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«We've followed you everywhere for days; that's why we're here now», Baxter told Masters. Then he
turned to Hugo and said: «And I've been up there for half an hour. I've heard everything you've said. Also, I
think you'd have phoned us an hour ago, when Coke first broke in, if you'd only wanted to protect your
property!»
Before Hugo could protest, he and the others were led away. Baxter helped Coke to his feet. «What we
know now already proves you were innocent», he said. Then he untied Coke's hands. Coke was a free man
again.
THE END
18.5.2. Choose the correct answer. Don't use the text
1. Hugo would never have become suspicious if Coke...
a) hadn't come with Masters;
b) hadn't used Masters' car;
c) hadn't come to the garage.
2. Hugo said that...
a) he had tried to protect himself;
b) he hadn't done anything wrong;
c) he was protecting his property.
3. Baxter told Masters that...
a) they had been following him everywhere for days;
b) they had learnt about everything from Coke;
c) they had been phoned by somebody an hour before.
18.5.3. Answer the teacher's questions. (Books closed.)
1. Why did Hugo manage to catch Coke?
2. Why did Coke make a mistake?
3. Who dropped through the sky-light?
4. How did Baxter try to explain himself?
5. What did Baxter tell Coke?
18.5.4. Try to compose the plan for the whole story «The man who escaped».
18.6. Scanning practice
18.6.1. Read the questions. Be sure you've got them well in mind.
1. Whom did the police arrest in connection with the killing?
2. Why did the police free him three months later?
3. What does the test involve?
4. What does the DNA form?
5. How much time and money does test take?
18.6.2. Start scanning the text. Don't fail to note your time.
DNA prints
(A foolproof crime test)
Dawn Ashworth, 15, left a friend's house last July to walk to her home in Enderby, a village in England's
East Midlands. She never made it. Two days later her body was found; she had been raped and strangled. Soon
after, police arrested a 17-year-old youth in connection with that killing and an earlier, similar murder.
But three months later, convinced that the suspect was innocent of both crimes, the police freed him. How
could
they be so sure? By using the new technique of DNA fingerprinting they had proved that man was
innocent. This month the police began using the test on blood from 2,000 Midlands men, hoping that if one of
them is guilty, his DNA print will give him away.
The test involves comparing the DNA of blood or hair roots found at the scene with the DNA of a suspect.
What makes it foolproof is that no two people (other than identical twins) have the same genetic characteristics.
While considering this fact in 1983, Alee Jeffrets, a geneticist at the University of Leicester in England,
realized it might be the basis for an important new tool in criminal investigations. The DNA from each
individual, he found, formed a unique pattern — in effect a DNA fingerprint.
In the Midlands case, Jeffreys established that the DNA pattern of the 17-year-old suspect did not match
those obtained during the murder investigations. The patterns of each of the 2,000 Midlands men will undergo
similar scrutiny. But that may take a while. Each test involves a complicated series of steps over a period of 2 1
/2 weeks. Still, Jeffreys believes, with further refinements, and despite $ 300 price tag, the test will more than
pay for itself in criminal investigations.