General English Level 4 Version 2.1 © 2004 acl Pty Ltd GELEV4 Unit 01 Topic 01.doc UNIT 01 The media TOPIC 01 Hear this! BEFORE YOU LISTEN Discussion Discuss the following questions with your group: 1. Where do you get your news from?  Television  Radio  Newspapers  The Internet  Somewhere else 2. Why do you choose this method? 3. Do you have an interesting story you heard recently on the news or read in a newspaper or on the Internet?  LISTENING 01 What a dumb thief! Claudia and Jin Hee are talking in the café of the sports club. Vocabulary Dictionary dumb arrest bystanders Listen to your recording. knock out armoured car fled (past tense of flee) stagger getaway car punch, hit security van used for carrying money to and from the bank ran away quickly walk as if you are going to fall car used to escape from the crime scene 3