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UNIT 6

Section One Tactics for Listening

Part 1 Spot Dictation

Wind and Spirit

We do notice the wind when it seems (1) cruel, when the trees turn away from it, and it (2) cuts into our hearts. \men's (3) temper bad\, said George Eliot. In Southern California, the Santa Ana is (4) associated with an increase in depression and domestic (5) violence.

Scientists have tried (6) without success to identify physiological reasons for these (7) reactions. Everyone agrees, however, that (8) dry winds like the Santa Ana, the mistral in France and the foehn* in Germany and Switzerland seem to have (9) negative effects on our mental and physical (10) well-being.

On windy days, playground fights, (11) suicides and heart failures are more (12) frequent. In Geneva, traffic accidents (13) increase when a wind called the bise* blows. At the (14) request of patients, some Swiss and German hospitals (15) postpone surgery during the foehn.

It is human to ask what is (16) behind the wind. It is easy to personify the wind as the (17) breath of God. The act of taking wind into our lungs is what (18) gives us life. The Jews, Arabs, Romans and Greeks all took

their word for (19) spirit from the word for wind.

But our day-to-day lives are no longer (20 blown on the winds. We do not identify wind with spirit anymore.

Part 2 Listening for Gist

A cat got on to a Scandinavian Airlines plane in Nairobi yesterday and cost the company about ￡10,000. One of the 66 passengers heard a strange \immediately and the airline company phoned for an animal ambulance. The mechanics found the cat after eight hours' work. It had got into the air-conditioning system in Nairobi. The plane was twelve hours late leaving for Tokyo, costing the company ￡10,000. The cat was quite well after its experience and was given a large bowl of milk and a plate of fish.

Exercise

Directions: Listen to the passage and find its topic sentence. The topic sentence is \A cat got on to a Scandinavian Airlines plane in Nairobi yesterday and cost the company about ￡.\

Section Two

Listening Comprehension

Part 1 Dialogue

What a Coincidence!

Storyteller: Talking of coincidences, did I tell you about what happened to me and Jeannie last holiday Friend(s): No.

Storyteller: We went on holiday in the States and we went to Mexico. Well, we were driving down to Mexico City. We were going to spend a few days in Palm Beach ... see the sea, look up an old friend, you know. As we left there we stopped at a garage for a car check ... oil, the water, the tires, all that ... petrol. And the mechanics spotted something. They said that our fuel pump was not working properly and it was quite serious ... it would cost a lot of money ... well, we were very worried. Friend(s): Were you insured

Storyteller: Well, no, we weren't and I didn't have that much money on me, you know. It was meant to be a cheap holiday. Well, just then, two men drove up and they said what's the problem And, do you know They were mechanics - it was such good luck. They looked at our car and they said, \nothing wrong with your car. Don't spend money on it. Just forget about it.\I'll trust them, I think they're right. So, we drove on, we crossed the Mexican border and had a marvelous few days sightseeing there round