<DIV align=justify><STRONG><FONT color=#8c044b size=4>I STEAMED OFF THEIR BEHAVIOR</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=justify>The owner of a dry-cleaning shop in Papua New Guinea has a unique way of encouraging thieves to drop their behavior. It is giving them a steam cleaning. Police in the northeast town of Lae said a 20-year-old man suffered burns to his abdomen, chest and back after the shop owner turned a steam cleaner on him after he <B>was caught stealing</B> pants worth $5.50. "The owner has done this to many people already," police spokesman Nema Mondiai said on Wednesday. Police seemed not too worried about the radical punishment and released the thief after making sure he had learned a lesson out of his experience. The population of Papua New Guinea, a country surrounded by mountains, is approximately 6 million and the country has had a high crime rate lately. More than 85 percent of its population live on subsistence farming. A new report released by Australian academics on Wednesday said break-ins, burglary and robbery, as well as <B>shoplifting</B>, were the most frequent crimes faced by local businesses.</DIV>
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<DIV align=justify><B><FONT color=#0000ff>Questions</FONT></B></DIV>
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<DIV align=justify>1. What did the dry-cleaning shop owner do to a 20-year-old man when he was caught stealing pants?</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>a. He gave him a steam cleaner.</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>b. He scolded him severely.</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>c. He called the police right away.</DIV>
<DIV align=justify><B>d. He gave him a steam cleaning.</B></DIV>
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<DIV align=justify>2. Why did the police release the 20-year-old thief?</DIV>
<DIV align=justify><B>a. because they thought he learned something from his experience.</B></DIV>
<DIV align=justify>b. because the 20-year-old thief stank.</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>c. because he was just a poor guy.</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>d. because he gave them some bail money.</DIV>
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<DIV align=justify><B><FONT color=#0000ff>Key Expressions</FONT></B></DIV>
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<DIV align=justify>“be caught -ing” : This idiom just means to be spotted by someone in the middle of doing something bad.</DIV>
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<DIV align=justify>Ex. I got an F in science because I was caught cheating on the final exam.</DIV>
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<DIV align=justify>“shoplifting” : Shoplifting means to steal displayed goods from a shop such as a supermarket. And the person who shoplifts is called a ‘shoplifter.’</DIV>
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<DIV align=justify>Ex. The kids often shoplifted from a large supermarket in my neighborhood.</DIV>
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<DIV align=justify><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Words & Expressions</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=justify>owner 주인 </DIV>
<DIV align=justify>unique 독특한</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>encourage sb to do ~을 격려하여 ~하게 하다</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>drop (습관을)버리다</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>cleaning 청소, 세탁</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>cleaner 청소기</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>abdomen 복부, 배</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>burn 화상</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>chest 가슴</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>back 등</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>turn A on B A를 B에 향하게 하다</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>steal ~을 훔치다</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>worth $ 5.5 5.5 달러의 가치가 있는</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>be worried about ~에 대해 걱정하다</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>radical 과격한, 극단적인</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>punishment 처벌</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>release ~을 석방하다</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>make sure that ~을 확인하다</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>learn a lesson 교훈을 얻다</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>be surrounded by ~으로 둘러싸이다</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>approximately 대략</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>crime rate 범죄율</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>lately 최근에</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>live on ~으로 생계를 이어가다, 살아가다</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>subsistence farming 자급농업</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>break-in 주거침입</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>burglary 주거침입, 강도</DIV>
<DIV align=justify>frequent 빈번한</DIV>
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첫댓글 감사합니다~ 오늘 내용도 재밌네용^^
감사합니다~ 재밋네요 steam cleaning 무엇을 의하는지 몰랐습니다 ㅎㅎ
오늘도 감사합니다...
항상 고맙습니다 ^^
헐... 좀 엽기적이네요...ㅋㅋ 실천-10
공부 열심히 하겠습니다아-
최상의 공부 환경이네요 감사 합니다
a 20-year-old man suffered burns to his ad\bdomen, chest and back after he was caught stealing pants worth 5.5$
감사합니다~~!
감사합니다~
감사합니다.
감사감사