Learn English Through Story Level 4 ⭐ English Story - The Trap
Summary
TLDRIan es interrogado por un detective tras ser arrestado por un robo. Narra cómo su hermano Tony, más joven pero astuto, planificó el atraco de lavadoras en un área remota. Con la ayuda de Mal, que forja documentos falsos, y un camión prestado, engañan a un conductor de camión para robar las lavadoras. Descubren que están llenas de drogas, propiedad de Eddie Hart, un poderoso criminal. Cuando Eddie busca venganza, Ian, Tony y Mal tratan de devolver las drogas, pero fallan. Ian, solo y atemorizado, busca protección, pero el detective lo desmiente, revelando que no hay pruebas de su historia y sugiriendo que es solo un hombre perdido.
Takeaways
- 🚔 El arresto de un criminal suele comenzar con una entrevista en la comisaría de policía, donde los detectives realizan un interrogatorio.
- 🗣️ Ian, el personaje principal, es muy hablador y está dispuesto a contar todo el plan delictivo detalladamente.
- 👨👦 Tony, el hermano menor de Ian, es descrito como el cerebro de la operación y el más inteligente de los dos.
- 🛣️ El plan criminal se centra en el robar una camión en una zona aislada cerca de un punto de control de vehículos del Departamento de Transporte.
- 👮♂️ Ian describe la comodidad en la que se encuentra en la silla de la sala de interrogatorios, diseñada para hacer sentir incómodo al sentado.
- 👕 Tony posee dos uniformes de guardia, que planea utilizar para cometer un robo y que serán cruciales en su plan.
- 📄 Mal, un amigo de Tony, es experto en obtener documentos falsos, lo que es útil para el plan de robo.
- 🚚 El plan se pone en marcha con la ayuda de un amigo que presta un camión grande, disfrazándose de trabajadores de mudanzas.
- 📦 El robo resulta ser exitoso, pero los hermanos descubren que han robado lavadoras que contienen drogas ocultas para Eddie Hart, un poderoso criminal.
- 🔍 Ian revela que el robo no ha salido en las noticias, lo que indica que Eddie Hart tiene influencia suficiente para silenciar el incidente.
- 🚨 Al final, se descubre que la historia contada por Ian es una invención, ya que no hay registro de ningún robo de lavadoras ni de personas desaparecidas, y el detective sugiere que Ian debería irse a casa.
Q & A
¿Qué sucede cuando un criminal es arrestado y llega a la comisaría?
-Uno de los primeros eventos después de su arresto es una entrevista en la comisaría, donde un detective realiza preguntas y el criminal responde o no.
¿Cómo se siente Ian en la silla de la sala de entrevistas?
-Ian se siente incómodo en la silla de la sala de entrevistas, que está diseñada para ser incómoda con las patas delanteras un poco más cortas que las traseras.
¿Quién es Tony y qué papel juega en el plan del robo?
-Tony es el hermano menor de Ian, quien es descrito como el más inteligente y el cerebro detrás del plan del robo.
¿Cuál fue la idea de Tony que llevó a Ian a involucrarse en el robo?
-Tony observó un área de inspección de vehículos del Departamento de Transporte en una carretera y se dio cuenta de que podría ser un lugar para robar camiones.
¿Cómo se describe el ambiente en la comisaría mientras Ian cuenta su historia?
-La comisaría se describe como un lugar tranquilo y casi desolado a las 11:30 de la noche, a pesar de ser una noche de semana.
¿Qué tipo de uniformes tenía Tony y cómo planeaban usarlos en su delito?
-Tony tenía dos uniformes de guardias, que planeaban usar para hacer que su robo pareciera una inspección normal del Departamento de Transporte.
¿Cómo fue el plan de Tony para robar un camión y quiénes participaron en su ejecución?
-El plan consistía en usar uniformes y detener camiones en la carretera, fingiendo ser una inspección oficial. Ian, Tony y su amigo Mal, que era bueno para obtener documentos falsos, fueron los involucrados.
¿Qué tipo de mercancía robaron y cómo valoraron el plan después de su éxito inicial?
-Robaron 24 lavadoras, cada una valorada en £300. El plan fue considerado un éxito inicial, ya que lograron robar la mercancía sin ser notados.
¿Qué error crítico cometieron los hermanos que les puso en una situación peligrosa?
-Cometieron el error de robar un camión que transportaba drogas en lugar de lavadoras, sin darse cuenta de que las lavadoras estaban usadas para ocultar drogas por Eddie Hart, un poderoso criminal.
¿Cómo terminó la situación para Ian y sus cómplices después de que Eddie Hart descubriera el robo?
-Después de que Eddie Hart descubriera el robo, Ian, Tony y Mal se encontraron en una situación peligrosa, ya que Eddie estaba buscando venganza. Ian terminó en la comisaría pidiendo protección, pero el detective no encontró evidencia del robo ni de Eddie Hart involucrado en actividades criminales.
¿Qué reveló el detective al final sobre la historia que Ian contó?
-El detective reveló que la historia de Ian era ficticia, ya que no había registros de un robo de lavadoras ni de personas desaparecidas. Además, señaló que Ian no tenía hermanos llamados Tony o Billy, lo que sugiere que toda la historia fue una invención de Ian.
Outlines
🕵️♂️ Detención y Confesión
Este párrafo describe la situación de un criminal, Ian, siendo interrogado en la comisaría. Ian revela que fue la idea de su hermano Tony, quien planeó el crimen, y él simplemente siguió sus pasos. Tony, considerado más inteligente, había notado un camino de acceso en la carretera A90 y planeó un robo usando uniformes de guardias y falsos documentos. Ian relata cómo se sentía incómodo en la silla de la sala de interrogatorios y cómo el detective le ofrece un cigarrillo a pesar de la prohibición de fumar. La narración de Ian revela detalles del plan y la implicación de un tercero, Mal, conocido por obtener documentos falsos.
🚚 El Plan del Robo
Ian continúa su relato del plan del robo. El plan consistía en usar un camión para simular un traslado de mudanzas y detener camiones en la carretera usando un uniforme. El primer camión detenido transportaba lavadoras, los cuales fueron transferidos a su camión y conducidos a garajes de Tony. Ian explica que el robo fue exitoso y cómo contactaron a Andy Horgan para vender las lavadoras. Sin embargo, descubren que el robo no ha salido en las noticias, lo que les lleva a sospechar que algo andaba mal.
🚨 Encuentro con Eddie Hart
Ian revela que las lavadoras contenían drogas pertenecientes a Eddie Hart, un poderoso criminal de Dundee. Al no encontrar las drogas en las lavadoras, se dan cuenta de que una máquina faltaba y la habían instalado en el garaje de la madre de Mal. Cuando finalmente encuentran las drogas, se enfrentan a la presión de devolverlas a Eddie Hart para evitar una venganza. Ian describe el momento en que tienen que improvisar una solución rápida y cómo deciden devolver las drogas en un contenedor de basura de un club nocturno propiedad de Eddie, pero se equivocan al llamar al número equivocado.
😔 Desenlace Trágico
El detective desmiente la historia de Ian, revelando que no hay registros de un robo de lavadoras ni de personas desaparecidas. Ian insiste en su peligro y pide protección, pero el detective le sugiere que su hermano Billy, mencionado en una discusión previa, podría ser su protector. Al final, se descubre que Ian es un hombre solo, sin hermanos llamados Tony o Billy, y que sus historias son meras fantasías. El detective le pide que se vaya a casa, y Ian se queda llorando por la pérdida de su hermano imaginario.
🏠 Regreso a la Realidad
El último párrafo muestra la desolación de Ian al ser confrontado con la realidad de su situación. El detective le dice que su madre estará preocupada por él, recordándole que recibió una nueva lavadora la semana anterior. Ian menciona que el hombre que entregó la lavadora estaba retrasado debido a un control de tráfico, lo que sugiere que su historia podría haber sido una forma de escapar de su realidad. El silencio final en la sala de interrogatorios refleja la soledad y el desengaño de Ian.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡criminal
💡detective
💡interview
💡plan
💡slip road
💡Department of Transport
💡false papers
💡robbery
💡witness
💡drugs
💡missing persons
Highlights
Un criminal es arrestado y su primera experiencia es una entrevista en la comisaría.
Ian es un hablador y quiere contar todo el plan delictivo a los detectives.
Tony, el hermano de Ian, es descrito como el cerebro detrás del plan.
La comodidad en la silla de la sala de entrevistas es una táctica para obtener confesiones.
El plan de Tony involucra el uso de uniformes de guardias y papeles falsos.
La observación de Tony de una carretera secundaria inusual es el punto de partida del plan.
Ian describe cómo se engaña a un camionero para robar su camión.
El plan es ejecutado en una noche de bodas para aprovechar la confusión.
Los ladrones esperan robar algo de valor, pero terminan con lavadoras.
La falta de noticias sobre el robo es inusual y preocupante para Ian.
Ian revela que el robo involucra a Eddie Hart, un poderoso criminal.
Los ladrones descubren que las lavadoras contienen drogas en lugar de ser solo electrodomésticos.
Ian y Tony buscan frenéticamente las drogas en las lavadoras, pero una falta.
La lavadora faltante se encuentra en la casa de la madre de Mal, disfrazada de electrodoméstico.
Ian se enfrenta a la posibilidad de que Eddie Hart haya matado a su hermano y a Mal.
Ian busca la protección de la policía, pero los detectives no encuentran evidencia del robo.
Se revela que Ian es un hombre solo, sin hermanos, y sus historias son solo mentiras.
Ian se enfrenta a la realidad de que su historia es una invención y no hay pruebas de su crimen.
Ian llora por la pérdida de su hermano, una vez más, al final de la entrevista.
Transcripts
when a criminal is arrested one of the
first things that happens is the
interview at the police
station questions and
answers the detective asks the questions
and the criminal answers or
not some of them won't say a word others
talk and
talk and
talk Ian is is a great
talker he wants to tell the detective
everything from beginning to
end every single
detail it was Tony's idea Ian says
moving about in his
seat Tony's my brother two years younger
than me but he was always the clever one
it was all his
idea I just went along with it he's
still trying to get
comfortable it's not easy to get
comfortable in the interview
room the detective could tell him
that he could tell him about the chair
he's sitting in it's a special interview
chair with its front legs just a little
bit short shorter than its back
legs very
uncomfortable so Tony says to me one day
he says
Ian this is one plan that cannot
fail and he tells me about it we spend a
long time talking about it and I'm
trying to find things wrong with it but
it's good it's it's a really good
plan that's why I'm here it was just too
good Ian looks around again studying the
walls looking for two-way mirrors secret
listening spy holes the one thing he
hasn't expected is the
quietness it's 11:30 on a weekday night
and the police station is like a ghost
town Ian wants to see lights action lots
of police
uniforms yet again in his life he's
disappointed he goes on with his
story Tony had noticed the slip Road he
drove from 5 to Edinburgh most Saturday
nights taking a car full of friends for
a night
out on the A90 Road South of the fourth
Road Bridge Tony saw the signpost for
the slip
Road Department of Transport vehicle
check area
only that's what started his
idea the next morning he went back and
drove up the slip Road which took him to
a kind of roundabout in the middle of
nowhere he stopped his car and got out
there was grass growing in the middle of
the
road he didn't think the place got used
much there was a Hut nearby and another
slip Road went back down onto the A90
Road he stood there for a while
listening to the noise of traffic below
him and the idea slowly grew in his
mind you see Ian went on Tony had two
guard's uniforms at home he's always had
the idea of robbing some place and
always knew those uniforms would be
useful and one of his old friends a man
called Mal was good at getting false
papers so Tony brought him
in have you got a
cigarette the detective points to the no
smoking
sign but then raises his eyebrows and
says okay he gives Ian a packet of 10
and some
matches
thanks Ian lights up a cigarette
breathes
noisily so you see he goes on it was all
Tony's idea and malk well he'd done this
kind of thing
before I was just family that's why Tony
brought me
in I'm not saying I wasn't part of it I
mean that's why I'm here
now I just want it in the police report
that I wasn't the leader the clever
one I think I can agree with that the
detective
says aren't you going to write all this
down asks
Ian we're trained boy we remember
everything so Ian nods goes on with his
story the interview room is small and
airless it smells of all the people who
have told their stories in there a few
of the stories were even
true so we drive up this slip Road a few
times nobody notices us asks what we're
doing Tony is happy about that and the
plan is fixed for last
weddingday why a wedd W day the
detective
asks Ian shakes his head Tony's idea he
said he moves around again in his chair
remembering Wednesday
night Tony and Ian were dressed in the
uniforms Tony had a friend with a big
truck it had been easy to borrow it for
the
night the story was they were helping
someone move
house they took the truck up to the
roundabout left the car near the bottom
of the slip
Road malk was dressed like a truck
driver and he and Ian waited by the
truck Tony went back down to the
A90 stood by the Department of Transport
sign and used a torch to stop a lorry on
the road
then he told the lotry driver to drive
up the slip road to the vehicle check
area when he got there the driver would
see a man in uniform Ian interviewing a
truck driver
Mark that way the real driver wouldn't
think anything strange was going on it
was just normal Department of transport
interviews it worked Ian says that's
what's so amazing the driver brought his
Lorry up to the roundabout stopped it
and got out Tony comes driving up gets
out of his car says he wants to check
the
cargo the detective has a
question suppose the cargo had been
bananas or fish or something we send
that Lorry on and stop another one until
we get something we can
sell but we were lucky first time
washing machines 24 of them
£300
each we just got them into our own truck
and away we
went he in
stops you're wondering about the driver
aren't you there were three of us
remember we just tied him up left him in
his Lorry we knew he'd get free in the
end Tony had two lockup garages and we
took the washing machines there we were
already thinking about who we could sell
them to there's a man we knew name of
Andy Horgan who does bits of business
doesn't ask questions you know I thought
maybe he'd be
interested we wanted to be careful who
we sold to see when the news got out
about the robbery on the
A90 Ian stops again for a
minute of course we'd already made our
big
mistake one
mistake Ian asks for another
cigarette his hand is shaking as he
lights it he can't get it out of his
head the huge bad luck of
it before he said a word to Andy Horan
Horan has a question for him here Ian
heard anything about a robbery on the
A90 washing machines off the the back of
our
lry I didn't see anything in the
newspapers Ian had said which was true
all three of them had been surprised by
that why hadn't the robbery been in the
news Ian could see that Horan knew the
reason why and Ian could also see in
Horgan's face that it wasn't good
news it wasn't in the newspapers and it
never will be says
Horgan he goes on to explain why and Ian
feels his life coming to an
end he runs to the lockup garage finding
Tony there Tony already knows it's
written on his
face they have to move the washing
machines throw them away somehow
somewhere fast
but they don't have the truck
anymore where can they get a
truck wait a bit Tony had said starting
to think
again Eddie Hart doesn't want the
washing machines does he he only wants
what he put in
them Eddie
Hart the name made Ian's legs go weak
steady Eddie was Mr Big in
dunde a man who controlled most of the
criminal business in the town the
stories about him would make your hair
stand on end if you made steady Eddie
angry you didn't wake up again the next
day and now horen had said Eddie was
looking for blood
he was in the drugs business and needed
to move drugs around a lot what he did
was this he hid the drugs in fridges
washing machines dryers
freezers and his lores went up and down
the
country all they needed was a few false
papers it just so happened that Tony had
stopped one of Eddie's
drivers and now Eddie wanted
blood but Tony was right find the drugs
get them back to Eddie and maybe Eddie
wouldn't kill them so they started
pulling the packing out of the washing
machines taking the backs off searching
for hidden
packets the they went through every
machine in both garages checked them
once twice three
times and found
nothing wait a b said Tony he started
counting the
machines there was one
missing the brothers looked at each
other then ran to Tony's car
at Mal's mother's house malk had just
fitted her new washing
machine Mal's mother was as pleased as
anything she had a crowd of Neighbors in
her
kitchen my boy so good to me she was
telling them he saved his money and
bought me this as a Sur
surprise even Ian knew they were in real
trouble
now everyone in town would get to hear
about the new washing
machines and everyone meant Eddie
Hart Tony and Ian took malk outside and
explained Mar went back inside pulled
the machine out again and started Ed
taking the back off his hands were
shaking so much it took him a long
time but at last he had the back off and
began to pass brown paper packets to
Tony and
Ian Tony explained to the neighbors that
these were just heavy things used in
packing to stop the machine shaking in
the
Lorry like bricks one neighbor asked and
when Tony agreed with her sweat running
down his face she added another
question why cover bricks in brown
paper Tony Beyond
explanations put his head in his hands
and
wept the detective brings back two cups
of coffee one for himself one for Ian
he's been checking things using the
computer making some phone
calls Ian sits ready to tell him the end
of the story we had to think of a way to
get the drugs back to Eddie he has a
nightclub in
Dundee we drove up there night before
last and put the drugs in one of the
rubbish skips at the back of the
club then we phoned the club and told
them where to find the
packets the problem was that their
rubbish skips are emptied at
night so some time that night the skip
got
emptied and
and it was me who made the phone
call and there were two numbers in the
phone
book I meant to phone the office number
but I got it wrong and phoned the other
number which is a phone by the
bar anyway someone
answered I said my piece and put the
phone down maybe it was a customer maybe
they went outside and got the drugs for
themselves before the skip was
emptied maybe they thought I was crazy
or
something Ian's voice is shaking he's
almost
crying so Mr Hart didn't get his drugs
back the detective guesses Ian
nods and now your brother and Mar have
gone
missing Eddie's got them says Ian he
must
have and so you want us to protect you
the detective asks I'm in terrible
danger Ian says I mean there's a price
on my head now you've got to help me the
detective shakes his head f somebody
needs protection we can do it he says
but there's no report of a robbery of
washing machines on the
A90 yes we would love to catch Mr Hart
and put him in prison but there's
nothing to prove that Mr Hart is doing
anything
criminal the detective moves his chair
closer to Ian
you see I know that you lost your job
after arguing with your boss and you
told your boss that your brother would
come and break his
bones I found that out from the
computer what I didn't find in the
computer was anything about washing
machines drugs in brown paper packets or
missing person
Ian jumps up from his seat begins
walking around the
room you could go to the place where
they empty the rubbish
skips if the drugs are there you'll find
them or or go to the garages the washing
machines will still be
there unless steady Edd's taken them
don't you see I'm the only one left who
can speak against
him the detective is on his feet now
too I think it's time for you to go home
son I'll take you to the
door I need
protection the detective comes up to him
again his face very close to
Ian's get your brother to protect you
his name's Billy isn't it the one who
breaks
bones only you can't do that can you
because you haven't got a brother called
Billy or a brother called
Tony the detective stops begins
again you haven't got anybody inan
you're a
nobody these stories of yours that's all
they are
stories come on now it's time you are
home your mom will be worried about you
she got a new washing machine last week
Ian says
softly the man who brought it to the
house he said he was late because he'd
had to stop at a
checkpoint it is quiet in the interview
room quiet for a long
time until Ian begins
weeping weeping for the brother that
he's just lost again
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