Draft report expected to cause anger as German officials try to tone it down
It i'dentifies the 'need for 'greater compe'tition between ˏuniˏversities, ≀ where 'tenured 'staff 'lack in'centives for 'good ˎteaching. And it ˏnotes ≀ that 'German 'students 'treat uni'versity as a 'free reˏsource, 'leading to pro'longed ˎstudies.
In a 'special 'section on 'aid to the ˏeast,≀ the 'draft a'ttacks a misallo'cation of ˅resources, with 'too 'much 'money being de'voted to 'capital-intensive 'projects and 'not e'nough 'going to 'labour-intensive ˎschemes.
Unem'ployment 'figures 'published yesterday 'showed the 'jobless 'rate in the 'east ˏrose 'slightly to 17.3 per cent ˎlast month. 'Many 'German eco'nomists 'argue that the 'real ˏrate is 'up to 'twice as ˏhigh,≀ a'llowing for 'special 'job-creation and 'training ˎschemes.
Financial Times. Read the following texts taken from the newspapers and try to intone them. Golden hoard from a royal home An 800-year-old Wiltshire manor house, once in the possession of Elizabeth I and the place where the “Westbury Hoard” of gold nobles – which predated pounds – was found during building works in 1877.
The house has a wealth of beamed rooms and other original features. On the kitchen wall is a facsimile of the conveyance of the property to Elizabeth I by Lord Mountjoy in 1574. Although there is no evidence the Queen visited the house it remained in her private possession until her death in 1603.
