, Alison Cole. We’re coming to you live from the studios of Radcliffe University with the news that matters to you. First, here’s a quick update on the big basketball game last Friday against Sutton. Your Radcliffe Raiders are going on to the championship. That’s right. We knew they could do it. Great job, mates! Now for the local news here’s our star reporter, Mark Jackson.

Mark: Thank you, Alison, and good morning to you all. Mr. Baker, our Fire Service Chief, is retiring after 40 years of hard work. There is a special celebration for him on 4th June. Make sure you are there. We all wish Mr. Baker a pleasant retirement. Traffic is heavy today in the town centre due to road work in Collins Circle. Be careful! That’s it for now. Alison. Back to you!

Alison: Great, Mark. Thanks for that. Let’s get back to the tunes we all know and love. Here’s U2 with “Where the Streets Have No Name”.

Элисон: Доброе утро, слушатели. Добро пожаловать на передачу «Время завтрака». С вами ваш DJ Элисон Коул. Мы выходим в прямом эфире из студии Университета Рэдклиффа с новостями, которые затрагивают вас. Для начала, кратко пробежимся по большому баскетбольному матчу против Саттона, который прошел в прошлую пятницу. Ваши Редклиффские Рейдеры продолжают чемпионат. Точно. Мы знали, они смогут сделать это. Великолепная работа, друзья! А теперь местные новости вам расскажет наш звездный репортер Марк Джексон.

Марк: Спасибо, Элисон, и всем доброго утра. Мистер Бейкер, начальник нашей пожарной службы, выходит на пенсию после 40 лет тяжелой работы. Проводы состоятся 4 июня. Постарайтесь быть там. Мы все желаем мистеру Бейкеру приятной пенсии. Дорожное движение сегодня оживленное в центре города из-за дорожных работ на кольце Коллинз. Будьте осторожны! Пока это все. Элисон. Твоя очередь!

Элисон: Великолепно, Марк. Спасибо. Давайте вернемся к мелодиям, которые мы все знаем и любим. Вот группа U2 с песней «Где у улиц нет имен».

It starts with music and a greeting. It presents the news about: — Она начинается с музыки и приветствия. В ней представлены новости о:

5. Work in groups of five. Make your own short radio programme on your latest school/local news. You must have: — Поработайте в группе из пяти человек. Сделайте собственную короткую радиопрограмму с вашими последними школьными/местными новостями. У вас должен быть:

Record the programme and play it for the class. — Запишите программу и проиграйте ее классу.

В качестве образца используйте текст из упражнения 4.

Listen to a radio programme about social networking what is professor browns opinion

Task 2. You are going to take part in a telephone survey. You have to answer six questions. Give full answers to the questions.

Remember that you have 40 seconds to answer each question.

It’s an electronic assistant of the teen web.

We kindly ask you to take part in our survey.

We need to find out how teenagers feel about mass media.

Please answer 6 questions. The survey is anonymous – you don’t have to give your name.

So, let’s get started.

Where do you prefer to get news from: radio, newspapers, the Internet or some other source?

I get news from the Internet. I don’t read newspapers and I seldom watch TV so the Internet is the only source of information for me.

Who listens to the radio in your family?

My parents listen to the radio while they are driving. I sometimes (have to) listen to it when I’m in the car.

What kind of TV programs do you like to watch?

I don’t watch TV very often. If I do I prefer watching documentary films/sports programs/musical channel and programs about animals.

How often do you buy a newspaper or a magazine?

I never buy newspapers. I sometimes buy magazines to find out news about fashion/sport/cars.

For what purposes do you use the Internet?

I use the Internet to study, for example, to help me with my school projects. Also I use it for pleasure. I watch films, listen to music or play video games.

Why in your opinion do a lot of people prefer learning the news from the Internet?

I think nowadays people prefer learning the news from the Internet because it’s the fastest way to get news. Also it’s free, we don’t need to pay.

English Listening Exercises for B1 – Global network

1. Complete the sentences with the verbs and particles below.

Verbs call carry give go set work

Particles back off off on out up

1 If I’m going on a long car journey, I always check the traffic reports before I …………………… ……………………

2 I’ve got a new SIM card for my phone, but I can’t …………………… …………………… how to install it.

3 If you make a mistake during the performance, don’t stop – just …………………… ……………………

4 When the weather got really bad, they decided to …………………… …………………… to their hotel.

5 They’re going to …………………… …………………… the festival because of bad weather.

6 Although you failed your driving test, you shouldn’t …………………… ……………………

Answer

1 set off 2 work out 3 carry on 4 go back

5 call off 6 give up

Listening Strategy 1

Sometimes you need to listen for the main idea (gist) rather than a specific piece of information. If this is the case, do not worry about a few unknown words. You can often understand the gist without understanding every word.

2. Read Listening Strategy 1. Then listen to two mobile phone calls. Ignoring the words you cannot hear, circle the best summaries.

1 a Mary and Mike are going to meet up that day.

b Mary and Mike are going to speak the next day to make an arrangement.

2 a Tom is going to buy some food for dinner.

b Kirstie doesn’t want Tom to buy any food.

Answer

1 b 2 a

Transcript

1

Mike Hi, Mary? I’m on the train. Look, I xxxx xxxx able to meet you in town this afternoon. I’m afraid xxxx xxxx work late. Really sorry.

Mary That’s OK, Mike. Let’s arrange something for next week.

Mike Good xxxx. xxxx xxxx or Wednesday, maybe. I’ll give you a call.

Mary OK. I can’t hear you very well. Let’s speak tomorrow.

2

Kirstie Hello?

Tom Hi, Kirstie?

K Hello, Tom. Where are you?

T I’m xxxx xxxx, doing some shopping. xxxx xxxx from the shops? Some food for dinner, maybe, or xxxx xxxxx?

K Oh, great. Yes. Can you buy some pasta?

T Yes, OK. What xxxx xxxx shall I get?

K Tom, I can’t really hear you. Just get anything.

Tom OK. I’ll xxxx xxxx later. OK?

Listening Strategy 2

When you do a multiple-choice task, do not choose the correct answer based only on one or two words. Remember that the incorrect options also have some connection with what you hear.

3. Read Listening Strategy 2. Then listen to a radio programme and circle the correct answer.

What is the programme about, in general?

a The health effects of using mobile phones.

b The mobile phone network in the UK.

c The birth of the mobile phone industry.

d The best way to get a strong mobile phone signal wherever you are.

Answer

b

Transcript

Host Good afternoon. My guest today is Julian Westbrook from the Association of Mobile Phone Networks. Welcome to the programme.

Guest Thank you.

H Now, most of us don’t pay much attention to the mobile phone network – until we suddenly find that we can’t get a signal. But in fact, building a network that covers the whole country was a big challenge, wasn’t it?

G Yes, it was. After the first mobile phones appeared in the 1980s, the phone companies had to work very fast to build a network that covered as much of the UK as possible.

H Why was there such a hurry?

G Basically because mobile phones became popular so quickly. In the mid-1980s, there were two mobile phone companies in the UK. The government gave them both permission to build a network. Each company was hoping to attract about 20,000 users during the next ten years. But in fact, within three years, they had half a million users each!

H So how did they go about building this network? What is the network actually made of?

G Well, it’s made up of base stations – lots of base stations. There are about 52,500 base stations in the UK today. They’re all over the country, in towns and cities. Often they’re hidden – on the roofs of buildings for example – so we aren’t always aware of them. And there are hundreds of microcells in towns and cities too.

H What are they?

G Microcells? Well, they’re much smaller than base stations and they aren’t as powerful, but they do the same job. Microcells are often hidden behind road signs or on the front of a building, disguised as part of it. They help to provide really good mobile phone reception in areas where lots of people need to use their phones.

H You say that base stations and microcells are hidden – or sometimes hidden – but people still complain about them, don’t they?

G Yes, some people do. For two reasons, really: often, they can’t be hidden and people think they look ugly, and secondly, some people worry about the health effects of living near these base stations.

H Yes, that is a concern for some people. But if we can just talk about the first point for moment – what people don’t understand is, why do we need so many of them? You know, why choose a historic town, with beautiful buildings, and put an ugly base station in the middle of it? Aren’t there any laws to stop that? Can’t they go somewhere else?

G Well, there are rules about where you can put base stations, but the simple answer is no, they can’t just go somewhere else. To get good mobile reception all over the country, we need to have base stations quite close together. In towns, they need to be between 200 and 500 metres apart – no more than that. In the countryside, they can be between two and five kilometres apart, depending on the landscape.

H Why do they need to be so much closer together in towns?

G Two reasons: firstly, there are buildings in towns, and these block the signals, and secondly, there are more people making calls. Each base station can only deal with a certain number of calls at one time.

H I see. And what about those health effects you mentioned earlier? Is there any evidence that living near a base station is bad for your health?

G No, there isn’t. And there have been plenty of studies into this. But some members of the public are not always convinced by these studies. So the research continues …

H But as far as we can tell, these base stations are safe.

G Yes, they are.

H Julian, thank you very much.

English Listening Lesson on
Social Networking

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THE LESSON ON SOCIAL NETWORKING

Try the online quiz, reading, listening, and activities on grammar, spelling and vocabulary for this lesson on Social Networking. Click on the links above or see the activities below this article:

What is the big deal with social networking? I don’t understand it. I know a lot about computers. I spend a long time every day on computers. I also have a lot of friends. But I don’t see the point of social networks. I joined Facebook but couldn’t be bothered to make my profile. I can’t see a single use of this site. Most of what I’ve heard about it isn’t so good. Putting too much personal information on this site isn’t a wise idea. I’ve also experimented with Twitter, but again, I don’t really see what use it has. I suppose it’s good to tell the world what’s happening in countries that take away people’s freedom. My idea of social networking is meeting people face to face and talking to them.

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THE ACTIVITIES

LISTENING GAP FILL

What is ___________________ social networking? I don’t understand it. I know a ___________________. I spend a long time every day on computers. I also have a lot of friends. But I ___________________ of social networks. I joined Facebook but couldn’t be bothered to make my profile. I can’t ___________________ of this site. Most of what I’ve ___________________ so good. Putting too much personal information on this site isn’t a wise idea. I’ve also experimented with Twitter, but again, I don’t ___________________ it has. I suppose it’s good to tell the world what’s happening in countries that take ___________________. My idea of social networking is meeting ___________________ face and talking to them.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

English Listening Lesson on
Opinions

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THE LESSON ON OPINIONS

Try the online quiz, reading, listening, and activities on grammar, spelling and vocabulary for this lesson on Opinions. Click on the links above or see the activities below this article:

We all have opinions on everything. Some of us have very strong opinions. Others have not-so-strong opinions. And then there are those who say they have no opinion, which I suppose is some kind of opinion. It’s interesting how our opinions can be so different. Even on the smallest of things. It’s also interesting to see how your opinions change as you get older. My opinions of other people change a lot. You have first impressions of someone – that’s your initial opinion. Then, as you get to know them, your opinions of them can change – for better or worse. Whose opinion is right? I suppose it’s the person who is strongest. They try to force their opinions on others. It’s important to listen to and consider the opinions of other people.

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THE ACTIVITIES

LISTENING GAP FILL

We all have opinions on everything. Some of us have ________________. Others have not-so-strong opinions. And then there are those who ________________ no opinion, which ________________ some kind of opinion. It’s interesting how our opinions can be so different. Even on the ________________. It’s also interesting to see how your opinions change ________________. My opinions of other people change a lot. You have first impressions of someone – ________________ opinion. Then, as you get to know them, your opinions of them can change – ___________________. Whose opinion is right? I suppose it’s the person who is strongest. They try to force their opinions on others. It’s important to listen __________________ opinions of other people.

CORRECT THE SPELLING

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UNJUMBLE THE WORDS

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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions)

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)