4. R eading comprehension

Read again and answer these questions. Then compare answers in pairs.

1. There are two questions in the quiz. Which categories do the questions belong to: art, geography, history, music, science?

2. Where are the World Athletics Championships being held this year?

3. Is Joe Rawlings a reporter, a runner or injured at the moment?

4. What is the subject of the phone-in?

5. What do we learn about Kerry’s opinions?

6. In the travel news, what is the cause of the delays on the M4?

7. Is the situation on the M6 better or worse than before?

8. What is the young man in the soap trying to tell the young woman?

9. Does the young woman respond positively?

5. Vocabulary

Match the worlds and definitions:

1.Audience	a.a person who presents or announces programmes over radio for the public
2.Listener/s	b.It means a programme being broadcast directly without any pre-recording or the sounds made at the moment of broadcast.
3.Broadcaster	c.You have to switch on your radio and tune into the station you want to listen to
4.Broadcasting	d.The written copy of the words to be spoken during a radio programme.
5.Tuning into radio	e.The group of people whom radio or media reaches for a particular programme
6.Live broadcast	f.The programme recorded on magnetic tape, phonographic discs or compact disc for broadcasting it later
7.Pre-recorded programme	g.any communication or transmission of any message or signalto the public through electronic apparatus.
8.Script	h.A person or a group of people who form the target audience of radio programmes.

L esson 79.

1. S peaking

Work in pairs.

1. Which newspapers and magazines do you read?

2. Do you usually read the serious news stories first, or do you turn to more light-hearted articles?

Here are some common topics for news stories. Think of at least two more.

• Accidents

• Celebrities

• Court cases

• Crime

• Rescues

2. R eading

C over the articles and read the headlines below. Choose two headlines below and try to guess what the article is about.

Can you guess which headlines these words relate to?

air traffic controllers	wallpaper
baseball bat	giant cheque
hijack	ink
marriage register	pay off debts
slippers	soft toys

Read the articles quickly and match them to the headlines.

1. A Cambodian immigrant who arrived in New York as a teenager has won $128 m in

the city’s lottery. Phin Suy, a gardener in Central Park, says he will use the money to pay off his debts, but has got no plans to give up his job. He was presented with a giant cheque in a ceremony at Madison Square Garden, where his boss shouted: “Phin, is this a vacation day or a sick day?” to which Suy modestly replied “Vacation day”.

2. A teenager who tries to rob a bus in Chile was horrified to discover that his mother

was one of the passengers. Emilio Sanchez, together with two of his friends, was threatening the driver with knives and a baseball bat, when he heard a familiar voice telling him to stop it at once and ordering him off the bus.

3. A youth who threatened to jump off a London bridge after breaking up with his

girlfriend was persuaded down after an hour when the police offered him a new pair of trainers. Billy Camlin remained on Chelsea bridge while he tried the Reeboks on the size, then decided that life wasn’t so bad after all.

4. Raul Hortena, 24, from Barcelona thought he had the perfect plan to escape his

marriage any time he wanted. He signed the marriage register in disappearing ink. However, in court last week the judge refused to annul the marriage and Hortena was fined €130.

5. There was panic at Chicago airport when Pete Twigger, a passenger boarding a

plane greeting the pilot, whom he knew, with the words “Hi Jack”. Air traffic controllers listening in the control tower ordered armed security teams to board the plane before realising their mistake.

6. The most ordinary items in your home can cause an accident, according to

government figures. Every year, more than 2,000 people are injured by soft toys, 700 by envelopes and 1,500 by tissue paper. Another 37,000 people blame slippers for their injuries, nearly 2,000 blame wall paper, and almost 18,000 accidents are caused by armchairs. But by far the greatest danger in the home comes from carpets. Last year around 165,000 accidents involving carpets were reported.

7. U2 star Bono reportedly paid €1,300 to fly his trilby had first class to Italy. The

singer had forgotten to pack his favourite hat for a charity concert with Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, so complicated arrangements were made to get the hat safely from England. A taxi took it from West London to Gatwick Airport where it was put in a first-class seat on a British Airways flight to Bologna. A hired driver then picked up the hat and sped to Modena – Pavarotti’s home and the venue for the concert. A spokesman for the star said, “including tips and insurance it cost about €1,300 to fly the hat here, but that is nothing compared to the money that will be raised for charity tonight”.

8. When Brisbane fire-fighter Shaun Kenna rescued a woman from a burning house,

her face was so black that he did not at first recognize his ex-wife. “Then when I recognized her voice I was amazed” said Shaun. “I had forgotten how beautiful she is”. The couple are now planning to remarry.