Episode 2

1.It is six o'clock on a very cold winter evening. All over England people are sitting down in their living-rooms and are watching the news on television or are listening to it on the radio. There is one very important piece of news this evening. It is this.

«In the West of England this evening, hundreds of policemen are looking for a man who escaped from Princeville Prison early this morning. The man’s name is Edward Coke. He is 30 years old, six feet tall, and has black hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a dark blue prison uniform. The police do not think he can stay free very long. It is only a few degrees above zero and it is snowing.”

2. The radio is on in an expensive pub in Soho, in the centre of London. Most of the people there are not very interested in the news programme, but one man is. His name is Eric Masters. He is abous 45 and is wearing very expensive clothes. He is looking very afraid of something. There is another man standing next to him at the bar. Masters is asking him a question.

“Did they say the man’s name was Coke?”

“Yes, that’s right. Coke… Edward Coke. Why? Do you know him?”

“Pardon?”

“Do you know him?”

“No…no. I don’t know him…I…I just wanted to know the man’s name, that’s all.”

3. In another part of London, a young detective is standing in the office of his chief at Scotland Yard. The young detective’s name is Richard Baxter.

“You knew Coke, didn’t you, Baxter?”

“Yes, air. I arrested him four years ago.”

Baxter’s chief is nodding his head.

“Yes, I know that, Baxter. That’s why I’m giving you this order, now. Find Coke again! You must find him immediately!”

(From “Kernel Lessons Intermediate” by R. O’Neill, R. Kingsbury, T. Yeadon)

Words and Word Combinations

clock, n o’clock, It is six o’clock; very, adv very cold; evening, n in the evening, this evening, on a cold winter evening; all over, adv all over England; to sit down; their, pron; living-room, n; to watch, v; important, adj; news, n important news, a piece of news, the news programme; television, n on television, to watch the news on television; to listen, v to listen to the news; radio, n on the radio; this, pron (pl, these); west, n in the west of (east, north, south); police, n; policemen, n pl of policeman; hundred, hundreds of policemen; to look, v to look for, to look at; to escape from prison; early, adv; morning, n in the morning, this morning, early this morning; year n; old, to be old, He is 30 years old, to be about 45; feet, n pl of foot; tall, adj to be 6 feet tall; black, adj; hair, n to have black hair, His hair is black; blue, adj; eye, n to have blue eyes; uniform, n a prison uniform, a dark blue prison uniform; to wear, v; can, v; to stay, v; free, adj to stay free, to stay free very long, He can’t stay free very long; only adv; a few, pron; degree, n; above, adv above zero (below zero), to be a few degrees above zero; to snow, v

to be on (about the radio), The radio is on; pub, n; expensive, adj (an) expensive pub; centre, n in the centre of; people, n; most, adj superl of many, most of the people; interested, adj to be interested in (the news programme); clothes, n expensive clothes; afraid, adj to look afraid of; something, pron; to stand, v; next to, prep to stand next to; bar, n at the bar; question, n; to ask; v to ask smb a question; to say, v to say smth to smb; right, adj to be right, That’s right

part, n in another part of London; young, adj; detective, n; office, n in the office; chief, n; at Scotland Yard; knew, v past of to know; to arrest, v; ago, adv four years ago; head, n; to nod, v to nod one’s head; that, pron, (pl those), I know that, That is why; to give, v to give smb an order; must, v; immediately, adv.