Smart Phone Finds Thief for Police

Pre discussion questions

How are smart phones helping the police?

Do you know about any stupid thieves?.

There are some very stupid thieves in the world. For example a bank robber who held up a bank with a gun and then ran off leaving the money behind. Or another one who robbed a bank and dropped his identification on the floor for the police to see when they showed up.

The newest dumb story is about a man who robbed a house in London.

A burglar didn’t bother to turn off Find My iPhone on a stolen phone.  And when the police turned it on, he was outside a police station.

How easy for the police!

The police ran out of the police station and promptly caught Jermaine who is 28 years old.

Jermaine had raided a home in Croydon, south London, on November 8 last year.

The home owner told the police about the robbery within hours. And told police officers that he had the ‘Find my iPhone’ app on the phone. This allowed the phone to be followed.

The police easily put the home owner’s details into a tablet computer and traced the phone’s location.  They found that he was walking past their police station.

Officers alerted coworkers at the station. The police station was 7km from the house he had robbed. And then the thief was promptly arrested within meters of the police station. He was found with the iPhone in his pocket.
He denied robbing the house. But the Crown Court last week found him guilty after evidence from his clothes were found at the crime place. He was sent to jail for two years.

Try to guess the meaning of the words in bold and match them with their closest meaning from the choices in the right. Some of the answers are very close and have similar meaning. The meaning of these words is how they are used in the reading. Some of these words have different meanings in the dictionary depending on how they are used.

 The answers are below the table.

A=6, B=1, C=8, D=2, E=5, F=3, G=4, H=7

Some example sentences using the new words or phrases from the meaning of how they are used in the reading to help you understand better.

1.      Hostages were held up by the terrorists.

2.      Students who don’t show up on time will lose grades.

3.      He is bothering me with his loud music.

4.      The cat raided the food from the garbage can.

5.      The service at that café is prompt.

6.      Koreans trace their history to the bear and the tiger.

7.      The sign alerts people about the danger of going there.

8.      If you don’t have a visa, then you will be denied entry into the country.

Some questions using the new words/phrases. Try to use the words/phrases in your answer.

1.      How do you think you would feel if you were held up in a bank?

2.      How do you feel if your friends show up late to meet you?

3.      What kinds of things bother you?

4.      How would you feel if your house was raided?

5.      Are you a prompt person, or do you do things late?

6.      Would it be hard or easy to trace your family history?

7.      Are there any alert sounds on your phone that you don’t like? Why?

8.      Have you ever denied doing something, but what you said was a lie?