102 Language skills Extras Explore 8 Big brother is watching you 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. A B C D Listening 7 8 32 3u8y33 Language focus Commenting on experiences 9 32 3u8y33 a 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 . In small groups, discuss which activities in the boxes you think are illegal in Austria. Agree on a list. 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 boxes have a different verb form? Is there a noun for the people who do these activities? Example: Examples: mugging mug mugger; writing graffiti write graffiti graffiti artist Work alone. Choose ten activities from the boxes. 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. Language focus Legal and illegal activities 4 a burglary busking robbery gang warfare leaving a restaurant/café without paying hacking into computers shoplifting hooliganism begging squatting demonstrations faking your parents’ signature writing graffiti cheating at an exam vandalism mugging driving a car/moped without a driving licence riots being cruel to animals b 5 Speaking 6 a b What do you think are the pros and cons of the four security measures? b Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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