Read the summaries of two news stories provided by NBS for the focus group. Do you think either of the stories would make a good starting point for the programme? Why? Why not? b A B A gang of men have been arrested after kidnapping a Shanghai businessman from outside his home. The men, who demanded a huge ransom, are believed to have copied the idea from a TV show. A new company claims that commercial Virtual Reality systems are not just good entertainment. They can also be used to develop training programmes for companies. Listen to three people discussing which story should make it onto the programme. Do they agree? Listen again. What do they find most interesting about each story? Which story are they talking about, A or B? 1 This one looks good. 5 Personally, I’d go for this one. 2 I don’t really get it. 6 That sounds interesting. 3 Yeah, that makes sense. 7 OK, so it’s got potential. 4 Hm, I’m not convinced. a Listening 22 66 6vi3zm b Vocabulary Evaluating and selecting 23 a promising Replace the underlined words and expressions in sentences 1–7 with these words and expressions: In pairs, look at the words above and try to remember the complete expressions. Example: promising … A: This one looks promising. B: Yeah, that’s right. Work in A/B/C groups. You’re going to choose a story for NBS’s news programme. Read your story and prepare to explain it: A, p. 136; B, p. 141; C, p. 144. Think about the language you need to: ■■ tell your group about a news story. Apparently … ■■ react to a news story. The thing that’s interesting is … ■■ evaluate and select a story. This one looks promising. Talk in pairs about your stories. Choose one story for the programme. Talk with other groups. Explain why you chose your story. Write your own funny, shocking, scary … news story (around 200 words). Think of an attention-grabbing headline. Use the stories in 24 as a model to help you. b choose entertaining possible seems reasonable sure understand promising c a Speaking 24 b c Writing 25 Keyword: see Meanings of see Match the uses of see in the sentences 1–4 with meanings A–D. 1 Anyone who saw the incident is asked to call Crime Stoppers. A understand 2 You can see if somebody is lying by looking at their body language. B find out/check 3 I can see why you’re upset, but I still think you should try and forget it. C notice with your eyes 4 The last time I saw you, you were going to study finance. D meet up with 26 Language skills Extras Explore 10 In the news 121 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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