www.thelisteningbusiness.comDistributed with kind permission from the BBC The Listening Business 2012BBC RADIO 4 NEWS Monday, 16th January 2012 10.00am ELEMENTARY: QUESTIONS1. What has been recovered by divers searching the Costa Concordia cruise liner? 2. When did the ship run aground? 3. Where did it run aground? 4. When was the body of the male passenger found? 5. How many people are still missing?6. Who is Nick Clegg? 7. Who own shares under the John Lewis business model? 8. Where did Mr Clegg give his speech? 9. What is another word for employees? 10. Name two things, besides absenteeism, which are generally lower when employees own shares in the company they work for: 11. What are generally higher? 12. What did John Lewis weather better than other companies?13. What do you call a sum of money you lend to another person? 14. What do the letters IMF stand for? The _ Monetary _ 15. Which places is the chancellor visiting at the moment? 16. What will Britain help, according to the chancellor? 17. Which crisis is the IMF trying to deal with at the moment?18. Who is Yousuf Raza Gilani? 19. When is he going to appear in court? 20. What is Mr Zardaris political position in Pakistan? 21. What is Pakistan experiencing at the moment? political _ 22. What type of government does Pakistan have at the moment?23. Where did the man head mass protests against corrupt local officials? 24. What did these protests receive? 25. What has the man been appointed as? 26. Who did the villagers clash with? 27. What were the disputes about?www.thelisteningbusiness.comDistributed with kind permission from the BBC The Listening Business 2012BBC RADIO 4 NEWS Monday, 16th January 2012 10.00am ELEMENTARY: ANSWERS1. What has been recovered by divers searching the Costa Concordia cruise liner? the body of a sixth person 2. When did the ship run aground? on Friday 3. Where did it run aground? off the western coast of Italy 4. When was the body of the male passenger found? early this morning 5. How many people are still missing? 166. Who is Nick Clegg? Hes the deputy prime minister. 7. Who own shares under the John Lewis business model? employees 8. Where did Mr Clegg give his speech? in the City of London (i.e. in Londons financial district) 9. What is another word for employees? staff 10. Name two things, besides absenteeism, which are generally lower when employees own shares in the company they work for: turnover and production costs 11. What are generally higher? productivity and wages 12. What did John Lewis weather better than other companies? the economic downturn13. What do you call a sum of money you lend to another person? a loan 14. What do the letters IMF stand for? The International Monetary Fund 15. Which places is the chancellor visiting at the moment? Hong Kong and Beijing 16. What will Britain help, according to the chancellor? countries, not currencies 17. Which crisis is the IMF trying to deal with at the moment? the eurozone crisis18. Who is Yousuf Raza Gilani? Hes Pakistans prime minister. 19. When is he going to appear in court? on Thursday 20. What is Mr Zardaris political position in Pakistan? president 21. What is Pakistan experiencing at the moment? political uncertainty 22. What type of government does Pakistan have at the moment? a civilian government23. Where did the man head mass protests against corrupt local officials? in southern China 24. What did these protests receive? wide international coverage 25. What has the man been appointed as? the new village chief 26. Who did the villagers clash with? police 27. What were the disputes about? land www.thelisteningbusiness.comDistributed with kind permission from the BBC The Listening Business 2012BBC RADIO 4 NEWS Monday, 16th January 2012 10.00am INTERMEDIATE: GAP-FILL1. The body of a _ person has been recovered by divers searching the _ submerged cruise ship, the Costa Concordia. 2. The ship _ _ last Friday off the western _ of _. 3. The _ passengers body was discovered _ this morning. 4. His body was in a _ in the part of the ship which was still above _. 5. _ people are still missing.6. The deputy prime minster Nick Clegg wants more companies to _ the _ Lewis model. 7. Under this model companies offer _ to their _. 8. Mr Clegg recently gave a speech in the City of _. 9. He said that when _ own a chunk of the company they work for, they often perform _. 10. He talked about lower absenteeism, lower staff _ and lower production costs. 11. He said in general productivity is _, as are wages. 12. Mr Clegg said firms like John Lewis even _ the economic _ better _ other companies. 13. He said the evidence a