Answer to Dictation 1
An increasing number of famous books are being edited.
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Answer to Dictation 2
Book publishers are worried about sexist and racist words in books.
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Answer to Dictation 3
They are worried that language in older books might upset people today.
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Answer to Dictation 4
Language that describes minorities in an insensitive or offensive way.
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Answer to Dictation 5
A lot of the language they check belongs to another time.
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Answer to Dictation 6
The recent edits of the James Bond books are because of insensitive language.
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Answer to Dictation 7
The sensitivity readers decided that the language used by James Bond.
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Answer to Dictation 8
This explains that the books were written in the 1950s and 60s.
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Answer to Dictation 9
Many people in the UK are angry that Roald Dahl's books were censored.
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Answer to Dictation 10
The word fat is now a negative term for a person's body shape.
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