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Lesson 12. Topic: At a police station.

Task 1. Read and translate the text.
At a police station.
Roy Finley was stopped by a policeman when he was driving to work.
He was asked to show his passport. After looking at it carefully, the

policeman asked Roy to come with him to the police station. Roy didn't
know why he was detected and immediately called his lawyer. Staying in
prison with criminals wasn't pleasant for Roy, to say the least. Roy was
getting nervous. His lawyer, Mr. Pearson, arrived in half an hour and
explained what was going on. In fact, Roy's wife Sandra was willing to
divorce. As Roy didn't agree, she decided to accuse him of violent

behaviour. She wrote a complaint letter to the police. With the help of Mr.
Pearson Roy was finally freed in 4 hours. He had no choice but to agree to
the divorce.
Task 2. Write down and learn the new words.
The police, a policeman, a criminal, a passport, a lawyer, a prison, a
divorce, behaviour, a choice, to look at, to show, to get nervous, to arrive at
/ in, to detect, to go on, to agree, to decide, to accuse of, to explain, to free,

in fact, violent, a complaint.
Task 3. Answer the questions.
When was Roy Finley stopped?
What was he asked to do by the policeman?
Where did the policeman take Roy?

Who did Roy call immediately?
How did Roy feel about staying in prison?
Why did Roy’s wife decide to accuse him of violent behaviour?
Was Roy freed from prison?
Did Roy agree to divorce his wife?
Task 4. Make questions to the following answers.
Roy was stopped when he was walking to work.
Roy was asked to show his passport.

The policeman took Roy to the police station.
Roy called his lawyer.
It wasn’t pleasant, Roy was nervous.
Because she was willing to divorce and Roy didn’t agree.