Top Course Unit 195
Presentations: The Top Course Unit 195
Listen to the recordings to practice this study group.
Repeat each line after the speaker.
Practice one group at a time.
Start with Part A Slow reading then Part A Normal speed. Then go on to Part B.
Unit 195 Part A |
1 Today in the studio we have Dr Lafford from the Forensic Science Service, 2 who is here to tell us a little more about forensic science 3 Wherever we go, whatever we touch, material is transferred both ways. 4 I see, so it's not just that the suspect leaves clues at the scene of the crime, 5 the scene of the crime leaves clues on the suspect. 6 Absolutely, and that is normally the most compelling evidence – 7 not just when you have a fingerprint, for example, but also where you've found traces 8 of, say, the carpet at the scene of a crime on the suspect's clothing, 9 and that, of course, can be very hard to explain away. 10 in fact, because the range of tests has mushroomed... for example 11 we might be given some pieces of a headlight swept up after a hit-and-run accident 12 and asked to identify the car, 13 so we would fit the thousands of pieces together like a vast jigsaw, 14 and might be able to identify the number embossed on the back of the glass ... 15 that would help us identify the model of the car, the make, the age, and so on, 16 making it easier to search for the suspect. |
Unit 195 Part B |
16 We could tell whether the lights had been on at the time of the accident … |