News Listening

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News Listening

• Pre-listening
• Do you know him?
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• Do you know his profession?
• actor
• governor (politician)
• Have you ever watched his movie?
• Have you ever watched or heard news about him?
• What is it?

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Listening Comprehension

• Answer the questions
• 1. Who is the former governor?
• 2. Which party does Mr. Schwarzenegger belong
  to?
• 3. How many votes are needed for the governor to
  stay office?
• 4. How many candidates are listed in the
  election?
• 5. Why do Republicans worry about?
• 6. Why is the former governor wanted to be
  recalled by people?
• 7. What makes it difficult for Mr.
  Schwarzenegger to become a governor?

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Listening Comprehension

• Check the answers
• 1. Who is the former governor?
• Mr. Gray Davis
• 2. Which party does Mr. Schwarzenegger belong
  to?
• Republican
• 3. How many votes are needed for the governor to
  stay office?
• A. More than fifty percent
• B. More than eighty percent
• C. He should get most votes.
• 4. How many candidates are listed in the
  election?
• One-hundred-thirty-five

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Listening Comprehension

• 5. Why do Republicans worry about?
• Because another Republican is on the
  ballot, but he refuses to withdraw.
• 6. Why is the former governor wanted to be
  recalled by people?
• Because he has caused a budget crisis.
• 7. What makes it difficult for Mr.
  Schwarzenegger to become a governor?
• He was accused for sexual wrongdoing.

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News listening

• IN THE NEWS - California Recall ElectionBy
  Cynthia Kirk
• Voters in California will decide Tuesday
  whether to remove Governor Gray Davis from
  office. If he is recalled, public opinion studies
  show the leading candidate to replace him is
  actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• Mr. Davis is a Democrat, Mr. Schwarzenegger
  is a Republican. The two have been going city to
  city in a final effort for votes. Both are
  leading television campaigns critical of each
  other.
• Yet the two men are not really opponents on
  the ballot Tuesday. Mr. Davis is the only name on
  the first question. Voters are asked to decide if
  the governor should stay in office or be
  recalled. He needs fifty-percent of the votes
  plus one to stay.

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News listening

• The second question asks voters who support
  the recall to choose a replacement.
  One-hundred-thirty-five candidates are listed.
  One of them is Mr. Schwarzenegger. Another is
  Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante. He is
  considered the leading Democratic candidate. If
  Mr. Davis is recalled, the candidate with the
  most votes will become governor.
• Republicans worry about that another
  Republican on the ballot, state Senator Tom
  Mclintock, could take votes away from Mr.
  Schwarzenegger. Mister Mclintock, however, was
  refusing to withdraw.
• Opinion studies show that a majority of
  Californians want to recall Governor Davis. Many
  people say they are unhappy with the way he has
  dealt with a budget crisis. California has the
  largest population in the country and one of the
  largest economies in the world.

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News listening

• In developments late this week, the Los
  Angeles Times reported accusations by six women.
  They said Mr. Schwarzenegger had touched them in
  a sexual way without permission. On Thursday he
  apologized for having, in his words, "behaved
  badly sometimes." He said he would be a "champion
  for women" as governor.

Inaugural Speech
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Ask the questions each other.

• 1. What foreign affairs are you interested in
  recently?
• 2. What do you think about the news?
• 3. Why do you think so?