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Callum: Hello I'm Callum Robertson and this is Talk about English, live from studio S6
in Bush House London.

In today's programme we're joined by two teams who will be fighting it out for
the Talk about English trophy. They will be answering questions on general
knowledge, the English language, our special topic, Fashion and they'll also be
trying to win your votes in our Talk about English debate.

Let's introduce today's competitors.

Guests introduce themselves – brief intros: name, where they come from etc.

Hear each team's buzzer & my buzzer for bonus points.

Callum: And before we get started with today's quiz, here is a question for everyone
listening live online. This question is bit of a riddle and it's not as difficult as it
might seem – so think carefully. On a clear day if you were standing on top of
Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, what's the furthest thing that
you could see? If you think you know the answer, email us at
talkaboutenglish@bbc.co.uk or enter through the competition page of the
website where you can also see the question again.


Now on with the quiz

Round 1 – FASHION QUESTIONS
Our current Talk about English Topic is fashion. For the first round of the quiz
I'll ask the teams questions based on this topic which are taken from two areas
of the BBC Learning English website. They are the Words in the News story
from January 26
th
, 'Spain resizes clothes for women' and also the Weekender
programme called 'Size Zero' about the results of a body image survey. The
teams have looked at the pages in advance, so let's get started, if you know the
answer, press your buzzer.

First the results of the BBC survey.

How many people took part in the survey? About 25,000



What did more than half of the young women in the survey say they would do to improve
their looks? Have surgery


What did most women in the survey believe about themselves?
That they weren't thin enough


What does size zero mean?
Very small U.S. dress size that would fit a girl



GONG

Callum: And that's the end of the first round

There has been quite a lot in the media about body image recently – do you
think this is a big issue in your country?

(Response from contestants)

The media is full of pictures of celebrities and models. Fashion magazines
show an image of women and men that is often very different to the everyday
person on the street. What the public sees in the media can have a big influence
on what the public do and what the public think. This could be positive and this
could be negative. And this is the topic of our debate.

Celebrities and the media have a lot of influence on the way people want to
look and dress. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Our two teams have a
maximum of three minutes each to put forward arguments in favour of one of
these points of view. And if you are listening to this programme live you can
vote on which team makes the best argument. The team which gets the most
votes will get an extra point. Also as the teams are speaking I'll award them
extra points for good arguments and good use of English.

First - :

The English Studio team (Max 3 minutes)

International House London team (MAX 3 minutes)

Callum: ( Respond to teams with feedback on good English)


This is Talk about English live from BBC Learning English dot com. Today
our special live quiz. Time now for our next round, which is all about the
vocabulary of fashion

ROUND 2 – Topic vocabulary questions

How do you spell fashion?


What's the negative expression for someone who always follows the latest fashions?
Fashion victim


What's the more positive expression for someone who is interested in the latest fashion
To be fashion conscious


What's the adverb from fashion? Fashionably


What does the verb 'to fashion something' mean
To make something with your hands


I can cook, after a fashion. Can I cook well or badly
badly


Someone who has a medical problem connected with eating, for example anorexia, is said to
have an eating what? disorder


GONG

Callum: And that's the end of that round.

(To teams) How important is fashion to you?

(Responses from team members)

ROUND 3 - General Knowledge

We've recently had Chinese New Year. In the Chinese zodiac system years are marked by
different animals. For example the year of the dragon, the year of the rat. Which animal is this
year's sign
The Pig (this year)


What is the top colour on a rainbow?
Red


Geography - What’s the capital of Cuba? Havana



Sport - How many events are included in a Heptathlon? Seven

History - What was Michelangelo's first name? Michelangelo

BELL

Callum: Well that sound means it's time to end the quiz. It's been very exciting so well
done everyone.

Before we find out the final score let's find out which team won the public vote,
whose opinion was most supported:

(VOTE RESULT)

And with that the final scores are:

FINAL SCORES

So well done to A and bad luck to B, but don't worry because you're all
winners and you all get prizes, but the current holders of the Talk about
English trophy are ...NAMES

Before we go, the answer to the question I set at the beginning of the
programme. On a clear day if you were standing on top of Mount Everest, the
tallest mountain in the world, what's the furthest thing that you could see? The
correct answer is, of course, the sun.

Announce winner.
That's all from our live Talk about English quiz. Goodbye from me and the
teams. (GOODBYES)