Listening warm-up – part 17

. Listen to the recording and complete gaps in the text below

N1. The narrator choose which of the following books, as his favourite

 Treasure Island
Kidnapped
A Child’s Garden of Verses

…………..   N2. Louise joined the narrator primarily because

 she was lucky to be selected randomly from a group of readers to join
she is a writer and likes Robert Louis Stevenson
she will help to take people through the story of “Kidnapped”

………………. N3. Louise envies people who have not yet read “Kidnapped” because

 they still have this great novel awaiting for them
it is the best work of Stevenson
it appeals to all kinds of people

……………N4. Alan Breck and David Balfour are considered to be opposite, because

 one is young and the other is old
one is catholic and the other is protestant
Both A and B

……………….N5. It is common for Stevenson to

 fill his works with tension
make a protagonist and a villian form a friendship in his works
tell a story of a natinal/historical conflict in his works

? N6. What part of Scottish landscape plays major role in the book

Fields
Mountains
Water

? N7. Which of the following about Robert Louis Stevenson isn’t true

He died on a ship
He was in his forties when he died
He was an engineering apprentice

: ANSWERS

 During the first minute of the recording, we can hear the narrator contemplating his two favourite book by Robert Louis Stevenson: Treasure Island and Kidnapped. So choice C is incorrect. Later on, we can hear the narrator says: “Stevenson begin to write “Kidnapped”…” And from the context, it can be understood that B is the right answer

The narrator describes Louise as a writer and Stevenson’s admirer, but it is a description of Louise. Then the narrato says: “…With me is Louise…to take us through a story…” So the right answer is C

We can hear Louise say: “I almost envy them [people, who have not read “Kidnapped], because they’re in for such an amazing treat…” This indicates the A is the correct answer

 We can hear Louise say that …They really are opposite. Youth with experience,…, a catholic with a protestant… The answer A says that one is yound and other is old, but experienced doesn’t mean old, so both A and C is incorrect

We can hear in the last part of the recording: “…I think it is typical of him that these two very different people [a protagonist and a villian] actually form a wonderfull, loyal friendship”. So we can see that B is the right answer

 One of the speakers says: “The whole landscape of Scotland is a character in the book, but it seems that water plays the special part…” So answer C is correct

We can hear speakers mentioning that Stevenson was an engineering apprentice for his father and that he died in his forties. We also hear that Stevenson was living in the South Seas, but there is no evidence that he died on a ship. So answer A is correct