[00:00.00] Unit 8 Social Problems
[00:04.03]Part Two Listening-Centered Activities
[00:08.24]Listening 1
[00:09.94]Exercise
[00:11.77]Directions: Listen to the passage twice and answer the following questions.
[00:18.43]The Least Successful Bank Robber
[00:21.42]Not wishing to attract attention to himsel
[00:24.91]a bank robber in 1969 in Portland, Oregon
[00:29.92]wrote all his instructions on a piece of paper rather than shout.
[00:35.78]"This is a hold-up and I've got a gun," he wrote and then held the paper up for the cashier to read.
[00:44.96]The puzzled band official waited while he wrote ou
[00:49.50]"Put all the money in a paper bag."
[00:53.42]This message was pushed through the grill
[00:56.99]The cashier read it and then wrote on the botto
[01:01.20]"I don't have a paper bag," and passed it back.
[01:06.89]The robber fled.
[01:09.77]1) Why did the robber write the instructions on a piece of paper rather than shout?
[01:16.61]2) What did he write on the paper?
[01:20.35]3) Where did he want the cashier to put the money?
[01:25.00]4) Why do you think the robber wanted to put the money in the kind of bag he wanted?
[01:31.76]5) What was the cashier's reply?
[01:36.01]6) What did the robber do then?
[01:40.19]Listening 2
[01:42.17]Exercise
[01:43.72]Directions: Listen to the passage twice and answer the following questions.
[01:50.41]The Least Alert Burglar
[01:53.11]A Parisian criminal broke into a house at the village of Lachelle in 196
[02:00.31]Once inside he began to feel decidedly hungry and so went in search of the refrigerato
[02:08.16]There he found his favorite cheese which it would have been a shame not to try.
[02:14.78]He then found some Bath Oliver biscuits and three bottles of champagne.
[02:20.33]After a while he began to feel sleepy and decided that he would lie down and digest his meal in comfor
[02:29.44]He was arrested the next morning fast asleep upstairs in the spare bedroom.
[02:35.70]1) Where did the burglar break into?
[02:40.13]2) How did he feel as soon as he went in?
[02:45.24]3) What was the first thing he found?
[02:49.34]4) What did he eat and drink?
[02:53.16]5) What was he doing when he was arrested?
[02:57.70]Listening 3
[02:59.60]Exercise
[03:01.22]Directions: Listen to the passage twice and answer the following questions.
[03:08.24]The Worst Bank Robbers
[03:11.09]In August 1975 three men were on their way to rob the Royal Bank of Scotland at Rothesay,
[03:19.69]when they got stuck in the revolving door
[03:23.80]They had to be helped free by the staff and
[03:28.15]after thanking everyone, sheepishly left the buildin
[03:32.80]A few minutes later they returned and announced their intention of robbing the ban
[03:39.60]but none of the staff believed the
[03:42.52]When, at first, they demanded 5,00
[03:46.73]the head cashier laughed at them, convinced that it was a practical joke.
[03:52.24]Considerably disheartened by this
[03:54.97]the gang leader reduced his demand first to 500 then to 50 and ultimately to 50 penc
[04:06.74]By this stage the cashier could barely control herself for laughter.
[04:12.47]Then one of the men jumped over the counter and fell awkwardly on the floor
[04:18.84]clutching at his ankl
[04:21.32]The other two made their getaway
[04:23.95]but got trapped in the revolving doors for a second time
[04:28.52]desperately pushing the wrong way.
[04:31.87]1) How many robbers were involved in the robbery?
[04:37.38]2) What happened to them when they tried to get into the bank?
[04:42.60]3) Who helped them solve the problem?
[04:47.14]4) Why did they come back in a few minutes?
[04:51.78]5) How much did they demand at first?
[04:56.53]6) What did the staff think of the robbery?
[05:01.36]7) How much did they demand in the end?
[05:06.00]8) Why did one of the men fall on the floor?
[05:10.75]9) What happened to the other two when they fled?
