1. business and industrial
2. aerospace and defense
3. space technology

PROGRAMMANUS
PRODUCENT: CHRISTINE DEMSTEADER
PROJEKTLEDARE: MIA BISANDER
BESTÄLLNINGSNUMMER: 104169/RA15
NEWSREEL 15/2015
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Presenter:
You’re listening to Newsreel. I’m Christine Demsteader. Coming up in
today’s programme;
• Meet the UK astronaut who wants to inspire kids on his space mission
• Swedes are the best non-native English speakers in the world
• And was it the language? Justin Bieber walks out of a radio interview.
• “Today’s kids could walk on Mars”
Presenter:
Tim Peake will become the first British astronaut to travel to the
International Space Station when his mission launches on December 15.
He will spend six months on-board, doing experiments and hopefully will
get the chance to do a spacewalk. But an even bigger hope is that his
expedition will inspire kids to learn more about science and space.
Listen to what he said at a press conference at the Science Museum in
London.
Tim Peake:
“This mission has the opportunity to reach out to young people and to get
them involved in space flight and – well you want to be an astronaut – but
there are so many other careers available to you if you take the right
opportunities and qualifications at a young age. Then it opens the door to a
great career.”
Presenter:
Peake has already got UK school kids involved in the mission after he
launched a competition for children to design special meals for him onboard the space station. He is most looking forward to eating a bacon
sandwich.
He wants to inspire the next generation of kids to get into space – why?
Listen to what he says.
non-native English
speakers
engelsktalande som inte
har språket som modersmål
launch
här: skjuta upp
expedition
forskningsresa
opportunity
möjlighet
career
yrke, karriär
competition
tävling
Tim Peake:
“There’s nothing to stop the school kids today from being amongst the first
men and women to set foot on Mars in the future.”
Presenter:
Peake will return to Earth in May 2016 but will use social media to give
regular updates on life in space.
regular
regelbundna
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• Minecraft – your new chemistry teacher?
Presenter:
On the subject of kids and science, how would you like to use the computer
game Minecraft to learn more about chemistry?
Well, university students in the UK have developed an educational version
of the game to do just that – and it could be used in schools.
Instead of using blocks to create buildings, players use molecules to build
structures. The makers say it’s a fun and interactive way to understand
some of the basics of chemistry.
educational
pedagogisk
structures
(molekylära)strukturer
basics
grunder
The game – called MolCraft – is already being tested by children in some
schools in London.
• Swedes are top English speakers
Presenter:
Congratulations! You are the best non-native speakers of English in the
world – well, Swedes in general that is.
Swedes achieved the best results in a recent survey that tested the English
language skills of over 900,000 people in 70 countries.
Scandinavian countries dominated the top spots; the Netherlands was
second but that was followed by Denmark, Norway and Finland.
Scandinavia does well in these surveys because English is a compulsory
subject in schools. Children begin learning English at a young age.
survey
undersökning
language skills
språkkunskaper
compulsory
obligatorisk
Some of the biggest countries in Europe didn’t do so well. Italy and Spain
failed to make the top 20 and France came in 37th place.
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• Where’s Justin gone?
Presenter:
And finally, Justin Bieber walked out of an interview with a Spanish radio
station. He was there to promote his new song, “Sorry”.
The presenter was speaking Spanish and a translator was in the studio too.
Newspapers wrote that the translator’s English wasn’t perfect. See what
you think – have a listen.
promote
göra reklam för
translator
tolk
SOUND FROM INTERVIEW
It’s believed the poor language skills made Bieber frustrated and so he
decided to walk out the studio in the middle of the interview.
poor
här: dålig
The interview was also filmed – the incident can be seen on YouTube. And
no one heard Justin saying sorry before he left.
incident
händelse
Presenter:
That’s all from Newsreel for today. As usual; check out our quiz and
questions on the Newsreel pages of ur.se – or have a look at our Facebook
page – it’s UR Engelska. Until next time, I’m Christine Demsteader, thanks
for listening.
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