How to Discuss a Story. Бунеева И.М - 49 стр.

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Words and expressions
to make bond                                   in jail
sergeant                                       after his case had been heard in court
quavered                                       time for the edition
patrolman                                      I’ll drag into the office
a cotton bag pinned beneath his shirt          I hate to lay off = to cease work
protested volubly                              the story on the front page under a
cage                                           two-column head
dough (US slang) - money                       the reporter chuckled
docket – a list or register of cases in        the morning sheet
court                                          I’ll bet a buck (a dollar)
petty larceny                                  the bank deposit
chain store                                    in the gutter
shrilled indignantly

   II.    AFTER LISTENING TASKS . COMPREHENSION CHECK

          GENERAL COMPREHENSION

       a. Listen to the story once to answer the following questions
   1. Why was the little old man brought to the police station? Did he look like a
       criminal?
   2. Why did the sergeant suggest that the prisoner should make bond? What is
       bond? Did the old man know anything about it?
   3. What did the sergeant order the patrolman to do?
   4. What did they find having searched the old man? How did he behave?
   5. Why did the old man carry all that money with him? Where had he got that
       some of money?
   6. Why was the old man accused of petty larceny?
   7. What did the sergeant carefully explain to the man and how did the police
       officer persuade the old man to make bond?
   8. Why did the reporter get interested in the old man’s story?
   9. Why did the sergeant ask the reporter not to write anything about the old man
       in his newspaper?
   10. Why did the reporter take the old man to the bank? What precautions did he
       decide to take?
   11.What kind of story did the reporter write? Why was he pleased with himself?
   12. Did he expect that the old man would be killed? Give reasons to justify your
       answer.