F2F Class Notes (Cricket)

Vocabulary

shut off– turn off- sometimes suddenly

eg. My computer just shut-off unexpectedly.

fuse box– electrical panel

flip– turn over, swith sides

eg. The switch on my fuse box was flipped.

obey- follow the rules or laws

eg.

break the law

thief – someone who steals

eg.

Toddler- young child

eg. The toddler is very cute

trick-shouduan

eg. My boyfriend tricked me into paying for dinner because he forgot his wallet.

Grammar

The thief has an opportunity to steal your child.

If the mother is too busy watching her phone when she should be taking care of the baby then the kidnapper has the opportunity to take the child.

When he was in the way of work. When he was on his way to work.

It is very dangerous to let kids to go home by themselves. It’s dangerous to let the kids walk home by themselves.

She don’t have– She doesn’t have.

This news comes from Romania. Some criminals kidnap people. They find them at places like railway stations. This starts to happen in 2008.

The criminals make the people be slaves. Some of these slaves are children. Their masters don’t behave well. They give them only little food.

The police find some of these criminals and slaves. The police find 29 criminals. The police save 5 slaves. The police believe that there are more criminals. They believe that there are 40 slaves altogether.

Difficult words: kidnap (take somebody away and hide him or her), slave (a person who is owned by another person), master (a person who owns somebody or something).