Personal Listening Comprehension & Video Sessions

Hello everyone,

The United Nations Climate Change Conference will take place at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between December 7 and December 18, 2009. The conference includes the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. According to the Bali Road Map, a framework for climate change mitigation beyond 2012 is to be agreed there.
Australia's ABC Radio has prepared this report, which we invite you to listen to.


Additionally, we invite you to watch a report on Michael Moore's latest film "Capitalism: A Love Story."

You can find the transcriptions to both reports right here.

• COPENHAGEN
• MICHAEL MOORE

We hope you find this two reports appealing.

Kind regards,
Profesores del CUI

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize

Dear all,

Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday October 9th in a stunning decision that honored the first-year U.S. president more for promise than achievement and drew both praise and skepticism around the world. But along with the prize there is some irony in a country that is at war.
Below you will find an activity that we have prepared based on a report aired by Australia's ABC Radio.

We hope you find it both interesting and challenging.

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Kind regards,
Prof. Mariano Ignacio

Mr. Loveday's Little Outing

Dear all,

Some courses at CUI, have read or might read "Mr. Loveday's Little Outing" by Evelyn Waugh.
Being a short story adapted for television, it has to be given some cinematic interest - here it is the other inmates chipping in at various points in the story, ghostly faces and voices appearing at windows and popping up in gardens. The unsettling atmosphere leads to a conclusion which you can see coming, but still find surprising. Good performances all round leave this short play satisfying and absorbing.

Below you will find the film, divided in 3 segments for you to enjoy (and at the same time practise your Listening Comprehension skills!). It was originally produced by the BBC in 2006.

Kind regards to everyone,
Prof. Mariano Ignacio

PART 1


PART 2


PART 3

Thai HIV Vaccine. Listening Comprehension

Hello everyone!

An HIV vaccine is a hypothetical vaccine against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. As there is no known cure for AIDS, the search for a vaccine has become part of the struggle against the disease.
This week new results have come to light. Today we bring you a report produced by Australia's ABC Radio. May you enjoy it and have fun working on it!

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Saludos a todos,
Profesores del CUI

Para escuchar el audio deberán tener instalado el Flash Player de Acrobat (el programa que permite ver videos de YouTube)

Sesame Street in Israel (Listening Comprehension)

Hello everyone!

Rechov Sumsum (רחוב סומסום) is an Israeli educational television program for preschoolers, based on the American program "Sesame Street".

First aired as Rechov Sumsum, in 1998 an attempt at an Israeli/Palestinian co-production was launched, with a mixture of Israeli and Arab actors (and Muppets), continuing as Rechov Sumsum in Israel (in Hebrew) and shown in Palestine as Shara'a Simsim.

The first three series of the show were a joint production of the Israeli educational television and the CTW, a Worldwide American non-profit organization which has been co-producing the original American "Sesame Street" since 1969. (*)

Today we bring you a report originaled aired by Australia's ABC Radio on Rechov Somsum. May you find it useful and engaging.

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Saludos a todos,
Profesores del CUI

Para escuchar el audio deberán tener instalado el Flash Player de Acrobat (el programa que permite ver videos de YouTube)

The Phantom of the Opera, 18 years in New York: Listening Comprehension

Hi everyone!
Today we bring you a report on "The Phantom of the Opera" originally aired in 2006.
May you enjoy it, and have fun solving it.

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Kind regards,
Profesores del CUI

Video Session: Argentine Rodent Devastating US Wetlands

Hi there everyone,
below you will find a video produced by VOA (Voice of America) and originally aired on July 31, 2009.
We have prepared an exercise for you all to practice Listening Comprehension.

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Saludos a todos,
Profesores del CUI