LISTENING REVIEW (1) MAY, 2007
INSTRUCTOR KIM SOO-YEON
STORY1: HOSTILE RECEPTION
And still in Europe, 1. an extraordinary security mobilization is under way in Turkey tonight 2. ahead of Pope Benedict's four-day visit, which begins tomorrow. Benedict upset Muslims with comments linking Islam and violence. Turkish officials are 3. taking no chances, 4. deploying riot police, snipers and armored vehicles, tighter security than when President Bush 5. paid a visit two years ago. ABC's David Wright is in Istanbul.
The Vatican is so worried about hostile crowds that Benedict won't be using 6. the Pope Mobile at all this trip. Instead, he'll 7. ride in more heavily armored cars with several decoys. 8. Beneath his papal cassock he may even be 9. wearing a bulletproof vest. As he prepares to 10. embark on his first papal trip to a Muslim country, Benedict 11. expressed esteem and sincere friendship for the Turkish people. But thousands who gathered in Istanbul don't 12. share that goodwill. 13. The banners they carried said, "Papa Gelmesin, Pope, don't come.”
Well, everyone is watching as he goes to Turkey to see 14. how he will engage with Muslims in dialogue, how he'll be received by Muslim.
The trip was scheduled before Benedict 15. made his controversial remarks, suggesting that Islam is irrational and violent. That speech 16. hardened many people's opinions here.
It's gonna take all his skills, not just as a religious figure, but as a diplomat to make this work.
Over the weekend the Vatican took the unusual step of 17. adding an extra stop for the pope's itinerary - a visit here to Turkey's most famous mosque. It's 18. a last-minute addition, but officials said the pope wanted to come to the Blue Mosque 19. to show his respect for Islam. David Wright, ABC News, Istanbul.
LISTENING REVIEW (2) MAY, 2007
INSTRUCTOR KIM SOO-YEON
STORY2: THE TRUTH ABOUT ORGANICS
We are gonna take "A Closer Look" at what we eat, specifically 1. the surging popularity of organic food. 2. Sales of organics have doubled in five years, it's a $14 billion a year market. That number has 3. grabbed the attention of giant retailers like Wal-Mart, which have begun 4. to sell organic food in a big way. But there are fears that 5. as organic food goes mass market, 6. organic food standards might decline. So, with the start of our series, "The Truth About Organics," here's ABC's Jim Avila.
Nicole Lewis is helping to change the way America shops. She knows the organic fruit, meat and milk sold in this whole foods store 7. costs as much as 80% more than food without the organic label. Still, she's willing to pay.
It's worth the money to spend, to know that I’m not gonna be giving him pesticides.
Guaranteed by the government 8. to be free of antibiotics, growth hormones, pesticides and synthetic fertilizers, organics today are the fastest growing products in the grocery store. Food writer Sam Fromartz says the boom in organics comes at a time when 9. conventional food sales are flat.
The supermarket industry is kind of 10. waking up to the fact of what's going on here, we 11. want a piece of that growth.
Enter Wal-Mart. 12.Mass marketing going natural and without the huge mark-up. The retail giant sells organics for only 10% more than conventional food. And to some critics, they're changing the meaning of organic.
13. To go into the mainstream, you have to 14. produce it on the large scale.
There are no rules preventing organics from being mass-produced. Any farm, large or small, that wants the organic label has to be inspected by one of the only 55 15. government certifiers like Anita Sauber.
I'm very busy, as you can imagine.
But here in Marin County, California, practically 16. the birthplace of organic farming, some of those original organic farmers say that that label is not enough.
Dave Evans' organic ranch is so small, cows answer to his voice. He worries the growing demand for organics is 17. leading to lower standards.
As scale goes up you'll always see quality go down.
On his farm, they 18. follow stricter rules, emphasizing locally grown.
I would look for 19. 100% grass-fed, pasture raised, organic livestock.
Very different from the mass-produced organics you'll find at Wal-Mart, which depends on huge ranches that critics say provide limited pasture time and food that is shipped around the globe.
It's really 20. at a tipping point. It's – 21. it's moving into a very difficult adolescents.
Mass marketing organics.
I'm look for beef that's organic and doesn't have any hormones or pesticides in it.
Leaving moms like Nicole Lewis hoping the mainstream will mean lower prices without 22. cheapening the organic label. Jim Avila, ABC News, Point Reyes, California.