Today’s picture: Starfish in a rockpool, Waiheke Island, Auckland, May 2008

Part 1: Today's word

‘Consist of’ means ‘made up of’ different parts. So it can be used for groups of people or for sets or systems which have different parts or members.

The project team consists of the HR manager, a marketing consultant and the company accountant.

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Part 2: Test

Here are four sentences with our word of the day - but only three of them are correct. Which is the odd one out?

The course material consists of a study guide, a prescribed text and some photocopied articles.

The team consists of the HR manager, a marketing consultant and the company accountant.

Oxford and Cambridge consist of the two most famous universities in England.

The final examination will consist of 40 multiple-choice items and two short essay questions.


Part 3: Practice Questions:

How many members does your family consist of?

How many different stages does essay writing consist of?


Part 4: Kiwi Quiz Question

Which of these is NOT a Kiwi custom or institution?

RTE
OE
ACC
RSA

Part 5: Today's Online Listening

International – Culture

Confucian Ways (The Reith Lecture)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2008/

Vocabulary for the lecture:

vistas / filial piety / auspicious / leapfrog / historically verifiable / practise what you preach / vehemently deny / disciples / veneration / hegemony / precursors / descendants / sychophant

Questions for the lecture:


How old is the oldest Chinese book in the British library?
Why did the lecturer choose the title Chinese vistas?
What is the best-selling book in modern China, with sales of over 6 million copies?
How many Confucian institutes have been set up outside China?
When was Confucius born and how long did he live?
Where did he live?
Which class did he come from?
Who wrote the text called ‘the analects’?
How old was Confucius when he was finally able to follow with his heart what his heart desired without overstepping the line?
Which extra elements became added to the State Confucianism which developed by the 12th century in association with examinations?
Why was Shun Fu Zhun’s visit to London in the 1680s important? When did the last dynasty come to an end?