Unit 1 City and village

Activity 2a

Objective: to stimulate interest in the topic ready for listening

PP work in pairs to complete the questionnaire. If they are not sure about an answer, advise them to guess.

Activity 2b

Objective: to listen for specific information

PP listen and check their answers to 2a. If necessary play the tape a second time and stop after each answer.

Tapescript

(Music)

Max: Welcome to Sport Today. As usual we bring you all the latest news about the Olympics. Our first item today is from our correspondent in Sydney. Hello, David. What's going on. Has the Olympic torch arrived yet?

Ian: Hello, Mike. Yes, well, I'm standing here at the Olympic stadium and we expect to see the torch any minute now ... but while we're waiting I'm going to tell you a few amazing facts about the torch. It's quite big - 72 centimetres high and it weighs more than a kilo so it's not that easy to carry. The flame is a special kind and it's safe and friendly for the environment - and it can burn in all kinds of weather.

The torch began its journey here from Greece in May. It passed through Guam, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga, the Cook Islands, New Zealand and every Australian state. It went by plane, by boat, on skis and on mountain bicycles, on foot, on a camel and underwater! 13,000 people took part in getting the torch to Australia. They ate 10,400 breakfasts and used 13,144 hotel beds! ... and I think... ah, yes, there it comes now. This is the most exciting moment of the Olympic Games. The most famous Australian athlete is running with the torch into the stadium ... yes, he's here now and ... and...

Show PP on the world map the route that the torch took, but you do not need to tell them the names of all the countries.