新编大学英语听力1Unit Eight

[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 1

[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 3.

[02:20.33]After a while he began to feel sleepy and decided 2 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 4 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