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131 In the news 10 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS 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? 24 A gang of men have been arrested aer kidnapping a Shanghai businessman from outside his home. e men, who demanded a huge ransom, are believed to have copied the idea from a TV show. A A new study claims that physically interactive computer games, such as Guitar Hero, are not just good entertainment. ey can also help people with brain injuries and reduce obesity in children and adults. B Replace the underlined words and expressions in sentences 1–7 with words and expressions from the box. b Cover 26a. In pairs, look at 26b 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 new programme. Read your story and prepare to explain it: A, p. 143; B, p. 144; C, p. 147. 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 together 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 (200–220 words). Think of an attention-grabbing headline. Use the stories in 27 as a model to help you. c a SPEAKING 27 b c WRITING 28 Read the advert. Why does NBS want a focus group? READING AND LISTENING 23 http://www.nbs.com/programme NBS is developing a new weekly programme called The World This Week covering interesting and entertaining stories from around the world. We need television enthusiasts aged between 18 and 65 to attend a meeting in order to share their views on what makes a good TV news programme today. During the meeting, we will ask you to discuss current stories in the news and to select one of the stories as the starting point for a half-hour programme. If you’re interested, please email Jennie asap at: jen@NBS-marketing.com 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. 2 I do n’t really get it . 3 Yeah, that makes sense . 4 Hm, I’m not convinced . a 25 TCD 3/17 b a VOCABULARY 26 Evaluating and selecting promising Choosing a story for a news programme choose entertaining possible promising seems reasonable sure understand 5 Personally, I’d go for this one. 6 That sounds interesting. 7 OK, so it’s got potential . Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Ei entum des Verlags öbv