2. Top Stories on the Radio

1. Pre-listening / Speaking

A. MAKE A REPORT ABOUT WORLD RECORDS

Before you listen to the radio programme about unusual record holders look at these pictures and decide which of the titles below is the most suitable for each record holder.

a. World Record Doner

b. Career out of a record

c. My pet, the champion

B. Listen to the radio programme and circle the correct answer.
Remember the LEARNING STRATEGIES in Unit 6, p. 66.

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1. Tony has taken part in over 100 professional contests
since he was a. 12 b. 14

2. Tony won the skateboard games in San Francisco in a. June 1999 b. July 1999

3. Kostas has made a skewer a. 1.51m. high b. 1.73m. high

4. Kostas has prepared the kebap a. with his colleagues b. on his own

5. Warhol, the ferret has run 33 feet in a. 23 seconds b. 22 seconds

6. Mrs. Adams has had the ferret for a. ten years b. two years

C. Listen to the radio programme again and tick who:

	Tony	Kostas	Warhol
has used 2 tons of meat
has done diff icult and dangerous tricks
has broken a race record
has earned a lot of money doing his hobby
has managed to beat 150 others to be a champion

D. Do you know any other record holders?
What have they achieved?

E. GREEK BOOK OF RECORDS

A. Read the cartoons and then study the Grammar Box and the diagram below.

POSITIVE

I / you/ we / they	have been	boarding	since Tom was/you were/we were nine.
He / she	has been	cooking it	since early in the morning.

NEGATIVE

I / you/ we / they	haven't been	boarding	since Tom was/you were/we were nine
He / she	hasn't been	cooking it	since early in the morning.

QUESTION

have	you/ we / they	been	boarding	since Tom was/you were/we were nine?
Has	he / she	been	cooking it	since early in the morning?

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE:

I have had this habit for two years.

I have had this habit since 2004.

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS:

I have been cooking it for 12 hours.

I have been cooking it since early in the morning.

B. FOR or SINCE?

1. He has been a champion ________ 20 years.

2. Has he been studying French ________ 5 months?

3. I haven't seen him ________ Christmas.

4. He has broken many records ________ he was 14.

C. Now fill in the rule in the box on the right:

We use _______ with a period of time.

We use _______ with a point in time (day, year, month, etc.).

A. PAIR WORK: THE 2004
PARALYMPICS IN ATHENS

Pupil A

You are a reporter and you are interviewing the famous Paralympics champion Konstantinos Fykas.

Look here and use the information.

Now work together and write an article about Konstantinos Fykas for the school newspaper.

B. PAIR WORK: A DIALOGUE

Pupil B

You are the famous Paralympics
champion Konstantinos Fykas.

Look here and use the information
to answer the reporter's questions.

LEARNING STRATEGIES

When we work in groups

we agree…

what we are going to do

how much time we are going to spend

who is going to do different parts
of the group work.

Imagine that you meet your friend Betty you haven't seen for a long time. Tell each other about what you have been doing since you last met. Act out the dialogue.

Start like this:

YOU: Hello, Betty! How nice to see you again!

BETTY: Oh, nice to see you, too, Nick. What have you been doing all this time?

C. MEDIATION

You and your English-speaking friend Tony are talking about the 2004 Paralympics in Athens.

Σε μια συγκλονιστική μονομαχία με τον Αυστραλό φίλο του Μπεν Όστιν, ο Κωνσταντίνος Φύκας πάλεψε με πάθος για το χρυσό… αλλά τον πρόδωσε η κούραση στα τελευταία μέτρα.

Μόλις τελείωσε ο αγώνας, ο Κώστας Φύκας άρχισε να ανταποδίδει τους χαιρετισμούς αλλά και την αποθέωση του κόσμου και ουσιαστικά έδωσε ένα σόου μαζί του.

«Κολύμπησα γι' αυτόν τον υπέροχο κόσμο, την οικογένειά μου και τον προπονητή μου που τόσο με έχουν στηρίξει. Είναι αναμφίβολα η πιο ευτυχισμένη στιγμή στην καριέρα μου και σίγουρα η πιο συγκινητική», ήταν τα πρώτα λόγια του Κωνσταντίνου Φύκα.

«Λίγες είναι οι στιγμές στην καριέρα ενός αθλητή που μπορεί να περάσει καλά και εγώ πέρασα απόψε υπέροχα».

Read the newspaper extract on the right and
tell your friend how Kostas Fykas felt after his success.