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PART 2 c 5 42))) Now read and listen to P art 2.
Then answ er the questions w ith a partner.
“I understand,” the lawyer for the prosecution said, “that the defense
intends to plead ‘mistaken identity.’ Adams’s wife will tell you that 1 Adams’s defense was “mistaken identity.”
he was with her at two in the morning on February 14. However, W hat does this mean?
after you have heard the witnesses for the prosecution and examined 2 W here did Adams say that he was?
carefully the features of the prisoner, I don’t think you will be
3 W hat did the prosecution lawyer ask
prepared to admit the possibility of a mistake.”
M rs. Salmon?
M rs. Salmon was called again. She was the ideal witness, with her
4 W hat three reasons did she give to explain
slight Scottish accent and her expression of honesty and kindness.
how she had seen Adams’s face so clearly?
There was no malice in her, and no sense of importance. She told
them what she had seen and how she had rung the police station. d 5 43))) Read the glossary for P art 3 o f
“And do you see the man here in court?” the story, and check how the words are
She looked straight at the big man in the dock, who stared hard at pronounced. T hen listen to P art 3 and
her with his bloodshot eyes, without emotion. answ er the questions w ith a partner.
“Yes,” she said, “there he is.”
Glossary 3
“You are quite certain?” swear swei to make a public promise that something
She said simply, “I couldn’t be mistaken, sir.” is true
case keis som ething that is being officially
“Thank you, Mrs. Salmon.”
investigated by the police, e.g., a murder case
The lawyer for the defense began to cross-examine Mrs. Salmon. alibi 'ielabai evidence that proves somebody was in a
“Now, Mrs. Salmon, you must remember that a man’s life may different place at the tim e that a crim e was com mitted
be acquitted i o'kwit id to be declared not guilty of
depend on your evidence.” a crim e
“I do remember it, sir.”
“Is your eyesight good?”
“I have never had to wear spectacles, sir.”
“You’re fifty-five years old, aren’t you?”
“Fifty-six, sir.”
“And the man you saw was on the other side of the road, is that right?”
“Yes, sir, he was.”
“And it was two o’clock in the morning. You must have remarkable
eyes, Mrs. Salmon?”
“No, sir. There was moonlight, and when the man looked up, he
had the lamplight on his face.”
“And you have no doubt whatever that the man you saw is the
prisoner?”
“None whatever, sir. It isn’t a face you can easily forget.”
Glossary 2
the defense di'fcns the lawyer(s) who try to show
that somebody is not guilty o f a crime
plead (guilty) pi id/ to say in court that you are guilty
(or not guilty) o f a crim e 1 W ho was the man at the back o f the court?
court kort the place where crim es are judged
2 How was he dressed?
dock dak the place in a court where a person who is
accused sits or stands 3 W hat did the defense lawyer say to
cross-examine 'kros Ki'zteman/ to question a witness
carefully about answers he or she have already given Mrs. Salmon?
4 W hat was the man’s alibi?
5 W hy was the man acquitted?
6 W hy was there a big crowd outside
the court?
7 W hy did the brothers refuse to leave by the
back entrance?
8 W hat happened to one o f the brothers?
9 W hy does the writer ask the question at the
end, If you were Mrs. Salmon, couldyou sleep
at night?
e D o you like the way the story ends?
W hy (not)?

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