Listening

Listening

listen to the conversation about the future of newspaper.

then complete the chart with the advantages and disadvantages of each news format.

Print:  

large, lightweight, portable.

^Online:

free, up-to-the-minute news, interactivity, video capability.

Electronic:

look more like paper than a computer screen, large, lightweight, portable, savings for newspapers.

6 Pronunciation

consonant clusters may contain two or three consonant, for example broken, plan, understand, street, spray, hungry. Be careful not to separate the consonants in a cluster with a vowel sound or add a vowel sound before the cluster. Listen then practice:

Multiple Select

br

• brought

• broken

Multiple Select

pl

• plan

• completely

Multiple Select

st

• stay

• instead

Multiple Select

str

• industry

• street

Multiple Select

spr

• spray

• spring

Multiple Select

gr

• great

• grateful

7 Vocabulary Building

• 1- Chain

• 2-commomplace

• 3estimated

• 4-lucrative

• 5-orbit

• 6- rigorous

• 7-simulate

• 8- steep

• Answers:

• 1-a group of business owned by the same company.

• 2-frequent or usual

• 3-given an approximate cost

• 4-producing a lot of money

• 5-a path in space followed  by a planet, moon, or spacecraft.

• 6- extremely difficult.

• 7-imitate.

• 8-expensive.

Homework

in the workbook page 25

What is your opinion about Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030?