B. Listening comprehension

Read our article about statues taken down all over the world on pages 22-23 of English Now No 114. Then listen to this conversation and fill in the blanks with the words below.

topplingstatuetradervandalismhistoryhidedownansweracknowledgeeveryoneadmiretradition

Conversation 2: Austin’s class is having a discussion with their
______
teacher. They are British and live in Bristol.

  • Teacher: Is
    ______
    statues
    ______
    or does it
    ______
    progress in how people think?
  • Austin: It’s progress, of course!
  • Teacher: What about
    ______
    and history?
  • Austin: We can’t
    ______
    behind words that protect racist acts.
  • Teacher: Explain, please.
  • Austin: Edward Colston was a slave
    ______
    . A public statue of him that
    ______
    can see in our town tells people that we honour his acts.
  • Teacher: And?
  • Austin: We don’t! If we take
    ______
    his
    ______
    , he is still part of history, but we can put a statue of someone we actually
    ______
    in his place.
  • Teacher: Excellent
    ______
    , Austin.

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