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Give the English equivalents for the following Russian word combinations from the text of the recording.

1. возрасти на 60% за последние 12 месяцев (о средних доходах населения)

2. успешная экономическая политика

3. согласно данным полиции

4. были драки в течение всей демонстрации

5. снизиться до 3%

6. неотложные меры

7. разразиться начаться (о драке)

8. уменьшить размер ущерба; предотвратить серьезный ущерб

9. послать письмо с выражением соболезнования

10. поступить (о новостях)

11. подробности к настоящему моменту неизвестны

12. устойчивая солнечная погода

13. с температурой значительно выше 30 градусов

14. лидеры оппозиционной партии

Follow-Up Activity

Reproduce the news broadcast.

Lesson B. OUT-OF-CLASS LISTENING

Text Title: News Broadcast

Cassette: From Interchange 3, by J.Richards

Pre-Listening Exercises

Go over the words given below. They will help you understand the recording.

phone booth [buùT „ buùD] - телефонная будка

stock broker [ÈstkÇbr«Uk«] - биржевой маклер

stock market - биржа

fine - штрафовать

1.2. Copy the sentences below:

1. A man was fined yesterday for stealing an ambulance.

2. A woman was arrested in a public phone booth today.

3. A man who tried to break into a house on Friday got stuck in a chimney for fifty hours.

4. An airplane made an unexpected landing yesterday.

5. Two men were killed and six people hurt in a collision between a police car and a mini car yesterday.

Listening Exercises

Listen to a news broadcast and put the sentences in the order they come in the recording (see ex. 1.2.). Some sentences were not mentioned in the recording.

2.2. Now listen to the news broadcast again and take notes to answer the questions:

1. Why did the plane make an emergency landing? Was anyone injured?

2. Why was the woman arrested? Why was she angry?

3. Why did the man steal the ambulance? Who stopped him?

2.3. Listen to each news story separately and give answers to the following questions:

News Story 1

1. What was the number of the airplane?

2. What city did the plane leave yesterday?

3. Where did it fly?

4. When did the pilot turn the plane around and return it to the airport?

5. Who was born in a hospital?

News Story 2

1. How many calls had the man received in the last week?

2. How much money had the woman lost?

News Story 3

1. What state was the man from?

2. What sum was the man fined yesterday?

3. Where was the ambulance parked while the ambulance driver was making a phone call?

4. For how long had the man been waiting for a bus?

5. Where was the ambulance stopped?

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