assignment 19 april 20102
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Unit 3:
Creating Listening Expectation
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Watch the following video clip and say what it is about:
Read the following piece of news, taken from bbclearningenglish.com, and guess what word can be used to fill in each gap:
The pavement in front of President Kaczynski's
palace in (1)……….. Warsaw has nearly disappeared
from sight, covered now with thousands of small
glass pots (2)……..... candles laid as a mark of
respect. The president's body has been brought back
from (3)………. and is due to lie in state later today.
More details of the funeral arrangements are
expected over the (4)………. day or so. Poland's
health minister has (5) ……….that only 14 of the 96
victims of Saturday's air (6)……… in Russia are
identifiable. Crash investigators say data from the
flight recorders appear to show there was no
technical fault on the (7)……….., suggesting pilot
error may have been a factor (8)……… the crash.
* Vocabulary: - funeral (n.): a ceremony for burying or burning
someone who has died.
Listen and fill in each gap with the word you hear:
The pavement in front of President Kaczynski's palace in (1)……….. Warsaw has nearly disappeared from sight, covered now with thousands of small glass pots (2)……..... candles laid as a mark of respect. The president's body has been brought back from (3)………. and is due to lie in state later today. More details of the funeral arrangements are expected over the (4)………. day or so. Poland's health minister has (5) ……….that only 14 of the 96 victims of Saturday's air (6)………. in Russia are identifiable. Crash investigators say data from the flight recorders appear to show there was no technical fault on the (7)……….., suggesting pilot error may have been a factor (8)……… the crash.
Listen again and check:
The pavement in front of President Kaczynski's palace in (1) Warsaw has nearly disappeared from sight, covered now with thousands of small glass pots (2) candles laid as a mark of respect. The president's body has been brought back from (3) and is due to lie in state later today. More details of the funeral arrangements are expected over the (4) day or so. Poland's health minister has (5) that only 14 of the 96 victims of Saturday's air (6) in Russia are identifiable. Crash investigators say data from the flight recorders appear to show there was no technical fault on the (7) , suggesting pilot error may have been a factor (8) the crash.
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