BBC Learning English are on tour! This week 16th - 20th October we are travelling around England meeting students and teachers.

One of the cities we are visiting is Cambridge and in this special programme we visit the Cambridgeshire countryside and meet butcher and farmer Michael Beaumont.

Listen out for the answers to these questions:

1: Why did Michael expand his business from being a butcher to also being a cattle producer?
2: What advantage does he say he has over the supermarkets?
3: What is he passionate about?
4: Which celebration in his life did he mark by buying cattle?

Listen
	Cambridgeshire

You can also download the programme in mp3 format and the script from the 'Extras' section below.

Vocabulary

to sustain (something)
to make it possible to continue something in a successful way

Example
To sustain the business we had to find new markets to sell to

traceability
the ability to follow the history of something and know exaclty where it has come from

to get rid of something
to stop owning something by throwing it away or selling it

a herd
the collective noun for cows; a group of cows is 'a herd of cows'

to acquire (something)
to come into possession of something either by buying it or being given it

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Extras
Programme script (pdf - 20 k)
Download this programme (mp3 - 2 mb)