Graded listening: The Survivor episode 2: Wake up soon – level B1 – exercises

Two months before the plane crash ... episode 2 of The Survivor starts in the FBI offices.

Preparation
Do this exercise before you listen. Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–h next to
the numbers 1–8.

Federal Bureau of Investigation – a part of the US government

1…….. a file a.
that investigates crimes

2…….. a coma b. a folder or other container that contains organised papers

not in the office, laboratory or studio; doing practical work in

3…….. a promotion c.
the real world

4…….. the FBI, the bureau d. a move to a better job

5…….. to upset someone e. a person with the job of telling other people at work what to do

6…….. robbery f. to make someone angry or sad

a state in which a sick or injured person is unconscious and

7…….. in the field g.
cannot wake up normally

8…….. a boss h. the crime of stealing

1. Check your understanding: gap fill

Complete the sentences with words from the box.

boss upset crash promotion

fingerprints ‘Agent Sanders’ coma nurse

1. There is a plane _______________.

2. The survivor is in a _______________.

3. Two months earlier, Agent Kowalski has got a _______________ to a new job in the FBI.

4. Agent Sanders is his _______________ in the Bank Robbery Department.

5. After the plane crash, Agent Kowalski visits the hospital and talks to the _______________.

6. The nurse tells him not to _______________ the patient.

7. He says he needs to see ‘Jane’ and take some _______________.

8. When Agent Kowalski is alone with ‘Jane’, he calls her _______________.

2. Check your understanding: multiple choice
Circle the best option to complete these sentences.

1. Agent Kowalski is _____________________.

b. new in the Bank c. an old friend of Agent

a. new in the FBI
Robbery Department Sanders

2. Agent Sanders asks him if he’s OK with _____________________.

a. working on the streets b. her being his boss c. catching bank robbers

3. Agent Kowalski’s job is to _____________________.

c. catch people who steal

a. work in the countryside b. work in the office
money

4. The nurse says _____________________.

a. ‘Jane’ can hear b. ‘Jane’ can’t hear c. they don’t know if ‘Jane’
everything anything can hear or not

5. Agent Kowalski tells Nurse Bryson he needs to _____________________.

a. ask the patient some b. interview her and the

c. take some fingerprints
questions doctors

6. He wants the nurse to call him if ‘Jane’ _____________________.

a. wakes up b. dies c. gets worse

7. Agent Kowalski asks Nurse Bryson to go outside to _____________________.

a. speak to his colleague b. have a break c. get the doctor

8. When Agent Kowalski is alone with ‘Jane’ he gets _____________________.

a. sad b. nasty, not nice c. very worried

Discussion

Did you like this episode? What do you think will happen next?