06/11/2015 The Emotional Robot 1 of 12 Lego Embraces the Rainbow ENW 435 Introduction This week’s ENW podcast, the first for June 2021, reports on a new colour scheme by one of the world’s most popular toy companies to celebrate World Pride Month. Lego, the Danish company famous for making small bricks that can create some fantastical objects, has released a new set of figures decked out in the colours of the rainbow! Why? Listen to English News Weekly Podcast to find out! HOMEPAGE AND (c) Jaime Selwood ENW Episode 219 TECHNOLOGY SOCIAL MEDIA n Contents Pages Part 1 | Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 1 Brainstorm Page 1 Protest Movements Page 1 / 2 Quiz | This Week Page 2 Part 2 | Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Words Page 3 True or False Page 3 Vocabulary |Synonyms Page 3 Part 3 | Listening / Reading The News Story 418 Words Page 4 What Do You Think...? Page 4 Part 4 | After Listening / Reading Q & A Page 5 A & Q Page 5 Part 5 | Extra Stuff Extra English I Page 6 7 to Chinwag Page 6 Writing Activity Page 7 And Finally…. Did You Know? Page 7 TV Links Page 8 The Answers Pages 8-10 | A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. | A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習。 1 | The English News Weekly Podcast | © Jaime Selwood 2021 | [email protected] [202106-01] | Lego Embraces the Rainbow | JUNE 4TH, 2021 | PART 1 | Warm-Ups | Warm Up | 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four boxes below, which box is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Guyana b) Togo c) Malaysia d) Turkey My Reason… _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________ Warm Up | 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word(s) in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? | Toys | Warm Up | Which Capital City? Read the list of world capital cities Do you recognise some famous football team badges? Match the names on page 2 with the photographs below! 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 6: 7: 8: 9: 10: @hiroshima_jaime | English News Weekly #435 Lego Embraces the Rainbow | CULTURE 2 | The English News Weekly Podcast | © Jaime Selwood 2021 | [email protected] Protest Movement Symbols Read the list of protest movement symbols from around the world and then match them with the correct photograph on page 1! A Abortion Rights Argentina G Orange Revolution Ukraine B Anti-Brexit UK H Pride March, Sydney C Black Lives Matter USA I Save the Whale, Tokyo D Campaign Nuclear Disarmament J Solidarity Germany E Pro-Democracy Myanmar K Umbrella Movement, Hong Kong Warm Up | 4 | A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week’s news story. Remember if you don’t know – use the Internet to help or GUESS! Q1 What country does Lego originally come from? a: Finland b: Sweden c: Denmark Q2 When was Lego first released? a: 1939 b: 1949. c: 1959 Q3 Lego is an abbreviation of ‘leg godt’ – what is the English translation? a: Let’s build b: Let’s play c: Let’s join Q4 What is the rarest Lego set? a: Star Wars Millennium Falcon b: Taj Mahal c: Airport Shuttle Q5 Which country sells the most expensive Lego sets? a: Ecuador b: UAE c: Japan Q6 Which Lego set, with 9,036 pieces, has the most of any set sold? a: Eiffel Tower b: Star Wars Death Star c: The Colosseum X1 What does LGBT+ stand for? X2 What year was the Rainbow Flag created by the LGBT community? X3 Name the three LGBT; billionaires: A: Apple B: Fashion C: Film Producer END OF PART 1 @hiroshima_jaime | English News Weekly #435 Lego Embraces the Rainbow | CULTURE 3 | The English News Weekly Podcast | © Jaime Selwood 2021 | [email protected] | PART 2 | Before Listening | Pre-Listening / Reading | 1 Jumbled Sentences The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order. Movie. The 2014 title takes of movie - from its the Awesome’ line song the is hit The name Lego animation ‘Everyone 2 Everything is Awesome _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Pre-Listening / Reading | 2 | A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story – Everything is Awesome! Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 – 5 are True or False! 1 May is World Pride month. [T] [F] 2 Purple is the only gender-neutral colour in the new Lego line. [T] [F] 3 The original Rainbow Pride Flag originally eight-colour stripes. [T] [F] 4 Lego is originally from Sweden. [T] [F] 5 The Lego movie is a live-action film first released in 2014. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading | 3 Antonyms An antonym is a word with an opposite meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their antonyms on the right. All the antonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Pride 6 Smile A Nobody F Biased 2 Diversity 7 Fictional B Nightmares G Traditional 3 Neutral 8 Dreams C Grimace H Likeness 4 Individuality 9 Modern D Infamous I Similarity 5 Everyone 10 Famous E Gloom J Real END OF PART 2 @hiroshima_jaime | English News Weekly #435 Lego Embraces the Rainbow | CULTURE 4 | The English News Weekly Podcast | © Jaime Selwood 2021 | [email protected] | PART 3 | Listening | Listening / Reading | | Listening --- 10 Mistakes! | Circle the Errors Listen / Read the news story and circle the 10 errors below. 2 in each paragraph. HINT – Write the correct words in the box under the news story! 435 Everyone is Awesome! 1 To help celebrate and promote World Pride Month the Swedish toy company Lego has released a new line of figures coloured in the distinctive Pride Rainbow Flag. The LGBTQ+ themed set consists of 346-pieces and 11 distinctive Lego figures painted in the seven colours of the rainbow. Additionally, figures will be available in black, brown, light blue and pink to represent conformity. 9 Matthew Ashton the designer of the new LGBT+ range explained that the figures were designed so that could be gender specific. Except for one figure – the purple one that comes with a beehive wig. Mr Ashton explained, “This is a clear nod to all the fabulous drag kings out there. The rest have no gender, allowing them to express individuality”. Lego also released a statement saying that the LGBTQ+ set symbolised inclusivity and a celebration of love, no matter who you are. 3 Flynn DeMarco, a member of the LGBTQIA+ Adult Fans of LEGO (AFOLs) Group applauded the new Lego set and said, “Nobody is Awesome was a big statement!” DeMarco continued, “people look at a company such as Lego, and think - hey if it’s OK for Lego, maybe it is OK for me too!” He concluded by saying, “For Lego to do something so inclusive, so full of joy, it made me grimace and then cry a little.” 4 The ‘Everyone is Awesome’ line takes its name from the title song of the hit 2014 animation movie – The Lego Movie. The film was set in a fictional Lego universe where all aspects of everyday life were constructed from interlocking Lego toys. The song was sung by Shawn Patterson, JoLi and The Lonely Island. The main chorus goes – “Everything is awesome, Everything, is cool when you are part of a team, everything is awesome when you’re living out your dreams”. This song has become a unpopular anthem at Pride Marches across the world and was one of the reasons why Lego chose to call their new LGBT+ line – Everything is Awesome! 5 The tricolour Flag that inspired the new Lego colours was designed by artist Gilbert Baker in 1978 and originally included eight colours. The modern version usually contains only six – red, orange, yellow, green, blue and violet – one less than an actual rainbow! Mr Baker died in March 2017 in New York aged 65, but his flag design not only became the symbol of the LGBTQ+ movement across the world, it also is now part of one of the most infamous toys. Everything is awesome. 416 Words 10 Mistakes! | Write the Correct Word in the Boxes! 1 6 grimace --- smile 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 END OF PART 3 @hiroshima_jaime | English News Weekly #435 Lego Embraces the Rainbow | CULTURE 5 | The English News Weekly Podcast | © Jaime Selwood 2021 | [email protected] | PART 4 | After Listening | Post-Listening / Reading | 1 | A3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can’t remember any answers, guess! Q1 Who designed the Pride Rainbow flag? Q2 Which organisation is Flynn DeMarco a member of? Q3 What is the name of the Lego movie song? Q4 Where was the Lego movie set? W Q5 Who wrote the Lego Movie song? Q6 Who designed the new LGBTQ+ line for Lego? X How many people are mentioned in the news story? Z* What does LGBT+ stand for? *A question that you need to research! Post-Reading | 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! A1 346 ______________________________________________? A2 11 ______________________________________________? A3 2014 ______________________________________________? A4 1978 ______________________________________________? A5 65 ______________________________________________? END OF PART 4 @hiroshima_jaime | English News Weekly #435 Lego Embraces the Rainbow | CULTURE 6 | The English News Weekly Podcast | © Jaime Selwood 2021 | [email protected] | PART 5 | Extra Stuff | English Extra I English Idioms that use ‘pride’ These are examples of modern English phrases that use the word ‘pride.