Гроза, 9. Students book. Unit 1. Lesson 7. Exercise 1a

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Man: yes, I’d like to report a threft.
Police Officer: OK. Can you tell me exactly what happened?
Man: Well, I was walking home from work two days ago, enjoying the nature all around me … the birds, the frogs, the flowing stream …
Police Officer: OK, OK.
Man: … when this woman knocked me right off my feet, grabbed my stuff, and ran off through the trees. Uhm … I was so surprised by the attack that I didn’t go after her.
Police Officer: Yeah. Can you describe the woman for me?
Man: Yeah. He was about one metre 90 tall …
Police Officer: Wait. You said a woman robbed you.
Man: Well, I’m not really sure. Uhm … You see, the person was wearing a black and white polka dot dress, a light red sweater over it, and she … or he … was wearing a pair of basketball shoes.
Police Officer: Humm. What else can you tell me?
Man: OK, like I said, the person was about one metre 90 tall, heavy build, with long wavy hair. She … or he … was probably in his or her late thirties. I didn’t get a good look at the person’s face, but well … err …
Police Officer: What? Was there something else?
Man: Well, the person … had a beard.
Police Officer: Ah! What was, uh, taken … exactly?
Man: Well, just my left shoe. Bizarre, isn’t it?
Police Officer: Ah. The bearded woman has struck again!
Man: The bearded woman?
Police Officer: Yeah. It’s this man who dresses up like a woman and, for some unknown reason, takes the left shoe from his victims. He is really quite harmless, though, and he usually returns the shoe to the crime scene a couple of days later.
Man: Hey, he can keep my shoe, and I’ll just take off my left shoe every time I walk through the park.