Answers


Lightning (listening):

1) a 2) c 3) a 4) true 5) d 6) true

Pet Passports

1. a) False b) True c) True d) False (not birds etc) e) True f) False - it can take several months

Mystery Island

1. False 2. True 3. True 4. False 5. False.
6. False (because of lack of grass pitches 7. True 8. False (not yet!)

A strange thing about Greenland is that it isn’t very green. 85% of the country is covered in ice.

Tapescript: So why call the world’s biggest island Greenland? One theory is that the name dates back to the explorer Eric the Red, who arrived around 980 AD. Eric came from Iceland so perhaps Greenland was his idea of a sunshine paradise island. And it is true that Greenland was a few degrees warmer back then.

If Eric the Red came back to Greenland today, he may not notice many changes. There are no trains or roads connecting towns. There are still no grass football pitches, either. That’s why FIFA, the world football body, won’t allow Iceland to join.

And Eric can easily look up his relatives. Every family in Greenland can be found in one thin telephone directory, including former foreign and finance minister Aleqa Hammond.

Ms Hammond, who may become Greenland’s first Prime Minister, will be happy to show you the wolf-skin head that hangs from inside her front door


Call Me

1. What is the name of the man robbing the car repair shop? Ruben Carate
2. How old is he? 18
3. Why can’t the employees open the safe? They don't have the combination.
4. What time is the boss coming in? ‘Some time before lunch.’
5. What does Mr Diaz suggest? That Carate leaves his telephone number.
6. What does the robber say he will do if the employees do not call him?
He will shoot them.
7. Who do the employees call? Ruben - and the Chicago police!
8. What does the policeman ask the robber to do? Put his hands up
9. In what part of his body does the robber receive a gunshot wound His legs.
10. What is the robber charged with? attempted armed robbery and assaulting a police officer
Elevator: true or false
1. false 2. false 3. true 4. false 5. true 6. true 7. false 8. false 9. true 10. false
Elvis and the FBI: Listening

1. True (see Elvis Lives!) 2. False 3. True
4. False 5. True (though this is not confirmed)

Polar Bears

a) True b) True c) False d) False e) False f) True