[209] Daily Reading - Learning the wrong skill

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LEARNING THE WRONG SKILL

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A man who says he learned how to rob homes by watching a TV show was sentenced to 12 years in prison for a string of burglaries in central Kentucky. Michael W. Hobbs of Waco, Kentucky pleaded guilty to five counts of burglary. Police said Hobbs learned how to break into homes by watching the Discovery Channel TV show "It Takes a Thief." The show features two ex-convicts who show property owners how vulnerable they are to theft. Police Maj. Steve Gregg said the ex-cons on the show say skilled burglars usually don't keep stolen items. "He didn't keep any of the property," Gregg said. "When we entered his home he would say, 'Come on in, look around. I've done nothing.'” But Gregg said Hobbs always showed up at the burglary sites. "He was the kind of guy who would come to someone’s house and ask if they needed repairs done." Gregg said. "We found out that every house he had done some work at, was burglarized.”

 

Questions

1. How did he learn to rob homes?
(a) He took a class on it a the local college

(b) From watching a program on the Discovery Channel

(c) His friend taught him

(d) He rented a video on it

 

(b) He learned to rob homes by watching a program on the Discovery Channel.

 

2. How come it was hard to connect him to the crimes?

(a) No one ever saw him take anything

(b) He worked alone

(c) He never kept anything he stole

(d) He wore a clever disguise

 

(c) It was hard to connect him to the crime because he never kept anything he stole.

 

Key Expressions

1. A string

This expression‎ means a series of events done over and over

 

Ex. A string of thunderstorms ruined many crops.

 

2. Counts

This term refers to the number of times some thing illegal was done by a person

 

Ex. He was arrested on three counts of bank robbery.

 

Words & Expressions

rob 강도짓을 하다, 강탈하다

sentence 선고하여, 판결하다

string 수단, 방책

burglary 강도

plead 변론하다, 항변하다 

counts 범죄 횟수

ex-convict 전과자

vulnerable 취약한

theft 도둑질, 절도

 

Translation

TV 쇼를 보고 집을 터는 것을 배웠다고 말하는 한 남자가 중앙 켄터키 주에서 수차례의 절도로 감옥에 12년이 구형되었습니다. Kentucky의 Waco.출신인 Michael W. Hobbs는 다섯 차례의 절도에 대한 유죄를 인정했습니다. 경찰에 따르면 Hobbs는 Discovery 채널 TV쇼“도둑이 필요합니다”를 보면서 집으로 침입하는 법을 배웠다고 합니다. 이 쇼는 두 명의 전과자가 출연하여 집주인이 얼마나 도둑에 대해 약한지를 보여줍니다. 경찰관 Maj. Steve Gregg에 따르면 이 쇼에 나온 전과자들이 노련한 강도는 훔친 물건을 가지고 있지 않는다고 말했다고 합니다. “그는 훔친 물건을 전혀 소지하지 않았습니다.”라고 Gregg는 말했습니다. “우리가 그의 집에 들어갔을 때 그는 ‘들어와서 한 번 둘러 보세요. 전 아무것도 한 일이 없습니다.’라고 말하곤 했습니다.” 하지만 Gregg는 Hobbs가 항상 강도가 들었던 장소에 나타났다고 말했습니다. “그는 어떤 사람의 집에 들어와선 수리할 것이 있냐고 물어 보는 그런 사람이었습니다.” Gregg는 말했습니다. “우리는 그가 일을 했던 모든 집에 강도가 들었다는 사실을 발견했습니다.”

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