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142 Unit 09 | Someone’s watching Expand your vocabulary: Describing hostility Read the article again and make a list of all the words that describe hostile activity towards journalists. Use a dictionary to find words that collocate with them. Example: attack – to attack somebody – to launch an attack – a physical attack – to be attacked for sth. Compare your list with a partner. You are going to listen to a radio report on the dangers of investigative journalism. Before you listen, write down five sentences about dangers that journalists might face today using the expressions from 17a. Compare your sentences in pairs. Listen to the first part of the radio report and label the diagrams. LANGUAGE 17 a b 18 LISTENING 19 a 25 Threats to journalists 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 number of journalists year 8% 37% 29% 11% 16% problematic situation Freedom of the press worldwide Now listen to the second part of the radio report and take notes. Which of your ideas from exercise 18 are mentioned? Has the situation improved or deteriorated further? Work in groups to research the current status, update the charts and compare your results in class. What can you find out about the situation in Austria? How might press freedom come into conflict with other needs and priorities of society? Discuss in groups. b 26 SPEAKING 20 a b 21 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv