1. Listen. Match the advertisements with the pictures. Write 1 – 5 in the boxes.
a airport ◻
b car crash ◻
c dog ◻
d egg ◻
e mountains ◻
f nurses ◻
g Prime Minister ◻
h Queen ◻
i rivers ◻
j storms ◻
k student ◻
l the environment ◻
m tower ◻
2. Match the people and the items from exercise 1.
a Antonia Merritt …………………………
b Mark Gartside …………………………
c Phyllis Jones …………………………
d Stephen Williams …………………………
3. Who or what …?
a barked and barked? ………………………………………….
b designed a new building? ………………………………………….
c doesn’t have a job? ………………………………………….
d fell in her house? ………………………………………….
e is going to be an Egyptian queen in a new film? ………………………………………….
f likes architects? ………………………………………….
g talked to the police? ………………………………………….
h thanked doctors? ………………………………………….
i thanked her dog? ………………………………………….
j visited a new building? ………………………………………….
k was at a press conference? ………………………………………….
l won a prize? ………………………………………….
4. Complete three of the newspaper articles with the missing words. Then listen again and check.
Prime Minister attacked
A (a) ……………… -year-old man, Stephen Williams, threw (b) ……………… at the Prime Minister today as he was arriving at the New London Tower. Williams told the police he was (c) ……………… about the (d) ……………… .
The Prime Minister was not hurt, and (e) ……………… about the incident.
Student wins prize
A (f) ……………… -year-old student, Mike Gartside, has won the National (g) ……………… prize for his design for a new London (h) ……………… on the (i) ……………… . It is Mr Gartside’s first full design.
Dog saves owner
Phyllis Jones, aged (j) ………………, fell in her house and couldn’t get off the (k) ……………… . The dog barked and barked until someone (l) ……………… him and came to see what the (m) ……………… was. ‘My dog gave me my (n) ……………… back,’ said Mrs Jones.
Answers
1
airport, car crash, dog, egg, prime minister, queen, student, tower, the environment, nurses
2
airport (Mike Gartside), car crash, nurses (Antonia Merritt),
dog (Phyllis Jones), egg, the environment (Stephen Williams),
prime minister (Stephen Williams), queen (Antonia Merritt),
student (Mark Gartside), tower (Stephen Williams)
3
a Phyllis Jones’ dog
b Mark Gartside
c Stephen Williams
d Phyllis Jones
e Antonia Merritt
f the Prime Minister
g Stephen Williams
h Antonia Merritt
i Phyllis Jones
j the Prime Minister
k Antonia Merritt
l Mark Gartside
4
a 42 b an egg c protesting d environment
e laughed f 21 g architecture h airport
i sea j 87 k floor l heard m problem n life
Audioscripts
CONTINUITY: Our top stories today:
Prime Minister attacked by protester at the New London Tower.
Actress Antonia Merritt wins large film rode.
A 21-year-old student wins architecture prize. The news is read by Caterina Strong.
STRONG: A 42-year-old man, Stephen Williams, threw an egg at the Prime Minister today as he was arriving at the New London Tower. Williams told the police he was protesting about the environment. The Prime Minister was not hurt, and laughed about the incident.
PM: I came here to open this beautiful new building, and someone threw an egg at me! Look, this is just a working day for a politician. But it is a beautiful building, don’t you think? Our architects are fantastic.
STRONG: The actress Antonia Merritt has said that her new role will be as Cleopatra in a film about that famous Egyptian queen. Miss Merritt was talking to journalists from the newspapers and TV at a press conference in the Hilton Hotel. She also talked about her accident two years ago, when her car crashed into a wall.
MERRITT: The car crash was a difficult time for me, but thanks to some fantastic doctors and nurses, I’m fine now.
STRONG: A twenty-one-year-old student, Mike Gartside, has won the National architecture prize for his design for a new London airport. Mr Gartside’s design is for an airport on the sea. It is Mr Gartside’s first full design.
And finally, a dog saved her owner today. Phyllis Jones, aged 87, fell in her house and couldn’t get off the floor. The dog barked and barked until someone heard him and came to see what the problem was. ‘My dog gave me my life back’, said Mrs Jones.
That’s the news, and now over to Peter Stone in the weather centre. Hello Peter. What’s the weather going to be like today?
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