Page 94 - Face2Face Pre inter www.english0905.com

www.english0905.com

m.

( www.newsweb.com/stolenlaptop " HELP WITH VOCABULARY
Guessing meaning from context
• Sometimes you can guess the meaning of a word by:
a knowing a similar word in your language or another
BURGLARS CAUGHT language you know.

BY STOLEN LAPTOP b knowing what type of word it is (noun, verb, adjective, etc.).

c understanding the general meaning of the text and the rest
www.english0905.com
On April 27th, two burglars broke into Kait Duplaga's of the sentence.
apartment in White Plains, New York, and stole about
a Look at the words in bold in the article. Are they
$5,000 worth of electronic goods, including two flat-
screen TVs and two laptops. As soon as Kait and her • nouns, verbs or adjectives?
•
two roommates got home that night, they reported • b Choose the correct meanings, a or b. What
•
the burglary to the police. Unfortunately the police • information in the article helped you decide?
•
couldn't find anything to help them catch the burglars. •
• 1 goods a excellent b things you can buy
Nine days later, a friend of Kait's contacted her • or sell
•
because his computer showed that she was • 2 contacted a talked to, wrote b complained to
•
logged onto the internet. Kait used another • to or texted
•
computer to go online and saw that someone was •
•
using her laptop to do some shopping. • 3 logged onto a connected to b downloaded
• 4 remote a modern b far away
Then Kait, who works in an Apple computer store, •
•
remembered that she could access the camera in her • 5 realised a decided b suddenly
•
laptop using remote technology. At first she could • understood
•
•
only see an empty room, but then two men came • 6 recognised a forgot a person's b knew someone
in and started using the computer again. Kait then • name by his/her face
•
took photos of the men before they realised what • 7 property a things you own b expensive things
•
was happening. One of her roommates recognised • 8 smart a dangerous b clever, intelligent
•
the men as friends of friends who were at a party at •
•
their apartment a few weeks earlier. Kait immediately • c Check in ijt!ffj:rnfli;tillt. p149 .
contacted the police and gave them the photos and
: a Work in pairs. Think of three stories you can
names of the men. The next day the burglars were
arrested and the police found nearly all of the stolen remember from this week's news. Make notes about
property in their apartment. each story. Ask your teacher for any new vocabulary.

"It clearly makes our job a lot easier when the victim b Work with another pair. Tell the other pair about your
can take a picture of the person using the stolen stories. Then decide which story is the most interesting.
property," said Daniel Jackson of the White Plains
c Tell the class about the most interesting story in your
Department of Public Safety. "It was definitely a very
group.
smart use of the technology."
•