General English Level 4 Version 2.1 © 2004 acl Pty Ltd GELEV4 Unit 01 Topic 01.doc  LISTENING 02 What a dumb thief! – part 1 – task Listening for gist Sometimes we listen to something to get a general idea of what it is about. This is called listening for gist. 1. Read the questions (1-5). 2. Listen to the conversation again. 3. Put a tick in the box beside the correct answer. 4. Give your answers to a partner to check. 1. Claudia has just finished a lesson with Jin Hee.  TRUE  FALSE 2. Claudia and Jin Hee find the news story funny.  TRUE  FALSE 3. The thief was successful.  TRUE  FALSE 4. The police caught the thief.  TRUE  FALSE 5. There were no witnesses to the robbery.  TRUE  FALSE CLOZE What a dumb thief! – part 1 –task Listening for detail Sometimes we listen very carefully to something because we want to understand everything. This is called listening for detail. 1. Read the paragraph below and try to work out the missing words (1-12). 2. Listen to the conversation again. This time listen for the details. 3. Fill in the missing words, then give your work to a partner to check. Police ________ 1 a thief at 2pm yesterday. The thief ___________ 2 out an armoured car driver as he _______ 3 ___________ 4 a pub. The driver usually has a co-driver but _____ 5 ___________ 6 alone yesterday. The thief ________ 7 four bags of money from the driver. However, the bags __________ 8 fifteen kilos each since they all __________ 9 pennies. The thief was a small man and the hefty bags _______ 10 him to a stagger as he fled. Bystanders laughed at the sight, and watched as police easily__________ 11 the thief before he _________ 12 his getaway car. The sad thing for the thief was each bag contained only $80. 4