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The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Documentary, Society & Culture

4.32.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2014

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Ahead of sporting mega-events such as the Olympic Games, local people are being given a "clean-up" and training. For this summer's Commonwealth Games, 10,000 Glaswegians are getting tutoring how to speak 'properly', project positive body language and maintain eye contact whilst talking to visitors.

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:08.0

go to BBCWorldService.com slash podcasts.

0:14.0

I have much pleasure in announcing

0:17.0

that the host for the 2014 Commonwealth Games

0:23.0

will be Glasgow.

0:26.0

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

0:29.0

We will shortly be arriving in Glasgow Queen Street

0:31.0

where the service will terminate.

0:33.0

I wanted to take you down to the British and Cross area Glasgow

0:39.0

because there's lots of developments that's happened for the 2014 Games down here.

0:46.0

On the 23rd of July, Glasgow will be hosting

0:50.0

Scotland's biggest ever sporting event.

0:53.0

And 250,000 tourists are expected to descend on Glasgow.

1:07.0

The city has been going through a transformation

1:09.0

with new stadiums, roads and massive regeneration in the city's east end.

1:14.0

But it's not just the city that's getting an overhaul.

1:17.0

The people who are looking after visitors to the Commonwealth Games

1:21.0

are going to be taught some special skills.

1:33.0

Taxi drivers as well as waiting staff,

1:35.0

bin men and shop assistants are all being given training

1:39.0

first developed by the Walt Disney Corporation

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