新编大学英语听力1 unit8

[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 1

[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 3.

[03:15.98]After a while he began to feel sleepy

[03:21.92]and decided 2 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 4 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