Ó 22uy9c Local news Do you read a newspaper regularly? Which newspapers do you read and why? Do you read them online or in a print version? What kinds of news stories do you find most interesting? Why? ■■ political stories ■■ human interest stories ■■ crime stories ■■ funny stories ■■ business news ■■ disaster stories Listen to the headlines of five news stories on a local radio station in North Queensland, Australia. How do you think each story will continue? Listen to the news stories. Were you right? Can you remember the answers to the questions in boxes 1–5? Listen again to check. 1 Which residents were evacuated from their homes? How many firefighters were at the scene? What are police asking motorists to do? 3 What new law has been introduced? What do you now need if you want to cut down trees? Which organisations oppose the new laws? 2 How many police were involved in the incident? What did the police officers arrest the boy for? How many offences was the family charged with? 4 How many people currently live to 100 in Australia? What population change is predicted to happen? 5 How was the crocodile injured? Who rescued it? Match the highlighted expressions in 3a with the four categories below. People Emergencies Crime Politics residents evacuated from their homes police law Listening 1 a b 2 a 62 nk6ss7 b Vocabulary Understanding news stories 3 63 u6tn9s 63 u6tn9s a b Read the information and examples in the box. Then answer the questions on p. 117. Grammar Present and past participle clauses 4 You can use participle clauses after nouns to help you describe a scene. She saw the crocodile lying on the road. A participle clause is similar to a relative clause: She saw the crocodile which was lying on the road. 116 10 Unit In the news participate in a discussion and interrupt politely write a letter stating an opinion Goals understand news stories and react to news tell someone about a news story evaluate options and choose one Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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