The rebirth of tourism

After the end of the Troubles, Northern Ireland is once again a place of "Peace and Beauty", KATHLEEN BECKER reports (Spotlight August 2008). This week we look at words connected with economic rebirth and renewal. First, test your listening and writing skills by doing our dictogloss. Reconstruct a short text by listening and noting down key words as a base for writing out the whole text.

Dictogloss

First, look at the image of the murals, then click on the arrow symbol beside the speaker below to hear a commentary on it. As you listen, write the key words you hear into the box. Listen to the text a second time and add more keywords. Finally, fill in words between your keywords to reconstruct the text. Done? Then click on the "Show the text" button to read the whole text, and compare it with what you have written.

Now follow up with a short vocabulary exercise. Ready?

Anne Hodgson