1. A) He caught hold of the boat.
2. C) Whether there were any alligators around. 3. D) No, not for the past years.
4. B) Because the sharks killed all of them. 5. A) A threat was replaced by a bigger threat. Task 3: Fear of Flying
At a recent software engineering management course in the United States, the participants were given an awkward question to answer: “If you had just boarded an airliner and discovered that your team of programmers had been responsible for the flight control software, would you get off immediately? If yes, please put up your hands.” Then a forest of hands were raised, but one programmer called Smith did not put up his hand. When asked what he would do, he replied that he had no fear and would be quite happy to stay on board. “With my team?s software,” he said, “the plane was unlikely to even taxi as far as the runway, let alone take off.”
1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T Speaking
Snakes frighten me.
Tony: Oh, Nancy, I am looking for you.
Nancy: Well, Sherlock Holmes, you?ve just found me. What?s up?
Tony: The Outdoor Club is going camping this weekend. Care to join us for an adventure?
Nancy: I could be interested, but will there be snakes? I hate snakes; they make me scared stiff.
Tony: Probably not. We?ll be in the mountains, and snakes don?t care for the cold. But there are different kinds of snakes. Poisonous ones like rattlers, and friendly ones like garter snakes. You aren?t afraid of the friendly snakes, are you?
Nancy: Well, if we encounter any snakes, you?ll see how loud I can scream.
Toney: Even if they?re friendly snakes?
Nancy: Yeah, all snakes make my hair stand on end.
Part I
Directions: Listen to the short dialogs, and then ch