Listening
exercise
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), Toronto
Richardson's Roundup with Bill Richardson
Interview with Robert Sullivan, author of
Rats:
Observations on the history and habitat
of the city's most unwanted inhabitants
Listen to the RealPlayer file:
http://www.cbc.ca/roundup/media/20040430Sullivan.ram
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1. Why
does Richardson introduce the program by talking about palindromes? 2. Why did a woman visitor once make Richardson uncomfortable? 3. What did Sullivan wish he could have used as the book title, and why? 4. What do rats do if the food supply gets low? 5. What word does Sullivan use to mean 'liking to be touched'? How can you find the spelling of this word if you don't know it (I didn't!)? 6. Why may rats avoid traps baited with good food? 7. Who was Derrick, and what did he have to offer the author? 8. What was the disadvantage of the night vision gear that the author used at first? Why did he buy it? |
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