[233] IELTS Daily Reading - No Gun in the Workplace

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NO GUNS IN THE WORKPLACE

Article

 

An employee at a Texas insurance company was shot in both legs when a handgun he brought to work discharged as he sat in his cubicle, Police Chief Brett McGuire said. There is no evidence that the 47-year-old man had intended to harm anyone with the weapon but rather "just felt the need to carry it," McGuire said. The incident occurred just after he arrived at work. The man draped his jacket over the back of his chair, and as he got settled into it, the gun discharged. Police suspect that the man was likely doing something to the weapon when it fired because the weapon doesn't have a hair trigger. The bullet passed through the man's left leg and then his right leg and through the corner of a bookcase before lodging in the wall of a cubicle occupied by a rattled female co-worker. Police discovered that the man was not licensed to carry a concealed weapon. Detectives will wait until the man has recovered from his injuries to determine whether to pursue charges.

 

Questions

 

1. When did the incident occur?

a. In the morning

b. In the afternoon

c. After work

d. In the middle of the night

 

2. What did the police discover about the man?

a. He was an ex-convict

b. He was planning on robbing a bank

c. He didn’t have a license to carry a concealed weapon

d. He had intended to give the gun as a gift

 

Key expressions

 

“Hair trigger” this means that it takes very little force or pressure to set something off.

Ex. Be careful what you say to him because he has a hair trigger temper.

 

“Rattled” this term means to make someone very nervous or confused.

Ex. After he got hit in the head with the ball, he was a little rattled.

 

Words & Expressions

 

insurance company 보험 회사

handgun 권총

discharge ~을 발사하다

cubicle 칸막이 사무실

evidence 증거, 물증

intend to do ~을 의도하다, 고의로 하다

incident 사건

suspect ~을 짐작하다, 추측하다, 의심하다

hair trigger 촉발 방아쇠

bullet 총탄, 탄환

lodge (총알이)꽂히다, 박히다

rattled 놀란

licensed 허가를 받은

conceal ~을 숨기다, 감추다

pursue ~을 실행하다

charge 고발, 고소

drape ~을 아무렇게나 놓다, 걸다

[gloriakim]

날마다 감사합니다^^

[아놀드]

감사합니다.

[Tery]

The man hurted is so unlucky. However, I also wonder that why he carried his gun at workplace without a hair tigger. he could be doing something with a gun. Incidents will be possible to happen by the man. Hence, a gun or other vioent weapons are very dangerous. it will make some accidents regardless the intend

[윤성원1677]

감사합니다.

[뿔없는마녀]

감사드려요^^

[앙겔라]

진심으로 감솨~ ^^

[zerg]

regardless the intention으로 바꿔야죠

[화니애인]

감사합니다.

[mercyisfalling]

잘봤습니다^^