British Council at ANIA Lesson 7

Lesson 7 Tuesday 21st April

Group 5 C2
12:30pm

Class
Reading, Discussion

Britain’s rotten electoral system means that once again it’s nose-peg time

Polly Toynbee 15/04/2015

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/15/britain-rotten-electoral-system-nose-peg-vote-swap-tories-out?CMP=fb_gu

New Vocabulary & Collocations

the odds for/against something

formidable odds

to count on something (don't count on it)

to give someone a leg up

to hold sway (over someone)

to fall in line (with)

to be sore (about something)

a bitter pill to swallow

gerrymandering

out of kilter

Homework

1. Highlight all the modal auxiliary verbs in the vote swapping article. What are their various meanings? 

2. Listening: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/r4sandel/r4sandel_20150120-0754c.mp3

Why Democracy?

Tue, 20 Jan 15

Duration:53 mins

Michael Sandel presents a special BBC Democracy Day edition of The Public Philosopher, recorded in the Palace of Westminster with an audience of MPs, peers and the public. This is an extended version of the recording broadcast on Radio 4's Today programme.

Group 7 C1
2:00pm

Class
Language Leader Advanced Unit 1.1
Employment and Education
Discussion, Reading, Listening & Vocabulary

Homework
Read over the audio-script (p.170) and note down any new collocations, expressions or verb structures.