Listening
Exercise:
BBC HARDtalk
with Stephen Sackur:
Ai Weiwei: In prison 'nothing protects you'
Broadcast
4/6/14
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01vmhll
turning
point prison condition prisoner treatment to realize to be cut off from object foreign discipline previous |
knowledge wisdom emotions argument communicate to be frightened uncertainty to protect lawyers Everything's so restricted. |
Listening
comprehension questions and exercise:
1. Who is Ai Weiwei, and why was he in prison? (You will need to
do some online research for this.)
2. What does Ai Weiwei say were the most difficult things about being in prison?
3. Why does Ai Weiwei think "everybody would be frightened" in this
kind of situation?
4. How easy or difficult is it for you to understand presenter Stephen Sackur's
British-accented English?
Please be very specific about what aspects
of his speech are easy and which are more difficult
to understand.
5. How easy or difficult is it for you to understand the Chinese-style English
of Ai Weiwei?
Please be very specific about what aspects
of his speech are easy and which are more difficult
to understand.
6. Please list EVERY English mistake or example of "Chinese English"
in this interview,
then give the CORRECT or more appropriate form.