Long and rather philosophical speech about Artificial Intelligence, IQ tests, and how AIs will affect our working lives.
practice material
Knowledge of disease risk and ethical dilemmas
A simultaneous speech about whether it’s desirable to know one’s risk of developing diseases such as Alzheimer’s, cancer or heart disease. No figures, a bit of medical vocabulary. A good exercise for following twists and turns and expressing personal opinion.
UNICEF and Venezuela
A 6 minute consecutive about the economic crisis in Venezuela, with quite a few figures. This speech will go out of date quite quickly, as the situation develops in Venezuela.
Hydropower and dams – pros and cons
Suitable for simultaneous, or a very long consecutive. Some figures, and plenty of basic energy-related vocabulary.
1:10 French people are planning on leaving the UK after Brexit
Consecutive with lots of percentages.
