Matching Pairs IV LEVEL UNIT 10 IN THE NEWS Lesson 1Online version Listening comprehension by Martha Uribe 1 How does the speaker know Robyn Burnette? 2 How is Robyn’s attitude at work? 3 What does the speaker hope? 4 How does she feel about Robyn refusing to retire? 5 How does the speaker feel about working with Robyn? They work together. Robyn is a great coworker, mentor, and a great flight attendant. The speaker has learned a lot from her. She’s always happy and nice, even when passengers are cranky. that she’ll be a lifelong flight attendant just like Robyn She is on Robyn’s side. 1 What is the speaker’s job? 2 What is she thankful for? 3 How did the she find out that the robber’s name was Julian Powell? 4 What was the expert able to do? 5 Why was she shaking? 6 How did the woman feel when Powell talked about his debts and hardships? 7 How did she feel at the time of the robbery? convince the robber to surrender terrified because a bank robber came up to her window waving a gun and demanded she give all the money she had from the news She is thankful that the police showed up quickly. She works as a bank teller. She felt bad for the guy, but still felt that what he did was obviously wrong. 1 How did the officer feel when she refused to take it? 2 What did she insist? 3 What was Ms. Vega like when the officer pulled her over? 4 What did the officer order her to do? 5 What might have happened if the sign had hit a few inches to the left? 6 What strange thing did the officer see for the first time? 7 How drunk was Ms. Vega? She seemed to be drunk. get out of her vehicle and take a breath test someone driving with a stop sign sticking out of their windshield He was irritated at first. that she hadn’t been drinking She might have been badly hurt or killed. so drunk that she didn’t realize how dangerous her situation was