Fourteen hospitals in Wales have started chaining children's toys and other playthings to beds in an attempt to prevent thieves from stealing them. The Royal Gwent Hospital is using bicycle locks to keep its toys from being stolen. Dean Beddis, father of a two-year-old who was a patient in the children's ward, said he was appalled that anyone would steal toys from a hospital. He told reporters: "These toys are there for kids who are seriously ill. They're provided by the hospital and people are stealing them. I was shocked to see that a children's toy had a bike lock on it." He added: "I was talking to the nurses about how disgusting it was that they had to do that because they were saying that people had been stealing them."

A hospital spokesman said: "Unfortunately we do get toys and games taken from our hospitals. It is not a regular occurrence but we do encourage staff to secure and lock away the more popular and more expensive items. Our hospitals have CCTV coverage and security on site at all times." He added: "As with any large buildings open to the public, we advise visitors and our own staff to be vigilant with valuables." It is not only toys that are being stolen. The television in the waiting room of the children's ward has also gone missing. Mr Beddis said: "Stealing toys while the hospital staff are looking after their children is a sad reflection on society. I cannot believe this is happening in Britain."

1. TRUE / FALSE:Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a.Over 10 hospitals in Wales are having problems with toys being stolen.T / F

b.One hospital is using bicycle locks to stop toys from being stolen.T / F

c.A father told reporters he was shocked a bike lock had been stolen.T / F

d.The father thought it was disgusting that nurses had to lock up toys.T / F

e.A hospital spokesman denied that toys were being stolen.T / F

f.The spokesman said his hospitals had no CCTV systems.T / F

g.The article says a television was stolen from a waiting room.T / F

h.The father suggested he was not surprised this happened in Britain.T / F

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.How many hospitals have been chaining kids' toys?

2.What kind of lock was used at a hospital in Gwent?

3.How old is the son of the father mentioned in the article?

4.Who did a father say the toys were provided by?

5.Who did the father talk to about how disgusting the thefts were?

6.What does a spokesman encourage staff to do to expensive items?

7.What kind of coverage do the spokesman's hospitals have?

8.What does the spokesman advise visitors to be?

9.What also went missing from a waiting room?

10.What kind of reflection on society did the father say the thefts were?

答案
TRUE / FALSE

a T b T c F d T e F f F g T h F

COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

1.Fourteen

2.A bicycle lock

3.Two

4.The hospital

5.Nurses

6.Lock them away

7.CCTV

8.Vigilant

9.A TV

10.A sad one