15. Why Are These Monkeys Stealing from Tourists?

15. WHY ARE THESE MONKEYS STEALING FROM TOURISTS?

These monkeys are expert thieves.

There we go, there we go, there we go, oh wow there you go!

Crazy, audacious, they work out exactly how to get what they want.

Oh, dear, dear, It’s 1. ______taking candy for children, it really is.

You are a bit of a gangster. You fancy yourself as a bit of a sunglasses hit man?

Look at him, look, here he goes, here he goes.

I’ve been on the cover 2. ______about an hour. The monkeys have 3. ______all sorts of stuff; flip-flops, sunglasses (I managed to hang on to my own), people’s hats, I’m told they even nick their iPhones. The interesting thing is though, they’re taking all these stuff which is valuable to us humans but they are not taking 4. ______food.

Wow, obviously I spoke too soon about my sunglasses. But this daylight robbery is still all about food, just not in the way that you ever expect. So to understand what they are up to, I’m giving 5. ______an irresistible opportunity. You see, these monkeys want something in return 6. ______my phone. They are notorious for one thing, holding people to ransom. Ok, he’s got my phone, and there’s a system by which I may 7. ______do this; bartering. Ok, that’s what he thinks of peanuts. Let’s try something a little bit more valuable to it, maybe a bag of bananas. He isn’t particularly interested 8. ______the bananas 9. ______, does he? The last prize 10. ______I have is this; protein in the form of eggs. If anything is gonna get my phone back it’s this. Yes!!!!

1. a) likeb) similarc) how

2. a) duringb) forc) since

3. a) been stolenb) been stealingc) being stolen

4. a) some b) noc) any

5. a) themb) theirc) they

6. a) forb) of c) from

7. a) canb) be ablec) be able to

8. a) ofb) inc) for

9. a) neitherb) alsoc) either

10. a) whob) thanc) that

1.These monkeys are expert ______

2. These monkeys know very well how to ______what they want.

3. What monkeys do is like taking ______for children.

4. These monkeys have been stealing all sorts of ______

5. These monkeys steal people’s flip-flops, hats, phones and ______

6. It’s interesting that these monkeys are only taking stuff which is valuable to ______

7. These monkeys are not taking any ______

8. These monkeys want something in ______for the things they steal.

9. The monkey isn’t interested in peanuts and he tries with a ______of bananas.

10. Finally, he gives the monkey protein in the form of eggs, and he gets his ______back.

KEY:

1. a) likeb) similarc) how

2. a) duringb) forc) since

3. a) been stolenb) been stealingc) being stolen

4. a) some b) noc) any

5. a) themb) theirc) they

6. a) forb) of c) from

7. a) canb) be ablec) be able to

8. a) ofb) inc) for

9. a) neitherb) alsoc) either

10. a) whob) thanc) that

Listening:

1.THIEVES / ROBBERS / STEALERS

2. GET / STEAL / ROB / NICK

3. CANDY / SWEETS

4. STUFF / THINGS / PRODUCTS.

5. SUNGLASSES

6. HUMANS / PEOPLE.

7. FOOD.

8. RETURN / EXCHANGE

9. BAG / SACK

10. PHONE / CELL PHONE / MOBILE PHONE