1. Do you ever take part in debriefing meetings for your work? What is discussed in your debriefing meetings?
2. Do you think debriefing meetings are useful? Explain why/why not.
B Look at the following points, which might be mentioned in a debriefing meeting for a radio programme. Decide if the points are positive (P) or negative (N).
o A booked speaker does not arrive for the show
o Research not done well
o Being first with breaking news
o Studio going down for several seconds
o Getting an eyewitness report for a breaking news story
o Interviewees not briefed well
C 
0.8 Listen to a debriefing meeting at the Good Morning Australia studio and tick (√) the points in B that they discuss.
D 0.8 Listen again and complete the following extracts.
1. Who wants _______ _______ first on this mornings show?
2. the show being off air was not a _______ _______.
3. Were still trying to figure out _______ _______.
4. Do you have any idea what the _______ _______ and how we can avoid it _______ _______ in the future?
5. what _______ _______ the meteorology expert?
6. getting an eyewitness _______ of the rail crash was a _______ scoop.
7. I was also very _______ _______ the piece about house prices, and I think the piece on the Picasso museum was _______ _______.
Focus on reading
3.1 Read the article quickly and answer this question. What does it say you need to do to be able to do free running successfully?
Running Free
Parkour or free running is the fast-growing extreme sport that turns everyday urban landscapes into obstacle courses. Caroline Williams meets the man who started it all.
Loosely translated, le parkour means using every object in your path as an obstacle. It began in 1987 in the Paris suburbs, where bored teenagers Sebastien Foucan and David Belle decided to make life more interesting. Interesting involved climbing up buildings, swinging around lamp posts and vaulting anything that stayed still for long enough. We were just kids who started playing a game, and weve never really stopped, says Foucan.
With six friends, they set up Yamakasi- a group which later split when five of them opted to take work as theatre acrobats, but not before it had led to a 2001 film of the same name. Yet, despite all the splits and personal differences, what they refer to as the discipline lives on.
Fifteen years later, its a global phenomenon. The UK-based parkour website gets 10 000 visitors a day. Foucan is surprised to say the least. For me, its amazing but its my goal to meet people from all over the world and to spread the philosophy, he says. This philosophy is all about challenging and improving yourself, while maintaining a zen-like calm. Thats why there are no competitions in parkour, and definitely no world records. When asked what is the highest he has ever jumped, Foucan replies: I have no idea.
There have been serious setbacks. One person died after trying some of the moves in the Yamakasi film. And since the rise of parkours popularity amongst the general public there have been more than a few broken bones. The key thing, says Ez (pronounced ee-zee), a founder member of the movement, is that you must learn how to roll. Its very important because if youre moving forwards with a lot of momentum and you dont roll, your legs take the shock. If you can roll across your shoulder, never on your spine it transfers the energy so you dont get hurt. You land, you roll, you stand up and you keep running.
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And if you are going to leap from a tall building, or even just off the back of your sofa, you should know how to land properly. You might think you just bend your knees, but actually you have to land on the ball of your foot, bend your knees in a certain way and slap the floor with your hand. It takes the shock out of landing entirely. It looks painful but he insists it doesnt hurt nearly as much as when he landed flat on his heels one time and couldnt walk for nine weeks.
Once youve mastered these movers, you can create as many jumps and death-defying handstands off the edges of buildings as you like. But, as the cliché goes, its practice that makes perfect. And you have to be able to suppress any last-minute doubts or fears. When you get scared, you become more rigid in your movements, your muscles become tense and youre more likely to lose co-ordination, says Professor Stuart Biddle, a sports psychologist. The mind plays a massive part, agrees Ez. When youre standing at the edge of one building leaning to do a spot jump, you fall until the very last second and then jump. Its scary because you can see exactly how far up you are it might be eighteen or twenty metres. If the fear gets to you, its all over, so you really have to have confidence in your training.
3.2 Read the article again and decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. Free running was invented in France.
2. It was originally a way of fighting boredom.
3. A group of friends created Yamakasi and it still exists.
4. Foucan knew it would become this popular.
5. People who do free running arent competitive.
6. Ez says one of the most important things is to be fit.
7. He has never hurt himself while free running.
8. Fear has a bad effect on your co-ordination.
9. Ez never feels any fear.
3.3 Find words in the text which mean:
1. to jump over something in one move. (paragraph 2)
2. to choose one thing over another (paragraph 3)
3. a problem that happens that stops you from making progress (paragraph 5)
4. the force or energy that makes a moving object continue to move
(paragraph 5)
5. an expression that is used too often and no longer has any real meaning (paragraph 7)
6. stiff and not moving or bending (paragraph 7)
Language Focus
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(Writing commentary and Captions on Sports Photo)
I. (Commentary) - ғ қң үң . ә ү ө, ә .. . ң ң ө қ ә қ .ұ ө: (play-by-play commentary) ә ө (color-added commentary).
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қ ғ қ ү (play-by-play commentary).
ғ ү . ң (a race) ғ ә қғ қ (theyre off!, and at the post, its). -әң ң (in the straight they come, and round the turn its). Қ ө , ә қ ң.
Examples: They are off and racing now.
And one of the best was Speedy Cheval
Coming out at number two from El Red
Twilight Time is in behind those.
Breaking up behind is Noodlums Fella
And he went down
And one tipped out was My Dalrae
ғғ ү ғ қ ң өң ө қ: ә ү әң қ . қ :
-әң ә қ ұ ө . қ ұқ ә ү (hesitation noises), (false starts), ө (comment clauses), ғ ө ә қ (spontaneous) өң .
(Prosody) ө қ . ұ ә ү әң ө ғ (both slower and faster). ң ү (. ) қ (in a monotone) ғ ө ү. ү (, ) ә ү ғғ қ. ө ү ә (idiosyncrasy - ө) ү.
ң қ қ (he sends it back); ө құң (Gooch in close), ө әң (over at third is Smith) ә ө (The quiet Texan Tommy John delivers; and Smith, whos scored well this season, runs back). (Passive) қ: өң қ .
II. қ (Sports photo captions) қң ғ . қ (captions) қ, , ққ ә . қ
1. (caption) ұ қғ ү. қ ә қ .
2. ң қғ қ ә құ : қ ғ (photo credit), (body copy), ң ғ (header or cutline).
3. (photo credit) ң ғ . ә қң .
4. қ қғ (body copy). ң ү. ұқ ұ: who, what where, when ә why. ң ң who, where ә when. ү қ ә ү ө ө. ң , ң ө қ. ә қ (what is happening) ә (why) .
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5. ң ғ . ұқң қғ қ. Safe! қ қ ө ұ ү.
6. ң ү қң: Safe! Pirates first base player Sucharita 
Patel tags Tiger Daniel Chen in Tuesdays Springfield Little League semifinals at Memorial Park. The Pirates defeated the Tigers 8-7. (Photo: Sally Smith)
Second place: Michael Phelps was beaten by South African Darian Townsend in the 200m individual medley in Stockholm Photo: GETTY IMAGES
4.1 Read the article and choose one to prepare online coverage:
қ қ ө ң қ ө. Ққ қө Қғ , 2:0 ұ қ. Қ ққ ғ ң ққ ғ .
қң қ, -қө ңғ қ ү . ғ ң ә қ ү ұ ғ қ ң ә өң ү қ . ғқ 1:0 ң қ қ . қ ң ұ. қө қғ ө, ғ , қ ң ққ ққ ә қ . Ққ қ қ. , ң ққ ғ .
ң қ . қғң қғ ә ө ү ұ ң ө ң 2:0 ұқ . , қғ қғ ғқ ң . , ң ңғ ө. ғ, ғ ғ, ғ қққ . қғ ң ү ү. ң, , 2:1 ң . ң ө ң қ.
4.2 Write the captions for the photos:
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