LISTENING TASK

Instructions:
1. Click on the link and listen the news.
2. Listen the news again and read the audio script.
3. Answer the questions in a blank paper. Write title and subtitle like in the example. 

Name:                                                                               Date:

LISTENING PRACTICE

Listening 1: Auditions for Harry Potter spin-off

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/witn/ep-150722

1.  Find the following words in the dictionary. Write the meaning in English and find the translation in Catalan.

     http://www.wordreference.com

     stardom:

     hopefuls:

     dream come true:

     lead role:

     fierce:

2. Answer the following qüestions using a full sentence:

a.   Where does the audition take place?

b.   Are there many people in the auditions?

c.    What’s the audition for?

d.   Who’s perfoming the lead role?

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Listening 2: Snakes in a cafe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/witn/ep-150819

     1. Find the following words in the dictionary. Copy the meaning in              English and write the translation in Catalan.

      http://www.wordreference.com

      not for the faint-hearted:

      venomous:

      get up close and personal:

      conservation:

      reputation:

2. Answer the following qüestions using a full sentence:

a.   Where is the cafe?

b.   What’s the originality of this cafè?

c.    Are the snakes venomous?

d.   What’s the objective of the owner?