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* Unit 1 Living for Work Unit 1 Living for Work urther Listening A | Read the statements and answer choices. Then listen to a talk about Tim Samaras and choose the correct word or phrase to complete each statement. Further Listening Listening 1 1. The main idea of this passage is that ______. a. Tim Samaras is in hot pursuit of images of nature b. Tim Samaras is chasing lightning with a camera c. Tim Samaras finds a desirable job in a research institute 2. The camera was used to take pictures of ______. a. lightning b. tornadoes c. nuclear tests 3. Taking a photograph of the moment lightning starts is ______. a. very difficult b. not so hard c. very easy b c a Further Listening Listening 1 4. ______ people think Samaras has no chance of getting the shot he wants. a. Few b. Some c. Many 5. Samaras ______ what it looks and feels like inside a tornado. a. keeps trying to record b. failed to record c. succeeded in recording b c B | Read the sentences. Then listen again and complete the sentences with what you hear. 1. The Beckman Whitley 192 camera weighed __________ pounds and stood _________ high. 2. Samaras changed how the camera works by replacing the ________________ with _____________ designed for deep-space exploration and adding ______________ written specially for the camera. 3. The burst of light comes from _________________ and moves up to _______. Further Listening Listening 1 1,600 six feet film technology digital sensors new software close to the ground the sky 4. Although the camera is fast enough to take the picture, Samaras must know ___________________ and also ______________________. 5. Samaras got some of the most accurate readings ever of _____________, barometric pre