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Introduction
[1] Anne: Welcome to the December 2011 edi-
tion of Spotlight Audio. I’m Anne Alexander
Sieder from the United States...
David: ...and I’m David Creedon from Britain.
Join us now for a 60-minute expedition around
the English-speaking world — with stories, lan-
guage tips and exercises.
Anne: Our Language focus is all about the pur-
pose and the pleasure of reading. Find out why
it is important to read in English, and how it can
be easy and enjoyable.
David: Later, for our Travel section, we’ll go to a
romantic hideaway in the south-east of Ireland.
Anne: Remember that you can read along with
all the texts and interviews in your audio book-
let.
World View
Bei uns entgeht Ihnen nichts! [2] Money for nothing?
Anne: In 1990, three guys started a rock band
Hier können Sie alle Audio-CDs, die Sie verpasst haben, bestellen: in Ontario, Canada. The name they chose for
their band may make them rich today. Listen to
www.spotlight-verlag.de/einzelausgaben/audio/spotlight
a short text from Spotlight’s World View section
2/10 Africa | 3/10 Quiz | 4/10 Verbs | 5/10 London | 6/10 Mobile English | 7/10 Spoken English to find out why.
8/10 California | 9/10 Finding a job | 10/10 Teatime | 11/10 Zanzibar | 12/10 Christmas English
David: First, though, let’s look at some impor-
tant vocabulary. If you’re sensitive to some-
thing, you become angry or upset about it eas-
ily. Don’t confuse this word with “sensible”,
which means “reasonable”.
Anne: The phrasal verb “turn something down”
means to say no to it.
It’s been years since a Canadian rock band
called The Tea Party have had a hit. But recent
politics in the US may change their luck. The
band’s website, Teaparty.com, has become a
hot property in the past two years.
The reason is the rise of the Tea Party, a conser-
vative movement in the US associated with
politicians like Sarah Palin and Rick Perry. Sell-
ing the domain name could make the band
members rich — quickly. Some estimate that
Teaparty.com may be worth more than $1 mil-
lion.
But selling isn’t an easy decision for the band,
which is currently on a reunion tour. Its own
politics complicate the decision.
hideaway Refugium
property Eigentum
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“As Canadians, we’re somewhat sensitive to all
the [Tea Party’s] criticism of socialized medi-
cine,” bassist Stuart Chatwood told Business
Week. But it would be hard to turn down a good
offer. “We’ve got families,” Chatwood said.
Source: Spotlight 12/2011, page 10
A Day in My Life
[3] Julie Pischke
Anne: Let’s go to Florida now, for our A Day in
My Life section. Julie Pischke owns a needle-
point shop in Key West.
David: Pischke also designs her own needle-
point patterns for customers to stitch. Needle-
point, by the way, is a type of embroidery. Silk,
wool, or cotton threads are stitched through a
stiff canvas, with different colours used to
make patterns.
Anne: Spotlight ’s editor-in-chief, Inez Sharp,
visited Pischke’s shop. Here’s Pischke to tell us
about her philosophy of design.
It is my artwork. I am not trying to do little
ornaments and small projects — even though I
do have customers who do that. I look at it as a
way of life in home furnishings. I mean, I’m
usually looking at: this is the living room [and] I
want, you know, cushions for across the sofa
and then a rug. So I’m taking in what are the
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draperies [and] wall color. When you are Britain Today really enough to make you so cross you have to
through with this tapestry, you are living with write a song about it? Well, some people take
it. It’s home furnishing. It’s a down cushion; it’s [4] A message from the heart their card games very seriously.
not something framed and on the wall. My No? OK, here’s a different explanation. It may
favorite, though, is the big tapestry bags I Anne: Have you ever played a game of cards be a song about that age-old problem of what
designed in 1990 for travel. I really love being with English speakers? It’s useful to know the you do with your unwanted Christmas pre-
able to use bags. I am a bag woman — I am words for the four different suits, or groups, of sents. You give someone a present, and she
guilty! I am a bag woman. I can never have cards. The black cards are either spades or takes it to the charity shop to give it away as
enough. clubs. Spades are shaped like a little leaf, while
I love playing with the knitting fibers: the linen clubs have a pattern of three balls with a stem.
canvas Leinen, Leinwand
and the sock yarns and the wools and the silks. David: The red cards are either diamonds or carpetbag Reisetasche
So I paint my designs on large mesh so [it can] hearts. And speaking of hearts, our Britain Today charity wohltätige Organisation
accept those other fibers. So I like merging column is called “A message from the heart”. crimson purpurrot
cross ärgerlich
those two mediums and then making a prod-
cushion Kissen
uct that you can use. That’s why I love doing When you go off to do your Christmas shop- denim Jeansstoff
the hobo bag, tote bag, carpetbags: they’re ping, you can guarantee that sooner or later down hier: Daunen-
part of your life. And that changes. I have done you’ll be listening to that song by George draperies Vorhangstoff
embroidery Stickerei, Stickstil
bags where I have done them in linen and Michael — the one about last Christmas. hand hier: (Kartenspiel) Blatt
denim, because I am a big jean wearer. I have The shops can’t go five minutes without playing hobo bag geräumige Tasche mit breiten
done them where they have the silk and navy it. “Last Christmas, I gave you my heart, but the Schulterriemen
home furnishings Heimtextilien
blue and maybe crimson for people that have a very next day, you gave it away.” I must have
knitting fibers Strickgarn
richer look. I try and take in somebody’s color- heard this song a thousand times, but what’s it linen Leinen
ing. You know, you look at the person carrying really about? I’ve never given it much thought. merge vereinen
the bag: what’s their hair color, eye color? What Perhaps it’s about a really long game of cards. mesh Gitterstoff
needlepoint Gobelinstickerei
type of clothing do they wear? And then you Card games are popular at Christmas; the pattern Muster
match that fiber and yarn to that. So when the singer here was no doubt playing poker, or rich hier: opulent
bag is finished, it’s their bag. Even though more probably bridge, and had an unusual rug kleiner Teppich
socialized medicine staatliches Gesundheitssystem
they’ve worked on my canvas, it’s their bag. hand — lots of spades, clubs and diamonds,
sock yarn Sockenwolle
See Spotlight 12/2011, pages 8–9 but only one heart. stem Stiel
And when he passed this heart to his partner in stitch sticken
the game he was playing, this person used the tapestry Gobelin
tote bag Einkaufs-, Tragetasche
card when he shouldn’t have done. But is that
soon as the holiday’s over: “I got a heart for
Christmas. If I have to have a present that
sounds like a playing card, I’d prefer a dia-
mond, thank you.”
Hearts are certainly an unusual Christmas pre-
sent, and choosing to give one away seems a
missed opportunity. If George Michael had
given away his lungs or his voice box, we could
all do our shopping in peace.
Still not convinced I’ve got the right interpreta-
tion? Well, perhaps it was simply another way
of trying to lose weight. It’s the same thing
every Christmas: we eat too much. We eat too
much anyway — they tell us that half of British
males will be obese by 2030 — but at Christ-
mas, it’s all much worse.
Even Father Christmas has a problem. Again,
there’s a song about this — this time one that
you sometimes hear children singing, to the
melody of “Frère Jacques ”:
“Father Christmas, Father Christmas:
He got stuck, he got stuck,
Coming down the chimney,
coming down the chimney.
What bad luck! What bad luck!”
Well, a heart weighs about a third of a kilo — so
when you give one away, it’s a step in the right
direction.
Actually, though, it may not be such a bad idea
to give someone your heart at Christmas. Not
your real heart, of course — I’m talking meta-
phorically.
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They always say that Christmas is for children,
and a recent report from UNICEF tells us that
children in Britain are unhappier than they are
in other countries. Why? Because, it seems,
parents don’t have enough time to spend with
them. They buy them lots of things, but mate-
rial goods don’t make up for the lack of time
that is spent together as a family.
British parents ought to take this report to
heart this year. You can just imagine the happy
smiles on their children’s faces when mum and
dad tell them on Christmas morning: “No
Christmas presents this year, kids. We’re giving
you quality time instead. We’re all going to
spend the whole day together as a family —
with Uncle Fred, Auntie Lizzie and, of course,
Granny and Grandad. Now, how about a nice
game of cards?”
That’s when it’s time to start singing “Last
Christmas” — with an extra bit at the begin-
ning: “How long does it last, Christmas?”
Source: Spotlight 12/2011, page 13
Language [6] Reading tips
[5] Why read? David: There are a number of simple things you
can do to make reading in English easier.
Anne: Abraham Lincoln once said that his Anne: For example, read the story, not the for-
best friend is a man who can get him a book he eign language. Instead of focusing on grammar
hasn’t yet read. and vocabulary, relax and enjoy the story line.
David: Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “A man is You’ll get more pleasure out of your time with
known by the books he reads.” your book, and you’ll find yourself learning
Anne: We can probably all agree that reading is new things without even trying.
worthwhile. But be honest: how much time do David: Try to ignore the hard words. If you read
you spend reading in English? It can be chal- phrase by phrase, you’ll often find that you’re
lenging, of course: you have to read more slow- able to piece together the meaning from the
ly than in your native language, and you may bits that you already know.
not understand all the words. Anne: Reread a line or paragraph from time to
David: But reading in English is important. And time. We all need to do this sometimes, even if
it doesn’t have to be a difficult task. In the fea- we’re reading in our native language. Reading
ture on pages 14 to 21 of Spotlight, language something again helps us understand it better.
editor Joanna Westcombe explores both the David: Consider referring to a German version
purpose and the pleasure of extensive reading of the book. If you’ve got lost in the story, it can
in English. help to read a few paragraphs or the beginning
Anne: “Extensive reading” means reading a of a chapter in German.
long text, such as a novel, with the aim of gen-
eral understanding and enjoyment. It’s impor-
chimney Schornstein
tant to read at the right level: if you know 98 Frère Jacques Fr. Bruder Jakob
per cent of the words on a page, you can easi- goods Ware
ly learn and process the remaining two per lack Mangel
cent. make up for sth. etw. ausgleichen,
wettmachen
David: In the next track, we’ll give you some obese fettleibig
reading tips. And then you can listen to part of paragraph Absatz
a short story written especially for English quality time gemeinsame Zeit
voice box Kehlkopf
learners.
Anne: Listen to an audiobook of the story in
English. You might listen to one chapter, and
then read the next, or listen and read at the
same time. This will help you to keep moving
through the story, and you’ll also learn how to
pronounce new words.
David: Use a dictionary if you need to — but only
very carefully! It’s best to wait until you’ve put
your book down before you open a dictionary.
Often you can guess the meaning of a word.
Anne: Tell somebody about the book when you
finish it. This will help you remember the story
and its language. You might enjoy reading the
same book as a friend and then discussing it, or
you could join a book club.
For more on books and reading,
see Spotlight 12/2011, pages 14–21
[7] “Made for each other” (excerpt)
David: One way to make reading in English eas-
ier and more enjoyable is to combine the print-
ed page with spoken words. You might listen to
just the first chapter of an audiobook, and then
continue reading from there. Or try listening
and reading at the same time.
Anne: We have an excerpt from a short story for
you to listen to here. It’s from Langenscheidt’s
English Network Pocket Reader. The 22 short
stories in this collection have been written at an
A2 to B1 level.
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David: As you listen to the beginning of the
story “Made for each other”, pay attention to
the story itself rather than to any words you
may not know.
Graham worked for the Happy Love marriage
bureau. Their adverts said, “Are you lonely? Are
you blue? Happy Love has a partner for you.”
Graham was very good at finding partners for
the people who wrote to Happy Love. He read
their letters very carefully and then wrote suit-
able ads for the newspapers. Graham was pop-
ular with the other people at the office. He was
friendly and helpful and his colleagues enjoyed
his great sense of humour. However, there was
one cloud in Graham’s life and none of the peo-
ple at the office knew about it. That was the
fact that he felt very lonely. Although he had
many positive qualities, Graham did not make
friends easily. And strangely, although he
worked for a marriage bureau, he found it diffi-
cult to meet girls. There were some pretty girls
in Graham’s office, but he never invited them
to a cinema or a restaurant. When he wanted to
say, “Would you like to go dancing tomorrow?”
or “Are you interested in going to see a film?”
he got very nervous and embarrassed. Finally,
he talked about something else. After work
Graham used to return to his empty flat and
think about his lonely life.
One day a letter arrived at the office. It was
from a girl called Susan. “I’m looking for my
dream man,” she wrote. There was something American Life
interesting about the letter. This one was spe-
cial, Graham felt. Susan was 25, attractive, and [8] It’s a wild, wild life
— like him — she had a great sense of
humour. She liked dancing, going to the cine- Anne: Can you describe a skunk, David?
ma and having long talks. He did, too! Graham David: Well, we don’t have them in Britain, but
read the letter again. He went to the mirror on it’s an animal that smells bad, isn’t it?
the wall and looked at himself. He did not look Anne: That’s a good start. Skunks are about the
like anyone’s “dream man,” he thought. Gra- size of a cat, and they’re black with two white
ham wasn’t very handsome. He wasn’t exactly stripes down their back. They don’t smell bad
fat, but he wasn’t slim, either. He was just, all the time — only when they feel threatened.
well, ordinary. Graham stopped looking at Skunks are native to North America — and
himself. It made him sad. He wanted to write they’re the subject of Ginger Kuenzel’s Ameri-
to Susan himself, but there was the problem can Life column this month.
of photos. You had to send a photo. What
could he do? When I moved to the Adirondacks last year, I
At that moment Alan came in. Alan wasn’t one knew I’d be sharing my property with wildlife:
of Graham’s friends at the office. Actually, Gra- squirrels, raccoons, and others, some of which
ham didn’t exactly like Alan too much. Alan was I didn’t really want to know about — such as
the office playboy. He was tall, slim and hand- skunks. But a skunk is not something to be
some and looked like a fashion model. Alan
wanted to give him a photo for the office files,
ad (Kontakt)Anzeige
which Graham looked after. When Alan left, advert Werbung
Graham looked at the photo of Alan’s hand- blue hier: traurig
some face and he began to think. embarrassed verlegen
file Datei
Source: English Network Pocket Reader, handsome gut aussehend
from Langenscheidt’s “English Network” series, look after sth. hier: etw. verwalten
ISBN 978-3-526-50505-1, €8.95 marriage bureau Ehevermittlung
(bureau Büro, Amt)
ordinary gewöhnlich
David: If you’d like to know if Graham finds love, raccoon Waschbär
look for Langenscheidt’s English Network Pocket squirrel Eichhörnchen
Reader. It’s available at www.sprachenshop.de suitable passend
ignored. So, when I discovered one living
beside my house, everyone told me: “Call Jim,
the trapper.”
Jim came in his pickup truck with a license
plate reading “COYOTE.” When I showed him
the hole where I thought the skunk was living,
he looked skeptical. It might be difficult to trap,
he told me, since this wasn’t the hole’s only
entry (or exit). But he set up the trap, a metal
cage that catches the animal without hurting it.
He built a kind of a tunnel outside the hole so
the skunk would smell the bait and be led right
into the trap. For one side of the tunnel, he
used a metal sign that read “No trespassing.”
“Do you think that’s smart, using a ‘No tres-
passing’ sign?” I asked. “We want the skunk to
go into the cage, right?” Jim looked at me.
“Skunks can’t actually read,” he said. He must
think I’m a complete idiot, I thought. Lucky for
me, he likes a joke as much as I do.
I had never met a trapper before, so I started
asking questions. He seemed pleased that I was
interested. Jim said he had been trapping since
he was a kid. “Ever seen a dog hangin’ out the
car window, tongue out and ears blown back by
the wind? Is there any happier being than that?
That’s me when I’m trapping.” It gets him up
and out on cold winter mornings, he said. “I
used to hunt. But when you hunt, you might
wake up, look at the thermometer, and decide
to go back to sleep. With trapping, you have to
be out there every day, checking your traps. It
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wouldn’t be humane to leave the animals in the worry about it — until spring! Then I’ll invite the moment. We’re an import and export world
traps any longer than necessary.” Jim back. I still have so much to learn. anyway, irrespective of what it is. Providing we
Jim explained that there are two kinds of trap- Source: Spotlight 12/2011, page 67 get more money coming in than going out, it’s
ping licenses: one for nuisance trapping, and a wonderful state to be in.
another for commercial trapping. “I guess all
skunk trapping is nuisance trapping,” I said. Debate ● Lin Wells:
“They’re certainly a big nuisance. And you Well, obviously, I suppose, selling arms — any
don’t see many women rushing to buy skunk [9] Is it right for Britain to sell arms to country selling arms, you would think — isn’t
coats.” But this wasn’t always so, Jim told me. the Middle East? morally correct. But then, at times, countries
Skunk used to be sold as Alaskan sable and was have to defend [themselves], don’t they? So I
a prized fur — until the early 1950s, when the David: What do these countries have in com- suppose it depends on the circumstances, and
courts decided that people needed to be mon, Anne? Libya, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, United I just think that it’s a minefield, really, isn’t it? I
informed if something had skunk parts in it. Arab Emirates and Kuwait. think it’s just such a difficult situation out there
That put a quick end to the skunk trade. Anne: Well, they’re all in the Middle East... that it’s really hard to judge one way or the
We then moved on to the topic of beaver, of David: Yes. But what’s more, they have all re- other.
which we also have plenty. Every schoolchild cently bought weapons from Britain. The Guar-
here knows that the early American settlers dian says that military equipment is “one of the
kept busy trapping beaver. I never really UK’s most successful export markets”. Selling
thought too much about what they did with it. arms can be profitable — but is it right? That’s
But, of course, Jim knew. They sent it to the question our correspondent Julian Earwak-
bait Köder
Europe, where it was turned into felt for hats, er had for people on the streets of Chelmsford bearing in mind wenn man bedenkt
including the popular top hat. When these hats in England. Listen to four people’s answers to felt Filz
went out of fashion in the 19th century, it was the question “Is it right for Britain to sell arms hatter Hutmacher(in)
good news for the beavers. It was also good for to the Middle East?” hibernate Winterschlaf halten
irrespective of unabhängig davon
the hatters, many of whom had become mad license plate US Nummernschild
over time, poisoned by the mercury used to ● Alan Parsons: mercury Quecksilber
make felt. That’s why we have the idiom “mad That’s a very good question. The immediate No trespassing Betreten verboten
nuisance Belästigung; hier: Schädling
as a hatter.” thoughts would be no, but having said that, if providing vorausgesetzt, dass
Who would have thought that meeting with we don’t, other people will. And it’s a useful sable Zobelpelz
Jim would be so educational? But you want to way of getting money into the country. We smart US schlau
know if we caught the skunk. Well, no. I did could do with some sort of money in this coun- top hat Zylinder
trapper Fallensteller(in)
learn that skunks hibernate, so I’m not going to try, bearing in mind the state that we are in at
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● Carl Spaul:
No. It’s just basically perpetuating an already
bad situation out there. We’re feeding the
beast, if you know what I mean. Does that
make sense? That’s all we’re doing, is just
feeding the beast, when what we should be
doing is sort of, like... I mean, there must be
other ways we can do it diplomatically, that
kind of thing. There has to be, I mean — and
I’m speaking as an ex-soldier. Those guys: they
don’t always keep [the arms] for themselves
anyway. They sell them on, and before you
know it, you’ve got every Tom, Dick and Harry
running around with an AK or what have you,
and, yeah. No, it’s a bad idea.
● Tamara Burton:
I would prefer that we didn’t sell arms to any-
body, because the more arms there are, the
more likelihood there [is] of them being used.
I know that there are jobs involved in the arms
trade, but I think there could be other ways of
making jobs for people, rather than making
arms for regimes that shouldn’t really be get-
ting them from us.
See Spotlight 12/2011, pages 38–39
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Replay
[10] A look at recent news events
David: We’ll look at recent news events around
the world now, in our Replay section.
Inez Sharp: Welcome to Replay, the listening
exercise with the voices of people who’ve been
in the news. I’m Inez Sharp. In this edition:
● Worldwide protests are held against the glo-
bal financial system;
● cultural differences lead to a fight with Brit-
ish police;
● and New Zealand wins the Rugby World Cup.
Remember, if you don’t understand something,
you can always go back and listen to it again.
[11] Global protests
What began as a disorganized statement by a
handful of protesters in New York spread
around the world like wildfire. We’re talking
here about the Occupy Wall Street movement,
a demonstration against the banks and other
institutions that caused the global financial cri-
sis. What started the protests? Film-maker
Michael Moore blamed what he said were struc-
tural problems in American capitalism.
Michael Moore, film-maker: Barack Obama used an idiom from card
“There are a whole bunch of reasons. They all games: “to stack the deck”. A deck is a set of
lead back to the greed of an economic system cards, like you would use to play poker or
that’s built around — in this case, in our coun- blackjack. To stack things is to put a lot of
try — around Wall Street, and people are fed them carefully on top of each other. But if you
up. ... You’ve had millions of people who have stack the deck, you arrange the cards in a way
been abused by this system, and they’ve had it. that helps you. You are being unfair to the
... You’re watching the birth of a massive world- other players of the game. Metaphorically, if
wide movement against the banks, against Wall the deck is stacked against you, you have very
Street, against the City. People literally have few chances in life.
had it — they’re not going to take it anymore — Would the Occupy movement accomplish any-
and things are going to happen.” thing, though? Opinion columnist Ruth Marcus
Source: BBC said it was still in the process of becoming a
political force.
Moore uses several expressions to say that peo-
ple have had enough. He says they’re fed up,
they’ve had it and they’re not going to take it
anymore. Watching the protests, the US presi-
dent said he could understand them.
abuse misshandeln
accomplish sth. etw. erreichen
Barack Obama, US president:
AK (Avtomat Kalaschnikow
“Traditionally, what held this country together Kalashnikova) (russ. Sturmgewehr)
was this notion that if you work hard, if you’re City Londoner Banken- und
playing by the rules, if you’re responsible, if Börsenviertel
every Tom, Dick Hinz und Kunz
you’re looking out for your family, you’re and Harry
showing up to work every day and doing a folks Leute
good job, you’ve got a chance to get ahead: greed Gier
likelihood Wahrscheinlichkeit
you’ve got a chance to succeed. Right now, it
literally buchstäblich
feels to people like the deck’s stacked against notion Annahme, Vorstellung
them and the folks in power don’t seem to be perpetuate sth. etw. (endlos) fortführen
paying attention to that.” whole bunch ein ganzer Haufen
wildfire Lauffeuer
Source: NBC
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Ruth Marcus, columnist:
“It’s not quite gelled yet.”
Source: ABC
When something gels, it goes from being a liq-
uid to being a more solid substance. We also
talk about ideas that gel — that become
focused. However, Marcus added...
Ruth Marcus:
“I watched some focus groups of Walmart
moms. ... They expressed a lot of the same
anger and frustrations that you hear in these
Wall Street protests. They hated the banks.
They didn’t understand why the banks were
getting bailouts and nothing was being done,
as they saw it, to help them.”
Source: ABC
“Walmart moms” is a new term for working-
class women who have children and who shop
at large, inexpensive stores such as Walmart.
They are typical of a large part of American
society. The term was invented by a polling
company that did surveys for the Walmart
chain.
[12] Travellers’ tales
Police in the British county of Essex had a diffi-
cult task: removing over a hundred people who
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had been living illegally on farmland near the
town of Basildon. These occupants are part of a
cultural group from Ireland known as the Trav-
ellers. Travellers live in caravans and move
from place to place every few years. They sell
services to people in nearby towns; but they
are strongly mistrusted. The local residents
had allowed a number of them to live at the
farm, but others kept coming. Traveller Kath-
leen McCarthy shouted at the armed police
who came to chase them away. In her dialect,
she says “ye” instead of “you”.
Kathleen McCarthy, resident, Dale Farm:
“Shame on ye! Ye didn’t promise this! Ye cheat-
ed us! Ye said ye were comin’ in peaceful! Ye
sent riot police in to [confront] a lot of women
and children. Shame on ye!”
Source: BBC
Police Superintendent Trevor Roe said his force
was there to protect everyone and had to expect
the possibility of violence. In fact, some of the
Travellers — and some of the protesters who
supported them — did throw bricks and bottles.
Trevor Roe, superintendent, Essex Police:
“Where we’ve got information — intelligence
— that there was going to be significant, seri-
ous violence with the storage of weapons, liq-
uids and fluids, then we’ve got to prevent
injury to members of the public, which in-
cludes the bailiffs, which includes the council, with the sport, the All Blacks had won only once
as well as members of the public, including the before, in 1987. This time, the final match was
Travellers and the protesters.” held in the same stadium in Auckland, against
Source: BBC the same opponent, France. New Zealand team
captain Richie McCaw said this year’s final had
In Britain, a bailiff is an officer of the law who been a difficult match.
makes sure that court decisions are obeyed.
The courts had spent years deciding whether Richie McCaw, New Zealand captain:
to allow the extra Travellers to stay, and they “It wasn’t very pretty, but it came down to how
had announced their decision months before much desire, how much courage the boys had.
the police arrived. The Travellers knew they A lot of guys had put a lot of effort in for a long
had to go. So why was there resistance? Grant time to get themselves into this situation.
Puxon, a representative of the group, said... They’ve planned this game, and they weren’t
going to let that opportunity go.”
Grant Puxon, Gypsy Council: Source: CNN
“My friend, we had no choice. We had no
choice. Our backs were against the wall.”
Source: BBC
If you are in a losing situation, you will probably bailout Rettungsaktion
brick Ziegelstein
have to retreat, or move backwards. When your caravan UK Wohnwagen
back is against the wall, however, you have no chase verjagen
more room to move. You must stay and fight council UK Gemeinderat
with all your strength. Grant Puxon is saying Gypsy Council Zentralrat der Sinti, Roma
und irischen Traveller
the Travellers have nowhere to go. intelligence hier: Information
obey befolgen
obsessed with sth. von etw. besessen sein
occupant (Haus)Besetzer(in)
[13] New Zealand’s win police superintendent Polizeiinspektor(in)
polling company Meinungsforschungsinstitut
There was good news for New Zealand’s rugby resident Einwohner(in)
team, the All Blacks, as they won the Rugby shame on ye (you)! Schämen Sie sich!
storage Lagerung
World Cup. Although the country is obsessed
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New Zealand coach Graham Henry compared
the sport to a war. Losing an important game is
like falling in battle, he said.
Graham Henry, New Zealand head coach:
“A lot of the guys played in the last World Cup
and fell at the quarter-final. To win this: there’s
not words for it, quite frankly.”
Source: CNN
So what did the win mean to the fans?
A New Zealand fan:
“Oh, mate, it’s everything — absolutely every-
thing.”
Source: BBC
The day after the tournament was declared a
public holiday, and a victory parade was held.
By the way, do you know why the team is called
the All Blacks? It’s because their uniforms are
all black.
And with that, it’s time for us to say goodbye for
this month. We hope the explanations were use-
ful and that you’ll listen again next time. Till then!
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Everyday English
[14] At a Christmas market
Anne: Did you know that Germany isn’t the
only place where you can find Christmas mar-
kets? Just like Oktoberfest, the German Christ-
mas market has spread all over the globe. For
example, there’s a popular Christmas market in
the town of Bath in England. In our Everyday
English section, British couple Carol and Noel
think about going there.
Carol: Noel, do you know what I’d like to do
today?
Noel: What’s that?
Carol: I really fancy going to the Christmas mar-
ket in Bath. My colleague was telling me about
it. He said it’s just like a Christmas market in
Austria or Germany, with Glühwein and saus-
ages and everything. And there are lots of stalls
selling all sorts of things. We could make a start
on the Christmas shopping.
Noel: Yeah, OK. Shall we go sort of late after-
noon?
Carol: Good idea. That way, we’ll see the Christ-
mas lights when it gets dark — and we can have
something to eat there.
Noel: And some mulled wine.
Carol: Of course! But it’s probably a good idea
to do the shopping first.
Anne: “Fancy” is a British word that means you Romantic Ireland
want to do or have something. Carol fancies
going to the Christmas market. And it sounds [15] Introduction
like Noel fancies mulled wine, as Glühwein is
called in English. Anne: What could be more romantic than a cas-
tle? How about a castle on a private island? And
Carol: Brrr! It’s cold! Do you think it’s going to what if that island is in Ireland? For our Travel
snow? story, we’ll join correspondent Julian Earwaker
Noel: That would be perfect! It’s not a bad set- at Waterford Castle.
ting for a Christmas market, is it? Between the David: Waterford Castle is on Little Island, in the
abbey and the Roman Baths. And listen! I can south-east of the country. This is a place to
hear carol singers. relax amid the beauty of nature, all year round.
Carol: It’s so Christmassy! Anne: In the next track, you’ll hear several
Noel: Mmm! All the smells are making me hun- castle-related words, like turret, gargoyle, and
gry. tapestry. Do you know what these three words
Carol: Let’s do the shopping before we eat. I’d mean? Let’s find out now!
like to get a wreath for the front door and some David: True or false? A turret is a small tower on
decorations. And we could get your dad a nice top of a building.
bottle of liqueur — look, there’s the stall over Anne: True.
there. David: What is a tapestry? Is it a) a thick cloth
Noel: Well, why don’t you get the decorations with patterns woven into it, or b) a window
and I’ll get the liqueur. We can meet back at the made of coloured glass?
Glühwein stall if we lose each other.
Carol: OK. See you in a bit!
abbey Abtei
Source: Spotlight 12/2011, pages 51–52
amid inmitten
by the way übrigens
Anne: Here’s a little test. What informal word carol Weihnachtslied
did Carol use to describe something typical of frankly ehrlich gesagt
mate NZ, UK Kumpel
Christmas? ... Right: she said “Christmassy”. setting Kulisse
And where will Noel and Carol meet if they lose stall Bude
each other? ... At the Glühwein stall. tournament Spiel
wreath Kranz
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Anne: It’s a) a thick cloth with patterns or pic-
tures woven into it. You might see a tapestry
hung on a wall as a decoration.
David: What is a gargoyle made of? Wood or
stone?
Anne: Stone. A gargoyle is a stone statue that
directs water away from the roof.
[16] A winter wonderland (excerpt)
David: To reach Waterford Castle, you have to
take a ferry across the River Suir. Imagine now
that you’re crossing the river, leaving work and
worries behind.
Anne: We’ve arrived on Little Island now. Listen
as Eamonn Fitzgerald from Ireland tells us
more.
Like the island itself, Waterford Castle is small
and perfectly proportioned: a 15th-century
tower tastefully enlarged in the 19th century.
It’s built of solid stone, with turrets and gar-
goyles, heavy wooden doors and ivy climbing
up the outside. The entrance hall is huge, with
antique furniture and ornaments, tapestries
hung high on the walls, and a great fireplace. A
stone monk’s head, dating back to the sixth
century, is a reminder that the first proper set-
tlement on the island was a monastery. It’s a
timeless and welcoming environment.
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We celebrate our arrival with afternoon tea: a Ireland has a long history of emigration, but its Many years ago the food, I think — the level of
selection of finger sandwiches, cakes and, of reputation for fine food is a more recent devel- food, the level of cooking — was appalling; but
course, traditional Irish scones. Tea is served in opment. Quinn explains that it is based on now there [are] a lot of young chefs coming
the Fitzgerald Room, a comfortable bar named doing things simply. He defines traditional Irish through — guys younger than me, even — and
after the family that lived in the castle for more cuisine as “homely cooking”, using potatoes, they have a passion. Cheffing now is a career.
than eight centuries. The first Fitzgerald here, turnips, beef, milk and brown soda bread. Like in London years ago, it was a career — you
Maurice, took part in the Norman invasion of Quinn includes a broad variety of food from the chose it. You had to be passionate about it. But
Ireland in 1169. He was captured and held pris- area, too, which makes it more exciting. “The that’s coming back. A lot of people went away
oner on the island, but later returned to make it philosophy here is very much about quality and worked abroad, and they brought that
his home. local food. I’d say maybe 85 per cent of the back with them to Ireland, and they’re seeking
Although popular with tourists and locals, food that we have comes from within a 40-mile out the best produce that they can. And there’s
Waterford Castle definitely feels like a hide- radius of the castle,” says Quinn, who personal- a spin-off, then, with that: that all the small arti-
away. “It used to be very private,” says Joanna ly visits his producers. “And we cook the food san producers are starting to spring up and
Hannick, sales and marketing manager at the simply. I don’t mess around too much, because they’re starting to make a living. And they’re
hotel. “A lot of Irish people didn’t even know it the flavour is there — that’s the most impor-
existed. It really was one of Ireland’s best-kept tant thing.” appalling fürchterlich
secrets.” It’s also very popular for weddings Source: Spotlight 12/2011, pages 30–34 artisan producer (handwerklicher) Hersteller(in)
cheffing Koch/Köchin sein
and honeymoons, she points out. In fact, the ferry Fähre
night before we arrived, the whole castle was head chef Chefkoch, -köchin
booked for a large wedding party. “For the day [17] Interview with Michael Quinn hideaway Refugium
of the wedding, they had their own castle on homely UK einfach, gemütlich
honeymoon Flitterwochen
their own island,” says Hannick. Anne: Let’s listen in on an interview with chef ivy Efeu
No wedding would be complete without good Michael Quinn, as he explains why the quality make a living existieren können
food, of course, and Waterford Castle owes of food in Ireland has improved in recent years. mess around herumbasteln
monastery Kloster
much of its recent success to its head chef, As we learned in the previous track, Quinn is party hier: Gesellschaft
Michael Quinn, one of Ireland’s best-known the head chef at Waterford Castle. passionate leidenschaftlich
cooks. Soft-spoken, but passionate about food, David: Quinn has a charming Irish accent. Like produce Erzeugnis, Produkt
Quinn grew up in Waterford and was trained by many Irish people, he often shortens the T-H scone Teegebäck
seek out ausfindig machen
“an old lady in County Cork”. He then moved to sound, [T], to [t]. When he says there are a lot soda bread Sodabrot
find work in London, France and America of young chefs “coming through”, it sounds like spin-off Nebeneffekt
before returning home. he’s saying “coming true”. And the word “with” spring up aus dem Boden schießen
turnip Steckrübe
sounds like “wid”.
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doing the farmers’ markets, you know, so the
food in Ireland at the moment is probably as
good as it was maybe 80 years ago. But
between 80 years ago and probably 10 years
ago, it really went down. They were buying in a
lot of stuff; a lot of the best of our meats were
being exported. Now we’re keeping it. We’re
like the Italians — they keep the best. They
send away the not-so-good stuff.
Ireland: it’s got huge potential for food. You
know, the land that we have: a lot of it is virgin
land and the good farmers — good producers
— they really are passionate about what they
do. Now, you know, people are more conscious
of what they eat, they’re more conscious of
where it comes from — and that’s just the nor-
mal people. And so chefs obviously have to go
— in my view, they have to go — a notch up.
They have to go, you know, source it: go to the
source, find it and cut out the middleman, and
get the best quality you can.
Spoken English
[18] The sounds [S] and [Z]
Anne: Correct pronunciation isn’t always easy
in English. There are many sounds which are
similar to each other. Our Spoken English sec-
tion is about four different sounds which can
be easily confused: [S], [Z], [tS] and [dZ]. In this
20
track, we’ll practise the first two of these: [S]
and [Z]. “Shh” is the way an English speaker
would warn someone to be quiet. Practise say-
ing this sound now by repeating the following
words out loud.
Fashion. ... Sugar. ... Ocean. ...
Anne: Great job. Our next sound is [Z]. This is a
voiced sound: if you put your hand on your
throat and say [Z], you should be able to feel a
vibration. Let’s try a few words with this sound.
Repeat each one out loud.
Explosion. ... Pleasure. ... Usual. ...
Anne: Now we’ll hear a few lines of rather silly
dialogue that contain these sounds. If you look
under track 18 in your audio booklet, you’ll see
that some of the key words are missing. Can
you fill in the blanks as you listen?
Is there any _________________ food in
Chicago?
_________________ there is!
I measure my _________________. Do you?
No, not _________________.
What’s on _________________?
A fashion _________________.
Answers: Asian; Surely; shoes; usually; television; show
[19] The sounds [tS] and [dZ] Peggy’s Place
Anne: Can you hear the difference between [20] The spirit of Christmas
these two sounds, [tS] and [dZ]? The first, [tS],
is unvoiced. And the second, [dZ], is voiced. Anne: At the London pub Peggy’s Place, our
Let’s practise a few words that have the [tS] friends Peggy and Phil are planning a special
sound. Listen and repeat each one out loud. evening with their granddaughter, Simone.
They want to go to a carol service.
Chip. ... Future. ... Cello. ...
David: A carol is a traditional song sung at
Anne: And now the [dZ] sound. Again, listen Christmas time; and a carol service, such as the
and repeat. one at St Paul’s Cathedral, is a popular Christ-
mas tradition in England. Every year, thou-
Bridge. ... Joke. ... Page. ...
sands of people go to the church service at
Anne: We’ll hear a few more lines of dialogue St Paul’s to hear the Christmas story from the
now. As you listen, pay attention to the differ- Bible and to listen to Christmas carols.
ence between the sounds [tS] and [dZ]. If you’d Anne: Two expressions in the dialogue are
like, you can also turn to track 19 in your audio especially fitting for wintertime: “chilled to the
booklet and fill in the missing words. bone” and “wrap up”. You might wrap up a
Christmas present by covering it in decorative
Is this Cheddar _________________? paper, but in the context here, “wrap up”
No, it’s just Monterey _________________. means to dress warmly. George must not have
wrapped up, because he says he’s chilled to the
That _________________ costs too much. bone, or very cold indeed.
In Japan it might be _________________.
Which book did Jane _________________? blank Lücke
The large one with lots of _________________. conscious bewusst
See Spotlight 12/2011, page 58 cut out weglassen
middleman Zwischenhändler(in)
notch hier: Klasse
unvoiced stimmlos
Answers: cheese; Jack; jeep; cheaper; choose; pages virgin land unbebautes Land
voiced stimmhaft
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David: Luckily, it’s nice and warm in the pub.
Let’s step inside now.
Peggy: It looks really cold out there. Can you
call Simone and tell her to put on some warm
boots?
Jane: I wasn’t cold on the way over here.
Peggy: Jane, love, we all know you’re prepared
to freeze in the name of fashion. Look at that
skimpy outfit!
George: Hmm! Skimpy, but definitely attrac-
tive.
Jane: Hi, George! You see, Mum, some people
appreciate my efforts to look stylish despite
the weather.
George: Stylish wasn’t exactly what I meant...
Peggy: Look, Jane, how you dress is your busi-
ness, but your daughter is another matter. The
service lasts about two hours, and you know
how cold churches can be.
Jane: You’re such an old fusspot, but this is the
time of goodwill, and you won’t shut up until
I’ve done it, so I’ll call Simone. Now, what do
you want me to tell her?
Peggy: She should wrap up and make sure
she’s got some nice warm boots on. Now,
George, what’ll it be?
George: I’ll have a hot toddy. I’m chilled to the
bone.
Peggy: Sorry, George. Dusty’s run off his feet,
and we’re going to the carol service later, so
there’s no time to fix anything special.
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George: OK. Make it a whisky, then. Which carol
service are you going to?
Peggy: It would be such a shame. I’ve really
been looking forward to the service.
English at Work
Phil: The one at St Paul’s. George: Yup. It is a pity to have everything [21] Past continuous
George: Hi, Phil! I didn’t see you lurking in the spoilt by a bunch of jobless louts.
corner. Phil: They’re not louts. I understand their griev- David: We’ll now turn the microphone over to
Phil: I’m just trying to work out the best way to ances. I mean, if you look at the mess the coun- business communications expert Ken Taylor
get to the cathedral. I thought it might be fun try’s in... for some help with a grammar point: when to
to go by bus. We’ll see some of the lights. George: But they’ve got no agenda. It’s all very use the past simple, and when to use the past
Jane: The number 11 goes from Liverpool well to say capitalism doesn’t work, but what’s continuous.
Street. the alternative?
George: Why are you going all that way? There Peggy: We’d better stay home. It’d be silly to Ken: Hello. This is Ken Taylor from London. Is
are loads of carol services around here. take any risks. there any difference in meaning between these
Peggy: My dad used to take me up there when Jane: I’ll take Simone if you like. It could be fun two sentences?
I was little, and I took Jane a couple of times — just the two of us.
when she was a kid. So it’s a bit of a family tra- Phil: Why the sudden enthusiasm? I thought I worked in Berlin in 1989.
dition. you just said carol services were boring. I was working in Berlin in 1989.
Jane: I never thought it was that special — all Jane: It won’t be boring if all of those protesters
that sitting around and having to keep really are there. I love that kind of atmosphere —
quiet. when there are lots of people around and
George: Aren’t you worried about all the pro- you’re not quite sure what’s going to happen.
testers? George: It’s not really in the spirit of Christmas,
agenda Programm
Phil: I thought they’d all gone home. is it? appreciate zu schätzen wissen, mögen
George: In the news they were saying that Source: Spotlight 12/2011, page 56 bunch ifml. Haufen
there’s going to be a really big protest before fusspot ifml. Nörgler(in)
grievance Klage, Beschwerde
the service, because that’s when they can get a loads of massenweise
lot of media attention. lout Rüpel
Peggy: Are you sure about that? lurk sich verstecken, lauern
George: I’m just telling you what I heard on the run off one’s feet: vor Arbeit kein Bein mehr auf
be ~ ifml. den Boden bekommen
radio. service Gottesdienst
Peggy: What shall we do, Phil? I’d never forgive skimpy knapp
myself if something happened to Simone. spoil verderben
toddy Grog
George: I’d stay home if I were you.
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Yes, there is. In the first sentence — “I worked
in Berlin in 1989” — you are simply stating that
you worked in Berlin at a time in the past, and
that you no longer work there. This is the past
simple.
There are several reasons why you might
choose to say “I was working in Berlin in 1989”,
using the past continuous. Perhaps you want
to focus on the activity in progress at the par-
ticular time: “I was working in Berlin in 1989. We
were preparing a new product.” Or you might
want to stress that you were working in Berlin
but living in London at that time. Or you want
to give additional information about an event
that happened at the time; for example, “I was
working in Berlin in 1989, when the wall came
down.”
Listen now to the ways in which two colleagues,
Kate and Edward, use the past continuous.
Kate: Were you at the management group
meeting yesterday?
Edward: No. I was out seeing a customer. Did
you make it to the conference last week?
Kate: No. While you were networking and
enjoying all those free drinks, I was negotiating
with the Japanese.
Edward: Ouch! Did you hear what happened
when Mike was speaking?
Kate: No, what?
Edward: There was a power cut. No light at all.
It was total chaos!
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The colleagues mention three situations in
progress at a time in the past: During the man-
agement group meeting, Edward was seeing a
customer. While Edward was enjoying himself
at the conference, Kate was negotiating with
the Japanese. Mike was speaking when there
was a power cut. Now you try to use the past
continuous. I’ll ask you a few questions. Think
about your own situation and answer each
question using the past continuous. After-
wards you will hear my answer. Ready?
Where were you working in 2009? ...
I was working in Stockholm.
What were you doing last Saturday afternoon? ...
I was watching football on the TV.
What were you doing at midnight on 31
December last year? ...
I was dancing.
What were you doing yesterday at noon? ...
I was sitting in the park eating a sandwich.
Good. Well done. Remember that the past con-
tinuous is mainly used to describe situations in
progress at a time in the past. If you want to
learn more about some other ways to use the
past continuous, read my Dear Ken column in
the latest issue of Spotlight magazine.
See Spotlight 12/2011, page 57
Short Story always been purely functional objects. Now
each one added an extra bit of color to the
[22] Focus on Marjorie landscape — red, yellow, blue.
Finally, she turned her attention to the inside of
David: Our 60 minutes together are almost up. the bus and found just as many bits of beauty
We’ll end on a positive note, with a short story there. The woman sitting in front of her had
by American writer Jessie Opal. Relax as Anne the most exquisite earrings, long and beaded.
reads us “Focus on Marjorie”. A man got on with two small children who set-
tled safely in their seats just as the bus took off
She woke up to a bright, new world. Overnight, again with a lurch. The bus driver’s eyes, re-
the sights and sounds around her had some- flected in the mirror, were kindly.
how shifted, turning toward one single point of She walked into the office with a spring in her
focus: Marjorie. As she walked to the bus stop, step. Before turning on her computer, she
each leaf nodding on the trees seemed to have opened the window and leaned out to look
its own individual shade of green. Robins and down at the street below. Businessmen walked
sparrows looked down at her as they sang their purposefully along the road, mothers chatted
morning songs. “Look at me,” they seemed to as they pushed strollers along, and a group of
say. children dawdled, obviously in no hurry to
People, too, had changed. Normally, strangers’ arrive at school. Smiling, she looked up, her
eyes were unreadable, hiding secrets. But not
on this day. From bright blue eyes to deep
brown ones, they all seemed ready to share beaded mit Perlen
their inner thoughts with her. As she waited in dawdle trödeln
line for her morning coffee, she studied the elderly älter
lurch Ruck
faces of an elderly couple sitting near the win- plainly deutlich, klar
dow. Many years of good humor — love, even power cut Stromausfall
— were plainly written in their laugh lines. She purposefully zielstrebig
robin Rotkehlchen
felt a smile come to her own face.
sparrow Spatz
Her bus ride to work was much more than the state angeben, aussagen
usual boring series of starts and stops. First, stroller N. Am. Kinderwagen
she looked up at the soft, blue sky, then out at with a spring in mit federnden Schritten
one’s step
the countryside rushing past. Traffic signs had
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gaze falling on the building across the street. A Conclusion Impressum
man in the office opposite hers was hanging up
his jacket; then he turned towards her as he [23] David: Thanks for joining us for Spotlight Herausgeber: Dr. Wolfgang Stock Sprecher:
picked up a cup of coffee. Marjorie had been Audio. You’ll find information about becoming Chefredakteurin: Inez Sharp David Creedon (Anmoderation,
aware of this man in the past. He usually a regular subscriber to either our CD or down- Stellvertretende Chefredakteurin: Everyday English, Spoken English,
arrived at the same time as she did, and some- load at www.spotlight-online.de/hoeren Claudine Weber-Hof Peggy’s Place, English at Work)
times when he opened or closed the window in Anne: Join us again next month, won’t you? Chefin vom Dienst: Susanne Pfeifer Jenny Evans (Spoken English, Peggy’s Place)
the course of the day, a ray of reflected light Until then... Audioredaktion: Rita Forbes (Anmoderation), Eamonn Fitzgerald (Travel)
would shine into her office for a moment. But David: Goodbye! Michael Pilewski (Replay) Nick Lloyd (Britain Today, Peggy’s Place)
never before had she noticed that behind his Sprachredaktion: Charlotte Bracker, Erin Perry (World View, American Life,
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lines. Produktion und Ton: Charly Braun Inez Sharp (Replay, Everyday English,
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Spotlight Audio · Contents 12/11
1. Introduction 1:14 12. Travellers’ tales 2:25
13. New Zealand’s win 1:42
WORLD VIEW
2. Money for nothing? 1:46 EVERYDAY ENGLISH
14. At a Christmas market 2:32
A DAY IN MY LIFE
3. Julie Pischke 2:34 ROMANTIC IRELAND
15. Introduction 1:37
BRITAIN TODAY 16. A winter wonderland (excerpt) 4:04
4. A message from the heart 5:01 17. Interview with Michael Quinn 2:32
LANGUAGE SPOKEN ENGLISH
5. Why read? 1:23 18. The sounds [S] and [Z] 1:58
6. Reading tips 1:39 19. The sounds [tS] and [dZ] 1:35
7. Audiobook excerpt:
“Made for each other” 4:28 PEGGY’S PLACE
20. The spirit of Christmas 4:34
AMERICAN LIFE
8. It’s a wild, wild life 4:30 ENGLISH AT WORK
21. Past continuous 4:25
DEBATE
9. Is it right for Britain to sell arms SHORT STORY
to the Middle East? 2:28 22. Focus on Marjorie 4:02
REPLAY: Recent news events 23. Conclusion 0:28
10. Introduction 0:57
11. Global protests 3:16 Total playing time 61:23

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