The Radio Rookies program in New York gives teenagers the chance to be real radio reporters and make reports about their own neighborhood.

1. Before you listen: What kind of people from their neighborhood might the teenagers interview for their reports? Collect ideas in your exercise book.
2. Listen to Kelly’s report and take notes in your exercise books about what is said (both of you). Don’t worry if you don’t understand all the words. Listen for keywords.
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3. Use your notes from (2) to write a text (about 6 – 8 sentences) about life in that part of Brooklyn.
   • Write the text on one of the pages with your name from the list below and save it when you’ve finished.
   • Give the page a proper headline.
4. What is good or bad for young people where you live? Look again at the text you wrote in exercise (3) – What is the same, what is different in your town? Make notes on the page you wrote the text on. Be able to tell us about your ideas in proper English using these notes.

1. Think about the situations in TB 21/1. Write down what you could say in these situations (again, use the page you already wrote the other answers on)
2. Get used to different accents (TB 21/2)
   1. Read the instructions of TB 21/2a, then listen to the cab driver and write down the words which sound typically American (use again the same wiki page as before)
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   2. Now listen to some of his passengers. Write down, who of them sounds British and who sounds American (Example: »Passenger 1: …«)
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