UNIT 1
REPORTING A CRIME

(A woman goes into a police office to report a crime.)

A= Police officer; B=Woman

A: Can I help you?

B: I want to report a crime, sir.

A: What's happened?

B: I can't find my car. Somebody must have stolen it about 40 minutes ago.

A: Where did you park the car?

B: On the parking lot at the entrance to the post office.

A: Where's the post office? The specific address, I mean.

B: It's on Zhongshan Road, just the opposite to the Bank of China. There's a crossroads nearby. But I don't quite remember the street number.

A: Where did you go after parking the car?

B: I went to the post office to mail a package . It was probably ten twenty at that time. There were many people queuing in the office. So it took me nearly 30 minutes to finish the work. When I went out of the gate, I found my car disappeared.

A: Could you please describe the car? What type of car is it?

B: It's a Toyota 2000. I bought it in 1998.

A: What's the color?

B: Light brown.

A: And the number of the license plate ?

B: AX11211.

A: OK. We'll start the investigation at once. We'll contact you as soon as it's found. Please leave your name and your phone number.

B: Thank you, sir.

New Words & Expressions

opposite [ˈɒpəzɪt] adj. 相反的；对面的；对立的

n. 对立面

crossroad [ˈkrɒsˌr ə ʊd] n. 十字路口；交叉路；岔道

package [ˈpækɪdʒ] n. 包裹

queue [kju:] vi. 排队；排队等候

n. 队列；长队

license plate [ˈlaɪsəns pleɪt] n. 牌照

investigation [ɪnˌvestɪˈgeɪʃn] n. 调查

Exercises

I. Translate the following dialogue.

A：警察先生，我要报案。

B：发生了什么事？

A：我的手提包被抢了？

B：什么时候被抢的？

A：就在刚才，大概15分钟以前。

B：在哪里被抢的？怎么被抢的？

A: 我去超市买东西，刚走出门口没几步，有个男的从我身后一把抢过我的手提包就跑。我想追上去，可他一会儿就不见了。

B：你的手提包是什么样的？

A：是个粉红色的手提包，幸运鸭牌的，还很新。挎带上还系一个钥匙扣。

B：手提包里装有什么东西？

A: 装有钱包、手提电话、一把黑色的雨伞。钱包里有300元，还有工作证和身份证。

B：那个男的长得什么样？你能描述一下吗？

A：不太高，瘦瘦的，留有胡子。

B：穿什么样的衣服？什么颜色的？

A：白色的长袖上衣，深蓝色的牛仔裤。我不太肯定。

B：就这些，还有什么要补充吗？

A：没有了。我就记得这么多。

B: 好的。把你的姓名、住址和联系方式留下来。我们会尽快展开调查，一有消息就通知你。

II. Role-play

Work in pairs, making up dialogues according to the following situation: You are walking home in the evening. The street is quiet. A man behind you takes out a knife, threatening you to surrender all your possessions to him. You have no choice but to obey. After he runs away, you go to the police station to report the hold-up. Take turns to be the victim and the police officer. DwBYBfdiOqEpghbTBZTfnKmRvYANYWU52yNno9Y98ChdWHxGVDoFe3KuVSeuJ3D5