Narrator: Exercise 4.3. Radio Item 7: With me today from the Home Office, is Mr. David Thorpe, who has agreed to answer recent criticism of the government's handling of the so-called 'immigration problem'. The face of Britain changed radically during...
Narrator: D. Use abbreviations to quickly note down the rail distances and directions from London of the following places: i. Manchester (184 miles north-west) vi. Liverpool (193 miles north-west) ii. Cardiff (155 miles east) vii. Penzance (280 miles...
Narrator: C. Spell correctly the names of the following persons associated with London: i. Queen Boudicca - (attacked and destroyed the city in 6IAD) ii. William the Conqueror - (assumed the seat of power in London in the eleventh century) iii. Sir C...
Narrator: B. Spell correctly the names of the following places in and around London: i. TOTTENHAM iv. TWICKENHAM vii. WEMBLEY x. WANDSWORTH ii. PUTNEY v. LEWISHAM viii. ROTHERHITHE iii. HARROW vi. ISLINGTON ix. GREENWICH...
Narrator: Exercise 4.2. A. Write down the numbers you hear in the following sentences: i. During the reign of Elisabeth I, the population of London doubled from 100,000 to 200,000. ii. The population of London today is anything from 7 to 12 million,...
Narrator: Part Four. Listening Exercise 4.1. Listen to the following sentences, pausing your machine aftereach sentence to write down the essential details of what you have heard: a. London is the capital city of Great Britain. b. The Romans establis...
Narrator: Exercise 3.9. Lecture 3: Electric cars? Solar-powered buses? When most people imagine solutions to the problems of city air pollution they probably think of electricity and solar power. But the problem with an electric car is that the elect...
Narrator: Exercise 3.8. Dictation 1: Air pollution / is probably the modern world's greatest threat. / Water can be filtered, / land can be cleared, / but filthy air can only be filtered / by the nose and lungs. / It is estimated / that living in a b...
Narrator: Radio Item 6: Welcome to 'Inventors' Corner'. This week we take a look at an invention that may well change the way in which you listen to your television set. Four years and twenty thousand pounds later, Susan Schofield of Cardiff, Wales,b...
Narrator: Exercise 3.3. Radio Item 5: Welcome to 'Software World' - bringing you the very latest information on what is currently available on CD-ROM. Are you a director or producer looking for an unusual actor to play a part in a new movie project,...
