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

Pre-Listening Vocabulary

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

efficient management - эффективное управление

industrial output [ÈaUtpUt] - выпуск промышленной продукции

flooding [ÈflÃdIN] - наводнение

aircraft [ÈE«krAùft] - самолет

average earnings [ÈQv«rIdZ] - средний заработок

grotnic [ÈgrtnIk] - денежная единица

maintain order [meInÈteIn] - поддерживать порядок

release figures [rIÈliùs] - оглашать цифры

briefly [ÈbriùflI] - вскоре

available [«ÈveIl«bl] - находящийся в наличии

Stranvegan [ÈstrQnÈveIgn]

Banhooly [ÈbQnÈhuùlI] - geographical names

East Mork

Chingport [ÈtSINpùt]

Amelia Musk [«ÈmiùlI«] - proper names

Joseph Brodsk

 

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?

a) different sources of information

b) different political orientation

c) desire to tell the listeners the whole truth