ENM Volume 2-3 April 2016 English News Monthly Podcast x Z Y Logos, Desert Islands & A Very Clever Octopus! Email: jselwood@hiroshima-u.ac.jp Homepage: http://pod.flare.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/cms/
[1] Part 1 Topic Warm Ups Warm Up 1 A1 Key Words All the words in the box are from this month s 3 podcast news stories. What do these words means? Are they nouns, verbs, adjectives or adverbs? Use a dictionary, the Internet or a Smartphone App to help you! 1 Paralympic 2 Logo 3 Complain 4 Host 5 Reduce 6 Treasure 7 Marooned 8 Isolate 9 Rescue 10 Lucky 11 Escape 12 Recapture 13 Impressive 14 Squeeze 15 Unlikely Warm Up 2 This Month s Titles! Re-arrange the titles for the three English News Monthly news stories. Match the news title with the correct photograph! There is one extra! A Logo? New Olympic s Tokyo A B from Rescued a Island Desert B C of is Octopuses Our Missing! One C Now look at the thee photographs on this month s cover sheet. Match the photograph with the correct title from above! X, Y or Z? Warm Up 3 Mix & Match Micronesia (News 2) is a very small country - with a population of just 113,000. But it is only the 16th smallest in the world. Rank the 8 smallest countries from 1-8! 1 5 A B C D E F G H 2 3 4 6 7 8
[2] Reading & Listening 1 A2 Read / Listen to the 3 statements about News Story 1. Do you think the answers are YES or NO? If you don t know the answers - Guess! Or use the Internet! A: Tokyo will host the 32nd Olympic Games in 2020. B: Rio de Janeiro will host the Paralympic Games in 2020. C: Liege is a city in the Netherlands. L1 - Gap Fill! Read / Listen to he news story below and write the correct word in the spaces. Read / Listen to the rest of the sentence to help with your understanding! Tokyo Olympic Logo Changed English News Monthly s 1st news report for March comes from Tokyo - the host city of the 32nd 1: Olympic and 16th Paralympic Games in 2020. This month four logos for the games were published and the Japanese 2: will be able to choose which logo they like best. The final choice will be chosen at the end of April 2016. The Tokyo Olympic Games first chose a logo in July 2015, but the design had to be changed because it was too similar to the logo of another 3:. The theatre in the Belgian city of Liege 4: that the logo chosen by the Tokyo Olympic Committee (TOC) was the same design as the logo for their theatre. The Liege Theatre logo was created by 5: Oliver Debie in 2011 two years before Tokyo was chosen as hosts. Two months after the first logo was chosen the T.O.C. announced that a competition for a new design would be held. 14,599 different 6: were sent to the T.O.C. and after months of talking the choice was reduced to just four. After the new logo has been chosen, posters, pins and clothes will be 7: with the new design so to promote the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Q&A 1 How many different logo designs were sent in? 2 Which city in Belgium complained at the Tokyo logo? 3 When was the first Tokyo Olympic logo chosen? 4 What month will the new Olympic logo be chosen? 5 What is the name of the Belgian designer?
[3] Reading & Listening 2 A3 Read / Listen to the 3 statements about News Story 2. Do you think the answers are YES or NO? If you don t know the answers - Guess! Or use the Internet! A: Fanadik is an island in the south Atlantic Ocean. B: Three sailors were marooned on the island for 3 months. C: The US Coast Guard rescued the three sailors from the island. L2 - Wrong Word! Read / Listen to he news story below and circle eight words that are wrong. Read / Listen again write the correct eight words in each space. Desert Island Rescue! Treasure Island. King of the Flies.The Beach. The People in the Trees. These are some of the most famous stories, novels and films about people marooned on a desert island. Yet all these stories didn't really happen. But for three soldiers in the Pacific Ocean this month they really did end up alone on an isolated desert island. After their 19ft boat exploded the three men swam for nearly 3.25 km to the nearest land, a huge island called Fanadik. The remote island is three hundred kilometres north of Papua New Guinea. Once there the three sailors built a fire and used palm tree leaves to spell out the word HELP on the hotel. Then they waited, hoping to be rescued. After three days on the island the men were rescued by the US Coast Guard who had seen the fire burning on the beach. The three men were very lucky to be found as they were found 287 metres off from their course. At least they will have a nice suntan Write the Correct Words! 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: _ 6: Q & A 1 What is the name of the tiny island? 2 What word did the three sailors spell out on the beach? 3 How many kilometres off course were the three sailors? 4 How big was the three sailors boat? 5 Who rescued the three sailors?
[4] Reading & Listening 3 A4 Read / Listen to the 3 statements about News Story 3. Do you think the answers are YES or NO? If you don t know the answers - Guess! Or use the Internet! A A: Penguin 337 is the name of a Japanese penguin. B: Napier is located in New Zealand. C: Octopuses have no bones. L3 - Which Word? Read / Listen to he news story below and circle eight words that are wrong. Read / Listen again write the correct eight words in each space. 1 Napier 2 intelligent 3 safari 4 escapees 5 anywhere 6 Penguin 7 drainpipe One of Our Octopuses is Missing! Evelyn and Jim the Gorillas. Nala the Lioness. Nikica the Hippo. 1: 337. Do these names mean anything to you? Well, they are some of the most famous animals who have escaped from zoos or 2: parks around the world. All of these animals were eventually recaptured, even Penguin 337 who swam free around Tokyo Bay for three months in 2015. But outdoing all of these 3: is Inky the Octopus. Why is Inky s escape from an aquarium in 4:, New Zealand amazing? Well it was how Inky escaped that is so impressive. The octopus climbed out of the aquarium tank, slid across a 4-metre floor and then down a 50 metre 5: that led directly to the sea. Because octopuses have no bones they can easily squeeze through very small holes. Ross Jenkinson, exhibits keeper at the National Aquarium said of Inky who is about the size of a rugby ball; he was always a bit of a surprise octopus. He was very friendly and was very 6:. It seems very unlikely that Inky will be recaptured as he could be 7: now between New Zealand and Australia. Q & A 1 Where did Inky escape from? 2 How long was the drainpipe Inky escaped through? 3 What is the name of the lioness? 4 What job does Ray Jenkinson have? 5 What sport s ball is Inky the same size as?
[5] Post- Listening / Reading Post Listening / Reading 1 A5 True or False 1: Nala and Jim were two gorillas who escaped from a zoo. 2: New Zealand s national aquarium is located in Napier. 3: Penguin 337 escaped from a zoo in Tokyo in 2015. 4: Tokyo s new Olympic logo will be revealed in April 2016. 5: Fanadik is an inhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. 6: Lord of the Rings is a famous story set on a desert island. 7: The Olympic Games in Tokyo will be the 33rd Olympiad. 8: The US Coast Guards rescued three sailors from a remote island. Post Listening / Reading 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? April Post Listening / Reading 3 Jumbled Sentence Re-arrange the words below to make a correct sentence from one ENM news report. safari who the parks from some zoos famous Well most are the around animals or world. they escaped have of
[6] Podcast Vocabulary+ A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. [Big / Large or Small / Tiny] An antonym is a word with an opposite meaning. [Big / Tiny or Large / Small] Match the 12 words from News Report 1, 2 & 3 with their correct synonym/antonym Original News Report Word Synonym Answers Antonym Answers Synonyms Antonyms 1 Famous 2 Free 3 Escape 4 Directly 5 Marooned 6 Isolate 7 Built 8 Lucky 9 Published 10 Similar 11 Create 12 Promote [G] Costless [W] Confined A Straight B Assembled C Cast Away D Succesful E Boost F Related G Costless H Design I Breakout J Issued K Acclaimed L Detach M Unlucky N capture O Alien P Attached Q Break R Suppressed S Inferior T Undermine U Inderctly V Destroyed W Confined X Rescued Podcast Vocabulary+ What is the Question? How much can you remember from the the news reports? Read the answers below and then write a correct possible question! 1: Liege 2: Nikica 3: 287 km. 4: Ross Jenkinson 5: 2020 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: Podcast Vocabulary++ A6 Odd One Out! Look at the four words below. Which word is different form the other three? Why? A England B Iceland C Haiti D Oahu
[7] Extra And Finally A7 Did You Know? That perhaps the most famous desert island story - Robinson Crusoe was really based on a real man? The x: Robinson Crusoe was first published in 1719 in London and was written by a English author Daniel Defoe. The main character of Robinson Crusoe who lived for 28 years on a desert island was based on real-life Scottish z: Alexander Selkirk. He spent five years alone a desert island before being rescued by pirates in 1709. Quick Chat February Ask / Answer the questions about this month s three news reports. Can you think of any more questions to ask? 1: What is your favourite news story for this month? Why? 2: Are you exited by the Olympic Games in Rio? Why? / Why not? 3: How would you cope on a desert island alone? 4: What animal is the smartest? Why? 5: How many aquariums have you been to? What is the best? Why? 6: What is the best island to visit for a vacation? Why? Writing February What has been you favourite / least favourite news report this month?
[8] Video Links 1 The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/sep/01/tokyo-2020-olympics-logo-scrapped-plagiarism-video [01:12] Tokyo Olympic Logo Changed 2 Sky News Australia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq7f5tiof58 [00:27] Three Men Rescued from Desert Island 3 ABC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-0o8sq21mw [03:06] Inky Escapes from Aquarium! Podcast Audio Information This symbol means that you can listen to these activities on the podcast! Answers Warm Up 2 1 - C & X One of Our Octopuses is Missing! 2 - A & Y Tokyo olympic s New Logo? 3 - B & Z Rescued from a Desert Island! Warm Up 3 1 - Vatican City 5 - San Marino 2 - Tuvalu 6 - Monaco 3 - Nauru 7 - Liechtenstein 4 - Palau 8 - Saint Kitts & Nevis News Report 1 Tokyo Olympic Logo Changed A - Yes B - No C- No 1-14,599 2 - Liege 3 - July 2015 4 - April 2016 5 - Oliver Debie Tokyo Olympic Logo Changed English News Monthly s 1st news report for March comes from Tokyo - the host city of the 32nd Summer Olympic and 16th Paralympic Games in 2020. This month four logos for the games were published and the Japanese public will be able to choose which logo they like best. The final choice will be chosen at the end of April 2016. The Tokyo Olympic Games first chose a logo in July 2015, but the design had to be changed because it was too similar to the logo of another group. The theatre in the Belgian city of Liege complained that the logo chosen by the Tokyo Olympic Committee (TOC) was the same design as the logo for their theatre. The Liege Theatre logo was created by designer Oliver Debie in 2011 two years before Tokyo was chosen as hosts. Two months after the first logo was chosen the T.O.C. announced that a competition for a new design would be held. 14,599 different designs were sent to the T.O.C. and after months of talking the choice was reduced to just four. After the new logo has been chosen, posters, pins and clothes will be printed with the new design so to promote the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
News Report 2 HELP from a Desert Island! A - No B - No C - Yes 1 - Fanadik 2 - HELP 3-287 km 4-19 feet 5 - US Coast Guard Desert Island Rescue! Treasure Islands. Lord of the Flies.The Beach. The People in the Trees. These are some of the most famous stories, novels and films about people marooned on a desert island. Yet all these stories didn't really happen. But for three sailors in the Pacific Ocean this month they really did end up alone on an isolated desert island. After their 19ft boat sunk the three men swam for nearly 3.25 km to the nearest land, a tiny island called Fanadik. The remote island is three hundred kilometres north of Papua New Guinea. Once there the three sailors built a fire and used palm tree leaves to spell out the word HELP on the beach. Then they waited, hoping to be rescued. After three days on the island the men were rescued by the US Coast Guard who had seen the fire burning on the beach. The three men were very lucky to be found as they were found 287 kilometres off from their course. At least they will have a nice suntan News Report 3 Inky the Octopus Escapes! A - Yes B - Yes C - Yes 1 - Aquarium 2-50 metres 3 - nail 4 - Exhibits keeper 5 - Rugby (ball) One of Our Octopuses is Missing! Evelyn and Jim the Gorillas. Nala the Lioness. Nikica the Hippo. Penguin 337. Do these names mean anything to you? Well, they are some of the most famous animals who have escaped from zoos or safari parks around the world. All of these animals were eventually recaptured, even Penguin 337 who swam free around Tokyo Bay for three months in 2015. But outdoing all of these escapees is Inky the Octopus. Why is Inky s escape from an aquarium in Napier, New Zealand amazing? Well it was how Inky escaped that is so impressive. The octopus climbed out of the aquarium tank, slid across a 4-metre floor and then down a 50 metre drainpipe that led directly to the sea. Because octopuses have no bones they can easily squeeze through very small holes. Ross Jenkinson, exhibits keeper at the National Aquarium said of Inky who is about the size of a rugby ball; he was always a bit of a surprise octopus. He was very friendly and was very intelligent. It seems very unlikely that Inky will be recaptured as he could be anywhere now between New Zealand and Australia. Post Listening 1 1 - F 2- T 3 - T 4 - T 5 - F 6 - F 7 - F 8 - T Post Listening 3 Well, they are some of the most famous animals who have escaped from zoos or safari parks around the world. Post Listening 3 1 K S 2 G W 3 I N 4 A U 5 C X 6 L P 7 B V 8 D M 9 J R 10 F O 11 H Q 12 E T Post Listening + 1: What Belgian theatre has complained? 2: What is the name of hippo who escaped? 3: How many kilometres were the sailors of course? 4: Who is the exhibits keeper at the National Aquarium? 5: What year will Tokyo host the Olympic Games? Links http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/25/japans-fugitive-penguin-captured/ http://edition.cnn.com/2013/06/25/living/buzzfeed-cnn-escaped-zoo-animals/ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/14/world/asia/inky-octopus-new-zealandaquarium.html?_r=0 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/04/25/national/checkered-patternchosen-as-official-logo-for-2020-tokyo-olympic-games/ And Finally! x: novel z: sailor Post Listening ++ [C] Franc. All the other currencies are in this month s ENM news reports!
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