module 4 a social survey- my neighbourhood listening & vocabulary, everyday english...
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A. It’s mainly about what kind of work the neighbourhood committee have done.
B. It’s mainly about how the neighbourhood watch helped people.
C. It’s mainly about how the neighbourhood committee started the holiday club.
D. It’s mainly about how the neighbourhood committee began the neighbourhood watch.
QuestionsQuestions
• What does Yanghua work for? And how long has he worked for this organisation?
• What kind of work does the committee do? Please give some examples.
Interviewer: Mr Yang, you’re from Na
nchang, aren’t you ?
And am I right in thinking that you’ve lived here all your life
?
Yang Hua: Yes, I was born in this str
eet.
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Part 1
Interviewer: Really! And you work for a
n organization called “the n
eighborhood committee”, is
that right?
Yang Hua: Yes, I’ve worked for it for f
our years now. It’s been ver
y interesting.
Interviewer: We don’t have such organiz
ations in France. What kind
of work does the committee d
o?
Yang Hua: A great many things . Our job
is to look after the neighborh
ood.
Interviewer: Can you give us some examp
les?
Yang Hua: Yes.. Umm, for example , w
e’ve started a holiday club f
or children. A lot of childre
n have joined it.
It’s done very well.
Interviewer: Yes, we have that kind of th
ing in France.
Yang Hua: And we’ve begun a neighbo
rhood watch, where people
watch the houses and street
s. It’s been very successful,
so far. The streets are safer
as a result.
Interviewer: Congratulations!
Number of households
Number of manual workers
Total population
Number of shop workers
Number of professional people
Number of adults in employment
Number of office workers
Number of students
850
2,800
322
517
378
183
1,400
280
Listen to Part 2 and complete the chart Listen to Part 2 and complete the chart
Interviewer: You’re just completed a s
urvey of the neighborhoo
d, haven’t you?
Yang Hua: Yes, It’s been fascinating. I
n the past we haven’t kno
wn much about the
Part 2
people who live in our area.
Now we have a lot more inf
ormation.
Interviewer: I’d be interested to hear so
me of the figures.
Yang Hua: Well, there are 850 househo
lds.
Interviewer: So it’s quite a small area.
Yang Hua: Yes, it is. The total populati
on is 2800.
Interviewer: 2800. Have you collected a
ny information about occu
pations?
Yang Hua: Yes, we’ve got 322 professi
onal people, teachers, etc.
There are 517 office
workers, 378 people in
manual work and 280
students. There are
183 people working in
local shops like the
butcher’s and the
greengrocer’s.
Interviewer: I see. What about the
number of adults in emplo
yment?
Yang Hua: We make it 1400. We’ve ce
rtainly done our best to he
lp people find employment.
Interviewer: I’m sure you have!
Homework
Work in groups. Talk about the neighbourhoodcommittee in your area. Answer the following questions.
1. What do you know about the committee?2. How have they helped people?3. Would you like to be on the committee when you are older?4. What have you done to help in your neighbourhood?
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