In class today, we read 2 texts in the Little Red Dot and did the comprehension questions that followed (LRD 14/7, p 7). The first passage was about a woman whose money ($1050!!) and belongings (her ATM cards and identity card) were stolen from her.
At first I thought that she was very unlucky, but when we discussed it in class, I realized that actually, she could have prevented it from happening. Do you know why? Well, firstly, she had put the money in a plastic holder in her side pocket. All $1050!! I can’t imagine having so much money. And if I did, I would NOT put it with my EZ link card in my pocket! Secondly, she fell asleep! Miss Wong said she must have been a hawker, because there was a line in the passage that said she boarded bus 66 at Jalan Besar Hawker Centre at 5.30 pm, probably after she closed her stall. Maybe that’s why she was so tired.
The second passage was about someone whose handphone got stolen from his own flat! He was a 28-year-old man. While he was on the computer in his unlocked flat, he heard a noise and turned around. A man was standing at the entrance, and he said that he was looking for the man’s flatmate. The man went into the bedroom to look for his flatmate but when he came out, he noticed that his handphone, which he had placed on the table, was missing. He confronted the stranger, who immediately returned the phone and fled. The man gave chase, but soon lost sight of him.
I guess it was a good thing that he returned the man’s handphone, but it was also quite silly to leave your door unlocked and to let a stranger walk into your house!
Low crime doesn’t mean no crime. I guess even though we think we’re in a safe place, we must still be very careful with our things and don’t give the thieves a chance!
3 comments:
We can learn from this article tat we must be cautios in very crowded places!!
Chloe Ng
For the first incident (about the woman who fell asleep when in the bus and her money got stolen) We(white group 1) think that the woman should not bring so much money along with her because there would be a lot of people(bad people like thieves) that will eye on her money and maybe steal it like when she is sleeping even though it is an atm card or a ez-link containing the money she should also not put them in her side pocket and should put it in her bag(if she had one).
White group 1
For the first incident (about the woman who fell asleep when in the bus and her money got stolen) We(white group 1) think that the woman should not bring so much money along with her because there would be a lot of people(bad people like thieves) that will eye on her money and maybe steal it like when she is sleeping even though it is an atm card or a ez-link containing the money she should also not put them in her side pocket and should put it in her bag(if she had one).
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