Dossier spécial
Audio files
– Find out about British pub culture in this edition of Talk about English. There is first an interview of the director of the last Harry Potter’s film (mainly about the PG13 rating) , then the program about pub culture based on the expression ‘call time on something’ . you can listen to the program and read the full transcript (pubs from page 5 to 7)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/talkaboutenglish/wednesday/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/talkaboutenglish/ramfiles/talkaboutenglish_wk48_wed.ram
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/talkaboutenglish/scripts/talkaboutenglish_wk48_wed.pdf
– *** ‘calling time on calling time’ the full program from ‘Weekender’ on the BBC, with the mp3 file to download, the script and a quiz.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1412_weekender/page2.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1412_weekender/mp3/wee_051125_drinking.mp3
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1412_weekender/scripts/weekender_051125_drinking.pdf
– listen to this radio ad against drink and drive
http://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/campaigns/drinkdrive/download/your-round.mp3
Articles
– questions and answers from the Guardian
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1649002,00.html
– « A new dawn for drinkers at stroke of midnight » from the Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1649327,00.html?gusrc=rss
– ‘licence to disturb’ from the Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,18389-1889146,00.html
– from the Mirror : « 24-hour boozing begins : about time gentlemen/ outdated booze laws axed.. but will it be cheers or tears? »
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16407029&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=24-hour–boozing-begins–about-time-gentlemen–name_page.html
– a new tactic against binge drinking and anti-social behavior : free lollipops! read this article from the News and Star ‘Pub bosses sweet on binge drinking tactics’ http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/viewarticle.aspx?id=308676
– ‘Bottoms up for extended drinking time’ an article from Surrey online
http://icsurreyonline.icnetwork.co.uk/printable_version.cfm?objectid=16431884&siteid=50101
– *** the leaflet from the British site ‘think road safety’
http://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/campaigns/drinkdrive/pdf/nov05-leaflet.pdf
– what is a pub (public house) accordingto wikipedia, with lots of links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pub
Posters
– this poster ‘don’t loose a friend to booze’ explains how to deal with someone who passes out from drinking alcohol
http://www.frcentre.net/communities/Kingston/DontLoseBooze.JPG
– safe and sober party planning poster
http://www.frcentre.net/communities/Kingston/PartyPlaning.pdf
– shocking : the campaign from Alberta, Canada ‘if you drink, don’t bowl’ and this poster where a girl with her head in the toilets (bowl) says ‘I made a fool of myself in front of both of him »
http://www.canadiandistillers.com/eng/ResponsibleUse/ftoilet2.pdf
– ‘you can’t calculate your drinking limit so don’t try’ poster
http://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/campaigns/drinkdrive/pdf/june04-poster.pdf
– ‘when will you have too much?’ poster
http://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/campaigns/drinkdrive/pdf/whenwillyou.pdf
Videos
– a video against drink driving ( a drink too much and the accident takes place in the pub : efficient and striking)
http://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/campaigns/drinkdrive/download/crash.mpg
the whole campaign
http://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/campaigns/drinkdrive/drinkdrive.htm
