Spanish Government Backs Anti-Piracy Measures

Here are some activities about the text above. You can either e-mail your answers to elcalero.ingles@gmail.com or hand them in to your teacher. Deadline: 10th March.

vocabulary

1. There are some words in green in the text. Choose 2 of them and write a synonym, an opposite, a definition or a sentence.
2. Match these words from the text to their definition.

stop short / enact / flow / manifesto / trial

• a public declaration of intentions, opinions, obectives or motives
  
• the determination of a person's guilt or inocence by due process of law
  
• a cylinder or tube used to conduct a liquid, gas, or finely divided solid
• to make into law
  
• not go so far as to do something
  

comprehension

1. Say if these sentences about the text are true or false. Don't forget to copy the evidence from the text.

• The main aim of the law is to shut down Web sites that host illegal content.
  
• The same as in France, people can get disconnected from the Internet.
  

what would you say in these situations?

1. A friend of yours has decided to start paying for music downloaded from the Internet.
2. A friend of yours joins a pop group. They become popular, but nobody buys their music: it is downloaded from the Internet.
   

listening
Listen to two people discusing changes in the music industry, and complete the sentences below.

1. Peter O'Neill writes a popular blog about ...
2. Peter thinks that the death of the music industry ...
3. According to him, the challenge for the big companies in the music industry is ... and come up with a new business model.
4. The presenter says that ... were illegally downloaded last year.
5. A European survey said that 34% of 15 to 24 year olds had no idea of music as something ...
6. Peter says that those same 15 to 24 year olds who have never imagined buying music are the people who ...
7. Artic Monkeys released the ...