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THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST 06/11/2015 OCTOBER The Emotional Robot 1 of 13 27 2017 EP I SO D E 313 FLASHBACK ENW218 MACHU PICCHU

ENW 313 Introduction This week s English News Weekly podcast reports on disturbing news from southeast Africa where a spate of attacks on

The attacks by groups of over 100 people have been occurring over the last two months across Malawi, an impoverished African country.

1 THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST 06/11/2015 OCTOBER The Emotional Robot 1 of EP I SO D E 313 FLASHBACK ENW218 MACHU PICCHU CHOOSES JAPANESE VILLAGE Hysterical Mob Attacks Vampires! ENW 313 Introduction This week s English News Weekly podcast reports on disturbing news from southeast Africa where a spate of attacks on people suspected of being vampires have led to nine deaths. The attacks by groups of over 100 people have been occurring over the last two months across Malawi, an impoverished African country. Why are the people being attacked? Why are these people being suspected of being vampires? English News Weekly will try to explain all HOMEPAGE hiroshima -u.ac.jp/cms/enw.php FACEBOOK (c) Jaime Selwood TWITTER ENW Episode 219 twitter.com/enwpodcast TECHNOLOGY

2 Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 1 Brainstorm Page 1 (In)Famous Fictional Vampires Page 1 / 2 Quiz This Week Page 2 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Words Page 3 True or False Page 3 Vocabulary Antonyms Page 3 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story 373 Words Page 4 What Do You Think..? Page 4 Part 4 After Listening / Reading Q & A Page 5 A & Q Page 5 Part 5 Extra Stuff Extra English I Page 6 7 to Chinwag Page 6 Writing Activity Page 7 And Finally. Did You Know? Page 7 TV Links Page 8 The Answers Pages 8-10 A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. A1

3 1 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 [ ] Hysterical Mob Attacks Vampires October 27 th 2017 Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Akasha b) Bella c) Eli d) LeStat My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Monsters Warm Up 3 (In) Famous Vampires Look at the photos of some of the world s most famous fictional vampires! Can you match the photo with the correct vampire name from page 2? : Eli

2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 (In)Famous Vampires Which is Which.

story. Remember if you don t know use the internet to help or GUESS! 1: Which country in Africa saw a mob attack a group of so called vampires?

a: Roman b: Babylonian c: Sumerian 4: Which language is the word vampire reputed to be from? a: Hungarian b: Romanian c: Greek 5: What percentage of Malawi is water? a: 20.6% b: 25.6% c: 30.

4 2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 (In)Famous Vampires Which is Which..? A Akasha G Count Duckula B Angel H Eli C Bella Swan I Vampire LeStat D Blade J The Lost Boys E The Count K Nosferatu F Dracula L Selene Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the internet to help or GUESS! 1: Which country in Africa saw a mob attack a group of so called vampires? a: Sudan b: Malawi c: Mozambique 2: Who wrote Dracula the first mass selling vampire novel? a: JK Rowling b: Bram Stoker c: Anne Rice 3: What ancient civilization has the first recorded vampire myth? a: Roman b: Babylonian c: Sumerian 4: Which language is the word vampire reputed to be from? a: Hungarian b: Romanian c: Greek 5: What percentage of Malawi is water? a: 20.6% b: 25.6% c: 30.6% 6: What is the biggest religious denomination in Malawi? a: Tribal b: Islam c: Christian E1: What type of onion is supposed to ward off vampires? a: Leek b: Garlic c: Chive E2: Chichewa and what other language are the official languages of Malawi? a: French b: Portuguese c: English E3: Which of the following flags is the national flag of Malawi? a: b: c: END OF PART 1

5 3 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Jumbled Sentences The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order. have blacklisted the killings European vampire States taken Nations, districts Union place and where United the United several have The 2 Vampire Mob Kills Nine The United Nations Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ Vampire Mob Kills Nine Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 Vampires have been attacked and killed in Malawi. [T] [F] 2 Malawi is a county in southeast Africa. [T] [F] 3 Africa is the original home of vampire mythology. [T] [F] 4 The average salary in Malawi is $281 per year. [T] [F] 5 Nine people have been found guilty of being vampires. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Synonyms A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right. All the synonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Epilepsy 6 Impoverished A Mystical F Anxiety 2 Inflict 7 Spun B Convulsions G Selected 3 Blacklisted 8 Concern C Overcome H Boycotted 4 Accused 9 Prevail D Penniless I Impose 5 Designated 10 Supernatural E Suspected J Rolled END OF PART 2

6 4 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Listening / Reading Listening Vampire Mob Kills Nine Which Word? Help Listen / Read the news story below and choose the correct word from the box A: epilepsy C: blacklisted E: designated G: spun I: prevail B: inflicted D: accused F: impoverished H: concern J: supernatural 313 Vampire Mob Kills Nine 1 Vampires are normally reserved for the pages of gothic horror novels, big screen Hollywood blockbusters or 1: TV dramas. But tragically, belief in these blood-suckers who stalk their unsuspecting victims at night is common in some of the poorest regions of the world. This fear has led to deadly mob attacks in Malawi which has resulted in the deaths of nine 2: vampires and the arrests of 140 people responsible for these killings. 2 The situation has become so serious that police in Malawi, a country in southeast Africa, have claimed that the vampire attacks by large groups of people have 3: out of control. The Inspector General of Police, Lexon Kachma told Associated Press that rumours of vampires had led to nine people being attacked and killed. In the most recent attack, a man who suffered from 4: was burned to death in Blantyre Malawi s second largest city. After the most recent killing in Blantyre the country s president, Peter Mutharika appealed for calm and for common sense to 5:. In a national television address he promised that, my government will offer protection from these alleged blood-suckers. President Mutharika also said that these attacks on so called vampires were creating a bad image of the county when the 6: African state is trying to gain access to more international aid. 4 The escalation of the vampire fear in Malawi has not only caused the deaths of nine people, but 7: damage on peoples homes as large mobs of angry Malawians search for vampires. Residents including health officials, teachers and tribal leaders have reported that their homes have been destroyed by large groups of vampire hunters. Another 8: is that this vampire fear is being stoked by thieves and robbers who have taken advantage of traditional fears of vampires in Malawi by creating illegal roadblocks and house searches. 5 Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world with an average yearly salary of just 282. The United Nations, European Union and the United States have 9: four districts where the vampire killings have taken place. Both the U.N. and U.S have 10: large parts of the country as no-go zones and warned nationals and staff to avoid travel there at all costs due to the vampire mob attacks. END OF PART 3 [373 Words]

7 5 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Post-Listening / Reading 1 A3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can t remember any answers, guess! Q1 What is the name of the Malawian president? Q2 What is the name of Malawi s second city? Q3 How many people have been arrested for the vampire attacks? Q4 Which area of the United States makes movies? Q5 Who is the Malawian Inspector General of Police? Q6 What illness did the 9 th mob attack victim suffer from? E1 Which international world organisation is in Malawi? E2 How many different countries in the news story? Post-Reading 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! A1 Southeast Africa? A2 Associated Press? A3 282? A4 Four.? A5 Vampires? END OF PART 4

8 6 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 English Extra I Bloody English Idioms The English language has some interesting words and phrases that use transport idioms or phrases to explain a situation. Examples: In your blood = A skill that is hereditary. New Blood = New members of a group Can you match the phrase with the correct meaning? Transport Expressions Meanings & Examples 1 A blood brother A A lot of effort and suffering. 2 Bad blood B A skill that is hereditary. 3 Own Flesh and blood C Violence shown on TV or in movies. 4 Be out for blood D To become very frightened. 5 In your blood E To really frighten someone else 6 Blood and guts F A promise to treat another man as your brother. 7 Blood thicker than water G To do something in a very cruel an unemotional way 8 Make your blood run cold H New members of a group to help revive usually. 9 Blood, sweat and tears I Feelings of hate due to an argument. 10 Curdle someone s blood J Something that is too expensive. 11 Get blood from a stone K Family relationships are the strongest 12 In cold blood L A relative. 13 New Blood M A determination to enact revenge. 14 Too rich for my blood N To do something very difficult. 7 to Chinwag This Week s ENW Podcast ENW Podcast Topic Vampire Mob Kills Nine Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1 What did you think when you read this week s ENW topic box? 2 Do you think vampires could be real? Why? 3 What kind of monster do you think is the scariest? Why? 4 What movie scared you the most? Why? 5 What do you know about Malawi? 6 Where is the most frightened you have ever felt? Why? EX FREE QUESTION!

9 7 The English News W eekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Writing This Week Do you think you could create a scary story using a monster? What type of monster(s) would you write about? Where is the story s setting? Write as much as you can and remember don t be too scary! END OF PART 5 And Finally V, W, X, Y & Z A4 Did You Know? The End

10 8 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Visual TV Links Paranormal Junkie (USA) 1: [04.26] Are Vampires Attacking People in Malawi? Al Jazeera (Qatar) 2: [02:28] Malawi Vampires Attacked You Tube (USA) 3: [03:26] Facts About Malawi Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Warm Up 1 Odd-1-Out D LeStat A / B / C are all female vampires, LeStat is male. Warm Up 3 (In)Famous Vampires 1 K 2 J 3 A 4 C 5 E 6 H 7 I 8 D 9 F 10 G 11 L 12 B A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 B 2 B 3 C 4 A 5 A 6 C E1 B E2 C E3 A Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences The United Nations, European Union and the United States have blacklisted several districts where the vampire killings have taken place. A2 True or False 1 F 2 T 3 F 4 T 5 F Synonyms 1 B 2 I 3 H 4 E 5 G 6 D 7 J 8 F 9 C 10 A

11 Answers Part 3 9 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2017 Listening 313 Vampire Mob Kills Nine 1 Vampires are normally reserved for the pages of gothic horror novels, big screen Hollywood blockbusters or supernatural TV dramas. But tragically, belief in these blood-suckers who stalk their unsuspecting victims at night is common in some of the poorest regions of the world. This fear has led to deadly mob attacks in Malawi which has resulted in the deaths of nine accused vampires and the arrests of 140 people responsible for these killings. 2 The situation has become so serious that police in Malawi, a country in southeast Africa, have claimed that the vampire attacks by large groups of people have spun out of control. The Inspector General of Police, Lexon Kachma told Associated Press that rumours of vampires had led to nine people being attacked and killed. In the most recent attack, a man who suffered from epilepsy was burned to death in Blantyre Malawi s second largest city. After the most recent killing in Blantyre the country s president, Peter Mutharika appealed for calm and for common sense to prevail. In a national television address he promised that, my government will offer protection from these alleged blood-suckers. President Mutharika also said that these attacks on so called vampires were creating a bad image of the county when the impoverished African state is trying to gain access to more international aid. 4 The escalation of the vampire fear in Malawi has not only caused the deaths of nine people, but inflicted damage on peoples homes as large mobs of angry Malawians search for vampires. Residents including health officials, teachers and tribal leaders have reported that their homes have been destroyed by large groups of vampire hunters. Another concern is that this vampire fear is being stoked by thieves and robbers who have taken advantage of the situation by creating illegal roadblocks and house searches. 5 Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world with an average yearly salary of just 282. The United Nations, European Union and the United States have blacklisted four districts where the vampire killings have taken place. Both the U.N. and U.S have designated large parts of the country as no-go zones and warned nationals and staff to avoid travel there at all costs due to the vampire mob attacks. [373 Words] Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading A3 Q & A 1 Peter Mutharika 5 Lexon Kachma 2 Balantyre 6 Epilepsy E1 United Nations 4 Hollywood E2 Two A & Q Example Questions A1 Which part of Africa is Malawi located in? A2 What news organisation did the Malawian president talk to? A3 How much is the average yearly salary? A4 How many districts in Malawi have been designated dangerous? A5 What type of mythical monster is believed to exist in Malawi?

12 English Extra 10 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood E 4 A 7 J 10 M 13 G 2 H 5 N 8 F 11 I 14 K 3 L 6 D 9 A 12 C And Finally X & Z A4 Y / W / Z / X / V Extra Bit This Week s ENW Images

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THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST 06/11/2015 JULY The Emotional Robot 1 of 13 21 2017 EPISODE 301 FLASHBACK ENW 42: SILENT MOVIE WINS BEST PICTURE! Th e Zom b ie M as ter! ENW 301 Introduction This week