Listening Exercises 1.1 - 1.9: 1.3 GENERAL INFORMATION: Listen To Radio Items 1 & 2 and Complete The
Listening Exercises 1.1 - 1.9: 1.3 GENERAL INFORMATION: Listen To Radio Items 1 & 2 and Complete The
Listening Exercises 1.1 - 1.9: 1.3 GENERAL INFORMATION: Listen To Radio Items 1 & 2 and Complete The
1.3 GENERAL INFORMATION: Listen to Radio Items 1 & 2 and complete the
chart with the basic details: (Refer to the tapescript for confirmation.)
What? Where? When? Who? How? Why?
Radio
Item 1
Radio
Item2
1.4 GAP F ILL : Listen to Radio Item 1 again and complete the gaps in the summary
of the passage below with the correct word or phrase you hear:
Violent video (1)...............could be responsible for a rise in violence by children in
society, but not enough (2)............has been done to prove it. Although a disturbed
child may (3) .............. violently after playing a (4)...............computer game, it is
possible that he or she will react similarly after a less violent stimulus. There is a great
amount of violence on TV and in computer games because violence <5) ............... well.
Young (6)............... however, play less violent games than young males, but this may
be because of the way in which (7)...............companies package their products.
Computer games are (8) ........... .... ; unlike TV, playing games is not a passive activity.
Perhaps children can relieve their (9)...... ...... ..harmlessly in this way. Or maybe such
games reward violence instead of punish it. If you agree, telephone (10)
1. Ordinary magazines fortunes' ebb and flow'. What do you think this means?
11. Jean's 'zine is described as 'another desk-topped magazine clone'. The
word clone means a replica, or something modelled exactly on the original'.
What is her 'zine a replica of?
iii. How many 'zines has Jean already sold?
iv. Where did Jean meet the other members of her publishing team?
v. What does Jean say is the reason for the success of her 'zine?
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ii. Name two suggested times for playing subliminal learning tapes:
1.................................................................................................
2 .................................................................................................
v. What important difference is there between people who speak other languages?