LISTENING 10 A2

Keeping our cities safe

Radio programme
You are going to listen to a radio programme about unusual ways we are keeping our cities safe.

1 Listen to the radio programme. Number the countries in the 3 Complete the extract from the audio with the words in
order you hear about them. the box.
China the UK Japan cleaner lights platform
stations uniforms worried
2 Listen again and decide which place the sentence is about.
Write C (for China), UK (for the UK) or J (for Japan).
In 2009, some train stations in Tokyo started using
1 They’re not afraid of people. blue 1 , because this colour makes people
2 Do you think this makes the park safer? feel better, you know, less 2 and angry -
3 People don’t throw as many things on the platform. happier really. It’s interesting because blue is also the
international colour of the police – I mean, the police in
4 Really? You mean birds?
lots of countries wear blue 3 . Anyway, they
5 It shows other people enjoy being in that place. use blue lights in quite a few 4 now and it
6 This colour makes people feel better. does help. For example, people don’t throw as many
7 They use blue lights in quite a few stations now. things on the 5 , so the stations stay
6
and tidier.
8 The children there made some small toys with wool.
9 They make a lot of noise when people come near them.

Skills Boost A2 LISTENING 10 © Richmond 2014 Photocopiable