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John Escott has written many books for readers of all ages, and particularly enjoys writing crime and mystery thrillers. He was born in the west of England, but now lives on the South Coast. When he is not writing, he visits second-hand bookshops, watches videos of old Hollywood movies, and takes long walks along empty beaches. He has also written The Wild West, A Pretty Face, and retold
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This is Tom. He’s an artist and he lives in the United States. One day he goes to a bookstore What happens? Tick the boxes. a At the bookstore Tom finds 1 a cell phone
3 a magazine
c He draws a picture o f . . .
1 an interesting woman -------------------
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2 a mov.ie sttar
3 a police officer
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He sees two men. They are 1
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2 kidnappers
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CHAPTER 1
Tom lives in America, near the town of Harper. He is an artist and he works at home. He is working on a comic strip. ‘How do the two friends escape?’ Tom thinks. ‘They’re ru nn ing throu gh some trees, and a m an with a gun is run ning after them. I need a new idea.’
artist a person who makes pictures comic strip a story with pictures
escape to get away from something bad
gun a person can fight with this idea something that you think
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It’s w i n t e r an d th ere ’s a lot of snow. ‘I can go to th e bookstore in Harper, Tom thinks. ‘It’s warm in there .’
‘I need some c o ffe e, ’ he thinks. He parks his car and goes into the bookstore maybe perhaps winter the time of year when it is very cold
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snow something soft, cold and white
coffee people often drink this in the morning
bookstore a shop for books
park to stop driving and leave your car
Just th en, Tom sees some white paper. The paper falls from
‘Wait!’ Tom calls. ‘This is yours!’ But the m an doesn’t hea r him. Tom looks at the paper. It has a map on it. He puts th e paper into his coat. ‘Maybe it’s not im portan t,’ he thinks.
paper you write on this
fall to go down suddenly
map a picture that shows where things are
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any paper.’ Then he remembers the m an’s map. ‘Oh! Yes, I do!’
a comic strip, ’ he thinks. Tom drinks his coffee and goes down into the bookstore. He looks out of the window and sees the wo man from the coffee shop. ‘Is something wrong?’ he thinks. ‘Why is she stan ding there in the street?’
draw to make a picture with a pen or pencil
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m i Are you uivr iom asKs. ‘It’s my ca r,’ the wom an says. ‘The re’s something w rong with it.’
rou neea to can a tow trucis, ne says. ‘They can come and get your car. Here’s my cell pho ne.’
‘W ha t’s that?’ the wom an asks, when she sees Tom’s picture. ‘I t .. . it’s a picture of you,’ Tom says. ‘I’m an artist, I draw pictures for comic books. Oh, but there’s a map—’
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Tom tells the wo man about the m en in the bookstore. They look at th e map. ‘Look at this!’ says Tom, and he reads from the map. tow truck a big car that can pull your car when it isn’t working cell phone a phone that you carry with you
bodyguard a strong person who protects famous people van a big car, with no side windows at the back
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CHECK the right words to complete the sentences. Tom draws a picture o f . . .
Tom is an artist. At home he is working on a ...
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an old woman.
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big picture.
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an interesting woman
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VY comic strip.
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a man and a woman.
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map.
e There’s something wrong with the woman’s ...
Tom goes to the ... 1 O
supermarket.
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car.
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airport.
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cell phone.
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bookstore.
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coffee.
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Tom sees a .. . fall from a man’s hand.
On the map Tom and the woman read about...
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map
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a bodyguard and a van.
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photo
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a bodyguard and a plane.
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gun
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a van and a plane.
WORD WORK Use the words in the cell phone to complete the sentences. a Tom must think of a new ... J.Q.2 for his story.
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b In t h e ............................ it’s very cold and sometimes there’s a lot of ............................. on the hills. c There’s something wrong with our car. We need to call a ............................ 'Can you do the English homework?’ ‘ I can, but it’s difficult!’
e Please write your phone number on t h is ............................... f
He has a gun! How can w e ............................from him?
g You can ............................your car in front of the bookstore. h Be careful! Don’t i j
down from there.
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Garfield is a very good ........................................................... about a fat cat. Our gardener drives a big green .............................with his name on it.
GUESS WHAT
What happen s in the next chapte r? Read the sente nces and write Kes or No.
Then
b Tom talks to the woman, from the bookstore want somebody, he tells her.
c
d
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‘Only impo rtan t or famous people have a bodyguard,’ Tom says. ‘This is a plan. Those two men in the bookstore wan t to kidnap somebody - ‘A”! And look. It says “H school”. Maybe they want to kidnap a child.’
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‘This isn’t is real life,’ m ust call ‘Wait!’ ‘Can I
little laugh. ‘Kidnap a child? You read a lot of comic books!’ she says.
‘My nam e’s Rita,’ the w om an says. ‘What’s your name?’ ‘Tom,’ he tells her. ‘Look, Tom. Maybe we c an find th e school first. Then we can ask the teachers, “Do you have any famous children here?” before we call the police.’
famous when many people know a person
kidnap to take someone away when they don't want to go
plan when you get something ready to do later
real life things that happens every day
police men and women who stoppeopledoing bad things
mother and her daugh ter leave their house. The mother is Jodie-Anne Ryan, the m ovie star. The girl is Anastasia. She is thirteen years old. ‘Why are we going to your old school?’ Anastasia asks her mother. ‘It's the winter holiday concert,’
Jodie-Anne says. ‘The students are singing and we must be there. They’re singing for us .’ ‘Holiday concert? Oh, no! Mom, I w an t to go home now !’ ‘Please Anastasia, you must come with me. The students w ant to see you,’ Jodie-Anne says. ‘Well, I don’t want to see them. Holiday concerts are boring!’ Anastasia says. movie star a famous person that you can see in moving pictures
holiday conce rt a school event in which the students sing and play mus ic in front of other people
boring not interesting
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call th e police
call th e police. ‘There are no street names on the m ap ,’ he says. ‘How can we find the school?’
‘Maybe I know it,’ Rita tells him. ‘Come on, Tom. We can take your car.’
W hat about your car?’ Tom asks. ‘Do
want to call the tow truck?
There isn’t time,' Rita says. ‘And this is.
ore imp ortan t tha n my car.
‘Only an hour before the kidnap,’ Tom says. ‘Are you sure about the school?’ Uh - almost sure,’ Rita says.
almost nearly
sure when you feel someth ing is true
ice water that is hard when it is very cold
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READING CHECK Are these sentences true or false? Tick the boxes.
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a The two men want to kidnap a child, Tom thinks.
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d Jodie-Anne Ryan is a movie star. e Anastasia wants to go to the holiday concert. f
Tom can see some street names on the map.
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WORD WORK t Find ten word s from Chap ter 2 on the map.
2 Use the word s from Activity 1 to complete thes e sen tenc es. a ‘Who’s that beautiful woman in the long dress?’ ‘She’s a Hollywood
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b ‘What’s the time?’ Tm not ...............................
Maybe it’s about two o’clock.’
c I don’t want to read this book. It’s very long a n d ............................... d Look! There’s a man with a gun. We must call t h e ............................ now! e ‘How old are you?’ 'Twelve, but I’m ............................... thirteen. It’s my birthday
tomorrow.’
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She has a bodyguard because somebody wants to
h In the movie she has long dark hair but in
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her.
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We have a .................................We want to go to New York next weekend. I’d like a cold drink. Can you put som e
in it, please?
k That man in the red shirt is very ............................... Everybody knows him.
What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes.
Tom and Rita stop because they want to get 1 a magazine.
2 some gas.
3 some lunch
2 can’t find the school
3 meet the two men from the bookstore.
b Tom and Rita ...
1 find the name of the school on the map.
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n i i c i Lvvcixty m i n u t e s , ± u m says,
‘I need some gas.’
‘I can get some here ,’ Tom says, ‘Hurry,’ Rita tells him. ‘There isn’t m uch time.’ W hat time is it?’ asks Tom again. It’s almost twelve o’clock,’ Rita says
gas gasoline or petrol; oars need this to wor k
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hurry to do something quickly
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me DOOKSiore are tooiiiug ai me map. ‘The school’s not far from here, Joe,’ the big m an says. ‘W here’s your map? ‘I don’t know,’ Joe says.
vviiere s me u u s s r ‘Listen, everything’s OK,’ Max tells him. ‘Think of all the money, Joe!'
‘Here, take my map, Joe. Drive down this ro ad for five kilometres. T here’s a place to park on the right. Wait there, and be ready to move quickly when you see the car. Remember, it’s a long, black car.’
worried not happy about something and thinkin g about it a lot
boss the person that you work for
place where something is
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'Hi,' he says to the girl in th e shop. ‘We’re looking for a school near here.’
‘W hat?’ says Tom. ‘Do you know it?’ ‘Maybe it’s Bridgewater, a little tow n abou t three kilometres from here,’ she says. show to help someone to see something
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‘Do you know he asks. The girl looks think . . .’ she
‘Is there a school in Bridgewater?’ Tom asks. ‘Oh, yes,’ the girl says. ‘Hillside School.’
The girl shows Tom a magazine. There is a picture of a movie star on th e front of the magazine. ‘Do you know this w om an?’ she asks. ‘Sure! It’s Jodie-Anne Ryan!’ says Tom. ‘T hat’s right,’ the girl says. ‘Sh e’s an old Hillside student. And th a t’s her daughter - Anastasia.’
Anastasia!’ Tom thinks. ‘“A” for Anastasia! They wa nt to kidnap Jodie-Anne Ryan’s dau ghter!’ magazine a thin book with lots of pictures in it; you can buy it every week or every month
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READING CHECK Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. a Tom needs som e ( £ a S ^ tt1 0tl€ y\.
ca r \ m ap
b Joe can’t find his
c Joe feels very h a p p y J w o r r ie d \. d Joe and Max are waiting for t h e p o lic e i t h e ir b o S S I . e Joe must look for a b l u e v a t l I b i f l c K C a r
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goes into the gas station.
g The girl shows Tom a m a p j m a g a z in e h The men want to kidnap A n a S t a S jp f J o d ie - A n n e |, Tom thinks.
WORD V O l l Use the words in the papers to complete the sentences. a 'It’s fifty kilometres to the next town.’
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‘We must stop here and get some g & s . ’ b 'What’s the matter?’
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‘I’m ___________ because I can’t find my bag. c 'It’s 8 o’clock. We’re late!’
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'Oh no! We must _ d 'Do you like your new
?’
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'Yes, she’s very nice. We can leave work early every Friday now!’ e ‘Look, there’s a photo of Jodie-Anne Ryan on the front of that_____________.'
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'I know! She's my favourite movie-star.’ f
‘Do you know a good ________ to have coffee?’ 'Yes. Let’s go to the bookstore.’
g 'Where do you live?’
‘I c a n
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you on this map.’
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GUESS WHAT What happens in the next chapter? Tick two answers. a
O 'Tom finds Anastasia at the school.
b
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□ Rita takes out a gun.
d
□ Tom and Rita meet Max.
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Rita sees Tom. He’s ru nn ing to the car. ‘What’s happening?’ she thinks.
Kid to say something that is not true
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‘They w an t to kidnap Anastasia, Jodie-Anne Ryan’s daug hter!’ Tom says. ‘Jodie-Anne Ryan - the movie star?’ says Rita. Are you kidding?’ ‘We must call the police now,’ Tom says.
Tom throws his phone into the back of the car. He sees Rita’s coat. The n he sees something in her coat pocket.
And she has a cell phone!’ Tom says. ‘So . .. who is she calling now? Is it the police, or . . . ?’ He looks at the map. throw to make something move from your hand through the air pocket the place in your coat where you can put things
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'She's phoning the kidnappers! She’s a kidnapper, too!'
‘Where are we going?’ Tom asks. ‘Don’t ask stupid questions, Mr Smart-guy. Drive!’ Rita says. She smiles, but it isn’t a nice smile. A nd when I say take a left, take a left.’ stupid not thinking well
smart quick-thinking
guy man
the snow. ‘Why do you w an t JodieAn ne Ryan’s dau ghte r?’ he asks Rita. Anastasia?’ Rita says. ‘We kidnap her, then we ask Jodie-Anne for three million dollars. She gives us the m oney and we give he r Anastasia.’ ‘The police—’ Tom begins. ‘The police a re n’t coming,’ Rita says, laughing. ‘But my friends are w aiting for us.’ After driving for ten minutes, Tom stops behind a blue van. ‘Now we wait w ith Max,’ Rita says. ‘Get out.'
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RIEftilNS:CHECK; Put these sen tences in the co rrect order. Number them 1-7. a b
EE Rita gets into Tom’s car with a gun. E | Tom stops behind a blue van.
c E H Tom and Rita meet Max. d □
Tom tells Rita about the plan to kidnap Anastasia,
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Tom sees a map in Rita’s pocket,
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E E Rita goes to phone from the shop,
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I Tom finds Rita’s cell phone.
WORD WORK Use the words in the car to complete the sentences below.
a That's not true! You’r e
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b Our son is very ............................... He’s only two years old and he knows fifty words. c
Quick, I must call the police! Can you ............................ your cell phone to me, please?
d Don’t lose your money. Put it in y o u r ........................... now. e
It’s a ............................. idea to go for a walk today. It’s cold and it’s raining.
f
Do you know that ........................... over there? What’s he doing?
What happens in the next chapter? Tick the boxes. a Rita, Max and Joe kidnap Anastasia, b Rita, Max and Joe want to kidnap Anastasia, but she escapes c Jodie-Anne’s bodyguard shoots Joe in the leg. d Joe kills Jodie-Anne’s bodyguard, e The kidnappers put Anastasia and Tom in the blue van. f
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Just ttien, a big black car comes down th e road. ‘Here they come, Rita says.
Almost there, A nas tasia,’ Jodie-Anne Ryan says. ‘My old school is dow n this roa d.’ ‘Oh, gr ea t!’ Anastasia says. And wh en can we go home?’
Suddenly, everything happens!
‘Give me the girll’J Max shouts at Jodie-Anne. 4 ‘No!’ screams the movie star. ‘No, please don’t take her.’ . w
scream to give a loud high cry because you are afraid shout to say loudly and angrily
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Suddenly, Jodie-A nne’s bodyguard takes a g un from und er his coat. ‘Be careful, Joe!’ shouts Max.
shoot to use a gun
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m e bodyguard snoots but ne can t stop the van.
‘Be careful, Max!’ Rita shouts. ‘The re’s ice on the roads. hurt in pain and not able to move
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tne oacK 01 me van. Ana stasia is angry. ‘Be careful,’ says Tom quietly. ‘These people are dangerous.’
After a minute, R ita opens the back doors. ‘Max?’ she shouts. ‘I - 1 can’t get out!’ Max shouts.
dangerous that can kill you skid to move without control when going over ice
crash a big noise when a car hits something and stop s sud den |y
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READING CHECK C or re ct the mista kes.
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a Jodie-Anne and Anastasia come in a small black car. b The bodyguard shoots Joe in the arm. c Max drives away slowly,
d Rita is worried about ice on the van. e Anastasia feels happy, f
Tom and Anastasia are in the front of the van.
g The van hits a house, h Rita can’t get out of the van.
WORD WORK 1 Find seven more words from Chapter 5 in the word square.
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2 Use the words from Activity 1 to complete the sentences. a Some cars drive very fast in the winter and th ey
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on the ice.
b He can’t talk quietly, he always ............................... c ‘Do you like that book?' 'Yes, it’s ............................... ' d ‘Call a doctor. Two people a r e ............................... ’ e In the movie the man takes out a gun and h e ............................. at the police. f
Some people open their mouths a n d ............................. when they are afraid.
g This is a ............................. place to walk across the road; cars drive past here
very fast. h When a car hits a tree you can hear a b ig ...............................
GUESS WHAT What happens in the next chapter? Tick one box. a Jodie-Anne gives three million dollars to the kidnappers.
c Anastasia runs away but the kidnappers shoot Tom.
b Jodie-Anne finds the blue van and she shoots Rita.
d Anastasia and Tom escape from the kidnappers. The police arrive.
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Suddenly, Tom ju m ps on Rita. He k n o c k s the gun from her hand . ‘Run!’ he shouts to A nastasia. Tom runs after Anastasia. ‘I’m b ehind you!’ he shouts
jump to move suddenly from one place to a different place knock to hit strongly
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Rita has her g un again, and run s alter them.
Anastasia falls in th e snow, she cries.
Tom helps Anastasia. Rita is getting closer and closer. ‘Stop!’ she shouts. ‘Or I shoot!’
close near
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go across the river on the bridge
river water that moves in a long line bridge people can go across a river on this
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slip to fall suddenly on ice swim to go through the water moving your arms and legs
and gets ready to stioot Tom. Quickly, Anastasia gets some snow and makes a snowball.
snowball at Kita and...
dead. ‘Owf Rita shouts.
Rita falls into the river. ‘Help!’ she screams. ‘Help me! I can’t swim!’
Tom gets ou t of the water, an d sees Rita in the river. ‘Come on!’ Ana stasia shouts. ‘But we can ’t leave her - she can ’t swim. We mu st help h er,’ Tom says. Are you kidding? She wants to kill us. Come on ,’ screams Anastasia. snowball a ball that you make with snow and can throw at someone
Suddenly lots of police officers come run nin g across the bridge. They get Rita out of the river, and they push Tom to the ground. ‘OK, OK, let’s go to a warmer place,’ says the police officer. ‘You can tell us everything there .’
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‘Wait a minute. I don’t understand. H o w ... Why are you here?’ Anastasia asks the police officer.
‘You have a very good bodyguard. He’s fast with his gun and w ith his cell phone. A nd when someone calls the police we move fast, too.’ freeze not to move police officer a man or a woman that works for the police
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push to move something quickly and strongly with your hands ground we walk on this
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their car.
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boys at my sch ool/ Tom laug hs, too.
Back at home, Tom looks at his comic strip. ‘How do th e friends escape? Easy! Now I know!’ thinks Tom. ‘Sometimes real life can give you great ideas for a comic strip,’ he laughs.
baseball a game that lots of people play in America; one person throws a ball and another person hits it with a bat
pitcher the person in a baseball team that throws the ball
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REAiliS CHECK Match the two parts of these sentences. a Max can’t .. .
1 run across the bridge.
b Rita ...
2 fall in the river.
c Anastasia ...
3 move his legs.
d Tom and Rita ...
4 runs after Tom and Anastasia.
e Rita can’t .. .
5 throw well.
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Tom wants to ...
g The police ... h Anastasia can ... i
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Now Tom can ...
6 finish his comic strip.
2 Use the word s from Activity 1 to complete the
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Please don’t throw t h a t ............................ You're standing very
Quickly!
Be careful! Don’t
Be careful There’s a lot of ice.
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ou t o f the gas station, turn 1eft, and go straight on. When you com e to the intersection, turn I eft. Go pa st the train station on the right, and go o\/er the first crossroads i n t o Bridgewater. Go past th e vid eo store on the l e f t a n d the bookstore on the right. A t t h e n e x t crossroads turn right. Go doWn th e hi\\ pa st th e h o tel. Take the second road on the left. Go o v er t h e b r i d g e a n d turn
right, t f i lk i d e School is on your left.
POLICE STATION
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\ HOTEL ■BOOKSTORE
BWP6e LAKE
SHOE STORE
TRAIN STATION
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2 Look at the map again. Here are the directio ns from the train station to the police station in Bridgewater. Complete the directions with the words in the box.
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crossro ads
over
first
past
H right
left
intersection
V
straight on
Go o u t o f t h e t r a i n s ta t io n , t o r n (a )
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a nd
go (b)..................... i n t o f y r id g e W a t e r . A t t in e f i r s t (c)
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torn left. Go (d)..................... t h e s h o e
store on the l e f t a n d t h e b i c y c l e store on the right. Then go (e ) c o m e t o t h e (f )
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th e bridge. When yoo turn right. Then take the
r o a d on t h e r i g h t . Y o u c a n See t h e
police station on y o u r (h )
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3 Draw a map and write down the directio ns from yo ur home to your scho ol, or ano ther place nea r you. Use the phra se s in Activities 1 and 2 to help you.
CMHO W riting a Comic Strip 1 Look at the com ic stri p in Activity 3. What ch ap te r of Kidnap! is this from? 2 What does Tom say in the com ic strip? Arran ge h is words.
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is
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in
no I b
sorry!
c
sit
coffee j
teriilie! | I
very 1 I
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it!
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are. |
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3 Write Tom’s words in the co rre ct pictu res to complete the comic strip.
Yes, of course.
Sure. It’s over there. That's my coffee!
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