English Listening B1 Episode 29 - Track 06
Fill in the Blanks Exercise
TRACK 6
Radio Host: And now, over to our reporter Vicky Sandhurst,
who's currently in Todmorden in West Yorkshire — a little town . And
that idea is all about carrots and cucumbers, . I’ll say no more...
Vicky!
Reporter: Yes, good morning, Brendan. I’m here in Todmorden
— or “Tod,” as the people . What’s happening here . But I want
you to hear it from one of the young people . What’s your name?
Simon: Simon.
Reporter: And how old are you?
Simon: 15.
Reporter: Simon, tell our listeners, please — what’s so
?
Simon: Incredible Edible.
Reporter: And what’s Incredible Edible, Simon? Tell us more.
Simon: Well, it’s the name of a project that we’re .
Some people in Tod had the idea some time ago that Todmorden should become the
first town in the country that is . The idea was that all the free
spaces in the town should be . People liked the idea, I guess, and
started to . Where we had flowers before — now we’ve got .
And everybody can take what they want — nobody has to .
Reporter: Wow! Well, thanks for talking to us, Simon. That
sounds wonderful. Excuse me, you’ve just taken some broccoli from this flower
bed here, which is actually right next to . And they aren’t arresting
you ?
Man: No, not at all. We don’t buy our vegetables from the
supermarket — we .
Reporter: That’s amazing! But who plants all those
vegetables?
Man: We all do, and that’s . If we all work
together, we do good things for others, and others do .
Reporter: What a ! Enjoy your lunch!
Man: Thank you.
Reporter: And I’m now joined by the woman who —
Mary Clear. Mary, I heard that you came up with this wonderful idea when you
were . Is that right?
Mrs. Clear: Yes, we were talking and found we were both
pretty unhappy about . There are so many negative things happening in
the world, so we thought, let’s just .
Reporter: Wow. And how did people react?
Mrs. Clear: At our first public meeting, . And the
reaction was . Incredible Edible...
