READINGA What do you know about?Give short answers to these questions.1 Do you often take a ferry?2 What number do you dial toa call the police?b call an ambulance?c call the fire service?B Look and thinkB1 Read the title and the introduction on the next page.Give short answers to these questions1What is a diary?2 What do you think Paul wrote about?B2 Look at the pictures on the next page. Give short answers to these questions.1What is the man doing with the bag in Picture 1?2Which person is Paul?3Which people are arguing?4What is Pauls father doing in Picture 2?(deal with =solve the problem)mean:解决解决Words:tourists 旅客；旅游者 hold out 取出；伸出stare 盯；凝视 steal 偷窃purse 钱包 missing 遗失的 gates 大门 hurry 赶快；匆忙report 举报；报告 aboard 上（船、飞机等）thief小偷；窃贼handcuffs 手铐C Find the meaningsC1 Find these words in Pauls diary on page 31. Read the words round them and choose the best meanings.1arguing a speaking noisily and angrily b hating someone2Held out a took out b got out3Aboard a onto a ship or boat b onto a piece of wood4To report a to give information about something b to do something important5A theft a the crime of taking someone away b the crime of stealing somethingC2 Find the words in Column A in the diary and match them with the meanings in Column B.1stared a went after or behind someone2stole b called a number (on a telephone)3followed c went quickly4hurried d took something away without paying for it 5dialled e that you cannot find6missing f looked for a long timeC3 Find words from the diary to describe the pictures1 some_2 a_3 A pair of_touristpursehandcuffsD Find the factsLater, Paul wrote a letter to his penfriend Kurt.Use the proper form of the words in the box to complete the letter.argue handcuffs father meet police excitingsteal purse next run ferry followDeal KurtYesterday, an(1)_ thing happened to us.My father and I waited for the(2)_. Two women tourists and a man began(3)_. One woman told my (4)_that three men(5)_ her(6)_.Two of the men(7)_ away.The woman and her friend(8)_ the other man onto the ferry.My father and I did not get on the ferry.He hurried to an ice cream shop and quickly in phoned the(9)_.He asked them to(10)_ the ferry when it arrived.We went across the river on the(11)_ ferry.The police got there in time! The man was in(12)_.My father helped those women.He was really great.Write and tell me your news,Kurt.Best wishesPaul excitingferryarguingfatherstolepursewentfollowedpolicemeetnexthandcuffsE Read and thinkFind the answers to these questions in Pauls diary.Work by yourself or in pairs1The man held out a bag to show that he did not have _.a any money c any food b the womans purse2Who probably had the purse?_.a One of the other two men. c The tourists on the ferry.b Pauls father3Why did Pauls father not get on the ferry?_.a He wanted to help the women. c He wanted to telephone his wife.b He was afraid of the man.4At the end of Pauls diary,the man was in handcuffs because_.a he hit the tourists b the police did not want him to run awayc he hit a policeman5Pauls father helped the women,but he did not_.a try to fight the man b get on any ferries c tell the police the truthbaaba