LISTENING COMPREHENSION: OUT OF SCRAP, YOU CAN PRODUCE THINGS OF BEAUTY

 

LISTENING - LEVEL (C1, C2)

'Out of scrap, you can produce things of beauty' - BBC News 

5 February 2023

KEY WORDS

1. Scrap- retal, discarded parts, restos, sobras, chatarra 
2. Landfill- vertedero 
3. Heron- garza 
4. To braze- to solder with brass, soldar con latón, con bronce. 

 LISTENING

1. Listen to the recording and answer the questions or fill in the gaps as appropriate. 
2. What did the speaker use to make the item he is referring to? 
3. How many tanks did he need to make the eagle? 
4. How did he thank the people who didn’t want any money? 
5. He shows remorse for seeing things ------------------------------------------ (4 words) 
6. He believes things can be put ----------------------------------- (4 words) 
7. What has he just started to make? 
8. How does he put the feathers together? 
9. What kind of effect does this work have on him and why? 
10. Where does he stand as regards doing things you are fond of?

ANSWERS

1. He used a flat copper sheet from and old water tank. 
2. He used three. 
3. He made them a piece out of their tank. 
4. ...going to a landfill. 
5. ...to a better use. 
6. An heron 
7. He brazes each one of them individually. 
8. It keeps him sane because he is a workaholic. 
9. According to him, it gives you more purpose in life.