Presenter: Medyan
Topic: Drinking alcohol
In this show, adult English language students in GO3 class talk about drinking alcohol. (The class had previously studied this topic, along with smoking.) Medyan, from Jordan, chose the topic and prepared the questions (with the teacher's help). He introduces the show and interviews his classmates.
We hear interviews with:
Charles (Switzerland)
Estel (Spain)
Serif (Turkey)
Gabriella (Italy)
Micky (Hong Kong)
Interview questions
(If you are listening in class, you could ask a partner the interview questions, then choose one or more of the speakers and note their answers.)
1. Do you drink alcohol? (Why? Why not?)
2. Do you drink a lot? (How much in a typical week, for example?)
3. Do you think it is good for your health to drink a lot?
4. What is your favourite alcoholic drink?
5. Do you like to drink with your friends or with your family?
6. Which do you think is better, drugs or alcohol? Why?
7. When did you try alcohol for the first time?
8. Do your parents know you drink alcohol?
9. How do you feel when you drink a lot of alcohol?
10. What is the best thing you have done when you are drunk?
This show was recorded in class, on group teacher, Geoff's, Apple MacBook Pro computer with the program Garageband. The Garageband jingle used is Full Court Press. After editing in Garageband and Audacity (for noise removal and deletion of unnecessary silence), the audio volume was levelled using the program Levelator (www.gigavox.com/levelator), and the file was converted to MP3 format using Audacity. The photo was edited in Apple iPhoto and Adobe Fireworks.
This show was produced at the Bardwell Road Adult Centre, St Clare's, Oxford, UK.
