5.4
BEAUCIEL
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KEY LANGUAGE
THE LANGUAGE OF MEETINGS – SUMMARISING
5
5.4
Listen to three international consultants,
Françoise, Daniel and Kirsten. They are talking about
one of the transport problems which particularly
worries them. Answer the questions.
1
What is the problem that concerns them most?
2
What solutions do they discuss?
3
What do they finally decide to do?
6
a
Listen to the conversation again. Tick the phrases
for summarising that Françoise uses.
1
OK, let me summarise our discussion.
2
Let me recap, please.
3
So, just to confirm.
4
Right, what have we covered so far?
5
OK, do we essentially have agreement?
6
Right, I’ll now sum up.
7
Everyone happy with my summary?
6
b
Check your answers by looking at Audio script 5.4
on page 174.
TASK
EVALUATING PROPOSALS
7
a
Work in small groups. You are members of the
Planning Department of the city council. Read the
proposals below for solving the problems and add any
ideas from Exercise 4.
7
b
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each
proposal. Choose five of the best ideas for further
study and decide whether they can be achieved in the
short, medium or long term.
7
c
Consider the cost of the five proposals you
have chosen. How might the city raise the money
to pay for them?
7
d
Join other groups. Discuss and comment on each
other’s ideas for solving the city’s transport problems.
Proposals for solving the traffic problems
1
Introduce a ‘congestion charge’. Drivers
coming into the city during the day would pay
a certain amount of money to the city council
each time (e.g. 15 euros for each visit).
2
Increase parking fines by 50 percent – use the
money to finance wider roads.
3
Build a new subway system in the city or a ring
road round the city.
4
Rebuild the old tram system, using old lines as
far as possible.
5
Have free bus transport in the city, with more
bus lanes. Introduce big fines for drivers of
private cars who use the bus lanes.
6
Put a ‘park and ride’ scheme into place: drivers
leave their cars in car parks outside the city centre,
then they catch a special bus into the centre.
7
Build a huge underground car park under the
city centre.
8
Increase the road tax on motorcycles by 50
percent to reduce noise.
9
Create more cycle lanes.
10
Have exclusive lanes on busy bus routes for taxis.
