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1 06/11/2015 THE ENGLISH NEWS W E E K LTheYEmotionalPRobotO D C A S T MAY 1 of EPISODE 245 FLASHBACK ENW 115: THE 25 MILLION COMPUTER GAME Sonic & Space Invaders ENW 245 Introduction This week s English News Weekly podcast reports on some of the most famous and beloved video games that have ever been played. Space Invaders, the first massively popular shooter games and Sonic the Hedgehog have both been added to Video Game Hall of Fame. Why have these two video games been chosen? What special reasons were given? English News Weekly will 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 Classic Video Games 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 ^^^ 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 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習

3 1 The English N ews W eekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2016 [ ] Sonic and Space Invaders! May 13th 2016 PART 1 Warm Ups 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) Pac-Man b) Sonic c) Zelda d) Tetris 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? Gaming Warm Up 3 Iconic Video Games This week s ENW podcast topic is about some classic video games. Look at the ten classic video games below. Do you recognise them? Which year were each of the video games released? Look at page 2 for help! 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10:

2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2016 Video Gaming What Year? Read the list of years and clues about some of the most iconic video games ever released.

1980 Avoid the ghosts! 2000 Life in SimCity 1984 Те трис from the USSR! 2004 It is a MMORPG! Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story.

a: Pac-Man b: The Oregon Trail c: Bertie-the-Brain 2: What year was Space Invaders, the first popular shooter game first released?

4 2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2016 Video Gaming What Year? Read the list of years and clues about some of the most iconic video games ever released. Then match them with the game from page 1! Year Game Hint! Year Game Hint! 1971 About 19 th Century Pioneers 1985 Brotherly love 1972 The first sport s arcade game 1986 Set in fantasy land of Hyrule 1978 Controls a laser cannon 1991 Free your animal friends! 1980 Avoid the ghosts! 2000 Life in SimCity 1984 Те трис from the USSR! 2004 It is a MMORPG! 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: What was the title of the world s very first video game, released in 1950? a: Pac-Man b: The Oregon Trail c: Bertie-the-Brain 2: What year was Space Invaders, the first popular shooter game first released? a: 1968 b: 1978 c: : Sonic the Hedgehog was created and released by which Japanese company? a: Sega b: Sony c: Nintendo 4: The Video Game Hall of Fame is located in which American city? a: Rochester b: Syracuse c: Buffalo 5: What year did the Video Game Hall of Fame first open for the public? a: 1995 b: 2005 c: : What is the biggest selling video game in history? a: Wii Sports b: Tetris c: Grand Theft Auto V E1: What is the biggest selling games console around the world? a: Atari b: Konami c: Nintendo E2: Which games console has sold the most unites in history? a: Nintendo DS b: PlayStation 2 c: Xbox 360 E3: Which photo is the badge of Leicester City FC? a: b: c: END OF PART 1

5 3 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2016 PART 2 Before Listening 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. designer was Japanese the Tomohiro and Space by originally was game Taito Co. by Invaders sold Japan created Nishikado in video 2 The 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees Space Invaders was Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ The 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 The world s population in 1978 was 4.3 billion. [T] [F] 2 Six video games were inducted in [T] [F] 3 The Oregon Trail was first released in [T] [F] 4 Taito Company is based in the United Kingdom. [T] [F] 5 Argentina defeated The Netherlands 3-1 in 1978 World Cup Final. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading Antonyms An antonym is a word with an opposite meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their antonyms on the right. All the antonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Defeat 6 Permanent A Enemy F Dissuade 2 Iconic 7 Innovative B Optional G Obscure 3 Earn 8 Compelling C Successful H Traditional 4 Inspire 9 Popular D Excluded I Untypical 5 Friendly 10 Included E Fail J Temporary END OF PART 2

6 4 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2016 PART 3 Listening Listening / Reading Listening The Biggest Fairytale in Sport 10 Mistakes Help Listen / Read the news story below circle the 10 words that are mistakes! 245 The 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees 1 In 1978 the world s people was 4.3 billion. Argentina defeated Holland 3-1 in the World Cup Final. Apple first introduced the Walkman. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac was the album of the year. And Space Invaders was first released. The world s most popular shooter video game is nearly 40 years old, and to condemn its iconic status and enduring legacy it has been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. 2 Space Invaders was created by Japanese video game designer Tomohiro Nishikado and was originally sold in England by the Taito Company. The aim of the game was to defeat lines of aliens with laser cannons to earn as many points as possible. In the last 38 years it has inspired numerous other video games, been re-released on numerous gaming platforms and the pixelated friendly alien has become a global pop culture icon. 3 Joining Space Invaders in the 2016 inductee list were five other famous video games; Sonic the Badger, Legend of Zelda, Grand Theft Auto III, The Sims and one of the very first video games The Oregon Trail first released in Titles are selected by the US-based Hall of Fame and become permanent exhibits inside The Strong Museum of Play based in Rochester, California. 4 The reason why Space Invaders was inducted, despite not being the first shooter video game was explained by Jeremy Saucier, assistant director at The Strong Museum. Space Invaders was a runaway success, had innovative features, compelling graphics, and helped start the global craze for board games Mr Saucier told the BBC. 5 The World Video Game Hall of Fame first opened in 2015 when it inducted six titles; Doom, Pong, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros, Tetris and World of Warcraft. Some of the other popular video games not selected for this year s list included Final Fantasy, Tomb Runner and the original Pokémon games. 6 So, which of those video games would you most like to play yesterday? As for ENW we are more a FIFA or Assassins Creed type of gamer. Wrong Word 10 Mistakes 1: To 6: To 2: To 7: To 3: To 8: To 4: To 9: To 5: To 10: To END OF PART 3 [334 Words]

7 5 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2016 PART 4 After Listening 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 Who designed Space Invaders? Q2 What was the album of the year? Q3 What is the name of the museum in Rochester? Q4 Which video game was first released in 1971? Q5 What job title does Jeremy Saucier have? Q6 Which sports video game does ENW like to play? E1 What is the aim of Space Invaders? E2 How many video games are mentioned 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 1978? A2 Fleetwood Mac? A3 BBC? A4 Argentina? A5 Taito Company? END OF PART 4

6 The English N ews W eekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2016 PART 5 Extra Stuff English Extra I Colloquial English Phrases about Video Games There are some interesting and useful English words and phrases

8 6 The English N ews W eekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2016 PART 5 Extra Stuff English Extra I Colloquial English Phrases about Video Games There are some interesting and useful English words and phrases that are use the phrase video games in English. Examples: Video Game Widow = A female who is ignored when their partner plays for a long time. Video Game Voice = A person who talks but isn t really listening when playing. Can you match the phrase with the correct meaning? English Hint: To game (vb) = to play video games! Meanings & Examples Video Game Phrase 1 Video Game Fanboy A Killing a game s character deliberately. 2 Video Game Shoved B A person who doesn t listen when gaming. 3 Video Game Sickness C After gaming for long time your eyes hurt. 4 Video Game Widow D Tiredness after playing sports games. 5 Video Game Suicide E A person who makes you game with them! 6 A Video Game takeout F When you ignore everything just to game. 7 Video Game Time G When you are watching someone else game. 8 Video Game Voice H Someone ignored when you are gaming. 9 Video Game Vision I Hand-held consoles like DS or PSP. 10 Video Game Workout J A person who does nothing but game. 11 Videogating K Characters in games who wear sexy clothes. 12 Video Ho L A person who really, really, loves gaming! 13 Video Gaymer M When you feel sick after gaming for hours. 7 to Chinwag This Week s ENW Podcast ENW Podcast Topic The 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! EX What did you think of this week s podcast topic when you first read it? Do you like to play video games on a console or smartphone? Why? What is the first video game you ever played? Why? What do you think of people who dress up/cosplay as video game characters? If you Cosplay a video game character, which one would you choose? Why? How much would you be willing to spend on a video/smartphone game? FREE QUESTION!

9 Writing 7 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2016 What type of school yard games did you like to play when you were a child? Do you have any games on your smartphone / tablet / computer? Which ones do you like to pay? Why? Give as many reasons as you can. This Week END OF PART 5 And Finally X & Z A4 Did You Know? The End

10 8 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2016 Visual TV Links CNBC Africa (South Africa) 1: [01:36] Pac-Man and Space Invaders History You Tube USA ( 英語 & 日本語 ) 2: [36:22] The History of Sonic the Hedgehog You Tube (USA) 3: [02:10] The Video Hall of Fame 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 Tetris Warm Up 3 Bank Notes & Currency A / B / C are all computer characters from Japan! Tetris is Russian A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 C 2 B 3 A 4 A 5 C 6 B E1 C E2 B E3 B Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences Space Invaders was created by Japanese video game designer Tomohiro Nishikado and was originally sold in Japan by the Taito Company. A2 True or False 1 T 2 F 3 F 4 F 5 T Antonyms 1 C 2 I 3 E 4 F 5 A 6 J 7 H 8 B 9 G 10 D

11 Answers Part 3 9 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood The 2016 Hall of Fame Inductees 1 Listening In 1978 the world s population was 4.3 billion. Argentina defeated Holland 3-1 in the World Cup Final. Sony first introduced the Walkman. Rumours by Fleetwood Mac was the album of the year. And Space Invaders was first released. The world s most popular shooter video game is nearly 40 years old, and to celebrate its iconic status and enduring legacy it has been inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame. 2 Space Invaders was created by Japanese video game designer Tomohiro Nishikado and was originally sold in Japan by the Taito Company. The aim of the game was to defeat lines of aliens with laser cannons to earn as many points as possible. In the last 38 years it has inspired numerous other video games, been re-released on numerous gaming platforms and the pixelated enemy alien has become a global pop culture icon. 3 Joining Space Invaders in the 2016 Inductee list were five other famous video games; Sonic the Hedgehog, Legend of Zelda, Grand Theft Auto III, The Sims and one of the very first video games The Oregon Trail first released in Titles are selected by the US-based Hall of Fame and become permanent exhibits inside The Strong Museum of Play based in Rochester, New York. 4 The reason why Space Invaders was inducted, despite not being the first shooter video game was explained by Jeremy Saucier, assistant director at The Strong Museum. Space Invaders was a runaway success, had innovative features, compelling graphics, and helped start the global craze for arcade games Mr Saucier told the BBC. 5 The World Video Hall of Fame first opened in 2015 when it inducted six titles; Doom, Pong, Pac- Man, Super Mario Bros, Tetris and World of Warcraft. Some of the other popular video games not selected for this year s list included Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider and the original Pokémon games. 6 So, which of those video games would you most like to play tonight? As for ENW we are more a FIFA or Assassins Creed type of gamer. [334 Words] Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading A3 Q & A 1 Tomohiro Nishikado 5 Assistant Director 2 Rumours 6 FIFA 3 The Strong Museum of Play E1 Shoot aliens / Gain Points 4 The Oregon Trail E2 17 A & Q Example Questions A1 What year was Space Invaders first released? A2 Which group released the album Rumours? A3 Which news company is in the news story? A4 Who won the world cup in 1978? A5 Which video game company released Space Invaders?

12 10 The English N ews W eekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2016 English Extra 1 L 2 E 3 M 4 H 5 A 6 I 7 F 8 B 9 C 10 D 11 G 12 K 13 - J And Finally X&Z A4 X: New York / Z: American Extra Bit This Week s ENW Images

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