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Answer key: Unit 5

5 Dramatic events Harry: I’m not sure yet. I’m considering taking the
company that runs the gym to court – that’s what my
solicitor suggests, but I’m in two minds about it.
Listening | Part 1
Extract Two
1 1 i 2 g 3 d 4 b 5 h 6 e 7 c 8 a 9 j 10 f Police officer: OK, just tell me in your own words what
happened, Mr Philips.
3 Suggested answers Driver: It’s all a bit of a blur, I’m afraid.
1 He has been to the gym. He has had an accident,
probably to do with running and/or a machine. Police officer: I understand you were on your way back
It might have been his own / the gym company’s from a holiday at around midnight. Is that correct?
fault. Driver: Yes, but I’d say it was nearer one o’clock. We
2 He had some kind of accident while driving – he were coming home from a holiday. We’d spent all day
was hit by a stone. Perhaps the man had been travelling, so I suppose we were pretty tired.
driving dangerously / a crime had been committed Police officer: How far were you from home?
/ someone was injured. Driver: About half an hour. We were travelling fairly fast –
3 Perhaps her home has been hit by some disaster the roads were empty and we were looking forward to a
(fire/flood/gale/explosion, etc.). It may be very good night’s sleep.
badly damaged.
Police officer: What’s the first thing that happened?
4 1 C 2 B 3 C 4 A 5 C 6 A Driver: We were driving under a bridge when there was a
crash of breaking glass and something hit my left arm. I
CD 1 Track 13 managed to keep my right hand on the steering wheel
but I didn’t have much control over the car. Before I
Extract One
Jasmine: Are you all right now? knew what was happening, we’d left the road and were
heading for a clump of trees. I was sure we’d had it.
Harry: Hmm, so so – it comes and goes. I’m still having
occasional flashbacks. Police officer: What’s the next thing you remember?
Driver: Well, everything happened so quickly. I remember
Jasmine: What happened, exactly?
coming round with people looking down at me.
Harry: Well, I was doing my normal workout on the
treadmill. I started with a gentle jog for ten minutes Police officer: And when did you realise what had actually
or so, then I decided to run fast for ten minutes. So I happened?
pressed the increase button. Driver: When one of the paramedics showed me the
stone that had come through the window and landed
Jasmine: So then what happened?
on the back seat.
Harry: Well, nothing for a few seconds, but then the
belt suddenly speeded up. I tried to slow it down, but Extract Three
nothing happened. When I tried pressing the slow- Reporter: So, what’s your situation at the moment?
down button, it was as if I was putting my foot on a car Resident: We’re sleeping at the local secondary school,
accelerator. like many of our neighbours. We’re all in the same
Jasmine: That must have been terrifying! I’ve never situation – just doing our best to look on the bright
trusted those control buttons. That’s why I stopped side.
going to the gym. Anyway, sorry. Go on. What did you Reporter: I’ve interviewed families in other towns and
do? villages who are in more or less the same situation.
Harry: I looked round for help – I thought maybe Everyone’s worried because they haven’t been told
someone could switch the electricity off. It would have when they can move back in. Have you heard anything?
been a very sudden jolt, but better than not stopping at Resident: No, nothing. Apparently, all our houses are still
all. In the end, all I could do was jump off and keep my under a metre of water – and it’s still rising. It hasn’t
fingers crossed. stopped raining since Tuesday.
Jasmine: And that’s how you broke your leg? Are you Reporter: Can you tell me what happened in your case?
going to do anything about it?

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