Man tries to steal in a bank – level 1
14-11-2014 07:00
This happens in a bank in China. A woman is at a counter. Her money is on it. A man approaches her. He takes her money.
He is 27 years old. He runs away. There are two policemen in the bank. They stop him.
The man is a criminal. He was in prison for seven months. Police let him go in July 2013.
Difficult words: counter (the place where you pay in a shop, bank, restaurant etc.), approach (come up to), was (past of “be”).
You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.
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