Undercover

Confessions 01a parking anendant'-!!!I.

The job of a parking attendant (PA) is not a rewarding one.

They have to walk about 25 kilometres every day, in all weather conditions. Drivers sometimes threaten

1 to lw.r.t..eA.:$.... (hu rt; PAs) when they a re given tickets.

And there a re about th ree physical attacks on PAs every day -just in London.

However, when a n u ndercover reporter from the BBC applied for a job as a PA, he d iscovered illegal tickets,

bri bes* a nd theft. For six months Nkem lfeji ka worked

u ndercover as a PA. Du ri ng the trai ni ng bosses freq uently remi nded 2 •.....••••.....••••••........... (h i m; give out)

Another BBC reporter, worki ng

u ndercover as a tax i d river, also met a

PA who agreed

(ca ncel; pa rking tickets) for half the price of the fine. The PA used stolen credit ca rds to pay the fine a nd then collected the bri be from the driver. The PA didn't ad mit

as ma ny tickets as possi ble. New PAs must give drivers at least 10 tickets every day to pass thei r trai ni ng.

.......................................................

invented the nu m bers.

(steal; credit ca rds). He said he

(him; improve) or he would lose his j ob. But then PAs offered 4 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••••• •• (tell; Nkem) how to i ncrease the amou nt of fines he gave. They suggested 5.................................................. (give; tickets) to

a bandoned* cars a nd waiting i n ca r pa rks u ntil cars were pa rked illegally.

When the BBC told the pa rki ng compa nies a bout the reporters' experiences, they promised 8....................................

serious. And Nkem says himsel f, "the vast* majority of parking attenda nts a re honest and hard -working."

Howeve r, it seems clea r that some are not.

Ad apted from Confessio ns of a Pa rlzi11g A ttendant BBC News l/06/05

*bribe = money or a prcse111 that you give 10 someon e so 1ha1 they will do somethi ng (usua lly dishonest)

*abc111clo 11ecl = left in a place perm ane111ly because you don't want ii any more.

*msl = ext remel y big

fJ Read t he art icle qu ickly and Answer the questions.

choose the best statemen t.

a) Nkem is an ho n est parki ng

a ttendant wh o decided to con tact t h e BBC.

b) Nke m beca me a pa rk i ng

attendan t t o i nvestigate illegal fi nes for th e BBC.

c) 'kem is a d ishon est parking

a tten da n t w h o was d iscovered by t he BBC.

1 W h y is a pa rki ng attend ant's job d ifficult?

2 Why d id N k em ge t a job as a pa rking a ttendan t?

3 Why did N k cm al most lose his job?

4 What did one pa r k i ng a tte ndan t use to cancel fi n es?

Read the article agai n. Fill i n the ga ps wi th t he correct form of the

•verb and the object in brackets.

5 W ha t d i d the parking compa n ies t h i n k abou t 1kem's repo rt?

Checking informatio n [Dll

f) a) Mat ch sen ten ces l -6 to replies a)-0.

Can you give t hat n u m ber to m e agai n, plea se? ...JJ....

2 A nd coul d you t ell m e your surnam e aga in?...............

3 Is t ha t spe lt W-E-S-T?...........

4 ls that spelt Steven wit h a V?

s Sorry, wha t did you say his name was again?...............

Fill in the gaps in t h e conversation wi t h the ph rases in t he boxes.

get all ef ti 1at give it to

tell me say that is that

BOB The add ress is 19 Su t h erland La ne, Rainham, K em ME I 6 8VD.

6 Do you m ean Terry Jones?............

a) Of course. h's 020 72898016.

GILL Sorry, I d i dn't

...9f!.t U.of that.... Can you

me again? 19 South La nd...

b) That's it. As in N ort h, Sou th, etc.

c) 10, A lex. Terry's you nger brot her.

d) M i n e? It's N ew man. N-E-W-M-A-N.

BOB Sut herland Lane, Rainh am, Kem M E16 8VD.

e) No, w i th a PH.

f) h's Jon es. Terry J on es. I t hink h e works i n the fina n ce clcpa n men L

b) Wh ich conversations in 1a) ask someone t o repeat i n form ation and which on es check i n formati on?

Ask someon e to repea l informati on:

...L

Ch eck i nforma tion:

a) PAUL I'm ringing abolll M r ewman 's lu n ch

meeti ng wi t h Ms Ben ni s. rm afraid Ms Ben ni s

ha s to ca n cel.

b) D PAUL N o, doubl e T.

c) D PAUL Sorr y. I said M s Benn is isn't well today.

d) D PAUL Yes, it was toda y at I p.m. I'm sorry for the late

n otice. Ms Ben ni s isn't well.

....••••••••••••••••••••• 8BD?

BOB No, SVD. V for Vi ctor.

GILL Thanks.A nd could you5 you r na m e aga in?

GILL Thank s. That's nice and easy.

is that what did you say is your

do you mean are you talki ng I didn't

SAR A I Ii. I t 's Sara Caperski here. Can I spea k to Al an David, pl ease?

GILL Sorry,6...... quite catch tha t.

Was it A la n David?

SARA Yes. He's respon sible for th e con feren ce.

GILL So 7............................ about t he London

or Birmin gha m conferen ce?

SARA Th e London on e.

e) D PAUL M y name? I'm Paul Cut t. Ms Ben ni s's personal

GILL Oh,

.............. ·······-············ David All en?

secrelary.

f) D ROSE Oh, dear. I hope she's bener soon. Wh at did

ROSE Is t ha t spelt C-U-T?

SAR A Yes, of course. Sorry.

you r nam e was agai n?

SARA Sara Caperski.

10............................ Sarah wit h an H?

ROSE Sorry, I d idn't qui te cat ch t ha t.

ROSE Ca ncel? OK. Let m e check M r;--:ewman 's d ia ry.

Do you mean toda y's l u n ch m eetin g?

ROSE OK, t h anks Pa ul. I'll let M r N ewman k now.

Bye!

GILL A nd

SARA No, n o H.

C-A-P-E-R-S-K-1?

SARA Tha t's right.

su rname spelt

if Reading and Writing Portfolio 11 p84)

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Language Summary 12, Student's Book p140

I vvish!

Informal words and phrases aEIJ I). a) Make sentences wit h t hese words.

1 you I Do I ou t later I going I fa ncy?

.O.Q.Y9.1,i.f?.rJ.Cy.9oing 011,tJ.tg.r:l._

2 I'm I clubs I really into I not.

3 solution I reckon t here's I sim ple I I I a.

4 no I of I sick I havi ng I I'm I m oney.

s it tonight I I I up I don't feel I to.

6 of t he I mont h I broke u n t il I I'm I t he end.

(I},, Rewrite the words/phrases in bold with t h e correct

fonn of these informal expressions.

oot be l:lfl te (soi 11ern 1E!f be off hang around have a go at (doing something) could do with can't be bothered (to do something)

1 Well, it's not my decision!

..Wf:.ll, its.n9.t!!P...t.9..m.e.!...

2 I'm not interested in doing t h e washing-u p ton ight.

3 Are you going?

4 Why are you waiting around?

s Iwan t to try starting my own websi te.

6 I need a show er.

Fill in the gaps with t he correct form of the verbs in

\..:: bracket s.

1 We don't feel u p to goi ng.

We wish we ...fe.(L (feel) up to goi ng.

JESS

a) .O..o.yo.u fan. ygqing.o.«tlater?

2 It's rains almost every day.

KIRSTY

We're goi ng lo a cl ub. No, t ha nks. b>.....................

Iwish i t...................

3 Mo can't get to sleep.

......... (not rain) so m uch.

JESS What? Arc you serious? You love clubs.

KIRSTY Yes, but c).. ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ••••••••••••••••

She wishes she................................. (can) get lO sleep.

4 I'm bad ly paid.

Iwish I......................................... (be) better paid.

JESS KlRSTY

JESS

Tha t doesn 't sou nd like you. What's wrong?

d)

Again? This happens every mont h.

5 They are leaving tomorrow.

Iwish they.............................. (stay) longer.

6 We're doing dull jobs.

KIRSTY Iknow. e)........................••.

f)

JESS

• Spend less than you earn!

We wish we...................................... (do) more i n teresti ng and challenging work.

12A and 128

"a) Write sentences with wisl1 for these si tuations.

I have to work full- tim e.

Iwish .l.dkln.'.t..h. we._to_.wor/<. fulH!m....

2 I ean't go.

I wish ·······-·-··---·-·······-··-····--···----·······-··

3 They're weari n g je a n s and t rai n ers. I wis h.........................................

4 I don't k now h ow to drive.

I wish ················-···············-····································· s I h ave t o leave early.

I wis h...........

6 I'm so t ired.

I wish ------------------····-···--····------·-····--········

b) Choose the correct word s.

a) I saw/ m ore of my chi ld ren i f I @!would be able to work less.

b) I didn't/ wouldn 't h ave t o pay for tax is, i f I were able to/ would d rive.

c) If I would/co uld stay later, we could/would be able to

t a l k for longer.

d) Would/ Did you go, if I could/ would go?

e) I f t hey would be/were dressed belier, t hey

looked/ would look a lot mo re professional.

f) I met/would meet you ton ight, if I wouldn't/ didn 't feel so exhausted.

c) Match the wishes in 4a) to the sentences in 4b).

.....)..... 3 s

2 4 6

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