Listening
exercise
"ABC
News Shuffle" podcast:
Daily
realities of Iraq
Local audio
file:
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/course/ee8e58/audio2/060311shuffle.mp3
Source
page:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Podcasting/
| following podcast AT&T shuffle Jake Tapper Baghdad, Iraq Hari Sreenivasan mix of news behind-the-scenes out on a shoot brutal piece (news story) petty silly death squads at the last minute challenge World News Tonight to get bumped (taken out) disappointed nature of the business to get woken up depressing Tom Fox outskirts Christian peacemaker activists to be taken hostage gentleman tragic horrible State Department fingerprint analysis FBI kidnapping huge Iraqis to plague ransom political religious financial thugs top US official Paul Bremer Saddam to unload Bathists to be allied with complete chaos lawlessness to bring one to Nightline to be about to go to end up doing bombings to reflect to get criticism media conservative positive side of the story successes arguments to work on Iraqi sitcom (situation comedy) previews neat "Me and Leila" Danny DeVito Oday Abdul Sadar wacky madcap sandstorms security issues guys director cast crew Amjad Hameed to arrange an interview to set s.t. up to find out to be assassinated to be devastated terrified slice of life stories | signs things returning to normal to interject itself shallow violence intrudes terrorist insurgent director entertainment to get around "to give away the secret sauce" to hang out (to socialize with people) to divulge anything about to take security seriously war zone bureau to approach anniversary correspondents Europeans willy-nilly other Arab countries a slow news day car bombs sectarian violence not worth a news spot (report) to become commonplace to become numbed to these numbers disheartening foggy morning major interstate to hijack cable news what seems to be an eternity it doesn't move the needle you don't know what traffic is until... to be stuck on Los Angeles East coast 101, I-95 to be exploded by a car bomb to be on a soapbox essentially producers directors Everybody loves Raymond to give the green light to s.t. to apologize to get too emotional like none other to shuffle the deck you never know what cards you're going to get to end on a lighter note to run a bureau Jordanian Mohammed to take care of stray cat pregnant editing room to feed bizarre combination of civilized scruffy mangey back alley of a war zone feral Simba to frolic Ofti disgusting covered in muck and grease Shadi to shampoo to trim the gunk out of his hair blog Operation Ofti sweet a little touch of the lighter side of living on this planet Brad Pitt to stink like a sewer to download |
Listening
comprehension questions:
1.
What did Tapper express frustration over – then express understanding for
– at the beginning of the report?
2.
a. What kind of event has become so commonplace
in Iraq it's not even considered newsworthy anymore? b.
What kind of trivial news story did Sreenivasan compare it to?
3.
Who are "Baathists"?
4. What
kind of people does Tapper say are often doing the kidnapping and killing, and
why do they do it?
5. Why does Tapper say
it's so hard to report "positive news" from Iraq?
6.
a. What is a "slice of life" story?
b. What does "to give away the secret
sauce" mean? c.
What does the "I" in "I-95" mean?
7.
Why do Sreenivasan and Tapper discuss "cats" toward the end of the report?
8.
What differences do you note between this podcast and a typical, more "glitzy"
media news report?