The man who escaped
(episode 13)
1. It was around midnight when the phone rang in Eric Masters’ flat. The voice on the other end was hard and cold. “This is Hugo”, it said. “There was an old blind man in the pub. He had a young woman with him. He asked about you and then went to your shop”. Masters blinked in surprise. His voice cracked slightly. “But I don’t know anybody like that. What did they want?” “How do I know, you fool? Just watch out for them, that’s all!” Hugo said furiously and hung up. Masters slept very badly that night.
2. Eric Masters was cleaning an antique pistol when the phone rang in his shop. He heard a young woman’s voice at the other end. “I believe you buy and sell antique weapons”, she said. “Yes, that’s right. I’m particularly interested in old firearms”. “My father is, too. He wants to sell some of 17-th century pistols. Would you be interested?” “Certainly. If you bring them to my shop, I’ll look at them and give you a price”. “Well, unfortunately my father is blind. It’s very difficult for him to get about. Would you mind coming to our place?” Masters managed to answer calmly. “Well … er … my assistant is out to lunch. I’ll come over when he comes back. Is that all right?” He noted the address she gave him and hung up. His hands were trembling slightly. “These must be the people Hugo told me about”, he thought. He reached into a drawer and took out a pistol. This one was not an antique. It was a small, black, nasty-looking automatic. “Perhaps the old man really does want me to look at his pistols”, he thought when he was getting into his white Jaguar and driving off.
3. He felt safer when Kate opened the door. She was slim, almost delicate-looking. “Good afternoon”, he said. “I’m Eric Masters. You rang my shop earlier”. She smiled. “I hope I haven’t put you to any trouble”, she said pleasantly, and led him into the sitting room. Masters glanced suspiciously at the old, blind man sitting on the sofa. At first he seemed harmless enough, but there was something familiar about the man’s face that made Masters look more carefully at him. “I’ll go and get the pistols”, Kate said. Masters stayed where he was, where he could see everything and where nobody can come in behind him. The old, blind man didn’t move. “Are you a collector too?” Masters asked. The old man simply nodded. The woman came out of the bedroom with a large black case. “They’re all in here”, she said. “If you come over here, to the table, we can look at them. My father doesn’t really want anyone else to have them, but it’s a question of money”.
Masters kept his eyes fastened on the old man’s face as he walked towards the table. He was halfway there when the old man raised his face slightly. The sudden movement made Masters stop. The more he looked at that face, the more suspicious he became. Suddenly it dawned on him. He stared at both of them. They were both waiting for him to come nearer. It was the old man’s nose and lips that made Masters think of Coke. He reached for his pistol.
Useful words and expressions:
blinked
cracked
watch out!
furiously
particularly
firearms
17-th century
unfortunately
assistant
to manage
to tremble
a drawer
nasty-looking
automatic (weapon)
delicate-looking
pleasantly
harmless
a collector
fasten
suspicious
Choose the correct answer. Don’t use the text.
1. Masters took a pistol with him because …..
a) he was sure he was going to meet Coke;
b) he always had it with him;
c) he felt safer with it;
2. Masters looked more carefully at the man because ….
he recognized Coke;
there was something familiar about the man’s face;
he recognized his voice;
3. Masters stopped because …..
there was a sudden movement of the old man;
he became very suspicious;
they were staring at him;
Answer the questions. (Books closed)
What news did Hugo tell Masters?
What did the woman speaking over the phone want?
What did Eric promise?
What did he take out of a drawer?
What made Masters look more carefully at an old man?
What made Masters think of Coke?
The man who escaped
(episode 14)
1. When Masters pulled out the automatic, Kate was standing between him and Coke. She could see that he was almost hysterical and was probably going to shoot. “It’s you, Coke!” he burst out and came nearer. Kate was standing in his way now and he put out a hand to push her away. Coke could hardly believe his eyes. One moment Masters was pointing a pistol at him and the next he was lying on the floor, gasping for breath. Kate had thrown him over her shoulder. “I once played a policewoman in a film and I had to learn some judo”, she said rather casually and looked down at Masters.
2. Masters groaned. He, too, could hardly believe what had happened. It all seemed incredible. He shook his head. He decided that it was probably a nightmare, a horrible dream. “And now that you’re here, perhaps you wouldn’t mind answering some questions”, Coke said. Masters groaned again. “Questions? What questions?” he mumbled. “I want you to tell me everything that happened that evening you sent me to Epping Forest”, Coke said in a low voice. Masters now realized that it was not a dream. “I don’t know what you are talking about”, Masters answered. “I think you do”, Coke said. “You can’t make me tell you anything!” Masters waited to see what Coke was going to do next. He couldn’t take his eyes off the automatic in Coke’s hands. “I’ll give you five seconds to begin answering my questions. Then I’ll shoot”, Coke answered and pulled back the safety-catch. The pistol was now ready to fire. Then he began counting.
3. “But I know nothing!” Masters protested. Coke had already raised the pistol and simply said “One!” Masters said nothing. “Two!” Coke brought the pistol nearer. “You can’t frighten me!” Masters shouted. “Three!” Masters saw Coke had already taken aim. “How can I tell you something I don’t know?” Masters demanded. “Four!” Masters watched Coke’s finger beginning to press the trigger. “All right, all right, I’ll tell you anything you want, but for God’s sake, put the pistol down!” Masters gasped.
Useful words and expressions:
hysterical
to shoot
burst out
to push
hardly believe
to gasp
breath
to lye
to groan
incredible
a nightmare
horrible dream
realized
safety-catch
trigger
Choose the correct answer. Don’t use the text.
1. Kate managed to throw Masters down because …..
she was very strong;
she learned judo;
Coke helped her;
2. Coke wanted to know ….
1. why Masters had a pistol;
2. why Masters had come;
3. why Masters had sent him to Epping Forest;
3. Masters agreed to tell everything because …..
a) Coke was going to shoot;
b) he knew something;
c) Coke told him to do it;
Answer the questions. (Books closed)
What could Kate see?
What did she do?
What did Masters think?
What did Coke want Masters to tell?
How much time did Coke give Masters to think?
Did Masters agree to tell what Coke wanted him to?
The man who escaped
(episode 15)
1. Coke’s mind went to the time, five years earlier, when both he and Masters had been officers in the same Army Intelligence unit. Masters had been Coke’s superior. Several important military secrets had disappeared and they were both trying to find out who had taken them. One evening Coke had gone, on Masters’ orders, to a lonely place in Epping Forest. Masters had told him he would meet a possible informer there. While he was waiting, three men had grabbed him from behind. They had poured whisky all over him and down his throat and then hit him over the head.
2. When he came to he was back in his car, but it had crashed into a tree. The police had already arrived. It appeared that Coke had got drunk and lost control of his car. Coke swore he had never seen them before. Coke had known nothing of the money. The bank said cheques had arrived by post with Coke’s countersignature. Nobody believed Coke’s story. It appeared he had sold secrets for money and was going to do so again the night he had crashed. Masters denied he had ever told Coke to go to Epping Forest. This is what Coke wanted to ask questions about now.
3.”Let’s start at the beginning …when you sent me to Epping Forest that night”, Coke said in a flat, cold voice.
“That was Hugo’s idea. I had nothing to do with it”.
“And who is Hugo?” Coke demanded.
“He sells government secrets to any foreign country that’s interested. He made me dive him information. I didn’t want to”.
“Why did you involve me in all this?”
“The police suspected someone. We wanted to make them think you were the spy. We knew they would if they found your dead body in a car after a crash with all sorts of secrets in it”.
“My dead body?”
“Hugo thought the crash would kill you”. Masters said.
“And why aren’t you still in the army? You’d be a lot more useful to Hugo if you were”, Coke went on.
“It became too dangerous. Anyway, he still uses me”.
“How?” Coke asked.
“We hide microfilms of secret documents in the antique weapons I send abroad. The people we send them to pose as foreign collectors”. Coke had one last question. It was the most important. “Where is Hugo now? Take me to him”.
Useful words and expressions:
superior
disappear
a lonely place
informer
to grab
to pour
to crash
get drunk
lose control
swore
cheques
countersignature
to deny
Choose the correct answer. Don’t use the text.
1. Masters had sent Coke to Epping Forest because …..
1. he wanted him to meet the informer;
2. he wanted him to be killed;
3. he wanted him to receive some secret documents;
2. Nobody believed Coke because ….
he was drunk;
the files had been found in his car;
he had sold secrets for money;
3. Hugo planned to kill Coke because …..
a) he wanted the police think he was a spy;
b) he knew too many secrets;
c) the police suspected him;
Answer the questions. (Books closed)
What were Coke and Masters trying to do five years earlier?
What happened when Coke was wai
The man who escaped
(episode 13)
1. It was around midnight when the phone rang in Eric Masters’ flat. The voice on the other end was hard and cold. “This is Hugo”, it said. “There was an old blind man in the pub. He had a young woman with him. He asked about you and then went to your shop”. Masters blinked in surprise. His voice cracked slightly. “But I don’t know anybody like that. What did they want?” “How do I know, you fool? Just watch out for them, that’s all!” Hugo said furiously and hung up. Masters slept very badly that night.
2. Eric Masters was cleaning an antique pistol when the phone rang in his shop. He heard a young woman’s voice at the other end. “I believe you buy and sell antique weapons”, she said. “Yes, that’s right. I’m particularly interested in old firearms”. “My father is, too. He wants to sell some of 17-th century pistols. Would you be interested?” “Certainly. If you bring them to my shop, I’ll look at them and give you a price”. “Well, unfortunately my father is blind. It’s very difficult for him to get about. Would you mind coming to our place?” Masters managed to answer calmly. “Well … er … my assistant is out to lunch. I’ll come over when he comes back. Is that all right?” He noted the address she gave him and hung up. His hands were trembling slightly. “These must be the people Hugo told me about”, he thought. He reached into a drawer and took out a pistol. This one was not an antique. It was a small, black, nasty-looking automatic. “Perhaps the old man really does want me to look at his pistols”, he thought when he was getting into his white Jaguar and driving off.
3. He felt safer when Kate opened the door. She was slim, almost delicate-looking. “Good afternoon”, he said. “I’m Eric Masters. You rang my shop earlier”. She smiled. “I hope I haven’t put you to any trouble”, she said pleasantly, and led him into the sitting room. Masters glanced suspiciously at the old, blind man sitting on the sofa. At first he seemed harmless enough, but there was something familiar about the man’s face that made Masters look more carefully at him. “I’ll go and get the pistols”, Kate said. Masters stayed where he was, where he could see everything and where nobody can come in behind him. The old, blind man didn’t move. “Are you a collector too?” Masters asked. The old man simply nodded. The woman came out of the bedroom with a large black case. “They’re all in here”, she said. “If you come over here, to the table, we can look at them. My father doesn’t really want anyone else to have them, but it’s a question of money”.
Masters kept his eyes fastened on the old man’s face as he walked towards the table. He was halfway there when the old man raised his face slightly. The sudden movement made Masters stop. The more he looked at that face, the more suspicious he became. Suddenly it dawned on him. He stared at both of them. They were both waiting for him to come nearer. It was the old man’s nose and lips that made Masters think of Coke. He reached for his pistol.
Useful words and expressions:
blinked
cracked
watch out!
furiously
particularly
firearms
17-th century
unfortunately
assistant
to manage
to tremble
a drawer
nasty-looking
automatic (weapon)
delicate-looking
pleasantly
harmless
a collector
fasten
suspicious
Choose the correct answer. Don’t use the text.
1. Masters took a pistol with him because …..
a) he was sure he was going to meet Coke;
b) he always had it with him;
c) he felt safer with it;
2. Masters looked more carefully at the man because ….
he recognized Coke;
there was something familiar about the man’s face;
he recognized his voice;
3. Masters stopped because …..
there was a sudden movement of the old man;
he became very suspicious;
they were staring at him;
Answer the questions. (Books closed)
What news did Hugo tell Masters?
What did the woman speaking over the phone want?
What did Eric promise?
What did he take out of a drawer?
What made Masters look more carefully at an old man?
What made Masters think of Coke?
The man who escaped
(episode 14)
1. When Masters pulled out the automatic, Kate was standing between him and Coke. She could see that he was almost hysterical and was probably going to shoot. “It’s you, Coke!” he burst out and came nearer. Kate was standing in his way now and he put out a hand to push her away. Coke could hardly believe his eyes. One moment Masters was pointing a pistol at him and the next he was lying on the floor, gasping for breath. Kate had thrown him over her shoulder. “I once played a policewoman in a film and I had to learn some judo”, she said rather casually and looked down at Masters.
2. Masters groaned. He, too, could hardly believe what had happened. It all seemed incredible. He shook his head. He decided that it was probably a nightmare, a horrible dream. “And now that you’re here, perhaps you wouldn’t mind answering some questions”, Coke said. Masters groaned again. “Questions? What questions?” he mumbled. “I want you to tell me everything that happened that evening you sent me to Epping Forest”, Coke said in a low voice. Masters now realized that it was not a dream. “I don’t know what you are talking about”, Masters answered. “I think you do”, Coke said. “You can’t make me tell you anything!” Masters waited to see what Coke was going to do next. He couldn’t take his eyes off the automatic in Coke’s hands. “I’ll give you five seconds to begin answering my questions. Then I’ll shoot”, Coke answered and pulled back the safety-catch. The pistol was now ready to fire. Then he began counting.
3. “But I know nothing!” Masters protested. Coke had already raised the pistol and simply said “One!” Masters said nothing. “Two!” Coke brought the pistol nearer. “You can’t frighten me!” Masters shouted. “Three!” Masters saw Coke had already taken aim. “How can I tell you something I don’t know?” Masters demanded. “Four!” Masters watched Coke’s finger beginning to press the trigger. “All right, all right, I’ll tell you anything you want, but for God’s sake, put the pistol down!” Masters gasped.
Useful words and expressions:
hysterical
to shoot
burst out
to push
hardly believe
to gasp
breath
to lye
to groan
incredible
a nightmare
horrible dream
realized
safety-catch
trigger
Choose the correct answer. Don’t use the text.
1. Kate managed to throw Masters down because …..
she was very strong;
she learned judo;
Coke helped her;
2. Coke wanted to know ….
1. why Masters had a pistol;
2. why Masters had come;
3. why Masters had sent him to Epping Forest;
3. Masters agreed to tell everything because …..
a) Coke was going to shoot;
b) he knew something;
c) Coke told him to do it;
Answer the questions. (Books closed)
What could Kate see?
What did she do?
What did Masters think?
What did Coke want Masters to tell?
How much time did Coke give Masters to think?
Did Masters agree to tell what Coke wanted him to?
The man who escaped
(episode 15)
1. Coke’s mind went to the time, five years earlier, when both he and Masters had been officers in the same Army Intelligence unit. Masters had been Coke’s superior. Several important military secrets had disappeared and they were both trying to find out who had taken them. One evening Coke had gone, on Masters’ orders, to a lonely place in Epping Forest. Masters had told him he would meet a possible informer there. While he was waiting, three men had grabbed him from behind. They had poured whisky all over him and down his throat and then hit him over the head.
2. When he came to he was back in his car, but it had crashed into a tree. The police had already arrived. It appeared that Coke had got drunk and lost control of his car. Coke swore he had never seen them before. Coke had known nothing of the money. The bank said cheques had arrived by post with Coke’s countersignature. Nobody believed Coke’s story. It appeared he had sold secrets for money and was going to do so again the night he had crashed. Masters denied he had ever told Coke to go to Epping Forest. This is what Coke wanted to ask questions about now.
3.”Let’s start at the beginning …when you sent me to Epping Forest that night”, Coke said in a flat, cold voice.
“That was Hugo’s idea. I had nothing to do with it”.
“And who is Hugo?” Coke demanded.
“He sells government secrets to any foreign country that’s interested. He made me dive him information. I didn’t want to”.
“Why did you involve me in all this?”
“The police suspected someone. We wanted to make them think you were the spy. We knew they would if they found your dead body in a car after a crash with all sorts of secrets in it”.
“My dead body?”
“Hugo thought the crash would kill you”. Masters said.
“And why aren’t you still in the army? You’d be a lot more useful to Hugo if you were”, Coke went on.
“It became too dangerous. Anyway, he still uses me”.
“How?” Coke asked.
“We hide microfilms of secret documents in the antique weapons I send abroad. The people we send them to pose as foreign collectors”. Coke had one last question. It was the most important. “Where is Hugo now? Take me to him”.
Useful words and expressions:
superior
disappear
a lonely place
informer
to grab
to pour
to crash
get drunk
lose control
swore
cheques
countersignature
to deny
Choose the correct answer. Don’t use the text.
1. Masters had sent Coke to Epping Forest because …..
1. he wanted him to meet the informer;
2. he wanted him to be killed;
3. he wanted him to receive some secret documents;
2. Nobody believed Coke because ….
he was drunk;
the files had been found in his car;
he had sold secrets for money;
3. Hugo planned to kill Coke because …..
a) he wanted the police think he was a spy;
b) he knew too many secrets;
c) the police suspected him;
Answer the questions. (Books closed)
What were Coke and Masters trying to do five years earlier?
What happened when Coke was wai
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