Festival news: a town swaps fireworks for drones
A harbor town replaces its famous fireworks with a drone show; a news report shares the reasons and mixed reactions.
B2Teens45 minNews report
About this lesson
A B2 listening lesson (news report). Dialogues and stories to listen to, with transcripts, speed control and ready-made questions.
- Level
- B2
- Skill
- Listening
- Type
- News report
- Students
- Teens
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Topic
- Celebrations & festivals
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, True / False, Gap-fill
- Key words
- harbour, drone, display, nest, resident, petition, compromise
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand reasons and different opinions in a news report
- Understand informal phrases for reacting and conceding
- Debate a local change and write a short news item