Listening 2b Randall's ESL Cyber Listening Lab Homework 6

Web address of listening activity:
http://www.esl-lab.com/call/911rd1.htm

Listening exercises:

1. The man who is calling is:
A. a taxi driver
B. a bus driver
C. a truck driver

2. What is the problem with the woman with him?
A. She is having a heart attack.
B. She was hurt in an accident.
C. She is having a baby.

3. Where is the man now?
A. on the freeway
B. downtown in traffic
C. in the airport parking lot

4. What's the man's name?
A. Bill
B. Bob
C. Brad

5. The operator tells the man to:
A. help the woman breath easier.
B. keep the woman calm and warm.
C. put something soft under the woman's head.

 Score = 100%
Correct answers:
1. a taxi driver
2. She is having a baby.
3. on the freeway
4. Bob
5. keep the woman calm and warm.


Answers to pre or post-listening questions:

I. Pre-Listening Exercises [Top]
Have you ever needed roadside assistance? What kinds of situations do you think of when you hear the words "emergency call"? What emergency or survival supplies (including 72-hour kits) might be useful in such situations? Write down three ideas and discuss them with a partner

Answer:
 No, I have not.

I wiil think of traffic accidents, fire and some unexpected incidents when I hear the words"emergency call".

I think water, food and a cellphone might be useful in some emergency situations. 


Vocabulary Exercises:

Operator: Hello. This is the emergency 911 (1) operator .
Operator: : Yes sir. Please (2)calm  down and explain exactly what is happening.
Taxi Driver: Calm down! My car (3)stalled  on the freeway, I have a lady passenger, and she's going into labor.
Operator: : Now relax sir. Explain exactly where you are.
Taxi Driver: I'm . . . I'm in the southbound (4)lane  of the Lincoln Expressway, about 15 miles from the Washington Tunnel, and this lady isn't going to wait.
Operator: :Okay. What's your name sir and your passenger's?
Taxi Driver: It's ... it's Bob, and I have no idea about the woman. She's in no (5)condition to tell me.
Operator: : Okay, now what's the nearest (6)landmark  .
Operator: : Okay, is there anyone else with you?
Taxi Driver: No, and I've tried to get someone else to stop. [The sound of a bottle breaking.]
Operator: : Hey, what was that? [Ahhhh!]
Taxi Driver: Ah, someone threw a (7)bottle at me. How soon can someone get here?
Operator: : I've just (8)dispatched  an ambulance to your location. They should be there any second.
Taxi Driver: Hey, is there anything I can do while we (9)wait  for the ambulance?
Operator: : Yes, uh, keep her calm and (10)warm  .
Taxi Driver: Okay. Please hurry. Oh, they're too late. It's a boy!

 Correct Answers:
1. operator
2. calm
3. stalled
4. lane
5. condition
6. landmark
7. bottle
8. dispatched
9. wait
10. warm

Score = 90%

Key Vocabulary [Top]

 calm down (verb): relax

 stalled (verb): to stop, often due to mechanical problems

 landmark (noun): an object, such as a building, that marks a location

 dispatched (verb): to send off