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Monday 05 Dec 2011
Level: difficult
Category: World political issues
Accent: Native - North America, North Africa, Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, Arabian Peninsular, Iran, Afghanistan
Today's report looks at the situation in Egypt at the time of the elections to the Lower House of the Egyptian parliament. Which people are interviewed in the report? What do they say? Are they optimistic? What problems do they mention? The first activity prepares you for some of the words you will hear in the report by asking you to find them in a wordsquare. The second, a listening activity, invites you to find incorrect details in statements made about the report. Further activities develop your use of the vocabulary and expressions from the report.