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Unit 1 — “Ill Gotten Gains Never Prosper” Listen and consider

Listen and consider : Making a public statement

🔊 المعلّمة تقرأ لك
Money passed under the table to win a public contract, public funds spent without anyone knowing how: corruption works in the dark. On the radio, Karim Bishi, the head of an anti-corruption association, does the opposite — he speaks to all the listeners at once, and says what his association wants and what every citizen should do. How do you speak to a whole town against corruption — and make it listen?
🎓في نهاية هذا الدرس ستكون قادرا على:
  • فهم مقابلة إذاعيّة عن مكافحة الرشوة، واستخراج معلومات دقيقة منها: من المتكلّم، وما هدف جمعيّته، ومن أين جاءته فكرتها
  • التمييز بين ما قيل في المسموع وما لم يُقل فيه ⁦(true · false · not mentioned)⁩
  • تحديد ما يطلبه المتكلّم من المواطنين وما يتمنّاه، أي مضمون رسالته
  • تحضير تصريح عموميّ قصير ضدّ الرشوة ⁦(a public statement)⁩ وإلقاؤه شفهيّا: جملة افتتاحيّة قويّة، ثمّ أفكار مرتّبة بأدوات الربط، ثمّ جملة ختاميّة قويّة
🔑يفترض هذا الدرس أنّك تتقن:
  • الشرط من النوع الثاني للحديث عن وضع متخيَّل ⁦(if I were … , I would …)⁩
  • أدوات الربط للترتيب والسبب والنتيجة والغاية ⁦(first · because · therefore · so that)⁩
  • كلمات أساسيّة: ⁦corruption · bribe · law · citizen⁩

Before you listen

قبل الاستماع : أجب عن السؤالين، ثمّ اضغط زرّ الاستماع أعلى الصفحة. لا تفتح النصّ إلّا بعد أن تجيب.
1. Which of the practices below do you regard as morally acceptable (ethical), and which ones as morally wrong (unethical)? Justify your answer. A. Bribing, i.e. undertable payment for corrupt officials to win public contracts or favours. B. Whistle blowing, i.e. revealing confidential information to the police or to a newspaper that your company, for example, is breaking health and safety regulations. C. Spending money on lobbying, i.e. trying to persuade politicians to pass laws favourable to your particular industry. D. False accounting, i.e. using all available procedures including deception to hide the true financial position of your company. E. Militating in an anti-corruption association or society. 2. Explain in about three sentences what you understand by ethics in business. ⭐ On this page the recording is read aloud by the listening button, at the top. Listen once without opening anything — exactly as you would in class.
صنّف الممارسات الخمس إلى أخلاقيّة وغير أخلاقيّة وعلّل حكمك، ثمّ اشرح في ثلاث جمل ما تفهمه من ⁦ethics in business⁩.
The recording
نصّ المسموع. ⛔ لا تفتحه قبل أن تستمع وتجيب.

A radio interview — Karim Bishi, Head of the Right-to-Know Association, answers questions about corruption Radio host: This is Talk of the Nation. I'm Mohamed Berrashid welcoming you on the English service of your favourite radio. And in the studio with us now is Karim Bishi, Head of the Right-to-Know Association. Karim Bishi, how are you? Bishi: Fine. Thanks for asking. Radio host: Can you tell us a bit about the purpose of your association? Bishi: Well, our association is basically an anti-corruption body. Its chief purpose is to make people aware of their right to know how public funds are spent. Radio host: And how did the idea of creating such an association crop up? Bishi: It all started with last year's Transparency International Report. You know, the report published annually about the level of corruption in most countries of the world. Radio host: Oh! … Is there anything special in that report to make you think about creating such an association? Bishi: Well, yes. How shall I put it? When friends of mine and I read that report, we realized that the least corrupt countries are those which have associations like our own. So I said to myself it's high time we organised ourselves into an association to fight corruption. Radio host: So you think there are chances of winning the fight against corruption…? Bishi: Yes, but only if we act swiftly and collectively. We will eradicate corruption providing we act now. And I must add that the chances of eradicating this corruption will increase as long as all countries are committed to fighting it. You see… Radio host: Sorry to interrupt you, but should citizens be involved in this fight to stop corruption? Bishi: Now, if you ask me, I will say that corruption is not the affair of the Government only. So I think citizens had better stop shrugging their shoulders at bureaucratic abuse and waste. They had better not say that the fight against corruption is not their own business because it is… Radio host: Any other idea to close this interview? Bishi: Well, I wish our fellow citizens had heard our call to fight corruption earlier than now. I wish the present anti-corruption laws were tougher. And above all I wish our government would pass a law giving citizens the right to know how public funds are spent, and the sooner the better!

First listening — the missing words

الاستماع الأوّل : في كلّ جملة كلمة ناقصة. استمع إلى المقابلة، واكتب الكلمة الناقصة في مكانها حتّى يستقيم المعنى.
Task 1 — There is a missing word in each of the sentences below. Listen to the interview and insert the missing words where appropriate, so that the sentences become meaningful.

A. The Right-to-Know Association is an …… body. B. Transparency International publishes an annual …… about the level of corruption in most countries of the world. C. So you think there are …… of winning the fight against corruption. D. Sorry to …… you, but should citizens be involved in this fight to stop corruption?

Task 1 — the missing words
الكلمات الناقصة كما وردت في المقابلة.
  • A. The Right-to-Know Association is an anti-corruption body.
  • B. Transparency International publishes an annual report about the level of corruption in most countries of the world.
  • C. So you think there are chances of winning the fight against corruption.
  • D. Sorry to interrupt you, but should citizens be involved in this fight to stop corruption?

Now you know who is speaking: Karim Bishi, Head of the Right-to-Know Association. Its chief purpose, he says, is « to make people aware of their right to know how public funds are spent ».

Second listening — true, false or not mentioned?

الاستماع الثاني : قرّر لكلّ جملة هل هي صحيحة ⁦(T)⁩ أو خاطئة ⁦(F)⁩ أو غير مذكورة ⁦(NM)⁩ في المقابلة.
Task 2 — True (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM)? The first one is done for you.

A. The interview takes place in a radio studio. — T B. Bishi read the Transparency International Report on his own. C. According to Bishi, the least corrupt countries have associations like his. D. Bishi thinks that only the Government can fight corruption. E. The association has offices in every town of the country. F. Bishi was a journalist before he created the association.

Task 2 — the answers, with the words that prove them
الإجابات، مع الكلمات التي تثبتها من المسموع.
  • B — F. He read it with friends: « When friends of mine and I read that report ».
  • C — T. « the least corrupt countries are those which have associations like our own » — that is the reason he gives for creating his association.
  • D — F. It is the opposite: « corruption is not the affair of the Government only ».
  • E — NM. The interview never says where the association works.
  • F — NM. The interview says nothing about what Bishi did before.

Not mentioned is the trap of this task: a sentence can sound likely and still not be in the recording. Before you tick T or F, find the words that say it.

Consider the message — what does Bishi ask for?

تأمّل الرسالة : ماذا يطلب المتكلّم من المواطنين، وماذا يتمنّى؟ هذا هو مضمون تصريحه.
Task 3 — Listen to the end of the interview again and answer the questions.

A. On what conditions, according to Bishi, can corruption be eradicated? B. What must citizens stop doing, and what must they stop saying? C. Bishi closes the interview with three wishes. What are they?

Task 3 — the answers
الإجابات : الشروط، وما يطلبه من المواطنين، وأمنياته الثلاث.
  • A. Only if we act swiftly and collectively, and if we act now; and the chances grow as long as all countries are committed to fighting it.
  • B. They must stop shrugging their shoulders at bureaucratic abuse and waste, and stop saying that the fight against corruption is not their own business — because it is.
  • C. ① He is sorry that his fellow citizens did not hear the association's call earlier. ② He finds the present anti-corruption laws not tough enough. ③ Above all, he wants the government to pass a law giving citizens the right to know how public funds are spent — « and the sooner the better! »

Look at how his message is built: a purpose (the right to know), a reason (the report), conditions, a call to every citizen, and wishes to close. You can build your own statement on the same lines.

Making a public statement

التصريح العموميّ : نصّ قصير موجّه إلى الجمهور، يبدأ بجملة قويّة، ويرتّب أفكاره بأدوات الربط، ويُختم بجملة قويّة، ثمّ يُلقى بصوت مرتفع.

A public statement is addressed to the public — to your fellow citizens. Bishi made his on the radio. Yours will say what you would do to fight corruption if you were elected mayor of your town. It follows a simple plan: 1. a punchy topic sentence, which says at once what you stand for: « Dear fellow citizens, Corruption is an evil that must be fought now! » 2. your ideas, selected and put in order, each one with its details; 3. link words to join them; 4. a punchy sentence to conclude. Then you read it aloud: a public statement is made to be heard.

Useful language for your statement
When you want to…Useful language
give your opinionI think that … · I believe that … · In my opinion, … · It seems to me (that) … · As far as I'm concerned, … · As for me, … · If you ask me, …
say what people thinkSome people think that … · Some people believe that … · be in favour of … · be against … · be undecided · be in two minds
put your ideas in orderto begin with · first · next · finally
give a cause or a consequencebecause · since · for · as · as a consequence · therefore
give a purposein order to · so as to · so that
Make the best use, too, of the grammar and the vocabulary of this unit.
Your turn — think, pair, share. Prepare a short public statement saying what you would do to fight corruption if you were elected mayor of your town. 1. On your own, jot down ideas about your anti-corruption programme on the spidermap below. Its four branches: edict stringent regulations · appoint honest civil servants · fight tax evasion · rehabilitate the value of work. Add two details to each. 2. Compare your spidermap with your partner's. Are there any interesting ideas that you can exchange? 3. Join a group — your campaign counsellors. Together, select the most relevant ideas and write a draft. Start with a punchy topic sentence. 4. Conclude with a punchy sentence. Review your statement as a group, then read it aloud to the class. ⭐ Alone at home? Do step 1, write the draft yourself, then read it aloud and record it on your phone. Listen back once and check three things: a punchy first sentence, a link word for each idea, a punchy last sentence.
دورك : حضّر تصريحا عموميّا قصيرا تقول فيه ما ستفعله لمكافحة الرشوة لو انتُخبت رئيسا لبلديّتك. إن كنت وحدك، اكتبه ثمّ ألقه بصوت مرتفع وسجّله.
A model statement — the four branches of the spidermap, in order
نموذج تصريح : أفكار المخطّط الأربع مرتّبة بأدوات الربط.

Dear fellow citizens, Corruption is an evil that must be fought now! If I were elected mayor of our town, here is what I would do. To begin with, I would edict stringent regulations so that every public contract is given in the open. Next, I would appoint honest civil servants, because a good law needs honest people to apply it. Then, I would fight tax evasion, since the money that escapes taxes is taken from our schools and our hospitals. Finally, I would rehabilitate the value of work: a job must be won by merit, never by a bribe. Some people think that corruption is the affair of the Government only. If you ask me, it is the business of every one of us. Therefore, I need each of you: together, we will eradicate it — and the sooner the better!

Check the model with the plan: a punchy topic sentence; the four ideas in order with to begin with, next, then, finally; a cause (because, since), a purpose (so that) and a consequence (therefore); an opinion (If you ask me) against what some people think; and a punchy sentence to close.

The written exam plays no recording: what this lesson brings to it is the written expression, where a statement, a speech or an article against corruption follows the same plan. Have three things ready: ① a punchy first sentence that says at once what you stand for; ② three or four ideas in order, each with its link word and one detail; ③ the words of the fight — bribe, public funds, tax evasion, false accounting, stringent regulations, eradicate. The frequent mistake: piling up wishes with no order and no reason — each idea needs its link word (to begin with, because, therefore, so that) and its detail.
What I keep — On the radio, Karim Bishi, head of the Right-to-Know Association, fights for the citizens' right to know how public funds are spent. For him, corruption can be eradicated only if we act swiftly and collectively, and it is not the affair of the Government only. A public statement speaks to the whole town: a punchy topic sentence, ideas in order joined by link words, a punchy sentence to close — and it is read aloud.

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