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LEVEL A2

Shadowing the newsreader

Listen to the newsreader read out each line and then practise saying it. Record your own voice line by line and submit your voiceover.

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This is the WorldSkills competition in Switzerland.

It tests the skills of cooks, receptionists, electricians and more.

There are lots of tasks, and people come to watch.

Each worker's trying to be the best.

This is hotel receptionist Tim Oberli.

He’s from Switzerland.

On family holidays, Tim liked watching people at the reception desk.

Oberli's 19 years old.

He’s one of 16 receptionists in the competition.

Oberli manages the reception team at an expensive hotel.

But he feels worried about the competition.

At the competition, the hotel guests are actors.

They have different problems.

The receptionists have to help them.

Jane Stokie works for WorldSkills.

Everyone takes an exam too.

This tests their knowledge about the job.

But Oberli thinks the guests are more important.

Oberli got second place.

He’s happy with his result.

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