## Step 1 - Listening

#### Project Earth is leaving beta

You are going to listen to a podcast from Nature about the video game Earth.

- Before listening to the podcast do assignment 1.
- Read the questions.
- Listen to the podcast and do assignment 2.

#### Assignment 1

On your own, translate the following words into Dutch. In your group, discuss your answers.

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#### Questions assignment 2

Read the questions and listen to the podcast.

1. To whom is this message addressed?
2. What is the bad news?
3. How many new features are there in this update?
4. Which change will address the 'conspiracy theory' phenomenon?
5. What is the correct order of the fixed problems?
6. What has been removed?
7. What was the problem with the History Leak phenomenon?
8. What do they hope to achieve with this new version?
9. What is going to happen on the twenty-first of December?
10. What is the name of the company who built the game.

Listen to the audio 'Project Earth'.

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