[00:00.00] Unit 8
[00:02.74]Social Problems
[00:06.23]Part Two
[00:09.14]Listening-Centered Activities
[00:13.54]Listening 1
[00:16.78]Exercise
[00:20.09]Directions:
[00:23.44]Listen to the passage twice and answer the following questions.
[00:29.81]The Least Successful Bank Robber
[00:34.13]Not wishing to attract attention to himself
[00:39.02]a bank robber in 1969 in Portland, Oregon
[00:45.97]wrote all his instructions on a piece of paper rather than shout.
[00:53.46]"This is a hold-up and I've got a gun,"
[00:58.82]he wrote and then held the paper up for the cashier to read.
[01:05.74]The puzzled band official waited while he wrote out
[01:11.68]"Put all the money in a paper bag."
[01:17.29]This message was pushed through the grill
[01:22.40]The cashier read it and then wrote on the bottom
[01:27.91]"I don't have a paper bag," and passed it back.
[01:34.79]The robber fled.
[01:39.47]1) Why did the robber write the instructions on a piece of paper rather than shout?
[01:47.64]2) What did he write on the paper?
[01:53.51]3) Where did he want the cashier to put the money?
[01:59.66]4) Why do you think the robber wanted to put the money in the kind of bag he wanted?
[02:07.84]5) What was the cashier's reply?
[02:13.85]6) What did the robber do then?
[02:19.39]Listening 2
[02:22.88]Exercise
[02:26.23]Directions:
[02:29.62]Listen to the passage twice and answer the following questions.
[02:35.84]The Least Alert Burglar
[02:40.31]A Parisian criminal broke into a house at the village of Lachelle in 1964
[02:49.09]Once inside he began to feel decidedly hungry
[02:55.18]and so went in search of the refrigerato
[03:00.61]There he found his favorite cheese which it would have been a shame not to try.
[03:08.75]He then found some Bath Oliver biscuits and three bottles of champagne.
[03:15.98]After a while he began to feel sleepy
[03:21.92]and decided that he would lie down and digest his meal in comfort
[03:29.05]He was arrested the next morning fast asleep upstairs in the spare bedroom.
[03:36.47]1) Where did the burglar break into?
[03:42.41]2) How did he feel as soon as he went in?
[03:49.54]3) What was the first thing he found?
[03:55.48]4) What did he eat and drink?
[04:00.98]5) What was he doing when he was arrested?
[04:06.92]Listening 3
[04:10.34]Exercise
[04:13.26]Directions:
[04:16.75]Listen to the passage twice and answer the following questions.
[04:23.45]The Worst Bank Robbers
[04:27.84]In August 1975
[04:32.56]three men were on their way to rob the Royal Bank of Scotland at Rothesay,
[04:40.33]when they got stuck in the revolving doors
[04:46.31]They had to be helped free by the staff and
[04:52.03]after thanking everyone, sheepishly left the building
[04:58.51]A few minutes later they returned and announced their intention of robbing the bank
[05:06.58]but none of the staff believed them
[05:11.11]When, at first, they demanded 5,000
[05:16.94]the head cashier laughed at them, convinced that it was a practical joke.
[05:24.00]Considerably disheartened by this
[05:28.79]the gang leader reduced his demandfirst to 500 then to 50 and ultimately to50 pens
[05:42.29]By this stage the cashier could barely control herself for laughter.
[05:49.42]Then one of the men jumped over the counter and fell awkwardly on the floor
[05:57.59]clutching at his ankle
[06:01.30]The other two made their getaway
[06:06.01]but got trapped in the revolving doors for a second time
[06:13.14]desperately pushing the wrong way.
[06:18.07]1) How many robbers were involved in the robbery?
[06:24.91]2) What happened to them when they tried to get into the bank?
[06:31.57]3) Who helped them solve the problem?
[06:37.76]4) Why did they come back in a few minutes?
[06:43.63]5) How much did they demand at first?
[06:49.64]6) What did the staff think of the robbery?
[06:56.02]7) How much did they demand in the end?
[07:01.78]8) Why did one of the men fall on the floor?
