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UNIT 4
Part 2 listening and note-taking
This
table
shows
the
number
of
commuters*
into
central
London
between
7.00
a.m.
and
10.00 a.m. daily. The
total number is 1,396,000. Of these, 405,000
travel by underground
—
that's
29%
of
the
total,
and
28%
travel
by
British
Rail
—
that's
391,000
people
daily.
13
%,
181,000
people
use both rail and underground, and 9%, 126,000
people, travel by bus. That means a total
of 1,103,000 people, 79%, on public
transport. The remainder use private transport,
237,000 come
by car and the rest come
either by motorbike or bicycle. This means 4% come
by motorbike or
bicycle, and 17% by
car.
A:
Listen
to
the
conversation
and
take
notes.
Write
down
the
total
number
of
commuters
into
central
London
between
7.00
a.m..
And 10.00
a.m.. And
the number
and
percentage
of
people,
traveling by means
of public transportation.
1,396,000
1,103,000, 79%
B: Complete the
following chart.
Means of
transportation (Public)
Number
Percentage
Underground
405,000
29%
British Rail
391,000
28%
Both rail and underground
181,000
13%
Bus
126,000
9%
Total
1,103,000
79%
Means of transportation
(Private)
Number
Percentage
Car
237,000
17%
Motorbike or bicycle
56,000
4%
Total
293,000
21%
Section Two
Listening Comprehension
Part 1 Dialogues
Woman: hello,
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Man: Hello, I'm phoning about the flat.
Woman: Of course. What would you like
to know?
Man: Well, first, can you tell me where
it is, please? Is it near some shops, and the
tube?
Woman:
Well, the flat is in Islington, We're
only 100 meters from the shops and a five minutes'
Walk from
the tube.
Man: And how much does it cost?
Woman: Three
hundred and sixty pounds a month. And you have to
pay a month's deposit.
Man:
I see, and is it a big flat? How many
square meters is it?
Woman:
Oh, I don't know. There are two bedrooms and a
very large living room. Would you like
to see it?
Man:
Yes, when can I come, please?
Woman: Uhm. Can you come
this afternoon'? About four? It's No. 2, Canbury
Road.
Man: Yes, that's fine. I'll see you
then. Goodbye.
Dialogue 2 The Magnificent
Town Residence
John: Hi,
darling.
Sally: Hello, John. Well, did you see
the
John: Yes.
Sally: So what's it like?
John: Well,
first of all it's four miles out of the town
centre.
Sally: Oh, no!
John: And it's
not all that big. Three bedrooms: one quite big,
one smallish, and one that would
be OK
for the cat. The luxury bathroom doesn't have a
shower, and the downstairs cloakroom* is
at the end of the garden at the end of
the jungle*, I should say. The sitting and dining
room are
both pretty small.
Sally: What about the
kitchen? Is it big enough to have breakfast in?
John: Oh, yes. Easily, if
you sit on the fridge and put your feet out of the
window there's plenty of
room.
Sally: The garage?
John: Fine for
a bicycle. A bicycle, mind. Not two bicycles. And
there's oil-fired central heating,
which doesn't work. And the walls and
roof are in a very bad state. Apart from that,
it's fine.
Sally: Oh, good.
Let's buy it at once!
MAGNIFCENT TOWN RESIDENCE
Three bedrooms, luxury
bathroom,
downstairs
cloakroom,
sitting room,
dining room, a small kitchen,
garage, garden,
Oil-fired central heating
￡
90,000
Part 2 Passage
Hide-and-Seek
My neighbor’s children love
playing hide
-and-seek as all children
do, but no one expected that a
game
they played last week would be reported in the
local newspaper. One afternoon, they were
playing in the street just outside the
post office. Young Ian, who is only five years
old, found the
perfect
place
to
hide.
His
sister
Janet
had
shut
her
eyes
and
was
counting
up
to
ten
when
Ian
noticed
that the small metal door of the letterbox had
been left open. The postman had just taken
all the letters out and had gone into
the post office to see if there were any parcels.
Ian climbed
into the letterbox and
pulled the door from the inside so hard that it
locked. Soon realizing what he
had
done, he become very frightened and started
crying. Meanwhile, Janet was looking for him
everywhere but could not find him. It
was lucky she happened to stop outside the
letterbox and
heard her brother's
cries. She immediately ran to tell the postman who
hurried out to unlock the
metal door.
Ian was now free, but he had such a bad fright*
that he could not stop crying. The
postman, however, soon found a way of
making him laugh again. He told him that that next
time
he wanted to hide in a
letter- box, he should remember to stick a stamp
on himself!
Part 3
News item 1
French officials in the town of Frejus
are questioning more than 900 Kurds*. The Iraqi
Kurds were
rescued after their ship hit
the southern French coast and sank .The government
expects the Kurds
to seek asylum*.
However, a government official warns that those
who fail to defend their asylum
requests
will
be
expelled*.
Some
French
political
leaders
want
all
the
Kurds
sent
back
to
Iraq
immediately. They say this will send a
massage to others who are considering such a trip.
French
border police says a Turkish and
Iraqi criminal group is responsible. Officials are
still searching
for the ship's
commander and crew members. They reportedly fled
after the ship struck land.
A: Listen to
the news item and complete the following summary.
This news item is about the
questioning of more 900 Kurds who entered France
illegally by the
French authorities.
News item 2
Colombian
officials say they have rescued 15 hostages held
by leftist rebels, including a former
presidential cand
idate
Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. defense
contractors.
Colombia’s
Defense
Minister Juan Manuel Santos
said the hostages were in good condition following
the operation in
the
southeastern
department
of
Guaviare.
Santos
said
the
rescue
involved
intelligence
officials
who
had
infiltrated
the
rebel
unit
in
charge
of
the
hostages.
He
said
the
rescue
operation
was
launched
when
the
Revolutionary
Armed
Forces
of
Colombia
were
planning
to
transport
the
hostages
by
helicopter.
Betancourt was seized in 2002 while she
was campaigning in rural Colombia Betancourt and
the
three
Americans
were
among
some
40
high-profile
hostages
the
rebels
were
holding
in an effort to
negotiate a prisoner exchange with Colombia's
government.
A: Listen to the news item and complete
the following summary.
This
news item is about the release of Betancourt and
14 other hostages by Colombian military.
News item 3
Kosovo
is
expected
to
declare
its
independence
from
Serbia
in
the
coming
days,
possibly
on
Sunday. Serbia’s newly
re
-elected President Boris Tadic says
he will never give up his fight for
Kosovo,
but
will
also
fight
for
Serbia
to
join
the
European
Union.
He
said
Friday
that
Serbia
would reduce
diplomatic relations, but not cut ties, with
countries that recognize an independent
Kosovo. Kosovo’s leader, Hashim Thaci,
is calling on displaced Serbs living outside
Kosovo to
return. Serbia and its chief
ally, Russia, say Kosovo's independence will lead
to separatist efforts