Wednesday, February 10, 2010

LISTENING NO. 2: Alexis Ohanian. How to make a splash in social media

BEFORE LISTENING

1. What is the meaning of the following words?

splash - stuff - pop up - humpback - that crazy - put up signals - accomplished - kind of - be up front - poll

2. Phrase Matching:

a. That's what you'd call 1. that crazy about it
b. The democratic front page 2. accomplished
c. This is actually about discovering 3. is the best stuff on the web
d. These humpback whales 4. to participate
e. Greenpeace actually wasn't 5. up front
f. And people were putting up 6. a social news website
g. Mission 7. were getting killed
h. were happy 8. how the internet works
i. And this is kind of 9. discovering new things that pop up on the web
j. Be honest, be 10. signs in the real world


LISTENING



AFTER THE LISTENING

Answer the following questions:
1. What is the name of the website that is presented here?
2. What is it for?
3. What poll does he talk about?
4. Did Greenpeace accomplish their objectives?

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