Lesson34 Quick work
[if !vml][endif]Dan Robinson hasbeen worried all week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police.In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Dan wondered why he was wantedby the police, but he went to the stationyesterday and now he is not worried any more. At the station, he wastold by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, thepoliceman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundredmiles away. It is now being sent to his home by train. Dan was most surprisedwhen he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It wasstolen twenty years ago when Dan was a boy offifteen!
dæn ˈrɒbɪnsən hæz biːn ˈwʌrid ɔːl wiːk. lɑːst ˈtjuːzdeɪ hiː rɪˈsiːvd ə ˈlɛtə frɒm ðə ˈləʊkəl pəˈliːs. ɪn ðə ˈlɛtə hiː wɒz ɑːskt tuː kɔːl ætðə ˈsteɪʃən. dæn ˈwʌndəd waɪ hiː wɒz ˈwɒntɪd baɪ ðə pəˈliːs, bʌt hiː wɛnt tuː ðə ˈsteɪʃən ˈjɛstədeɪ ænd naʊ hiː ɪz nɒt ˈwʌrid ˈɛnimɔː. æt ðə ˈsteɪʃən, hiː wɒz təʊld baɪ ə ˈsmaɪlɪŋ pəˈliːsmən ðæt hɪz ˈbaɪsɪkl hæd biːn faʊnd. faɪv deɪz əˈgəʊ, ðə pəˈliːsmən təʊldhɪm, ðə ˈbaɪsɪkl wɒz pɪkt ʌp ɪn ə smɔːl ˈvɪlɪʤ fɔː ˈhʌndrəd maɪlz əˈweɪ. ɪt ɪz naʊ ˈbiːɪŋ sɛnt tuː hɪz həʊm baɪ treɪn. dæn wɒzməʊst səˈpraɪzd wɛn hiː hɜːd ðə njuːz. hiː wɒz əˈmjuːzd tuː, bɪˈkɒz hiː ˈnɛvər ɪksˈpɛktɪd ðə ˈbaɪsɪkl tuː biː faʊnd. ɪt wɒz ˈstəʊlənˈtwɛnti jɪəz əˈgəʊ wɛn dæn wɒz ə bɔɪ ɒv ˈfɪfˈtiːn!
