Two police officer, a anand » woman, both ‘young and blond ands gorgeous as everyone ese this ety, were talking softy and with sympathy 10a boy of about seventeen who had clearly taken the + Jind of substance that ums one's hain ino an expres elevator t Put. Disorenated by ds sudden journey though the eotmos, he had spparenty stumbled ana cracked his hea wiele ‘of blood ran from above his aie to his ches 4» Thepolee officers were wearing the smartest ‘eommando-sjle uniforms Ihave ever see. They Jooked asi berween them they ould handle ay emergency, rom outbreaks of Lissa fever arming a nocear submarine, 4 And dhe thing is, this was probably he biggest thing they would have o deal withll evening The Danes are almost absurdly Iw-abiig The mos ‘iralen crime in the country isbicyle the In the {84 for which happen o have de as, there were 2» sx murders in Copenhagen, compared with 205 in Amsterdam, a city ofsumiat size, and 1,688 in New ‘York The cy sso safe hat Queen Margarete used ‘to walk from Amalienborg Palace tothe shops every rmoming to buy flowers and vegesbles jst ike a 1 normal zen. once aed a Dane who guarded hen such ireumances, aid he Looked at me with surprise and replied "Wh, wall which honghe as rather sweet, ‘The police offices helped she boy ois fet and ‘eed hiro their pao ea. | found myself folowing them almost involuntarily. don'r know shy Twas so fscnaed, excep that had never seen such ‘gentle police. sad in English to the female officer, “Bxcute me, whit wil you do with the boy?” 1y "Well ake his home! she sid simply tink he needs his bed Twas ienpesed 1 couldsthep thinking of the time (as stopped by police in my home town nd ‘made to stand with my arms and lege spread against seawall and frished,dhen ken to e police sation ‘nv booked because ofan sng paring ticket. 1 ‘vas about seventeen a the ie. God knows what they would have done wth me f they had found me eth found the young man. {suppose Tbe 1 gening ou ofl about now “Will hebe fn roe fr this T asked “Wi sie, T hin so, yes: Bu mot with ws. We areal lite young and eazy sometimes, you ‘now? Goodnight Enjoy your sty in Copenhagen! © Goodnight! Id and with de deepest admiration ‘watched them go ‘Mae rom Nee Ho Ta by Bl Beau,Language focus 1 Verb forms in the narrative ‘Look atthe sentences below trom the story on pages 32 and 33, and choose the best verb form. 1 Leame / was coming home from a Chrismas party with my fiend Frank... it hod been / was very, very col 2. There had been / wos thick ice everyrhere and it Jhad been snowing /was snowing fr several hours 2 We laughed / were laughing our heads off and calling to each other for help 4 Suddenly, this police car drew / wos drowing up ‘nd two police fiers got / were getting out 5 had gone / was going ta bed ot ten, as usual, but {hed to /had had to getup fo goto the bathroom. 6 As] had heen getting / was getting ack into bod, | heard / Ws hearing this dreedful nose They had obviously been drinking / were ‘obviously drinking... you could see they had been / were drunk. 8 -Assoon at {realised / wos relising what hod ‘gone / wes osng on, I colle /had cle the pole straightaway. Practice 1 Read some more stories about mishaps that happened while people were travelling. Complete the gaps with the best verb forms. (There may be more than one possibility), Then listen and check, not uncommon for people to fall asleep on erains. snoring loudly in public is another matter. One day ently 1(1) (read) my newspaper on the (become| aware of aloud ring sound corning from the man opposite me. As train (3) (come) into the last station on line. (4) _— (give) the man ¢ sharp poke my umbrella to wake him up. Instead of being, seful, he (5) (Qook} at me furiously: he {not be) asieep at all The snoring Ls (come) from the enormous dog who (le) ae hs feet!fiend (9) (travel) on a domestic fight in ‘America a few years ago. They (10) (go) about forty minutes, when the pilot (11) lendy start) speaking excitedly in Spanish. Most of the angers (12) (run) forward, shouting, and panic, my fiend (13) (get) into the crash ition, leaning forward with his head between his knees. (14) (sit) lke that for sore minutes when stewardess kindly (15) ___ (explain) to him they (16) ______. (fly) over the Angel Falls, and dhe like to look out of the window like the other ngers? Australian woman travelling home from Melbourne as (drive) down a narrow road one dark ‘when she (18) (enter) 2 runnel ough a little surprised at this, as she (19) notice) a tunnel on that route before, she ) - (carry on). But after half an hour of asting and turning, she (21) (ron out) of sol. It (22) ____ (be) completely dark in the el, so she (23) ___ (decide) to wait for help. (24) _____ (only wait) for a few minutes when (25) _____ (see) three men coming towards Rather surprisingly, the three men (26) ) helmets with lamps on the front. The three men (seem) even more surprised to sce her. was then that the woman (28) (realise) st she (29) ____ (drive) into a coal mine.