Giant pumpkins and a race on the river: a festival news report
A TV news report from a town pumpkin festival, with a giant pumpkin weigh-off and a regatta in hollowed-out pumpkins; students listen for detail and attitude, learn expressions from the report and write a short news story.
B2Teens50 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 50 minutes
- Topic
- Halloween
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Listening (read aloud), Multiple choice, True / False, Matching
- Key words
- weigh-off, scales, grower, hollow out, regatta, forklift, flesh, donate
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand details, numbers and speakers' feelings in a news report
- Understand expressions such as over the moon, defend a title and it all comes down to
- Write a short news report about a local event