What’s interesting is … Listen to two colleagues, Abby and Joe, talking about the news. Which two stories do they talk about? Had they both heard about the stories? Listen again and answer the questions. 1 What reminds Joe of a news story? 2 What are they shocked by in the story? 3 In the second story, what is Joe worried about? 4 What does Abby think is surprising? 5 What does Joe feel is important? Complete the sentences from the conversations with the adjectives or verbs. What’s 1 is it’s a grass fire, not a forest fire. 2 is no one gets hurt. 3 is the officers were going to arrest the boy … The thing that 4 me angry is that normal kids can’t have parties any more. 5 me is how it started. 6 me is the parents’ attitude, not the boy! Which events are Abby and Joe talking about in sentences 1–6? Which adjective means strange? Which verb means irritate or worry? Can you think of more verbs and adjectives to replace 1–6? Example: The thing that annoys me is … Think about the other stories in the news report. Write one or two sentences about each one. Use the highlighted expressions in 8a. Talk about the stories together. Do you have the same opinions? Example: A: What do you think about the tree clearing story? B: The thing that worries me is the environment. Think of two or three interesting news stories. Make notes. Think about: ■■ who? ■■ what? ■■ where? ■■ when? ■■ other interesting information In groups, talk together about your news stories. What do you think about each other’s stories? Example: Did you hear about that climber who was found three weeks after he went missing? Use your notes from 10a and write a news story (around 250 words). Think about: ■■ where and when it took place ■■ who it was about ■■ what happened Listening 7 a h2d3i6 68 b Vocabulary Reacting to the news 8 a bothers funny important interesting makes worries b c d 9 a b a Speaking 10 b Writing 11 126 Language skills Extras Explore 10 In the news Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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