ENG 3002

Listening Practice
Skill : Listening for specific information
Tip
When you listen for specific information, focus
on the information you need to identify, and
ignore everything else. Try not to be distracted.

Make sure you know what information you

need to find before you listen. Note only the
information you need.
News report 1
Listen to the radio news report about a robbery
and answer the questions.
Read the questions first before listening to the
audio. Note down the key words in the
questions.
1. How much cash was stolen?
2. Where did the robbery take place?
3. How did the thieves break in?
4. What else was taken?
5. Who was later questioned by police?
6. What was recovered later by the police?

Take one minute to read the questions

Listen again and answer the questions.
1. How much cash was stolen?
2. Where did the robbery take place?
3. How did the thieves break in?
4. What else was taken?
5. Who was later questioned by police?
6. What was recovered later by the police?
 Listen again and write T(true), F(false), or N(not in text) for
each statement.
Take one minute to read the statements before listening to
the audio.

1. The robbery took place in the afternoon.

2. It is believed that three men were involved.
3. The total value of the goods stolen is estimated at almost
$50,000.
4. The store manager called the police.
5. Jewelry and cash were found in the bag inside the car.
 Check your answers.

1. over $10,000 2. at a jewelry store on Fifth Avenue

3. through a back window 4. many pieces of jewelry
5. the store manager (Miguel Haspero)
6. a car that was used in the robbery and $1,000

1. F (it took place this morning) 2. N

3. T 4. F ( a member of the public called the police)
5. F (the bag only contained $10,000)
News Report 1
And in today’s news … Over ten thousand dollars in cash was
stolen this morning from a jewelry store on Fifth Avenue. It’s
thought that the thieves broke in to the store through a back
window, sometime between 8 and 9 o’clock. As well as the
money, many pieces of jewelry were taken, meaning the total
value of goods is estimated at nearly fifty thousand dollars. The
police were called by a member of the public and when they
arrived store manager Miguel Haspero was found unconscious
in his office. He was taken to the hospital, but was later
questioned by police. It is now thought he is connected to the
robbery. A car that was used to escape from the scene was later
recovered by police and a bag was found inside containing one
thousand dollars in cash. However, the rest of the money and
the jewelry was not found and police are still searching the area.
If you have any information on this crime then please call
5557557 and report it immediately …
…
News report 2
Listen to three radio news reports.
Get your paper and pen ready to take notes
before you listen.
Complete the chart with details of each story.
Where? When? Who? What happened?
1 _______ _______ _______ _______
2 _______ _______ _______ _______
3 _______ _______ _______ _______

You have FOUR questions to complete for Each radio news

report. Take notes while you are listening. Keep listening until
the end for the first time. Do not pause or play back the audio.
Listen for the second time and complete the chart as much as you
can.
Where? When? Who? What happened?
1 _______ _______ _______ _______
2 _______ _______ _______ _______
3 _______ _______ _______ _______
Listen again and fill all the gaps.
 Click on the sign to open the audio scripts. Listen again
and check your answers.

Where? When? Who? What happened?

1 City College today teachers walked out
overpay
2 a cruise liner tonight over 20 got food poisoning
(Barbados) (passengers)
3 a beach this afternoon a young man was attacked
by a shark
(near Perth)
Optional: Play again and repeat after the speaker to
practice your pronunciation.
News Report 2
1 Today Teachers at City College have walked out of their
classrooms and demanded more money from the college
authorities. Many teachers had complained previously, but because
nothing was done, they decided to take this action. Hopefully the
dispute will only be for today, as spring break starts tomorrow.
2 Over twenty passengers on a cruise liner in Barbados are in
hospital tonight with food poisoning. The Star of the Sea may be
the largest cruise liner in the world, but the food unfortunately isn’t
up to standard, according to many passengers. The restaurant
manager said that all the passengers had eaten the same dish,
seafood salad, for lunch.
3 And finally, a young man had a very lucky escape this afternoon
when a shark attacked him while he was surfing at a popular beach
south of Perth, Australia. Paul Simmons said later that the
fivemeter great white shark suddenly ‘came out of nowhere’.
Unbelievably, he wasn’t hurt, but the shark destroyed his surfboard.
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