English Listening B1 Episode 09 - Track 01
Fill in the Blanks Exercise
Exercise (Track 1 - News Report):
AMBER BENSON Hello, I'm Amber Benson, and here is the news this Tuesday
.
The health service has failed to meet its
to reduce waiting times in
in NHS hospitals, according to a new survey carried out by the British Medical Council. The survey said that patients were still waiting too
a doctor, with some patients waiting up to
. However, government spokesperson Francis Hall told reporters that the
improving.
FRANCIS HALL We haven't met our targets
, that's true, but we've made a lot of
. The average waiting time has already been reduced from
to nearly 2 1/2 hours, and we expect to see even better
in the future.
AB A new report on
just been published. The report shows that allergies have become one of the UK's biggest
illness, with one in three people now affected. According to the report, the UK also has the highest
asthma in Europe, and treatment for this illness cost the NHS over
last year. Dr Jeff Gordon, from the charity Allergy Action, welcomed the report.
JEFF GORDON We're pleased to see that the government has finally decided to take this
seriously. However, we feel they still haven't told us the
. For example, the government has also carried out a survey on the
allergies, but why haven't we seen those results yet? That survey still hasn't been published, although it was completed
ago. We think they're hiding something.
AB And we've just heard that the actress Tanya Fisher has
. She was taken to hospital two days ago with
. Mrs Fisher was best known as Jennifer Sheldon in the TV comedy series
. She was 79. That's the news this Tuesday lunchtime, now over to Danny Strong for the
.
