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

Vocabulary:
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.

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