F2F Class Notes (Celeste) [R]

Reread the article below and tell a summary of it in your next class.

Dancing Thief

This thief was so happy at finding a fifty-pound note in a stolen wallet that he did a little celebratory dance.

Police have released this CCTV footage of the 31-year-old man, who took the wallet from a parked car in Birmingham. Sergeant Alan Lawless said, “We couldn’t believe it when we saw the footage. He was so happy at getting his hands on someone else’s cash that he did a little dance on the pavement. He may have felt like dancing at the time, but he looked pretty miserable when we knocked on his door to arrest him.”

The man, who has convictions for offences including shoplifting, criminal damage, and vehicle interference, was later jailed for two weeks after admitting theft. Dancing his ways behind bars!

Difficult words: note (paper money), footage (video), conviction (a decision that someone is guilty), interference (breaking into something).

Vocabulary

note/s n. – 1. a small written message / 2. paper money (British)
eg. He found a 50 pound note in the wallet.

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miserable adj. – I would be very miserable if I lost the game.

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shoplift / shoplifting / shoplifted v. – to steal from a store

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shoplifter/s n. – person or people who steal from stores and shops

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sound / sounding / sounded v.- to make a noise
eg. The alarm will sound if people shoplift.

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arrest / arresting / arrested v. –  If the police arrest someone, they take them away to ask them about a crime that they might have committed.

Grammar

The candy or water doesn’t worth a lot of money so the cashier just argue with the customer. – The candy or water isn’t worth a lot of money so the cashier will just shout/ yell at the shoplifter / customer. 

Pronunciation

eliminated ( E – lim – min – nei – tid )

nights vs. lights ( tongue touches outside of your front teeth, open mouth a bit bigger)