Listening: Part 4

ACTIVITY 75: You are going to hear two people (a man and a woman) being interviewed in the street as part of an opinion poll to discover the attitudes of the general public to certain social problems. As you listen carefully – first to the MAN and then to the WOMAN – fill in the chart as if you were the interviewer. Then check the audio transcription and the answers.

Crimes List

Man

Woman

BIGAMY

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

BLACKMAIL

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

POSSESSION OF DRUGS

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

HIJACKING

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

KIDNAPPING

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

MURDER

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

ARMED ROBBERY

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

THEFT (SHOPLIFTING INCLUDED)

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

RAPE / OTHER SEXUAL OFFENCES

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

MUGGING

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know

— Death penalty Life sentence 11 years to life 6-10 years 2-5 years Under 2 years No sentence Don't know