UNIT 103:

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IN THIS UNIT
IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL
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match information
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UNIT 03 /WRITING
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newsstory.
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firstline.
line.
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thearticle.
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thearticle
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subject, your interpretation of the diagram needs to be accurate.

56 UNIT 03 / WRITING
 EXAM
EXAM SKILLS]
SKILLS

Use the
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useful phrases
phrases and
and verbs
verbs below
below and
and other
other language from this
language from this lesson to
lesson to
answer the Writing
answer the Part 11 task.
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should spend
spend about
about 20
20 minutes
minutes on this task.
on this task.
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phrases for tasks
process tasks

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illustrates / shows ...
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represents a
a stage
stage in the process
in the of ...
process of.
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ending in
in ....

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how .. .
.

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for process tasks
process tasks

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build link
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convert install
install manufacture
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make lift
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diagram illustrates process oflithography:
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method used for printing
used for printing
newspapers.
newspapers.
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Summarise the information by
the information by selecting
selecting and
and reporting
reporting the main features
the main features and
and make
make
comparisons
comparisons where
where necessary.
necessary.

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UNIT I 03: THE NEWS

UNIT 103: THE NEWS AND
AND MEDIA
MEDIA

LISTENING
IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL
LEARN HOW TO
• and opinions of
identify the attitudes
speakers through expressions and intonation

• recognise paraphrases of what speakers say

• understand the role of distractors
when answering multiple-choice
questions.

LEAD-IN

Listen to
Listen to three
three short
short discussions,
discussions, each
each on
on aa particular
particular topic.
topic. In
In each
each discussion,
discussion,
another topic
another topic is
is also
also referred
referred to.
to. Choose
Choose the
the main
main topic
topic in
in each
each discussion.
discussion.
20
20 1
1 A sport
A sport B
B politics
politics C economics
C economics
22 A
A business
business B science
B science C entertainment
C entertainment
33 A
A technology
technology B sport
B sport C business
C business

58 UNIT 03 / LISTENING
 Look at
� Look atthese
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topicsand
and listen
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toSpeakers
Speakers 1-3.
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Identify who
who has
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positive
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attitude, thenegative
negativeattitude
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andthe
the neutral
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change attitudesandandopinions.
opinions.Attitude
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attitudes
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speaker uses.
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students, Maria
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and Simon,
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space
expeditions in the news with their tutor, Dr Anita Thornton. They are deciding
expeditions in the news with their tutor, Dr Anita Thornton. They are deciding on onaa
il:5 study topic. Listen and identify their final choice, A, B or C.
study topic. Listen and identify their final choice, A, B or C.
22
22

AA Moon
Moon expedition
expedition
BB Mars
Mars expedition
expedition
CC Pluto
Plutoexpedition
expedition

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22

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Mars expedition Moon expedition
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Simon
Simon

Maria
Maria

DrThornton
Dr Thornton

UNIT 03 / LISTENING
 - -

UNDERSTANDING SPEAKERS' ATTITUDES

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showtheir
theirattitude
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sixshort
short
conversations and choose Positive (A), Negative (B) or Neutral (C) for each attitude
conversations and choose Positive (A), Negative (B) or Neutral (C) for each attitude
23
expressedby
expressed bythe
thesecond speaker.
secondspeaker.
23

11 AA Positive
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Neutral
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Negative CC Neutral
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33 AA Positive
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Neutral
4 A Positive
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55 AA Positive
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Negative CC Neutral
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express the speaker's attitude. Decide whether this is positive, negative or neutral.
23
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11 seriously?
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UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF DISTRACTORS

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24
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thinksstudying
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does Dr
DrThornton
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actuallysuccessful?
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22 Which
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UNIT03 LISTENING
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a conversation
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between Maria,
Maria, Simon
Simon and
and Dr
Dr Thornton
Thornton one
one month
month
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after the start of the project and read questions 1-3. There are two options
the start of the project and read questions 1-3. There are two options for
for

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25
each
choose
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each question:
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one correct
the correct
correct answer
correct answer
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answer and
and one
and think
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about why
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distractor is
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is wrong.
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check the
think carefully
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about why
about the distractors
why the distractors
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1 Alfonso has left the
the Mars
Mars project
project because
because are wrong
are wrong and
and how
how you
you can
can
A
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became ill while
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they were
were in Arizona.
in Arizona. identify the correct
identify the correct answer.
answer.

B
B hehe had
had aa problem
problem unconnected
unconnected to to the
the project.
project.

22 If someone
If someone leaves the Mars project, the rules say
leaves the Mars project, the rules say that
that
A
A aa new
new person
person must
must take
take their
their place.
place.

B
B nono new
new people
people can join at
can join at a
a later
later date.
date.

33 Simon
Simon agrees
agrees that
that
A
A only
only one
one person
person should
should look
look after
after the
the food
food production.
production.
B more
B more than
than one
one person
person should
should look
look after
after the food production.
the food production.

RECOGNISING
RECOGNISING PARAPHRASES
PARAPHRASES OF
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choose the
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answer,
A,
A, B
B or
or C,
C, which
which correctly
correctly paraphrases
paraphrases the
the information
information in
in the
the recording.
recording.
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Look at this
this example.
example. In
In multiple-choice
multiple-choice
26
26
questions in
questions the Listening
in the Listening
One
One person
person has
has most
most probably
probably been
been physically violent because
physicallyviolent because test, there
test, there are
are always
always
A
A they
they do
do not
not speak very much
speak very much as
asaa rule.
rule. three
three options - one
options - one
B they
B they might
might have
have difficulty
difficulty being
being in
in a
a closed
closed space.
space. correct
correct answer
answer and two
and two

C distractors.
C they
they always
always disliked
disliked another
another participant.
distractors.
participant.

O The correct
The correct answer
answer is
is B.
B. It
It is
is mentioned that Joe
mentioned that Joe is
is quiet,
quiet, but
but only
only as
as an
an
observation,
observation, not
not aa possible
possible reason,
reason, so A is
so A is not
not correct. It is
correct. It is also
also
mentioned that he
mentioned that he hit
hit Martin,
Martin, but there is
but there is nothing to say
nothing to say he
he has
has always
always
disliked
disliked him.
him. There
There is talk of
is talk of isolation
isolation probably
probably being the reason,
being the reason, which
which
relates to being
relates to being in
in a
a closed
closed space, with no
space, with no escape from the
escape from the situation.
situation.

� Now Now listen

listen to
to the
the next
next part
part of
of the
the conversation
conversation and and choose
choose the
the correct
correct answer,
answer,
• A, BorC.
A, B or C.
55:5
21 1 Dr
1 Dr Thornton's
Thornton's main main interest
interest isis in
in

A
A what
what kinds
kinds of
of people
people take
take part
part in
in projects
projects like
like this.
this.

B how
B how sheshe can
can bebe a
a psychology
psychology expert
expert onon the
the project.
project.

C
C how
how people
people interact
interact inin long
long periods
periods of of isolation
isolation together.
together.
22 Dr Thornton thinks
DrThornton thinks it's
it's good
good that
that
A it took
A took some
it some timetime for
for the
the first
first serious
serious conflict
conflict to
to take
take place.
place.

B problems like these happen on this type

B problems like these happen on this type of project. of project.
C
C the
the project
project is is not
not like
like a
a television
television series
series oror soap
soap opera.
opera.
33 Simon
Simon states
states that
that

A
A Joe
Joe could
could cause
cause problems
problems for for the
the environment
environment of of the
the building
building if he
he stays.
stays.
if

B
B Joe successfully dealt
Joe successfully with aa serious
dealt with serious environmental
environmental situation.
situation.

C
C they
they could
could solve
solve any
any environmental
environmental problems
problems if JoeJoe left.
ifleft.

UNIT 03 / LISTENING 61
 EXAM SKILLS
EXAM SKILLS ]
Listen to
� Listen to the
the final
final part
part of
ofthe
the conversation
conversation and and choose
choosethe the correct
correct answer,
answer, A,A, BB or
or C.
C.
11 Simon
Simon isis going
goingto
to base
base his
his main
main study
study on
on
i8
AA whywhyjustjust over
over half
half of
of the
the participants
participants stayed
stayed until
until the
the end
end ofthe
of the project.
project.
BB howhow to to make
make sure
surethat
that people
people can
can survive
survive on on aa real
real trip
trip to
to Mars.
Mars.
CC howhow much
muchthe the project
project waswas covered
covered inin the
the news
news media.
media.
22 OneOne surprising
surprising result
result ofof the
the project
project was
was that
that
A it was reported as a major
A was reported as a major news item.
it news item.
the participants
BB the participants were
were in in danger
danger ofof losing
losing their
their lives.
lives.
C information from the project will be used
C information from the project will be used in a new design.in a new design.
33 OneOne thing
thing that
that DrThornton
Dr Thornton isis interested
interested inin finding
finding out out about
about the
the people
people inin the
the Mars
Mars
project
project is is
AA whywhy they
they had
had health
health problems.
problems.
B how they coped physically
B how they coped physically with with living
living close
close together.
together.
how their
CC how their physical
physical well-being
well-being might
might develop
develop in in the
the future.
future.
44 Maria
Maria intends
intends toto
AA make
make aa contribution
contribution to to an
an important
important scientific
scientific publication.
publication.
B write about how well the participants
B write about how well the participants performed whileperformed while living
living in
in aa small
small space.
space.
CC focus
focus onlyonly on
on the
the psychological
psychological issues
issues affecting
affecting the the participants.
participants.
5 In the end, the total spent on the Mars
5 In the end, the total spent on the Mars project was project was
AA just
just over
over the
the planned
planned amount.
amount.
B twice the planned
B twice the planned amount. amount.
just under
CC just under the
the planned
planned amount.
amount.
66 TheThe person
person who who would
would absolutely
absolutely refuse
refuse toto bea
be a participant
participant in in aa repeat
repeat project
project isis
Simon.
AA Simon.
Dr Thornton.
BB DrThornton.
Maria.
CC Maria.

UNIT 03 LISTENING
 UNIT I 03: TliE
UNIT /03: THE NEWS
NEWS AND
AND MEDIA
MEDIA

SPEAKING
IN THIS UNIT YOU WILL
LEARN HOW TO
• speak about the news and media for
Speaking Part 1
• use adjectives and intonation to express
feelings about a news story

• use paraphrase and the passive

to describe an event for
Speaking Part 2.

Ask and
� Ask and answer
answer these
these questions
questions with
with aa partner.
partner.

The Dail News

NEWS NEWS
NEWS NEWS NEWS
NEWS WWW

••
••••••••••
••••••••••
••••••••••
11 Where do
Where do you
you usually
usually get
get your
your news?
news?
2
2 Where do
Where do most
most people
people in
in your
your country
country get
get their
their news?
news?
33 Do
Do people
people in
in your
your country
country still
still read
read newspapers?
newspapers?
4 Are
4 Are there
there any
any advantages
advantages toto getting
getting your
your news
news onon the
the internet?
internet?

UNIT 03 / SPEAKING 63
 TALKING ABOUT
TALKING ABOUT THE
THE MEDIA
MEDIA

� Think
Think ofTHREE
of THREE advantages
advantages and THREE disadvantages
and THREE disadvantages of
of each
each type
type of
of media
media in the box.
in the box.
Discuss with a partner.
Discuss with a partner.

newspapers
newspapers the internet
the internet radio
radio television
television

Newspapers
Newspapers The internet
The internet

Advantages
Advantages Disadvantages
Disadvantages Advantages
Advantages Disadvantages
Disadvantages
1 _______
1 11 _______ 1 _______
1 1
1 _______
22 _______ 2
2 _______ 2
2 _______ 2 -------
3
3 ------- 3
3 ------- 33 ------'---,--� 3
3 ______

Radio
Radio Television
Television

Advantages
Advantages Disadvantages
Disadvantages Advantages
Advantages Disadvantages
Disadvantages
1 _______
1 1
1 _______ 1 _______
1 1 _______
1
22 _______ 2 _______
2 2 _______
2 22 _______
33 ______ 33 ______ 3
3 ------- 3
3 _______

EXPRESSING
EXPRESSING YOUR
YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT A
FEELINGS ABOUT A NEWS
NEWS STORY
STORY

� With
With a
a partner,
partner, describe
describe these
these happy news stories,
happy news stories, then share y
then share our story
your with the
story with class.
the class.
As you
As you tell
tell the
the story,
story, try
try to
to use some or
use some or all
all of
of the
the adjectives
adjectives from
from the
the box.
box.

11 AA person
person overcoming
overcoming a a serious
serious health
health problem
problem
22 Adog
A dog finding
finding its
its owner
owner after
after getting
getting lost
lost

33 Aman
A man being
being rescued from an
rescued from an overturned
overturned boat
boat in the sea
in the sea

brilliant
brilliant delightful
delightful extraordinary
extraordinary im pressive
impressive magnificent
magnificent
marvellous
marvellous outstanding
outstanding stunning
stunning tremendous
tremendous

It was:
It one of the mos:t extraordinary
wag one events: I've ever
a r Ina events I'veever seen!
s:een!

� With
With aa different
different partner,
partner, describe
describe these
these sad
sad news
news stories,
stories, then share your
then share your story with
story with
the
the class.
class. Use
Use some
some oror all
all of
of the
the adjectives
adjectives from
from the
the box.
box.

11 AAman
man losing
losing his winning lottery
his winning ti(:ket
lottery ticket

2 AA woman
2 woman breaking
breaking her
her leg
leg in
in an
an accident
accident
3 AA business
3 business having to close
having to close after
after running
running out
out of
of money
money

absurd
absurd bizarre
bizarre disgusting
disgusting distressing
distressing dreadful
dreadful
harmful
harmful terrible
terrible uncomfortable
uncomfortable upsetting
upsetting

It was:
It wag aa really
really bizarre thing to
bizarre thing to happen!
happen!

UNIT 03 / SPEAKING
 Listento
� Listen tosomeone
someonedescribe
describetheir
theirfeelings
feelings about
about aarecent
recent news
news story.
story. For
For each
each

;
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= =
299
sentence, decide
sentence,
speaker's
decidewhether
whether Example
feelings.
ExampleAAor
Practise using the
or Example
Example BB uses
correct
usesthe
intonation
thecorrect
correct intonation
with a
intonationfor
partner.
speaker's feelings. Practise using the correct intonation with a partner.
forthe
the

Sentence
Sentence ExarnpleA
Example A ExampleBB
Example

11 When the
When the report
reportcame
came inin to
to say
saythe
the mission
mission was
was aa
success, everyone felt that we'd seen something
success, everyone felt that we'd seen something fl' �
extraordinary.
extraordinary.

22 The
Thedisaster
disasterwas
was aa dreadful
dreadfultragedy
tragedy with
with aa massive
massive
loss of life.
loss of life.
33 1'm
I'm feeling
feeling pretty
pretty uncomfortable
uncomfortable about
aboutthe
thesituation.
situation.
I
I hope
hopewe
wecan
can find
find aa solution
solution soon.
soon.
44 The
Theresults
results were
werestunning,
stunning, and
andthe
theteam
team had
had done
done aa
marvellousjob.
marvellous job.
55 Itwas
Itwas such
such an
an impressive
impressive sight
sightand
andthe
the noise
noisethat
that
followed itit was
followed wastremendous.
tremendous.
66 This
This was
wassuch
such aa bizarre
bizarre event,
event, and
and it's
it's incredible
incrediblethat
that
we haven't
we haven't been
been able
ableto
to find
find out
out what
what caused
caused it.
it.

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Withaa partner,
� With partner, tell
tellthe
thestory
story here
herein
inyour
your own
own words
words (paraphrase).
(paraphrase).

FAMILY: GIRL SWEPT

FAMILY: GIRL SWEPT AWAY
AWAY IN
IN TSUNAMI
TSUNAMI TEN
TEN
YEARS AGO
YEARS fl.GO REUNITED
REUNITED WITH
WITH FAMILY
FAMILY
A girlwho
girlwho was
wasjust
Indonesia
girl was
was returned
just four
Indonesia and
returned to
to her
four years
and swept
years old
swept her
her away
her family
old when
away has
family after
when aa powerful
has been
after being
powerful tsunami
been reunited
tsunami roared
reunitedwith
beingspotted
spotted in
with her
roared into
herfamily
in aa crowd
into her
family after
crowd by
by her
hertown
after 10
town in
10 years.
her uncle.
in
years. The
uncle. InInthe
The
the days
days
girl

following media
following media reports
reports of
of her
her survival,
survival, aa homeless
homeless boy
boy has
has also
also rejoined
rejoined his
his family
family after
after
he was
he was washed
washed out
outto
to sea
sea at
at age
age seven
sevenwith
with his
his sister.
sister.

UNIT 03 SPEAKING
 Swap roles.
� Swap roles. Tell
Tellyour
yourpartner
partnerthe
thestory
storyhere
hereininyour
yourown
ownwords
words (paraphrase).
(paraphrase) .

••• < >

• Home
Horne • About
About • News
News Top stories

ADVENTURE: DIVER FACES DEADLY EIGHT-METRE

ANACONDA AS SHE EXPLORES UNDERWATER CAVE SYSTEM
An adventurer
An adventurer received
received aa big
big surprise
surprise when
when she
she dived
dived into
into aa cave
cave system
system inin search
search of
of an
an underwater
underwater cave
cave
monster. Diver
monster. Diver Karina
Karina Oliani
Oliani discovered
discovered the
the eight-metre
eight-metre anaconda
anaconda after
after aa four-day
four-day search.
search. The
The terrifying
terrifying
snake was
snake was one
one of
of the
the biggest
biggestever
ever seen
seen underwater,
underwater, weighing
weighing an
an estimated
estimated 400
400 kg.
kg. Karina
Karina said:
said:
'At first I was
'At first I
was terrified
terrified by
by its
its size
size —- I saw
I
saw aa huge
huge head
head but
but could
could not
not see
see the
the end
end of
of its
its body.
body.
The snakes
The snakes can
can move
move fast
fast underwater
underwater and
and could
could have
have easily
easily killed
killed me.'
me.'

REPORTING AA NEWS
REPORTING NEWS STORY
STORY

Lookat
� Look atthis
thispicture
picture sequence
sequenceabout
aboutan
anearthquake.
earthquake. Retell
Retellthe
thestory
storyininyour
yourown
ownwords.
words.

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UNIT 03 / SPEAKING
 GRAMMAR FOCUS:
GRAMMAR FOCUS: THEPASSIVE
THE PASSIVE

Matchthese
� Match thesesentences
sentenceswith
withthe
thepictures
picturesininexercise
exercise8.8.
11 Theearthquake
The earthquakedestroyed
destroyedaanumber
numberof ofmonuments.
monuments.
2 Volunteers removed large numbers of
2 Volunteers removed large numbers of rocks and rocks andstones
stonesto
to rescue
rescuepeople.
people.
33 Rescuers
Rescuerspulled
pulledsurvivors
survivorsfrom
fromthe
thecollapsed
collapsedbuildings.
buildings.
4 Falling buildings injured many people.
4 Falling buildings injured many people.
55 Helicopters
Helicoptersarrived
arrivedto totake
takesurvivors
survivorstotohospital.
hospital.
6 The earthquake left many children
6 The earthquake left manychildren homeless.homeless.
77 The
Theearthquake
earthquakestruck
struckthethecity
cityat
at10.00
10.00am.
am.

Changethe
� Change thesentences
sentencesininexercise
exercise99from
fromthe
theactive
activeto
tothe
thepassive.
passive.
TIP no
11 Theearthquake
The earthquakedestroyed
destroyedaanumber
numberof
ofmonuments.
monuments. Whenreporting
reportingaanews
newsstory,
story,
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numberof
ofmonuments
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weredestroyed
des:troyed(by
(bythe
theearthquake).
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we usethe
thepassive
passiveto
tofocus
focus
onwhat
on whathappened
happenedto
to
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thestory
storyininexercise
exercise88again,
again,using
usingthe
thepassive
passiveto
todescribe
describe somethingor
orsomeone,
someone,
something
what happened.
what happened. ratherthan
rather thanwho
whoor
orwhat
whatdid
did
something.
something.

EXAM SKILLS
EXAM SKILLS]
Askand
� Ask andanswer
answerthese
theseSpeaking
SpeakingPart
Part11 questions
questionswith
withaapartner.
partner.

11 Wheredo
Where doyou
youusually
usuallyget
getyour
yournews?
news?
2 How do most people your age get
2 How do most people your age get theirtheirnews?
news?
33 What
Whatkind
kindofofnews
newsare
areyou
youmost
mostinterested
interestedin?
in?
4 How is getting the news today different from
4 How is getting the news today different from howhowwe
wegot
gotour
ournews
news ininthe
thepast?
past?

Answerthe
� Answer theprompts
promptsininthis
thisSpeaking
SpeakingPart
Part22task.
task.Talk
Talkfor
forat
atleast
least90
90seconds.
seconds.
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Don't forgetto
touse
usethe
the
Describeaanews
Describe newsstory
storyyou
youread/saw.
read/saw. passive,and
anddon't
don'tforget
forget
passive,

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shouldsay:
say: to use the expressionsyou
to use the expressions you
You
learnt to talkabout
learnt to talk aboutyour
your
•
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whatkind
kindof
ofnews
newsstory
storyititwas
was feelingsfor
feelings forthe
thefinal
finalpart
part
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whathappened
happenedtotothe
thepeople
peopleininthe
thestory
story ofthe
of thetask.
task.
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• why the event was important enough to be reported on

the news
the news

andexplain
and explainhow
howyou
youfelt
feltabout
aboutthe
thenews
newsstory.
story.

UNIT03
UNIT 03 /SPEAKING
SPEAKING •
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