BREAKING NEWS

I. Listen to the audio then fill in the gaps.

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The Indian government will (1) scrap 287 obsolete laws that date back to the
19th century, when India was under British rule. India's Law Minister Ravi
Prasad is (2) overseeing a "clean-up" of India's legal system. He has been
instructed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to (3) streamline the statute book
and make India an easier place in which to live and do business. India's (4) legislature
is mired in hundreds of arcane laws introduced in the (5) times of the British
Empire. Mr Prasad called some of the laws "laughable" and had "no (6) place in a
modern and democratic India". Prasad has a tough (7) task ahead of him.
Even after this initial cull, the country will still have
thousands of regulations that are (8) obstacles to business.

The repeal of the laws will take (9) effect from November. After then, it will no
longer be illegal to fly a kite without police (10) permission . A 1934 law (11)
classified a kite as an aircraft. A law that is a constant (12) source of irritation
to factory owners is one that requires them to have red buckets full of water and sand, even if
their buildings are (13) equipped with state-of-the-art sprinkler systems.
Another oddity to go is the Motor Vehicles Act, that says a car safety (14)
inspector must have clean teeth. Also going is the Registration of Foreigners' Act, 1939, which
(15) requires foreigners staying in India for more than 180 days to report his/her
(16) movements . This should give a boost to India's
tourism industry.
II. Give line to the correct match

Paragraph One:

1. India's government will scrap a. system

2. date back b. democratic India
3. responsible c. and do business in
4. India's legal d. 287 out-of-date laws
5. Narendra Modi told him to e. for the "clean-up"
6. an easier place to live f. in the way of business
7. amodern and g. streamline laws
8. regulations that get h. to British rule

Paragraph Two:

1. illegal to fly a. more than 180 days

2. without police b. factory owners
3. One law that irritates c. to go
4. modern sprinkler d. a kite
5. Another oddity e. to India's tourism industry
6. foreigners staying in India for f. permission
7. report his/her g. systems
8. give a boost h. movements

III. Recording
Read the text in a correct pronunciation, record then send it to the lecturer