1. LISTENING COMPREHENSION  STUDENT B
FATHER MIKE
FROM : AMERICA : A TRIBUTE TO HEROES, BBC1, SUNDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2001.
1 The Reverend Mychal Judge, A Roman Catholic priest and a chaplain of the New York
2 City Fire Department (1) heard the news early and (2) (rush) …………………………
3 from his room at the St Francis of Assisi Friary. He (3) arrived at Grand Zero before
4 the towers (4) (fell) …………………………. As fires (5) raged around him he (6)
5 (comfort) ………………………… his fire-fighters. While they (7) tried to save lives
6 he (8) (try) ………………………… to save souls. At one point he was nearly
7 administering the Last Rites of the church to a dying fireman when he (9) took off his
8 helmet to lean closer. He (10) (know) ………………………… without a helmet he
9 (11) would be in danger but it (12) (not be) ………………………… his job to be
10 safe. The men of X whose firehouse (13) was across the street from Father Mike’s
11 friary (14) (pick up) ………………………… his body and (15) carried
12 ………………………… him from the rubble. They (16) (take)
13 ………………………… him to St Peter’s Church and (17) laid him at the altar
14 tenderly and then they (18) (go) …………………………back to Grand Zero and (19)
15 did their work because that’s what fire-fighters do. In Father Duffy’s eulogy for Father
16 Mike he (20) (say) …………………………this : Today we bury his body but not his
17 spirit. We bury his hands but not his good works. We bury his heart but not his love.
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