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Words and expressions
to make bond
sergeant
quavered
patrolman
a cotton bag pinned beneath his shirt
protested volubly
cage
dough (US slang) - money
docket – a list or register of cases in
court
petty larceny
chain store
shrilled indignantly
in jail
after his case had been heard in court
time for the edition
I’ll drag into the office
I hate to lay off = to cease work
the story on the front page under a
two-column head
the reporter chuckled
the morning sheet
I’ll bet a buck (a dollar)
the bank deposit
in the gutter
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.
49 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.
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