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Unit Five A Friend in NeedA.Spot Dictation Directions: Listen to the passage and write down the missing words you hear in the spaces.Human NatureIn May, 2004 the world was 1) _ of Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison, near Baghdad. Lurid photographs and reports caused us to wonder how otherwise 2)_ could commit such abuses.The question is not new. An experiment conducted by psychologist Phil Zimbardo at Stanford University in the early 1970s 3) _ in a simulated prison environment.Volunteer participants were 4) _ into prisoners and guards. The prisoners were held in a makeshift prison and guards were told to maintain order as they saw fit. It took only one day for the guards to 5)_. After a brief rebellion, the prisoners were punished by 6) _. The guards also 7)_ with a fire extinguisher and threatened sexual abuse. The situation got so out of hand that after only six days the two-week long experiment was aborted.Based on the experiment and others like it, Zimbardo and other psychologists concluded that in the right context anyone can do things that they would 8) _. During the Holocaust, for example, Nazi doctors who were known to be good husbands and fathers thought nothing of torturing and killing concentration camp prisoners. But as Zimbardo showed, the 9) _ for brutal behavior is not limited to Nazis or other criminals.So while the incidents at Abu Ghraib are certainly disturbing, they are (10)_. If the Stanford experiment and others like it are any indication, what happened at Abu Ghraib was not abnormal. Unfortunately, it was an example of human nature at its very worst.Key: 1. shocked by the abuse2. law-abiding, well-trained soldiers3. explored the behavior of psychologically healthy people4. randomly divided5. begin abusing their authority.6. being forced to do push ups and other physically demanding exercise7. sprayed the prisoners8. otherwise consider barbaric9. capacity10. not unprecedentedScript:In May, 2004 the world was shocked by the abuse of Iraqi detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison, near Baghdad. Lurid photographs and reports caused us to wonder how otherwise law-abiding, well-trained soldiers could commit such abuses.The question is not new. An experiment conducted by psychologist Phil Zimbardo at Stanford University in the early 1970s explored the behavior of psychologically healthy people in a simulated prison environment.Volunteer participants were randomly divided into prisoners and guards. The prisoners were held in a makeshift prison and guards were told to maintain order as they saw fit. It took only one day for the guards to begin abusing their authority. After a brief rebellion, the prisoners were punished by being forced to do push ups and other physically demanding exercise. The guards also sprayed the prisoners with a fire extinguisher and threatened sexual abuse. The situation got so out of hand that after only six days the two-week long experiment was aborted.Based on the experiment and others like it, Zimbardo and other psychologists concluded that in the right context anyone can do things that they would otherwise consider barbaric. During the Holocaust, for example, Nazi doctors who were known to be good husbands and fathers thought nothing of torturing and killing concentration camp prisoners. But as Zimbardo showed, the capacity for brutal behavior is not limited to Nazis or other criminals.So while the incidents at Abu Ghraib are certainly disturbing, they are not unprecedented. If the Stanford experiment and others like it are any indication, what happened at Abu Ghraib was not abnormal. Unfortunately, it was an example of human nature at its very worst.B. Directions: Decide whether the following statements are True or False according to the movie clip you have just watched._1. Connie was very envious when she saw Charlie stayed with Deb, his girlfriend. _ 2. Charlie told Connie the truth that he and Deb broke off last summer._ 3. Betty knew everything happening between Charlie and Deb._ 4. Connie felt regretful that she mistook Connie as a playboy._ 5. Connie was unhappy that her friend Betty gave her wrong information about Charlie.Key:1. F 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. TScript: Mona. Lisa. SmileCharlie: Please to meet you!Charlie: Would you excuse me? I ll be right back.Charlie: Connie! Connie! Excuse me. Sorry. Connie.Connie: Its been a while!Charlie: Yeah. How are you?Connie: Im fine, thank you. You? Deb?Charlie: Pardon?Connie: Deb. Your girlfriend, with the very large teeth. Oh, did you think I didnt know?Charlie: Connie. Deb and I broke it off last summer. Thats Miranda. We started seeing each other when you stopped returning my calls or answering any of my letters.Charlie: maybe, I should go.Betty: Have you seen Spencer?Connie: But I did see Charlie Stewart. And he told me that he and Deb broke off last summer. And you told me that they were together when he invited me to Cape.Betty: Oh, Connie. I dont k