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2 Hiroshima University English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood Special Dublin Episode! English News Weekly in Dublin! This is the second special summer edition of Hiroshima University s English News Weekly Podcast. ENW has travelled to one of the oldest cities in Europe the Irish capital of Dublin. ENW will start with visiting the most important building in modern Irish history Dublin s General Post Office. We follow that by heading to the heartbeat of the city Temple Bar. On our second day ENW will start with Dublin s smallest museum. Our last visit will be to the famous Guinness brewery for a tour of how Ireland s most famous drink is brewed. Some Hints about In Dublin!

3 [ ] In Dublin! September 4 th 2015 PART 1 Warm Ups Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out d Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? d Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Belfast b) Limerick c) Cork d) Wexford My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm d How many different words can you connect to the words in the box? d Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Green Warm Up 3 Dublin Trivia d Read the facts about Dublin some are true and some are false! d Read the seven statements below and decide if you think they are correct! d HINT Four sentences are TRUE & three sentences are FALSE! 1 50% of Dublin residents are aged 25 and under. [T] [F] 2 The population of Dublin is only 2.5 million. [T] [F] 3 Dublin is twinned with Liverpool, San Jose & Barcelona. [T] [F] 4 Dublin is the only city outside of England to have an EPL team. [T] [F] 5 Dublin has the fewest pubs of any European capital. [T] [F] 6 Dublin became the capital of the Republic of Ireland in [T] [F] 7 In Gaelic, Dublin is pronounced Dubh Linn = Black Pool. [T] [F]

4 PART 2 Listening Listening / Reading 1 Listening Dublin 1 Easter Rising Read / Listen the headline from this special edition of ENW podcast. Read / Listen to the 3 statements about the topic answer YES or NO! If you don t know use the Internet or GUESS! L1 ~ Yes or No? A Ireland s parliament sits in the old post office building. [Y] [N] B The main post office in Dublin has a museum inside it. [Y] [N] C Ireland first declared independence from the UK in [Y] [N] L1 ~ Gap Fill Listen / Read the news story below and write the correct word in the spaces. Listen / Read the rest of the sentence to help with your understanding. 210 Ireland s Historic Post Office 1 ENW has arrived in Dublin and the sunny warm weather of 1: has sadly not followed us to the Irish capital. On our first morning in Dublin we are going to the post office. Why a post office? Well Dublin s General Post Office has a very 2: place in modern Irish history. On April 24 th 1916 members of the Irish Volunteers occupied the Post Office building on O Connell 3: in Dublin. They declared Ireland an independent country, but six days later after heavy fighting the volunteers surrendered. 16 of the leaders were executed by 4: squad in May The events of April 1916 called the Easter Rising, started Ireland on its path towards full 5: from the United Kingdom. Inside the post office museum is an original copy of the proclamation of Irish Independence that was first published 99 years ago. It is 8:22am and ENW is waiting for the free museum to open its doors in just eight 6: time. Post-Listening / Reading 1 Q & A Read / Listen to the questions again what are the correct answers? 1 What building is ENW going to visit in Dublin? 2 How many Irish volunteers were executed? 3 Ireland was first declared an independent country in what year? 4 What is the name of street in the paragraph? 5 What is the time in Dublin?

5 Listening / Reading 2 Listening Dublin 2 Temple Bar Read / Listen the headline from this special edition of ENW podcast. Read / Listen to the 3 statements about the topic answer YES or NO! If you don t know use the Internet or GUESS! L2 ~ Yes or No? A Temple Bar is the location in Dublin with lots of churches. [Y] [N] B The pubs in Temple Bar are open 24 hours- a- day. [Y] [N] C The River Liffey is the main river in Dublin. [Y] [N] L2 ~ Mistakes! Listen / Read the news story below and circle the SIX words that are wrong. Then listen / read again and write the correct SIX words in the boxes below. 210 A Place to Wander Around In 2 After an enjoyable lunch in one of Dublin s lovely pubs, ENW has wandered away from O Connell Street, across the River Paddy and into the Temple Bar district of Dublin. Temple Bar is where people in Dublin go to party, drink and have fun in the evenings. The area is full of pubs, nightclubs and bars that offer a wide- range of music, food and movies. It is a little early for ENW to go studying and so our plan is to wander around Temple Bar and drop- in at some of the fascinating buildings in the area. Within Temple Bar you could visit the Irish Film Institute, Ark Children s Kids Centre, Irish National Photographic Archives or the Temple Bar Music Centre. As today is Friday, ENW is keen to find Meetinghouse Square the home every weekend of a delicious Irish food market. Also held every weekend is Cow s Lane Market where ENW might sell some fashionable clothes accessories. 1: 3: 5: 2: 4: 6: Post-Listening / Reading 2 Q & A Read / Listen to the questions again what are the correct answers? 1 What is the name of the river in Dublin? 2 What is the name of square you could buy Irish food in? 3 What is the name of the cultural centre in Temple s Bar? 4 What can you buy in Cow s Lane Market? 5 What street has ENW just walked from?

6 Listening / Reading 3 Listening Dublin 3 A Little Museum Read / Listen the headline from this special edition of ENW podcast. Read / Listen to the 3 statements about the topic answer YES or NO! If you don t know use the Internet or GUESS! L3 ~ Yes or No? A The Little Museum of Dublin is the oldest museum in the city. [Y] [N] B To Kill time = to waste time before something begins. [Y] [N] C The currency of the Republic of Ireland is the Euro. [Y] [N] L3 ~ Jumbled Sentences Listen / Read the news story below then put the sentences into the correct order! 1: / 2: / 3: / 4: _b / 5: / 6: / 7 / A New Small Museum 3 (a) The Little Museum of Dublin opens its doors at 9:30am and so ENW has about 20 minutes to kill before the museum opens its doors. (b) Opened just four years ago in 2011, the museum is actually not that little! (c) But we are not going to visit one of the many, many shops on Grafton Street instead ENW is walking towards one of Dublin s most famous parks St Stephen s Green. (d) The Little Museum of Dublin is housed in a beautiful 18 th Century townhouse and costs 7 for a museum ticket. (e) I wonder if we can find the statue of Molly Malone on Grafton Street before the museum opens (f) It is a bright and breezy morning on ENWs second day in Dublin and today we are walking down one of Dublin s most famous roads Grafton Street. (g) Next to the park we are going to visit one of the newest museums in Europe - the Little Museum of Dublin. (h) Inside there are more than 5,000 artifacts that have been donated by Irish people from all around the world. Post-Listening / Reading 3 Q & A Read / Listen to the questions again what are the correct answers? 1 What is the name of the street ENW is walking on? 2 What is the name of the park in Dublin? 3 How much is the ticket for the museum? 4 What is the time in the paragraph? 5 What century was the museum house built in?

7 Listening / Reading 4 Listening Dublin 4 Guinness Stonehouse Read / Listen the headline from this special edition of ENW podcast. Read / Listen to the 3 statements about the topic answer YES or NO! If you don t know use the Internet or GUESS! L4 ~ Yes or No? A Guinness stout- beer was first brewed in Dublin in [Y] [N] B Guinness is Ireland s most famous export? [Y] [N] C The Guinness Brewery offers a free tour for all Irish people. [Y] [N] L4 ~ Which Word? Listen / Read the news story below and choose the correct word from the box. Each word can be used only ONCE. There is ONE EXTRA word. A: brewed B: batter C: Stonehouse D: black E: export F: outside 209 A Pint of the Black Stuff 4 Our final afternoon in Dublin sees ENW heading towards the home of Ireland s most famous 1: Guinness. The creamy, black stout- beer was first brewed at St James Gate Dublin in 1778, but has now moved to a new brewery 2: of the city. St James Gate is now home to the Guinness Tour that introduces people to the history of this famous beer. Inside St James Gate you can learn how Guinness is 3: as well experience the many food recipes that can include the dark, creamy stout. At the very top of the 4: and at the end of the tour, you can eat and drink at the Gravity Bar a restaurant with a 360 view of Dublin. ENW is looking forward to a pint of the 5: stuff, perhaps with a nice plate of fish and chips made in Guinness 6:. ENW now needs to buy a ticket now where did we leave our wallet? Post-Listening / Reading 4 Q & A Read / Listen to the questions again what are the correct answers? 1 How much is the Guinness tour ticket? 2 What is the name of the restaurant? 3 Where was Guinness first brewed? 4 What kind of beer is Guinness? 5 What does ENW want to eat?

8 Writing PART 3 Extra Stuff Famous Exports Many famous items are exported from Ireland such as Aran wool and beer. Who are the most famous exports from your country? Why? Why are they famous? WDo you use them? Why / Why not? Describe in the box below your reasons. END OF PART 3 And Finally X & Z A4 Did You Know? That three writers from Dublin have won the Nobel Prize for Literature? Samuel Beckett, George Bernard Shaw and William Butler Yeats were all awarded the Nobel Prize for their x:. Other famous Dublin writers include; Elizabeth Bowen, Christy Brown, Roddy Doyle, Maer-Ann Wren, Oscar Wilde and Jonathan Swift. Another famous Dublin-born writer is Bram Stoker whose 1895 book about the vampire z: has become one of the most sold horror books in history. The End

9 Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Warm Up 1 Odd- 1- Out A Belfast B / C / D Are all Republic of Ireland cities, Belfast is Northern Ireland Warm Up 2 True or False 1 True 2 False 3 True 4 False 5 True 6 False 7 True Reading / Listening 1 Edinburgh 1 L1 ~ Yes or No? A NO B YES C - YES L1 ~ Gap Fill 210 Ireland s Historic Post Office 1 ENW has arrived in Dublin and the sunny warm weather of Venice has sadly not followed us to the Irish capital. On our first morning in Dublin we are going to the post office. Why a post office? Well Dublin s General Post Office has a very important place in modern Irish history. On April 24 th 1916 members of the Irish Volunteers occupied the Post Office building on O Connell Street in Dublin. They declared Ireland an independent country, but six days later after heavy fighting the volunteers surrendered. 16 of the leaders were executed by firing squad in May The events of April 1916 called the Easter Rising, started Ireland on its path towards full independence from the United Kingdom. Inside the post office museum is an original copy of the proclamation of Irish Independence that was first published 99 years ago. It is 8:22am and ENW is waiting for the free museum to open its doors in just eight minutes time. L1 ~ Q & A 1 Post Office O Connell Street 5 8:22am Reading / Listening 2 Venice 2 L2 ~ Yes or No? A NO B NO C - YES

10 L2 ~ Word Error 210 A Place to Wander Around In 2 After an enjoyable lunch in one of Dublin s lovely pubs, ENW has wandered away from O Connell Street, across the River Liffey and into the Temple Bar district of Dublin. Temple Bar is where people in Dublin go to party, drink and have fun in the evenings. The area is full of pubs, nightclubs and bars that offer a wide- range of music, food and entertainment. It is a little early for ENW to go dancing and so our plan is to wander around Temple Bar and drop- in at some of the fascinating buildings in the area. Within Temple Bar you could visit the Irish Film Institute, Ark Children s Cultural Centre, Irish National Photographic Archives or the Temple Bar Music Centre. As today is Saturday, ENW is keen to find Meetinghouse Square the home every weekend of a delicious Irish food market. Also held every weekend is Cow s Lane Market where ENW might buy some fashionable clothes accessories. L2 ~ Q & A 1 River Liffey 2 Meetinghouse Square 3 Ark Children s Cultural Centre 4 Clothes accessories 5 O Connell Street Reading / Listening 3 Venice 3 L3 ~ True or False? A NO B YES C YES L3 ~ Jumbled Sentences 210 A New, Small Museum 3 (f) It is a bright and breezy morning on ENWs second day in Dublin and today we are walking down one of Dublin s most famous roads Grafton Street. (c) But we are not going to visit one of the many, many shops on Grafton Street instead ENW is walking towards one of Dublin s most famous parks St Stephen s Green. (g) Next to the park we are going to visit one of the newest museums in Europe - the Little Museum of Dublin. (b) Opened just four years ago in 2011, the museum is actually not that little! (h) Inside there are more than 5,000 artifacts that have been donated by Irish people from all around the world. (d) The Little Museum of Dublin is housed in a beautiful 18 th Century townhouse and costs 7 for a museum ticket. (a) The Little Museum of Dublin opens its doors at 9:30am and so ENW has about 20 minutes to kill before the museum opens its doors. (e) I wonder if we can find the statue of Molly Malone on Grafton Street before the museum opens L3 ~ Q & A 1 Grafton Street 2 St Stephen s Green 3 7 Euro 4 9:10am 5 18 th Century

11 Reading / Listening 4 Edinburgh 4 L4 ~ Yes or No? 1 YES 2 YES 3 NO L4 ~ Which Word? Hiroshima University English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 209 A Pint of the Black Stuff 4 Our final afternoon in Dublin sees ENW heading towards the home of Ireland s most famous export Guinness. The creamy, black stout- beer was first brewed at St James Gate Dublin in 1778, but has now moved to a new brewery outside of the city. St James Gate is now home to the Guinness Tour that introduces people to the history of this famous beer. Inside St James Gate you can learn how Guinness is brewed as well experience the many food recipes that can include the dark, creamy stout. At the very top of the Stonehouse and at the end of the tour, you can eat and drink at the Gravity Bar a restaurant with a 360 view of Dublin. ENW is looking forward to a pint of the black stuff, perhaps with a nice plate of fish and chips made in Guinness batter. ENW now needs to buy a ticket now where did we leave our wallet? L4 ~ Q & A Euro 2- Gravity 3 St James Gate 4 Stout 5 Fish & Chips And finally X: writing / Z: Dracula References Episode 210 MAIN PHOTOS: trivia- facts- about- dublin html news/destinations/trivia- dublin/ the- museum/frequently- asked- questions greatest- and- brightest- - - the- nations- Nobel- laureates.html

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THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST JAIME SELWOOD 06/11/2015 The Emotional Robot 1 of 13 A Train Travel Delay Scarf! ENW 363 Introduction This week s ENW podcast is the first of 2019 and everyone at ENW hoped