Listening - Public & Global Issues
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Intermediate
Brief bulletin of world news on the radio.
Use of present perfect to describe recent events
A politician speaks to a potential voter on the doorstep.
Politics vocabulary, going to for future intentions
Two friends discuss environmental issues.
Environmental vocabulary & expressions
A journalist's report on a road protest.
Gerund/infinitive verb pattern use
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An interview on the radio about SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence).
Vocabulary and expressions to talk about science, especially astronomy, UFOs, SETI, etc
Radio interview about the dangers of the web: spam, viruses and more.
Internet expert describes ways of avoiding the "dark" side of the online world
A radio discussion about the modern problem of light pollution.
Radio interviewer speaks to an expert on light pollution, the problems it causes and how we can reduce it
Discussion between two friends about merits of different local newspapers.
Description of advantages and disadvantages of three different newspapers
Radio presenter interviews a member of a driving organization about road rage.
Talk about the causes of road rage and possible solutions
A radio host, a housing researcher, and a mortgage broker discuss why young Canadians are being priced out of the property market.
Cause and effect; economic and housing vocabulary
Two commentators discuss falling hockey participation in Canada and what it means for the sport's future.
Discussing trends and decline; cultural identity
An economist and a climate scientist debate whether Canada's fossil fuel industry remains essential or whether the case for continued investment is weakening.
Formal debate language; presenting and rebutting arguments
A privacy researcher explains how personal data is collected, modelled, and exploited, and why current regulations are failing to keep up.
Technology and privacy vocabulary; explaining complex systems
A journalist visits a small Ohio town seventeen years after its factory closed, talking to residents about what survival looks like when the economy doesn't come back.
Documentary register; economic decline and community resilience
Two debaters argue over whether the British monarchy should be replaced by an elected head of state.
Formal debate and persuasion; constitutional and political vocabulary
A retiring professor tells the stories of three immigrant families whose experiences over forty years reveal what integration actually looks like from the inside.
Academic narrative; immigration and identity vocabulary
A defence attorney describes the moral weight of winning an acquittal for a client he believed was guilty.
Legal vocabulary; ethical reasoning and moral argument
