[00:00.00] unit 11

[00:03.31]Heroes

[00:05.90]Part Two

[00:09.14]Listening-Centered Activities

[00:13.10]Listening 1

[00:16.42]Exercise 1

[00:20.02]Directions:

[00:23.33]You are going to hear a news report about a heroic deed of a policewoman.

[00:29.84]Listen carefully and decide whether the following statements are true or false.

[00:37.26]Put "T" for true and "F" for false in the space provided.

[00:44.46]Then check your answers with your neighbor.

[00:49.61]A Hero Inside

[00:53.75]New York citizens were delighted by the heroism

[00:58.57]and amazing luck of a local policewoman named Arlene Beckles.

[01:04.12]Last Sunday evening, when the young policewoman was getting her hair done,

[01:10.67]three armed men burst into the hairdresser's,

[01:15.92]emptied the cash register and began to rob the customers.

[01:21.72]Beckles stood up,

[01:25.46]stated that she was a police officer and pulled a gun from under her clothes.

[01:31.40]The robbers began shooting.

[01:35.80]Arlene Beckles wounded all three but was pushed to the floor by one of the robbers.

[01:41.88]His gun went off twice. He and another gunman then fled.

[01:49.22]Police arrived and the third gunman was caught.

[01:54.08]Three days later, all three suspects were in jail.

[01:59.56]Beckles was promoted to the rank of detective. At the honors ceremony,

[02:06.32]she explained that all police officers have "a hero inside".

[02:11.90]Exercise 2

[02:15.47]Directions:

[02:19.18]Listen to the news report again and answer the questions.

[02:25.04]Then check your answers with your neighbor.

[02:29.58]1)Where did this incident take place?

[02:35.27]2)How many gunmen attacked the place?

[02:41.10]3)Who caught the gunmen?

[02:46.36]4)Why was Beckles considered lucky by the citizens?

[02:52.80]5)Why was she promoted?

[02:57.77]Listening 3

[03:01.08]Once a year the city of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,chooses two outstanding citizens.

[03:08.82]These two citizens receive the "Hero of Philadelphia" award.

[03:15.12]To receive this award, a citizen must first do a heroic deed.

[03:21.67]Then the citizen is nominated for the "Hero Award".

[03:26.75]Finally, the Philadelphia City Council looks at the nominations

[03:33.41]and chooses the two citizens to receive the award.

[03:38.81]You are members of the Philadelphia City Council.

[03:43.92]This year you received 613 nominations.

[03:50.11]Last week you chose five finalists. Today you will choose the two winners.

[03:58.64]Exercise 1

[04:02.21]Directions:

[04:06.02]Listen to the descriptions of the 5 finalists

[04:10.38]and fill in the following blanks in note form as the example shows.

[04:17.11]Hero Award Darrell Smith, age 11, elementary student.

[04:24.92]On the morning of April 2, Darrell was playing in Central Park.

[04:31.62]He saw a group of young boys. They were beating up an old man.

[04:37.70]First, Darrell threw rocks at the boys.

[04:42.92]Then he ran to a nearby policeman and told him.

[04:47.57]The policeman caught the boys and saved the old man.

[04:52.82]Sherry Lee, age 33, policewoman, unmarried.

[05:00.10]Ms. Lee is the leader of an anti-cocaine police group.

[05:06.58]Last year, she and her group arrested more than 50 drug dealers

[05:13.24]and seized more than 5000 pounds of cocaine.

[05:18.60]John Sawada, age 65, accountant, married (five children).

[05:27.92]Mr. Sawada works for the city of Philadelphia.

[05:33.40]During the past year, he discovered his boss was stealing city money.

[05:39.70]His boss fired Mr. Sawada, but Sawada told the mayor.

[05:45.96]As a result, Mr. Sawada got his job back, his boss lost his job,

[05:53.12]and the citizens of Philadelphia saved $500,000.

[05:59.39]Sofia Huffman, age 23, school bus driver, married (one child).

[06:08.86]On the rainy morning of October 29,

[06:13.61]Mrs. Huffman was driving her bus with 34 children to school.

[06:19.73]When the bus went down a hill, the brakes failed. With no way to stop the bus,

[06:27.04]Mrs.Huffman drove the bus into a telephone pole on the side of the road.

[06:33.98]This stopped the bus and saved the children, but Mrs. Huffman died in the accident.

[06:41.47]Tom Cook, age 31, unemployed, unmarried and homeless. On the night of October 5,

[06:52.42]Mr. Cook was sleeping on Jackson Street.

[06:57.35]A fire started in one of the apartment buildings there.

[07:01.99]Mr. Cook ran into the building and personally carried seven children to safety.