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meets
RosieDoyle lives and works in London. She is a
newspaper.
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hears Americans. is
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talk
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3. 'I can't use this stoi'y,
Rosie,'saysthe editor.
'It's old news. Bring me
something new and
exciting, Bring me a BIG
story!' He looks at her.
'You're tired, Rosie.lfake
the afternoon off. Go and
seea film, or something.'
"A big story"! That's not easyto find,' Rosie
thinks. 'But a film? Yes,that's a good idea.'
But a man and a woman in front of her on the river
bus are not interestedin the city's buildings. They
are Americans. il'hev talk. and Rosiebeeins to listen.
'Fifty thousand Euros,Ms Yardley,'the man
says.'l want fifty thousand Euros to get it.'
'I don't knoq Lezardo-' MsYardley begins.
'It's worth half a million,'Lezardosays.
'Fifty thousand is nothing.'
Rosiegoesto the River Thames and waits for
the river bus. It's a cold Februarv afternoon.
edit or t he pe r s o n h o s a y s h ¡ c h
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two, then goesinto a house.
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buy
reads.'She'san art dealer. Art dealers
and sell pictures.Perhapsthe man on the
river bus is going to buy a picture' But why is
that dangerous?'
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thinks,suddenlY.
what can I do?'
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He seesa door in front of him.
'That's Valmy's bedroom,'
Lezardothinks.
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in Switzerland,RogerLezardo
skis acrossthe snow. It is aiter
midnight. In front of him is a
big chateau.
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asleep.
'Getup, old man!' Lezardosays.
'Who - who are you?' Valmy asks.
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'Get the drawing, Valmy,'Lezardosays.
'It doesn'tmatter,'Lezardosays.'Getit!'
Valmy gets a paper from the safe - a paper
with a drawing on it.
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man getsout of bcd.
He is Hans,Pierre
Valmy'sservant.
'What's that noise?'he
says.'Who's talhing?
Is it Monsicur Valmy?'
In Valmy's bcdroom, Lczardotahes
the paper fiom the old m¿rn.Then
he ties him to a chair.
Hans quickly getsthc
snowmobileand goes
after Lezardo.Lczardo
sltisdown lhe mounlain.
He looks at the drawing and laughs. A million Eurosfor this
littf e drawing?' he says.'You art collectors art: cra,¿y.'
Lczardoleavesthc chateau
with the drawing in his bag.
Hans finds Monsieur Valmy.
'Go after him!'Valmy shouts.
'Takethe snowmobilc!'
'Yes,monsieur,'s¿iys
ll¿rns.
And you call the policc,
monsicur.'
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the sentences.
a
getsLezardo. Lezardo
Hans
$etsaway.
see s Valm y Lezandoon TV.
b R osi e
Picasso.
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c V al my' drawing by Leonar do Vinci. Pablo
goe s o
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d R osi e
t he police. Venice.
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9. Ilosieis eatingbrcahf¿rst her London home.
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Shc is w¿rtchins news on'l'V.
thc
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The snowmobileis gctting nearer and nearer.
'What c¿rn clo?'Lczarclo
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thinks.
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in front ol him.
'Wait!'he thinlis.'I c¿ur
get through there!'
q
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It crashes into the trees.
and l,ezardoescapes.
follow go aftcr
c rash t o h r ts o m e t h i n a n d
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s t ops u d d e n l y
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escape t0 gcl away
"fhe owner ol'the chateauis PierreVrrlmy.'
the newsreadcrsays.'The Picasso
drawing
is worth hall a million Huros,pcrhapsmurc.
PierreVulrnyis talking on
the lfV now.
'The thief has the Pic¿rsscr
drawing,' hc says.'But
what can he do with it?'
'Valmy? know that
I
name!'Rosie
thinlrs.'Rut
whcrc . . .?Ycs!Irnln the
ln¿lnon thc riverbusl'
'He
'I know,' Rosiesaysexcitedly. can give il
to Julial
Yardlcyin Vcnicctomorrow at lwo
'l'lrt'
o'clock.Ancl get fifty thousand Huros!
thiel'isthe man on thc rivcr bus!'
thiel (plurülthieves) a personwho
takes
someth w i thout k i ng
ng
as
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10. 'l )o I go lo t he po l i c e ? '
Rosie thinks.
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Thc next dary,
a gondola in Vcnice.
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him.
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gets !!l!ff[l[
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thinks.
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12. F'irstLezardoleavesthe bridge.Then, when Julia
Yardley begins to walk away,Rosiefollows her.
Someminutes later,|ulia Yardley
arrives at the Rialto Bridge.
"l'hcre sheis!'Rosiethinks. 'llut
whcre'sthe man?'
Lezardoisn't fhr away.He's
watching Rosie.
'Why is that woman watching Julia
Yardley?'hethinks. 'Docsshe know
something?'
Rosiesuddenly seesthe man from the river
bus. He'smeetingJulia Yardleyon the bridge.
pac k age s o m e t h i ntg a ty o uta ke
h
wrrny 0u I n s o m cp a p e f
LezardogivcsJulia
Yardley a package.
'Is that the Picasso
drawing?'Rosicthinks.
Rosiefollows|ulia
Yardley to a big
hotel. |ulia goesin
but Rosiewaits in
thc street.
'Now I can phonc
thc policc,'shc s¿r¡s.
13. lJul l,czardois behind Rosie
hc
now ¿rncl grabs her phone.
'No, yon don't!' hc says.
'Wha1-?' Rosiebegins.
From the hotcl, julia YardlcyscesRoger
Lcz¿rrdo
with Rosicin the street.
Lez¿rrclo llosie's¿rrmin his h¿ind
has
csc¿lpe
.
and she c¿rn't
'What's happening?'
shc thinks. 'Wait!
'What do you hnow?'Lcz¿udo
I
asks.'llc c¿rrelul.don't
¿r
w¿rntto hurt you, but I h¿rve gun in my pochet.'
face?'
I know that young wom¿rn's
Shc goesout of the hotel again.
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/'l know . . . I know ¿rbout drawing,' Rosicsays.'l l<nur¡r¡
¿rbout
Valnry.
the
'[Iow ckryou know?' fulia aslis.
Now |ulia is with Lez¿rdo
pushes
ancl llosie.Lez¿trclo
Rosieinto a darrlialley
oppositcthc hotel. fulia
followsthem.
'l)o I hnow you?'Juliaasks
Rosie,
and shc looks into
f
Ah, yes.Now I
Rosie's¿rcc.
remembcr!Outsidemy
London officc,on Monday!
Who arc you?'
Aaagh! My arm!Ytru'rc
cries.
hurling nrc!'Rosie
'OK,OK!My name'sRosie
Doyle.I - I'm a journttlist.'
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ry
grab t o t a k cs u d d e n l y
alley a s m a l ls t r c c t
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the
tellsthem ¿rbout London river bus,
'What can wt: do with her?'Julia¿tsks
Lczardo.
'Leaveher with me,' Lczarclo
says.Ancl he smilesnastily.
pocket the pl acei n youf c oatw hc rc
V oucan putthi nÉ s
nasti l y i n not a ni cew ay
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leaves
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gives
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a [ ;utiaarrives theRialto
to
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to
speaks Rosie.
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phone.
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b Jul i agi ve s
pho neshe police.
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15. Five minutes later. Rosie
sees
Julia Yardley on a
hotel balcony. Julia
picks up a black book
from the table and goes
into her room.
'She'sphoning. Now we
go in,' Lezardosays.And
don't run away!
Rememberthe gun in
my pocketl'
'What are you going to do?'
fulia asks.She is frightened.
Lezardois a dangerousman.
'Don't ask questions,'
Lezardo
tells her. 'Phone your collector.
I want mv monev soon.'
'Tomorrow'fulia tellshim.
And shegoes
into the hotel.
Lezardogivessome money to the
man at the hotel desk.
'Well, Salvatore?' says.
he
'Sheis in her room,'the man at the
desk tells him. And now she's
making a phone call.'
'Right. Who's she phoning?'
Lezardoasks.
'Wait a minute,' Salvatoresays,
and he picks up the phone on his
desk and listens.
Lezardoand Rosiewait in the alley.Lezardo
watchesone of the windows in the hotel.
'Giovanni Piano,' Salvatoresays
to Lezardoquietly.
Lezardosmiles.'So she'sselling1o
him - one of the most imporl,anl
collectors Italy.I know hinr.'
in
'What are we waiting for?'Rosie asks.
'For Yardley to phone somebody,'
Lezardoanswers.
frightened afraid
balcony a placeat the front of a
bui l di ntupstai rs herey ouc an
w
standand l ookout or s i t i n the s un
des k a tabl ew herey ouc an payfor a
roomor as khotel ork ers ngs
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thi
p¡ck up to takei n yo urhand
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16. 'GiovanniPiano is crazy
about collecting,'Lezardo
says.'He buys important
paintings and drawings,
anclhe asksno questions.'
'What are you going to do?'
Rosieasks.
He laughs.'l'm goingto get
drawing,'
back that Pic¿rsso
"l'hen I'm going to
he says.
sellit to GiovanniPianoand
get half a million Euros, not
flftv thousand!'
Lezardo
knocks on
the door of
room 301.
pa¡nt i n g sc o o u r e dp i c t u r e s
'Tie her to the bed,'
Lczardotells Rosie.
Rosielooks at his gun
and tiesJulia to the bcd.
case a b¡gbag
k noc k t o h r ts t f o n g l y
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l'm
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you
you mustspeak
e When arnive a hotel,
at
fir'stto the man0r womanat the fr"ont
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to
somedr"awings Salvatore.
b Lezardo
. andgetyourr oomnum ber .
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c Lez ar do t en s J u l i a ' s h o n e a l lw i th Pi a n o .
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always
.
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t ies
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a I
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and
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get
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Eunos
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G iovanni
Piano
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a c a a
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c k S
d S p
f e p u u n e
g h t e
f r
k
v X c 7
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18. Someminutes later,thc young ll¿rn arrives
at room 301 with the hotel managcr.
After Lezardoleaves.Rosictries
to move her arms and legs.
'Perhaps. . I can getout. . . on
.
to the . . . balcony,' she thinks.
She beginsto move her chair.
The young man unties Rosieand
the hotel manager unties ]ulia.
'My name is Bernardo,'the
young man tells Rosie.Are you
oK?'
'Yes,
I'm OK,'shesays.
Then she
tells the hotel manager, 'Phone
the police!Tellthem, "Go to the
CaféAntonella".'
A young man seesthe newspaper,
then he looks up and seesRosie.
He runs to the hotel.
t ly t o w a n tt o d o s o m e t h i n b u t n o t
g
t o do ¡ t w e l l
RosietellsBernardo and the hotel manugt'r
aboutthe Picasso
drawingand Ciov¿tnlri
l'i¿rrro.
The hotel managerphonesthe polit'c.
Inonager a person
whow atc hes
the
w rl k ol otheroeool e
fall to go downquickty
unti e l o takeoff ropes
thatti c
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19. Suddenly, two men see
the
a policeboat on thc canal.
'l'henLezardo
Rosic
in
sees
llcrnardo'sboat. He gets
up quickly.
'You!' ¿r
policeman
'Stop!'
shoutsat l,ezardo.
llut Lezardo
runs to
llcrnardo'sboat.
'Whcl are you?' he ashsLezardo.
' Where'sSignoraYardley?'
'Forget Signora Yardley,'Lezardotells
him. 'Here'sthe drawing.'
'l
'lt's beautifbl,'
l)i¿rno
s¿tys. must
havcit!'
[
n
Sign o r a / s r n ' J r f a / , 4 f s , ta lia n
t
boat y o ug o a c r o s s h c w a te f Inth ts
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r;¡¡¡rrli r Trver
that peopl e
mak e
20. Now Rosieis in the water by the
gondola.Bernardo's boat crashes
into a bridge and starts to sink.
Lezardo falls into the water.
Lezardogetsonto Bernardo's boat.
He knocks Bernardo into the canal.
The police get Rosieout of the
water first. Then they get Lezardo.
'Have you got the Picassodrawing?'
Rosieasksa policeman.
'Yes,thanks to you,' he says.
Now Lezardodrives
the boat away - fast!
Lezardotries to get away from the police.It is not
easywith gondolasand more boats on the canal.
I
The police take Rosieback to the
hotel. Bernardo is waiting for her.
'Well, I've got my big story,'Rosie
says.'That's going to the editor of
TheRecordtonight!'
Are you a journalist?' Bernardo asks.
'Yes,'Rosie
savs.
'Er * can you stay in Venicefor
a day or two more, Rosie?'
Bernardo asks.
Rosielooks at him. 'He'snice,'
she thinks. And I can send my
story to the editor from here
by email.'
'Yes,perhapsI can,'she
says,and she smiles.
Suddenly,there's a gondola in front of them, the boat turns
quickly, and Rosiefalls into the water! She swims to the gondola.
turn to go to the r¡ght or the left
tlnk lo Éodownin water
swim to go throughthe water
y
m o v i n g o u ra r m s a n d l e g s
lhonks to because
of
email wordsthat you sendfrom
c 0mputer c 0mputer
to
21. 2 Usethe words from Activity I to complete the sentences.
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trü$ffiffiffi
Match the two parts of these sentences.
l'm sor r ybutt he hot el
k
a Ros ie noc k s
1 about dnaw i ng.
the
b B er nar do ie s .. .
unt
2 at the C afé ntonel l a.
A
G
Ros ieellsB en n a n d o dth e
t
an
hot elm anaf er.. .
rnan0Sg!
is writing
an
5 R osi e.
4 Lezardo the draw i ng.
and
d T hehot elm ana g e r. .
.
5 phones pol i ce.
the
e Lez ando sf o r Pi a n o
wait
6 a new spaper the street
¡nto
Í
7 her bi Sstory.
P iano
want st o h a v e
É Lez ar dot ak e s ...
I
get
h T hepolic e
I the P i casso
dnaw i ng.
I
Bernando' s
boat.
I nt he endRosi e ts . . .
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et
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22. look at the picture of part of Veniceby Ganaletto.Gompletethe table with the
words from the box. Use a dictionary to help you.
Paintings
Completethe descniptionof the picture by Picassowith the words in the box.
Use a dictionary to helP You.
at the bottom at the top in the background'
inthe foregrounil onthe left on the right
there are there's
buililings cTouils d.arkruater
asmsllbrickbriilge
gondolas brightblue sky people walking re,flections
the Granil CanüI the Rialto Briilge
1 In the fore¡lround
1 .. . .
.....w e c a n s e e a th e a tre .2....."
to
r
h or s e hwings g e th ew i th i ts b a b y5
wit
..
....... w e canseea w hi te
i
.. a w 0man n a w hi te
hand
i
l
a
h
b
d r es son t he hor se ' s a c k S h e ' s o l d i n g re d w h i t eandbl uestri ped adder n her"
andon
curtal ns
w
o f th e p i c tu n e e c a ns ees0mebl uetheatre
h
s
the lef t - handidea n dth e rrSh t a n ds i d eo f i t 7
2 In the background
. thereare some
I
a
tr eesandhill,an o l d b u i l d i n É n dth e s k y . .
people. he y re s i tti n $ t a ta b l e 4 ......
a
.
a
T
ci r c us
....w ecansee
5 0n the ri$ht
4 0n the left
5 At the top
... . somered
6 At the bottom
23. Police lntervi¿ws
2 Write the police officer's words in this interview with Giovannipiano.
1 Gompletethis dialogue with Julia Yardley'swords from the box.
At the Rialto Briilge Hotel.
l'm 4O, I'm an art ilealer,
In shops inLondon, Paris anilNewYork.
In aflat inLondon.
No, I ilon't.
luliaYarilley
Yes,I do. He's an olilfrienil.
American.
Police Offrcer:What'syour name?
Ms Yardley:1 ... ..
Police0fficer: Whatnationalitv vou?
are
Ms Yardley:2
Police0fficer: Howold are you?
Ms Y ar dley : 5 . . . .
Police0fficer:l . . ..
Police0fficer: Wher"e you live?
do
Giovanni
Piano:Giovanni
Piano.
Ms Yardley:4..
PoliceO f f icer : 2. . . . . .
PoliceOfficer:Wher"e you work?
do
GiovanniPiano: l'm 50.
Ms Y ar dley : 5.. . . .
Police0fficer:3....
PoliceOfficer:What'syourjob?
Giovan i Piano: ltalian
n
Ms Yardley:G...
Police0fficer:4 . ..
Police
Officer:
Wher"e youstaying Venice?
are
in
Giovanni
Piano:lnan apar"tment Rome.
in
MsY ar dley : 7.. . .
Police0fficer:5...
Police
0fficer:Doyou knowGiovanni
Piano?
Giovanni
Piano:lrun a spaghetti
business.
Ms Yardley:8
Police f f icer : 6 . . . . .
O
.
Police0fficer: Doyou know Pienne
Valmy?
Giovanni
Piano:lnan officein Rome.
Ms Yardley:9
Police0fficer:7
..
G iovanni
Piano: ln he SaintM ar "k's
t
Squar rllot r : l
:
i
Police Officer:8 .
Giovunni
Pr'ano: I don't.
No,
Police 0fficer:9
I'l11Az
. .
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24. (
5 ilow write a police interview with Ro$er lezardo.
1
I
I
Police Officer:
Roger Lezardo:
Police 0fficer:
Roger Lezardo:
Police 0fficer: .
Roger Lezardo:
Police 0fficer: .
Roger Lezardo:
Police Officer:
Roger Lezardo:
Police 0fficer: .
Roger Lezardo:
Police Officer:
Roger Lezardo:
Police 0ffrcer: .
Roger Lezardo:
Police 0fficer: .
Roger Lezardo:
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