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THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST 06/11/2015 JULY The Emotional Robot 1 of 13 28 2017 EP I SO D E 301 FLASHBACK ENW 265 ANTHEM PROTEST!

ENW 302 Introduction This week s English News Weekly podcast reports on demonstrations and protests from the iconic, lagoon city of Venice

The reason for their anger is the sheer number of tourists that visit the city every day and the huge impact that has had on the lives of

1 THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST 06/11/2015 JULY The Emotional Robot 1 of EP I SO D E 301 FLASHBACK ENW 265 ANTHEM PROTEST! Venice Erupts at Tourist Hordes! ENW 302 Introduction This week s English News Weekly podcast reports on demonstrations and protests from the iconic, lagoon city of Venice as residents once again march. The reason for their anger is the sheer number of tourists that visit the city every day and the huge impact that has had on the lives of ordinary Venetians. The local government says that they city can no longer tolerate current levels of tourism. What is going to happen in Venice? English News Weekly will try to explain all HOMEPAGE hiroshima -u.ac.jp/cms/enw.php FACEBOOK (c) Jaime Selwood TWITTER ENW Episode 219 twitter.com/enwpodcast TECHNOLOGY

2 Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 1 Brainstorm Page 1 Most Visited Cities for Tourists Page 1 / 2 Quiz This Week Page 2 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Words Page 3 True or False Page 3 Vocabulary Antonyms Page 3 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story --- 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?

3 1 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 [ ] Venice Erupts at Tourist Hordes! July 28 th 2017 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) Venezia b) Treviso c) Rome d) Padua My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Tourism Warm Up 3 Most Visited Cities for Tourists Read the list of the most visited cities in the world in Which city do you think had the most overseas tourists? Why? One answer has been done for you! City Tourists City Tourists m m m 9 Tokyo 11.7m m m m m m m m m m m

2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Most Visited Cities Which Has the Most Overseas Tourists?

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!

a: London b: Paris c: Rome 2: How many canals does the city of Venice have? A: 77 b: 177 c: 277 3: How many licensed Gondolas are available in Venice?

a: 61,000 b: 81,000 c: 101,000 5: How many tourists visit Venice every day on average?

4 2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Most Visited Cities Which Has the Most Overseas Tourists? A AMSTERDAM F ISTANBUL K ROME B BANGKOK G KULA LUMPUR L SEOUL C BARCELONA H LONDON M SINGAPORE D DUBAI I NEW YORK N TOKYO E HONG KONG J PARIS 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 is the most visited European city in the world by overseas tourists? a: London b: Paris c: Rome 2: How many canals does the city of Venice have? A: 77 b: 177 c: 277 3: How many licensed Gondolas are available in Venice? a: 150 b: 275 c: 350 4: The population of Venice has decreased in the last 50 years by how many? a: 61,000 b: 81,000 c: 101,000 5: How many tourists visit Venice every day on average? a: 30,000 b: 50,000 c: 70,000 6: The narrowest street in Venice, Calletta, but how wide is it? a: 53cm b: 63cm c: 73cm E1: What year did ENW visit Venice and record a special travel podcast edition? a: 2011 b: 2013 c: 2015 E2: What year did the republic of Venice cease to exist with the conquest by Napoleon? a: 1697 b: 1797 c: 1897 E3: Which of the following is the Venetian flag? a: b: c: END OF PART 1

5 3 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 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. governments protect national local lifestyles both and more are rights protesters That demanding of The Venetians. to do the and 2 Venetians Protest: I m Not Leaving! The Protesters are Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ Venetians Protest: I m Not Leaving! Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 Around 12,000 Venetians demonstrated against mass tourism [T] [F] 2 The protesters shouted We are not going! [T] [F] 3 The population of Venice has declined massively in 40 years. [T] [F] 4 Disney is hoping to open a theme-park in Venice. [T] [F] 5 The current population of Venice is around 55,000. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Antonyms An antonym is a word with an opposite meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their antonyms on the right. All the antonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Gliding 6 Annoyance A Depart F Exact 2 Wander 7 Decline B Tourists G Begging 3 Residents 8 Dock C Satisfaction H Usually 4 Estimate 9 Rarely D Avoid I Ungainly 5 Demanding 10 Tackle E Rush J Rise END OF PART 2

6 4 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Listening / Reading Listening Venetians Protest: I m Not Leaving! Which Word? Help Listen / Read the news story below and choose the correct word from the box A: turnout C: navigate E: lifetstlye G: gliding I: flock B: underlying D: causeway F: tackle H: catering J: lagoon 302 Venetians Protest: I m Not Leaving! 1 Floating on 118 islands and surrounded by its blue lagoon, with gondolas slowly 1: under bridges and down narrow canals, Venice is undoubtedly one of the most recognised cities in the world. Around 50,000 tourists cross the short 30- minute 2: every day from the Italian mainland to wander, and usually get lost, in the streets of the city. But for the 55,000 residents who live in Venice the number of tourists is killing their city. 2 This week saw more demonstrations by Venetians who took to the streets once more to protest against mass tourism in the 3: city. Organisers estimated that around 2,000 residents took part with many holding banners in both English and Italian and chanting the slogan Mi no vado via which translates as I m not leaving! The protesters are demanding that both local and national governments do more to protect the rights and 4: of Venetians. Valeria Duflot co-founder of the organisation Venezia Autentica that aims to offer advice to tourists on how to visit the city without causing offence and annoyance, praised the 5:. The general message was that Venice is being sold away, but Venetians are not going anywhere and demand a city with housing, services, and opportunities for the residents explained Duflot. She also added that the city is being turned into a Disney-like theme park due to businesses and shops 6: purely for tourists and not for the needs of locals. 4 The 7: fear for city leaders is what is termed the Venexodus that is the combination of two words Venice and exodus - and is used to describe the big decline in the city s population. The number of residents is half the figure of 40 years ago and less than the number of tourists who 8: to the city every day. 5 Most of the local residents anger is aimed at the cruise liners that dock in the city and cause delays to smaller crafts, usually locally-owned, trying to 9: Venice s waterways. These tourists tend to be day-trippers, who visit the same mass-market tourist shops and restaurants and rarely spend money in local businesses. To try and 10: the over-crowding problem, the city has banned new takeaway food shops and increased taxes for businesses that are headquartered outside of the city. It is hoped that this will be the beginning of the fight-back by Venetians for their city. END OF PART 3 [394 Words]

7 5 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 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 residents organisation? Q2 What were the demonstrators chanting in English? Q3 What describes residents who have stopped living in Venice? Q4 What type of ships are Venetians most opposed to? Q5 Who is a co-founder of the Venice residents organisation? Q6 What do most tourists use to cross over to Venice? E1 What is the famous type of boat that is used in Venice? 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 55,000? A2 50,000? A3 2,000? A4 118? A5 30 minutes.? END OF PART 4

8 6 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 English Extra I English Idioms Tourism Phrases? The English language has some interesting words and phrases that use leaving or leaving [to explain a situation. Examples: AWOL = Not have permission to leave. Leave the nest = To move out of your parents home. Can you match the phrase with the correct meaning? Leaving Expressions Meanings & Examples 1 French Leave A Leaving someone to worry about something bad 2 Leave a sinking ship B Provide the possibility that something might occur. 3 To leave in ruins C To leave a bad feeling / memory with someone. 4 Leave for dead D To be absent from work without permission 5 Leave in the cold E To move out of your parent s home. 6 Leave mark on F To leave something in reserve 7 Leave to stew G To abandon someone especially in a tricky situation 8 Leave a the door open H To allow something to be settled by luck / chance. 9 Leave the nest I To leave a situation when it becomes uncomfortable 10 Leave a paper trail J To affect behavior &performance of another person 11 AWOL K Physical / Digital of records that can be examined 12 Leave a bad taste L Something that is destroyed. 13 Leave aside M To not have permission to leave. 14 Leave to chance N To ignore or not include someone 7 to Chinwag This Week s ENW Podcast ENW Podcast Topic Venetians Protest: I m Not Leaving! 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 box? 2 Would / Have you like to visit(ed) Venice? Where would you visit / why? 3 What is the most iconic city in your country? Why 4 What do you think of Venice residents protests against tourism? 5 What is the busiest tourist place you have ever visited? Why? 6 What is the quietest tourist location you have ever been to? EX FREE QUESTION!

country / Local area? Why are these attractions the most popular?

9 7 The English News W eekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Writing This Week What do you think are the three most overcrowded tourist attractions in your country / Local area? Why are these attractions the most popular? How many people visit there? END OF PART 5 And Finally V, W, X, Y & Z A4 Did You Know? The End

10 8 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Visual TV Links Euronews (UK) 1: [1:05] Venice Protest Euronews (UK) 2: [00:38] History of Trains in Japan National Geographic (USA) 3: [03:34] Venice s Beauty (No Voice) 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 Venezia A / B / C are all names of Italian cities spelt in English! Warm Up 3 Most Visited World Cities 1 B 2 H 3 - J 4 D 5 I 6 M 7 G 8 - F 9 N 10 L 11 E 12 C 13 A 14 K A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 A 5 B 6 A E1 C E2 B E3 C Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences The protesters are demanding that both local and national governments do more to protect the rights and lifestyle of Venetians. A2 True or False 1 F 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 T Antonyms 1 G 2 D 3 J 4 E 5 A 6 H 7 B 8 I 9 C 10 F

11 Answers Part 3 9 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Listening 302 Venetians Protest: I m Not Leaving! 1 Floating on 118 islands and surrounded by its blue lagoon, with gondolas slowly gliding under bridges and down narrow canals, Venice is undoubtedly one of the most recognised cities in the world. Around 50,000 tourists cross the short 30-minute causeway every day from the Italian mainland to wander, and usually get lost, in the streets of the city. But for the 55,000 residents who live in Venice the number of tourists is killing their city. 2 This week saw more demonstrations by Venetians who took to the streets once more to protest against mass tourism in the lagoon city. Organisers estimated that around 2,000 residents took part with many holding banners in both English and Italian and chanting the slogan Mi no vado via which translates as I m not leaving! The protesters are demanding that both local and national governments do more to protect the rights and lifestyle of Venetians. Valeria Duflot co-founder of the organisation Venezia Autentica that aims to offer advice to tourists on how to visit the city without causing offence and annoyance, praised the turnout. The general message was that Venice is being sold away, but Venetians are not going anywhere and demand a city with housing, services, and opportunities for the residents explained Duflot. She also added that the city is being turned into a Disney-like theme park due to businesses and shops catering purely for tourists and not for the needs of locals. 4 The underlying fear for city leaders is what is termed the Venexodus that is the combination of two words Venice and exodus - and is used to describe the big decline in the city s population. The number of residents is half the figure of 40 years ago and less than the number of tourists who flock to the city every day. 5 Most of the local residents anger is aimed at the cruise liners that dock in the city and cause delays to smaller crafts, usually locally-owned, trying to navigate Venice s waterways. These tourists tend to be day-trippers, who visit the same mass-market tourist shops and restaurants and rarely spend money in local businesses. To try and tackle the over-crowding problem, the city has banned new takeaway food shops and increased taxes for businesses that are headquartered outside of the city. It is hoped that this will be the beginning of the fight-back by Venetians for their city. [394 Words] Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading A3 Q & A 1 Venezia Autenitica 5 Valeira Dufold 2 I m Not Leaving! 6 Causeway 3 Venexodus E1 Gondolas 4 Cruise Liners E2 One A & Q Example Questions A1 How many residents live in Venice city? A2 How many tourists visit the city every day? A3 How many protestors demonstrated against mass tourism? A4 How many bridges are in Venice? A5 How long is the journey across the causeway?

12 English Extra 10 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood D 4 G 7 A 10 K 13 F 2 I 5 N 8 B 11 M 14 H 3 L 6 J 9 E 12 C And Finally X & Z A4 X, Z, Y, V, W Extra Bit This Week s ENW Images

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The Most Visited City

THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST 06/11/2015 NOVEMBER The Emotional Robot 1 of 13 17 2017 EP I SO D E 317 FLASHBACK ENW 93: THE FRIENDLIEST COUNTRY The Most Visited City ENW 317 Introduction This week s