finish paying. If you wait till later, you will owe the credit card company interest on the amount that you do not pay.
1.D 2.C 3.B 4.D 5.A Task 3: Buying a Machine
An American manufacturer is showing his machine factory to a potential customer. At noon, when the lunch bell rings, two thousand men and women immediately stop working and leave the building.
“Your workers, they?re escaping!” cries the visitor. “You?ve got to stop them.”
“Don?t worry, they?ll be back,” says the American. And indeed, an exactly one o?clock the bell rings again, and all the workers return from their break.
When the tour is over, the manufacturer turns to his guest and says, “Well, now, which of these machines would you like to order?”
“Forget the machines,” says the visitor. “How much do you want for that bell?” 1.T 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.T Speaking
Can you change a twenty-dollar bill? Cashier: How can I help you, Miss?
Jill: Could you change a 20 for me? Cashier: Sure. How do you want it?
Jill: Could I have two 5?s, but not enough 1?s. Are quarters all right with you? Cashier: Well, I have some 5?s, but not enough 1?s. Are quarters all right with you?
Jill: Oh, that?s even better! In that case, I won?t have to worry about the small change for the laundry.
Cashier: Here you are! Jill: Thanks a million!
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II. Listening Skills
To keep our children safe from those dangerous criminals, these tips might be helpful. First, children should be encouraged always to ask permission from their caregiver before they go anywhere .They should not only tell the caregivers where they will be at all times, but also who will be looking after them. Also, children should never walk or ride their bikes alone. Instead, they should travel in groups whenever possible. More importantly, children should be taught to stay away from strangers, though they may offer to show them a puppy or give them candy. Children should be taught to say “no” and run, scream, or fight if necessary. Moreover, children should be told that no problem is too big or too small to ask grown-ups. In fact, it is never too late to ask for help, and to keep asking until they get the help they need. Last but not least, we should realize that many child-attack cases involve a family member or family friend, for example, a stepfather, sister?s boyfriend, babysitter, neighbor, and so on.
III. Listening In Task 1: He or she?
Girl: Yes, I?d like to report a mugging.
Police Officer: Okay. can you tell me exactly what happened?
Girl: well, I was walking home from work when this woman knocked me right off my right off my feet, seized my stuff, and ran off. I was so scared that I didn?t go after her. Police Officer: Can you describe the woman for me?
Girl: Yeah. He is quite tall, about six feet three. Police Officer: Wait. You said a woman robbed you.
Girl: Well, I?m not really sure.[Hmm.]You see, the person was wearing a white dress,a light red sweater over it ,and she or he was wearing a pair of basketball shoes. Police Officer: [Hmm] What else can you remember? Girl: Well, the person…had a beard. Police Officer: Ah! What was, uh, taken exactly?
Girl: Well, just my left shoe. Strange, isn?t it?
Police Officer: Ah! The “Bearded Woman” has struck Again! Girl: The “Bearded Woman”?
Police Officer: Well, this “bearded Woman” is a man. He dresses up like a woman and, for some unknown reason, likes to take the left shoe from his victims. He?s really harmless and usually returns the shoe to the crime scene a couple of days later.
Girl: Hey, he can keep my shoe, and I?ll just take off my left shoe every time I walk through the park.
1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5 F Task 2: What?s in the bags?
A young man comes up to the border on his bicycle. He has two large bags over his shoulders. The border guard stops him and says,” What?s in the bags?” “Sand,” answers the young man.
The guard is a bit suspicious and asks the young man to open the bags for inspection. The guard empties the bags, but finds nothing in them but sand. Then he has the sand analyzed, only to discover that there is noting but pure sand in the bags. So the young man is allowed to ride across the border with his sandbags.
A week later, the same young man presents himself at the border with his bags. The guard asks,” What have you got?” “Sand,” says the young man.
The guard does his thorough examination and discovers that the bags contain nothing but sand. He gives the sand back to the young man who then rides across the border on his bicycle with the sandbags.
This happens every week for three years. Finally, the young man no longer appears at the border crossing. Many months go by and the border guard meets the young man in an expensive cafe. “Hey,” says the guard,” for three ears you were smuggling something through my crossing station. It?s driving me crazy. Just between you and me, what were you smuggling?” The young man drinks his coffee and says, “Bicycles.” 1. B 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.C Task 3: Fighting identity theft?
It is important to keep your personal information secure. Here are some ways to help you fight identity theft. After all, you don't want someone else to ruin your good credit rating and perhaps keep you from getting the loan you want to get.
The first thing you want to do is to watch how much information you give out on the Internet. For example, never put your credit card number into an email. If you do make purchases online, you
need to be careful. One way to be extra careful is to only use sites that offer a high level of encryption. Another way to be extra careful is to only use one credit card for all of your Internet purchases. Make sure that credit card has a low limit.
Another thing you have to do to help you avoid ID theft is to destroy all your outgoing mail completely. Some thieves will pick up garbage, search through it, and pull out the credit card offers that you threw away because they were junk mail. Remember that a lot of your information is already there. All a thief has to do is forge your signature and mail the form back with a note that says you've changed your mailing address (to their address).
The third way to avoid identity theft is to make sure that your mailbox is safe. Have a slot in your front door for the mail to fall through. Even though that is not completely safe, it is still much safer than the post box outside your front door.
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V. Let?s Talk
The Oldest Bank Robber
Texas police say they have arrested a 91-yeard-old man, J. L. Hunter Rountree, who is accused of robbing a bank, making him the oldest bank robber in U.S. history.
Police said Rountree, who was not armed, asked a teller to put money into a large envelope with the word “robbery” written on it. A witness took down the license number of his car, and he was arrested on a highway about 15 miles outside the city.
If he is proved guilty, Rountree will face from ten to twenty years in prison. He told police he needed the money, and he had a complaint against banks.
Rountree left a prison in Florida, where he was the oldest prisoner in the state, about a year ago. Before that, he served a three-year sentence for a bank robbery in Florida in 1999.
In a prison interview with a journalist, Rountree said he had been a businessman in Texas but had fallen on hard times. He said he robbed his first bank when he was about 80 because he wanted to revenge against banks.
“A bank that I?d done business with had forced me into bankruptcy. I have never liked banks since,” he told the journalist.” I decided I would get even. And I have.” Keys: 4 5 6 7 3 2 1
Possible Retelling for the Teacher?s Reference
As the title suggests, the 90-year-old Henry Robert the Texas Police arrested may turn out to be the oldest bank robber in history. Let me describe him from the very beginning.
When he was 80 years old he robbed his first bank in Florida because he wanted to get even with banks. For this robbery he received a three-year sentence in a Florida prison in 1999. A year ago he was set free. However, he continued with his outlaw career. In Texas, he robbed again, using an envelope labeled “Robbery”. He asked the teller to put money into the envelope. Unluckily for him, a witness took down the license number of his car that was parked outside. So he was arrested on a highway not far away from the city. He is now 90 years old, and therefore he is probably the oldest bank robber in American history. If proved guilty, he will be sentenced to ten to twenty years in prison.
VI. Further Listening and Speaking Task 1: Describing a Robbery
Detective: Okay, Ms. Brown, just calm down. Could you start from the beginning and tell me what happened?
Janet: Well, let?s see. I was sitting at the table near the window when two men rushed in and told everyone to freeze.
Detective: Can you describe the man？
Janet: One was tall and with a long coat on. The other was shorter in a red jacket. Detective: After they burst in what did they do?
Janet: Well. The tall one pointed his gun at the clerk and told him to open the cash register. The short one was watching the rest of us. The clerk hesitated a minute and just then the restaurant manger came out of his office. That surprised the thieves.
Detective: Yeah, let?s see… The manger?s name is Mr. Jackson. I guess he had the key to the safe? Janet: Yeah! That?s right! Because the thieves told him to open the safe. The short one went with him. As the manger turned to go back to the office, he told the clerk to cooperate with him. Detective: Did the boss open up the safe?
Janet: Yeah, he went back into the office and opened it. He seemed pretty calm, not like the customers. I think that guy deserves a medal or something.
Sam: You all do. Living through a robbery is a tough experience.
1. freeze 2. tall shorter red jacket 3. his gun open the rest of the people 4. key safe 5. calm a medal Task 2: Who?s the murderer?
A passing police car heard loud screams and responded immediately. When the police arrived at the scene, they found Pete's dead body in his backyard, with many knife wounds and blood everywhere. The officer immediately went to question the three neighbors that had been outside in the past 30 minutes.
Blake Smith had just finished painting his porch when the officer came. A young, polite man, Blake wiped his hands on his clean jeans before shaking hands, and said, \morning. Painting the porch ceiling took a long time. Pete lives two doors away. I really didn't see or hear anything,\
Nelson Brown had been in his garden, right next door to the victim's yard. He said, \out of the house. Weeding.\It all must have happened when I was indoors. Sorry.\
Kenny Green's story seemed less believable. \was on a ladder, washing my windows,\the middle-aged man admitted. The officer could see that Kenny's yard overlooked the victim's. But Kenny claimed, \Now the officer believed that one of the guys was lying. Who was this man? 1. A 2. D 3.C 4. D 5. B
Task 3: The theft of personal information?
The list of institutions where personal information was reported to have been stolen or lost this year is long, including many large banks, hospitals, universities and automobile stores. These places contain large numbers of precious records coveted by ID thieves. Even the Department of Justice is reported to have lost personal records when a laptop was stolen!
The most common causes of these incidents are reported to be hacking and lost records. Also, the
theft of personal records can be an inside job, where employees who have access to computer systems are tempted to steal large volumes of customer personal data records. This temptation can be real, because stolen personal data can sell anywhere from $10 to $60 per record.
Identity theft could be happening to you right now and you wouldn't know it until the damage was done. Even more disturbing is that newborns and the elderly are often the favorite victims of identity thieves, because the abuse of their personal information can go on longer before it is found out.
Today, the theft of personal records is more dangerous than the loss of personal information through the careless discarding of credit card receipts or mail. 1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.F Speaking
Protecting Intellectual Property Rights
Richard: I understand why publishing houses have called for a crack down on illegal copies of books. It?s a big loss for them if everyone buys pirated books instead of paying the full price.
Nancy: I agree. If the publishers don?t take action against illegal publications, they and the authors of the books lose money. Then the publishers have to save money by lowering the quality of their books.
Richard: That?s why intellectual property rights have to be protected. It will do do good not only for the publishers, but to consumers as well.
Nancy: You said it. I?m all for protecting intellectual property rights. But I also think books are getting more expensive every day, and some students have no choice but yo buy cheap books.
Richard: I beg to disagree. There is no excuse for college kids to buy mobile phones and then say they can?t afford books.
Nancy: But to really solve the piracy problem, we need cheaper books as well as harsher punishments.