News in Detail
1. True or False Questions.
(1)
Two of American hostages held in Lebanon have been released today.
(2)
These two American hostages were kidnapped by the Islamic Jihad.
(3)
The American hostages do not attack harshly the policy of Reagan Administration.
(4)
The death of William Buckley was announced by his captors October last year.
(5)
It seems that the two American hostages appearing in the videotape have suffered no apparent physical abuse.
2. Focusing on Details. Complete the questions that the American hostages asked the Reagan Administration in the videotape.
(1) How can any official
, and
?
(2) Do the American people know
?
(3) Why the marines and others
?
(4) Why they can't
?
3. Fill in the blanks with information from Terry Anderson's statement.
(1) His analysis of the result of the American policy:
a. All this is the result of Reagan's policy, a policy against
.
b. Our
is one part of the result of this policy.
c.
and
are another part.
d. Your lack
is another result of this policy.
e. More than
have been killed in Beirut.
(2) His questions directed to the American public:
a. How long must we
?
b. How long will the American government
?
(3) The feeling of American hostages:
a. We are
that the American government has
on some of the
not to
in such cases as ours and has
in
, releasing
, Zakharov, who was
.
b. We are
that the American people still
.
4. Based on the fact that this piece of news was reported in October, 1986, fill in the date of the event relevant to each person listed below.
(1) Murder of William Buckley:
(2) Kidnapping of Terry Anderson:
(3) Kidnapping of David Jacobsen:
5. Spot Dictation. Listen to the tape again and fill in the following blanks.
David Jacobsen, Director of
in Beirut, said that
in Beirut, were very bad and
over the past two months. But he said
came from
by his government. The Islamic Jihad is demanding the release of
jailed for
. But both
and
itself have refused to
.
News in Detail
1. True or False Questions.
(1)
Two of American hostages held in Lebanon have been released today.
(2)
These two American hostages were kidnapped by the Islamic Jihad.
(3)
The American hostages do not attack harshly the policy of Reagan Administration.
(4)
The death of William Buckley was announced by his captors October last year.
(5)
It seems that the two American hostages appearing in the videotape have suffered no apparent physical abuse.
2. Focusing on Details. Complete the questions that the American hostages asked the Reagan Administration in the videotape.
(1) How can any official
, and
?
(2) Do the American people know
?
(3) Why the marines and others
?
(4) Why they can't
?
3. Fill in the blanks with information from Terry Anderson's statement.
(1) His analysis of the result of the American policy:
a. All this is the result of Reagan's policy, a policy against
.
b. Our
is one part of the result of this policy.
c.
and
are another part.
d. Your lack
is another result of this policy.
e. More than
have been killed in Beirut.
(2) His questions directed to the American public:
a. How long must we
?
b. How long will the American government
?
(3) The feeling of American hostages:
a. We are
that the American government has
on some of the
not to
in such cases as ours and has
in
, releasing
, Zakharov, who was
.
b. We are
that the American people still
.
4. Based on the fact that this piece of news was reported in October, 1986, fill in the date of the event relevant to each person listed below.
(1) Murder of William Buckley:
(2) Kidnapping of Terry Anderson:
(3) Kidnapping of David Jacobsen:
5. Spot Dictation. Listen to the tape again and fill in the following blanks.
David Jacobsen, Director of
in Beirut, said that
in Beirut, were very bad and
over the past two months. But he said
came from
by his government. The Islamic Jihad is demanding the release of
jailed for
. But both
and
itself have refused to
.