Learning Support Materials

Which stations would you be most interested in listening to?

• 
  Serious talk show
  
• 
  Sports programme
  
• 
  Phone-in show
  
• 
  Pop music show
  

Programme 1: _______________

Programme 2: _______________

Programme 3: _______________

Programme 4: _______________

Listen again and answer the questions below.
Excerpt 1

1. 
   Where did Mary first get in touch with her date?
   

2. 
   How did Mary’s expectations of her date differ from reality?
   

3. 
   How did she feel when she met him?
   

4. 
   Was the radio presenter surprised? How do you know?
   

Excerpt 2

1. 
   Robert Burns is Scotland’s greatest poet. T F
   
2. 
   He wrote poetry and songs. T F
   
3. 
   Burns is unknown outside Scotland. T F
   

Excerpt 4

1. 
   The sport being discussed is:
   

1. 
   baseball
   
2. 
   football
   
3. 
   tennis
   

2. 
   Johnson scored:
   

1. 
   no goals
   
2. 
   two goals
   
3. 
   three goals
   

Second speaker: yes/no

Second speaker:

1. 
   Really good unmissable, sheer delight
   
2. 
   Really bad __________________________________________
   
3. 
   Extremely interesting __________________________________
   
4. 
   Boring ______________________________________________
   
5. 
   Takes you away from the stresses of everyday life ____________________________________________________
   
6. 
   Not to my taste __________________________________________
   
7. 
   Story not fast-moving enough ___________________________
   
8. 
   Relevant to events in the world which are happening now ____________________________________________________
   
9. 
   Well-researched, detailed and accurate ____________________________________________________
   
10. 
    Very funny __________________________________________
    

l) Not up to somebody’s expectations ­­­­___________________________

Now divide the words and phrases into two sections, ‘Positive’ and ‘Negative’.

Positive	Negative
total escapism

1. 
   You will hear three people talking about the sort of radio programmes they enjoy listening to. The statements below are either true (T) or false (F).
   

A. Cath likes political programmes.

B. Cath enjoys programmes she can have on in the background.

C. Karen enjoys programmes which tell her what’s happening in the world.

D. Karen enjoys programmes that make her think.

E. Tony is bored by politics.

F. Tony has a digital radio.

2. 
   Here are some expressions used in the discussion. Match them to the meanings below, as in the example: 1 e)
   

1. something light 5. absolutely fascinating

2. that’s a scream 6. thought-provoking

3. something I can get my teeth into 7. it sends me to sleep

4. really in-depth coverage 8. rather you than me

a) makes me feel very bored

b) it may suit you, but it certainly wouldn’t suit me

c) makes me think

d) complex, very interesting, makes me think

e) something that doesn’t require a great deal of concentration

f) careful, detailed, well-researched reporting

g) very interesting