Third year language assignments for HT 2010

Place the mouse on the letters in the first column to view the topics. The newspaper translation and reading comprehension exercises will be posted onto the Assignments area of the WebLearn site.

Topics	Prose composition	Interpreting	Listening comprehension
W1	International aid efforts for Haiti gather pace	Sichuan Earthquake	公安部成立应急工作小组　紧急部署救援海地地震后维和人员
W2	Bank shares tumble on Obama crackdown	Credit Crunch
W3	Tony Blair admits Saddam threat was overstated
W4	Virgin Media to trial piracy-detection software
W5	Drugs	Anti drug
W6	UN nuclear watchdog accuses Iran over nuclear weapons	Is nuclear power the answer?
W7	I recognise it. I’ve done it myself. But the PM is just a Scot losing his temper — with good reason
W8	Bulger killer Jon Venables held over child porn claims	Vocab Pop culture