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LISTENING
7 Discuss in groups and then write down your ideas on the following
questions.
· What crimes do you find the most awful?
· What crimes are you afraid of more?
8 Listen to the recording and fill in the gaps.
Police are still searching for the
(1)_________ of 36-year-old
Richard Steen, whose body was
found on the beach at Rockton-on-
Sea last night. Steen had been shot
through the head and although the
reasons for his death are not clear,
the (2) ____________ believe that
his wife Michelle Steen might have
been involved as she seems to
have left the country.
The wife of business tycoon Roger Branston
was safety returned to her home in Clankton
this morning after police raided the house
where her (3)___ were holding her. Glenda
Branston was kidnapped last Wednesday as
she was leaving her office in Castle Street by
two men who told her husband that they
would (4)____ her unless he gave them
₤100.000. Fortunately, Mrs Branston was
able to phone the police while her kidnappers
were sleeping and they were able to rescue
her and arrest the two men.
A group of six (5)______________
aged between eight and thirteen
were caught by police last night as
they were leaving a city centre
indoor car park after causing
(6)______________ to several
cars. The children were given a
warning by the police and their
parents have been ordered to pay
for the damage to the vehicles
involved. As a result, the city
council has promised to install
security cameras and increase the
number of (7)_____________
guards in all of its indoor car parks.
And now on a lighter note. After three weeks
of living in fear of the (8)_______ noises
coming from their attic in the middle of the
night, the Paterson family of Glenwich Close
in Clankton can finally sleep in peace again.
When James Paterson first heard the sounds
coming from his attic he was convinced that
there were problems with his water system.
However, after his plumber told him that
everything was in perfect working order,
James and his family started to worry that
they might have a ghost up there. Eventually,
the Patersons decided to set up a video
camera to try and catch the (9)_____. To
their amazement, when they played back the
tape the next day, they discovered that their
ghost was in fact a chimpanzee. Gideon
Shaft, one of the zookeepers from Clankton
Zoo went to collect Rosie the chimp from the
Patersons’ attic this morning. He told
(10)_____ that Rosie must have moved into
the attic after disappearing from the zoo four
weeks ago. He added that he was delighted
to have her back safely.
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