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1 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 that you had a lovely winter holidays and enjoyable New Year. We kick off 2019, our 8 th year of the podcast, with a quirky news event from Munich in southern Germany. One rail commuter, who got fed up with her daily commute being delayed stumbled upon a novel idea a train delay scarf. Every time her train was late, she knitted a section. At the end of year, she put it up for auction. How long was the scarf? How much money was it sold for? ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY will try and explain all! HOMEPAGE FACEBOOK (c) Jaime Selwood ENW Episode 219 TECHNOLOGY TWITTER twitter.com/enwpodcast

2 Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 1 Brainstorm Page 1 Famous Scarf Designs Page 1 / 2 Quiz This Week Page 2 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Words Page 3 True or False Page 3 Vocabulary Synonyms Page 3 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story 407 Words Page 4 What Do You Think...? Page 4 Part 4 After Listening / Reading Q & A Page 5 A & Q Page 5 Part 5 Extra Stuff Extra English I Page 6 7 to Chinwag Page 6 Writing Activity Page 7 And Finally. Did You Know? Page 7 TV Links Page 8 The Answers Pages 8-10 A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. A1 M

3 1 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2019 [ ] A Train Delay Scarf! January 18 th, 2019 Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Hogwarts b) Slytherin c) Hufflepuff d) Ravenclaw My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word(s) in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Wool Warm Up Famous scarfs universities, sport, Hogwarts etc Look at the country flags below and then match them with the carol name. All the answer names for the carols are on page 2! 1. 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10:

2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2019 Famous Scarves! Which is Which..?, 1 1 1 1, 1,,,, 11, 1,, 1, 1!

SCARF D MANCHESTER UNITED SCARF I TRAIN DELAY SCARF E MACDONALD CLAN SCARF J WERDER BREMEN SCARF Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story.

a: Munich b: Berlin c: Leipzig 2: Which ancient civilisation was the first to wear scarfs?

a: Old English b: Old French c: Old German 4: Which century did scarves start to be colourful to represent political leniencies?

4 2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2019 Famous Scarves! Which is Which..?, , 1,,,, 11, 1,, 1, 1! A BURBERRY SCARF F MINNESOTA VIKINGS SCARF B HOGWARTS GRYFFINDOR SCARF G OXFORD UNIV. BALLIOL SCARF C JAPAN RUGBY 2019 SCARF H PRINCETON UNIV. SCARF D MANCHESTER UNITED SCARF I TRAIN DELAY SCARF E MACDONALD CLAN SCARF J WERDER BREMEN SCARF Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the Internet to help or GUESS! 1: Which German city s train delays led one person to knit a colourful scarf? a: Munich b: Berlin c: Leipzig 2: Which ancient civilisation was the first to wear scarfs? a: Greece b: Rome c: Egypt 3: What language does the word scarf originally come from? a: Old English b: Old French c: Old German 4: Which century did scarves start to be colourful to represent political leniencies? a: 18 th b: 19 th c: 20 th 5: How long is the longest scarf in the world? a: 54.29km b: 64.29km c: 74.29km 6: Which army first wore scarves around their waist for identification reasons? a: British b: French c: Roman E1: How much was the most expensive scarf in the world sold for? a: E2: What are the traditional colours of a Manchester United football scarf? a: E3: Which photo below is of Dynamo Kyiv football supporters waving their scarfs? a: b: c: END OF PART 1

5 3 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2019 Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Jumbled Sentences The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order. commute modes work of to world, a billions the using day of of around myriad Every school or transport. people 2 Which was Longest: Grey, Pink or Red? Every day around the Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ Silent Night: Alas Poor Mohr Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 A commuter in Munich, Germany knitted a tram delay scarf. [T] [F] 2 The whole scarf took one year to knit. [T] [F] 3 The commuter who knitted the scarf was a journalist. [T] [F] 4 Three colours were used to explain time delays. [T] [F] 5 DB is the name of the German rail company. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Synonyms A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right. All the synonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Kicks-off 6 Bars A Advice F Delays 2 Commute 7 Waits B Explain G Lines 3 Suggestion 8 Promise C Given H Begins 4 Frustration 9 Exploits D Assure I Skills 5 Highlight 10 Donated E Travel J Annoyance END OF PART 2

6 4 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2019 Listening / Reading Listening Which was Longest: Grey, Pink or Red? Which Word? Help Listen / Read the news story below. Then place the correct word from the box below into the correct space! A: frustration C: highlight E: donated G: exploits I: suggestion B: bars D: waits F: commute H: promise J: kicks-off 363 Which was Longest: Grey, Pink or Red? 1 The first ENW podcast of 2019, nearly eight years after we released our first podcast, 1: the new year with a theme that is probably familiar to many commuting. Every day around the world, billions of people 2: to work or school using a myriad of modes of transport. For ENW our daily commute starts and ends on a bike with a train and bus journey sandwiched in between. Door to door it usually takes us around 75 minutes to get from home to university. 2 We begin the first podcast of the year thanks to a 3: from one of the student s at Hiroshima University. A news story from southern Germany has highlighted a unique protest by one daily commuter that shows her 4: at how often she was delayed by late trains. A journalist from Munich, Sara Weber tweeted that her mother had become so exasperated by her daily train being late, that to kill time she started to knit a scarf. Mrs Weber also came up with a brilliant idea to 5: how late her train was behind schedule by colour coding each different time delay. 3 Starting in January 2018, her mother knitted two lines a day every time she was delayed. The scarf s colour-code was simple; grey 6: meant that her delay was less than five minutes not too bad really. Pink bars represented delays of between five and thirty minutes, whilst red equalled a wait of 30 minutes or more. Ms. Weber tweeted that the Spring of 2018 was Ok mostly grey and pink bars. The biggest problem came in the summer when rail replacement traffic ended in many 7: of 30 minutes or longer. 4 By the end of 2018 the scarf measured around 1.5 metres in length and has come to symbolise German train commuter s frustration with train delays. In 2018, 25% of all train services were late, resulting in a 8: from Ronald Pofalla of Deutsche Bahn, the German train company, to reduce any train delays to 20% in And what happened to the scarf? Overwhelmed by the positive feedback of her knitting 9:, Mrs Weber auctioned the scarf for sale on ebay. ENW had a maximum budget of 200, which was somewhat less than the final winning bid of 7,550! However, the good news is that the money will be 10: to charity. As of yet, there are no reports on whether Mrs Weber plans a 2019 scarf END OF PART 3 [407 Words]

7 5 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2019 Post-Listening / Reading 1 A3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can t remember any answers, guess! Q1 What is the name of the commuter who knitted the scarf? Q2 What is the name of the university? Q3 Which city in Germany was the scarf knitted in? Q4 Which colour bar represented a delay of 30 mins or more? Q5 Which period in 2018 saw the most time delays? Q6 Which company auctioned the train delay scarf? E1 How many years has the ENW podcast been in existence? E2 How many people are mentioned in the news story? Post-Reading 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! A1 1.5 metres.? A2 200? A3 7,550? A4 75 mins.? A5 3 Colours.? END OF PART 4

8 6 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2019 English Extra I English Idioms about Trains The English language has many phrases that use the idiomatic expressions that are about - trains. Example: A Whistle Stop A journey with lots of short or brief stops. In train To pursue somebody closely for a long time Can you match the phrase with the correct situation? 1 Steaming Ahead 2 Hit the buffers 3 Whistle Stop 4 Let off steam 5 Run out of steam 6 Jerkwater 7 A gravy train 8 Train of thought 9 Train up to 10 A train wreck 11 Pull a train 12 In train A To practice or drill until one is very proficient. B A journey with lots of short or brief stops on the way. C An uncouth way to describe a woman with many partners D A situation where one can make a lot of money easily. E Something that relaxes you in a stressful situation. F A total or complete failure / disaster. G When a person thinks for a long time on one subject. H To pursue somebody closely for a long time I Something that was previously flourishing stops J To continue working hard or successfully on a project. K Adjective meaning insignificant, small or remote. L To lose energy, impetus or ideas. 7 to Chinwag This Week s ENW Podcast ENW Podcast Topic Which was Longest: Grey, Pink or Red? Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1 What did you think when you read this week s ENW topic? 2 How long would it take you to knit a scarf? What design? What colours? 3 What is your favourite piece of clothing? Why? 4 If you could choose any brand of scarf to wear, which one would it be? 5 How many scarfs do you own? Why? What do they represent? 6 What is the maximum price you would be willing to pay for a scarf? EX FREE QUESTION!

9 7 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2019 Writing This Week What mode of transport do you use the most? Why? How long? What is the longest you have ever been delayed? Why? What happened? Feelings? Give as many reasons / explanations as you can. END OF PART 5 And Finally V/W/X/Y/Z A4 Did You Know? END OF PART 6

10 8 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2019 Visual TV Links 10 Daily (Australia) 1: [01:50] Train Delay Scarf BT News (Canada) 2: [03:55] Silent Night in German You Tube (USA) 3: [04:55] 25 Different Ways to Ties a Scarf Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Warm Up 1 Odd-1-Out A HOGWARTS Warm Up 3 Famous Scarf Designs B / C / D are all houses within the magical school of Hogwarts 1 C 2 G 3 J 4 F 5 D 6 E 7 B 8 A 9 H 10 I A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 A 2 C 3 B 4 B 5 A 6 C E1 4.21M E2: RED, WHITE & BLACK E3 C Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences Every day around the world, billions of people commute to work or school using a myriad of modes of transport. A2 True or False 1 F 2 T 3 F 4 T 5 T Synonyms 1 H 2 E 3 A 4 J 5 B 6 G 7 F 8 D 9 I 10 C

11 Answers Part 3 9 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2019 Listening 363 Which was Longest: Grey, Pink or Red? 1 The first ENW podcast of 2019, nearly eight years after we released our first podcast, kicks-off the new year with a theme that is probably familiar to many commuting. Every day around the world, billions of people commute to work or school using a myriad of modes of transport. For ENW our daily commute starts and ends on a bike with a train and bus journey sandwiched in between. Door to door it usually takes us around 75 minutes to get from home to university. 2 We begin the first podcast of the year thanks to a suggestion from one of the student s at Hiroshima University. A news story from southern Germany has highlighted a unique protest by one daily commuter that shows her frustration at how often she was delayed by late trains. A journalist from Munich, Sara Weber tweeted that her mother had become so exasperated by her daily train being late, that to kill time she started to knit a scarf. Mrs Weber also came up with a brilliant idea to highlight how late her train was behind schedule by colour coding each different time delay. 3 Starting in January 2018, her mother knitted two lines a day every time she was delayed. The scarf s colour-code was simple; grey bars meant that her delay was less than five minutes not too bad really. Pink bars represented delays of between five and thirty minutes, whilst red equalled a wait of 30 minutes or more. Ms. Weber tweeted that the Spring of 2018 was Ok mostly grey and pink bars. The biggest problem came in the summer when rail replacement traffic ended in many waits of 30 minutes or longer. 4 By the end of 2018 the scarf measured around 1.5 metres in length and has come to symbolise German train commuter s frustration with train delays. In 2018, 25% of all train services were late, resulting in a promise from Ronald Pofalla of Deutsche Bahn, the German train company, to reduce any train delays to 20% in And what happened to the scarf? Overwhelmed by the positive feedback of her knitting exploits, Mrs Weber auctioned the scarf for sale on ebay. ENW had a maximum budget of 200, which was somewhat less than the final winning bid of 7,550! However, the good news is that the money will be donated to charity. As of yet, there are no reports on whether Mrs Weber plans a 2019 scarf [406 Words] Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading A3 Q & A 1 Mrs Weber 5 Summer 2 Hiroshima University 6 ebay 3 Munich E1 8 years 4 Red E2 3 people A & Q Example Questions A1 How long was the train delay scarf? A2 How much was ENWs budget? A3 How much did the scarf sell for on ebay? A4 How long is ENWs weekly commute? A5 How many colours were used in the train delay scarf?

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