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98 Big brother is watching you 08 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE EXTRAS In small groups, discuss which activities in the box you think are illegal in Austria. Agree on a list. burglary  faking your parents’ signature  vandalism  riots  being cruel to animals busking  writing graffiti  driving a car /moped without a driving licence  mugging cheating at an exam  robbery  shoplifting  hooliganism  begging  demonstrations hacking into computers  gang warfare  leaving a restaurant / café without paying  squatting Compare your lists in class. Do you have the same? Do you think any activities could (or should) be controlled by surveillance cameras? Are any a particular problem where you live? Which words in the box have a different verb form? Is there a noun for the people who do these activities? Examples: mugging mug mugger; writing graffiti write graffiti graffiti artist Work alone. Choose ten activities from the box. Then, on a scale from one to ten, rank them for how ‘bad’ they are, with number ten being the worst. Present your ideas to the rest of the class. Give reasons for your choice. a LanguagE FOCus 4 Legal and illegal activities b 5 a sPEaKIng 6 b A B C D Security Look at the photos. What forms of security do they show? What is their purpose? Listen to Jane, Uri, Patrick and Tina talking about security measures. 1 What security measure do they talk about? 2 Are they in favour of them, against them, or do they have mixed feelings? The speakers comment on things that happened to them. Listen again and try to complete the gaps. LIsTEnIng 7 8 TCD  2/12 a LanguagE FOCus 9 Commenting on experiences 1 Jane: I did think it was  , as, you know, I wasn’t really doing anything that dangerous. 2 Jane:  any schoolchildren were actually crossing the road. 3 Uri: I think they serve . 4 Uri: Then they speed up again – it’s . 5 Patrick: I think , but sometimes I think it’s just a bit . 6 Patrick: But at no point did they actually ask to see my passport – it was . getting priorities wrong! 7 Tina: I do think they’re , I mean, if you think about it, it does make it safer to buy things. 8 Tina: There was a huge queue of people standing behind me – it was . What do you think are the pros and cons of the four security measures? b Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv