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G tag questions You were
V crime a detective with the Los
P intonation in tag questions Angeles Police Department,
weren’t you?
Yes, I was
10B Two crime stories

1 VOCABULARY crime

a Have you heard o f N atalie W ood? W hat do you know
about her?

b M atch the words and definitions.

detectives evidence murder murderer
HOW DID
prove solve suspects victim witnesses
1 _________ noun police officers who investigate crimes HOLLYWOOD

2 _________ noun people who see something that has
happened, and then tell others (e.g., the ACTRESS NATALIE
police) about it
WOOD DIE?
3 _________ noun a person who is hurt or killed by
somebody in a crime
WAS SHE THE 1victim OF A CRIME
4 _________ noun a person who plans and kills
OR DID SHE DIE AS A RESULT OF
another person
AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT?
5 _________ noun the crim e o f killing a person illegally
and deliberately n the cold and rainy night of November 29,1981, the
6 _________ noun the facts, signs, etc., that tell you who O beautiful and talented actress Natalie Wood mysteriously
committed a crime fell off her boat, The Splendour, and died. She was found the
next morning, nearly a mile away, floating in the water with
7 _________ noun people who are thought to be guilty of
bruises and scratches on her body.
a crime
More than thirty years later, officials still haven’t been able
8 _________ (a mystery) verb to find the correct answer tt
to 2_____________the mystery of Natalie W ood’s death. On
why something happened
the boat with Natalie that night were her husband— actor
9 _________ (something) verb to use the facts and Robert Wagner, a friend— actor Christopher Walken, the
evidence to show something is true captain— Dennis Davern, and a few others. Police know
that Wagner and Walken had an argument early in the
c 5 34))) Listen and check. Practice saying the words.
evening, but they made up and Walken went to bed. Police
also know that Wood and Wagner had an argument. Wood
d Read How did H ollyw ood actress N atalie W ood die? and
then went to bed and when Wagner went to look in on her
fill in the blanks w ith words from b.
later, she w asn’t in her room. No one heard or saw Natalie
fall off the boat. Therefore there were no 3_____________to
e Read the article again and find the answer to
say whether her death w as a 4_____________or an
these questions.
accident. In addition, 5_____________who were working
1 W hen did Natalie Wood die? on the case at the time were not able to find any solid
2 W hat was the weather like on the night she died? 6_____________to 7_____________ whether Natalie Wood
3 W here was her body found? was pushed to her death from the boat. Therefore her
4 W ho was on the boat with her when she died? death was officially ruled an accident— meaning there was
no 8_____________for police to arrest and put in jail.
5 W ho did Natalie Wood have an
argument with the In 2012, a T V news show investigating Natalie W ood’s death
night she died? brought new information to Los Angeles County officials.
The TV news show claimed the bruises and scratches on
6 How many years later
her body were proof that she was indeed the victim of a
did the police reopen the
murder. Officials have reopened the case and are currently
investigation into her death?
conducting interviews; however none of the people who
were on the boat that night have been officially named as
9____________ in Natalie’s death. Will LA police eventually
discover the truth about her death? Only time will tell.
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