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1. Police in Switzerland have negotiated with an armed man through…
a 48 hours
b the night
c several hours
2. His demand was…
a to fly him to Libya
b togive him 2m dollars
c to give him one and a half million dollars and to fly him to Libya
3. He has taken hostage…
a 29 children
b 2 teachers
c 29 children and 3 teachers
4. Luxemburg police…
a are no stranger to such things
b don’t have much experience in such things
c have no experience in such things
5. The man is said to have a grudge against…
a his children
b his wife
c the nursery director
6. Police insist on…
a a sudden attack
b resolving the siege without violence
c fulfilling all his demands
7. After the man spoke to his psychiatrist…
a all the children were released
b a group of children under five were released
c he gave up
8. The children who were freed…
a felt fine
b came out shocked
c looked calm
Read the text and comment on the form of the Infinitives and their functions.
Police in Luxemburg have negotiated through the night with a heavily armed man who is holding up to 29 young children and three teachers at gun point. The Luxemburg national of North African descent has demanded 1,5 million dollars and a plane to fly him to Libya. Police have surrounded the nursery in the village on the German border saying they were staying in contact with the 39-year-old who has a history of psychiatric illness. He is originally from Tunisia separated from his wife and is said to have a grudge against a nursery director after losing custody of his children.
Throughout the night the negotiations went on. The aim is to resolve the siege without violence. A few parents were reunited with their children yesterday. A group aged under 5 were released after the man spoke to his psychiatrist. You can’t imagine the distressed state the children were in when they were freed. They came out shocked and shaken by what was going on. They are longing for this drama to be over.
Police have been talking to the man on his mobile telephone trying to persuade him to give up but he sticks to his demands. He is thought to be of Tunisian origin and wants a plane to be transferred to Libya.
It has to be said that Luxemburg authorities don’t have much experience in such things. They have been told to do everything softly because the man is mentally ill and may be unpredictable.
Luxemburg is a small town with about 2,5 thousand people. It is not the sort of thing they expect to happen here at all.
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