Listen for vocabulary:
1) What has the sea done to the buildings in this area? (two verbs) 0:05-0:10
batter, whip
2) What did the young lady take with her when she was evacuated? 0:30-0:43
her cat, makeup, laptop
3) What word was used to describe the commute experience during this bad
weather? 0:48-0:52
nightmarish (like a nightmare)
4) The newsreader said it was 'inevitable'. What did the shop owner say, which
has the same meaning? 0:53-1:02
fruitless
5) What expressions did the clergyman use to explain how local people were
feeling?1:09-1:22
"Along with a sense of i)helplessness,
there's a very strong ii)resolve, a strong sense of
iii)community; and here this morning, seeing people
iv)pulling together, it's amazing. Here's the rain
starting again; people are v)fearful about
vi)what lies ahead, you know? But there's a
lot of vii)determination to
viii)start again and to ix)get on with it."
6) What do the expressions iv), vi) and ix) mean?
iv) co-operate, help each other vi) in the near
future ix) start to do an unpleasant task without complaining