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Level 1 L Pre-Intermediate / Intermediate Venice jewellery heist: expert insight from the ‘gentleman thief’ Level 1 l Pre-intermediate / Intermediate 1 Warmer Scan the article. Then, match the people on the left with the descriptions on the right. 1. Felice Maniero a. a group of jewel thieves 2. Vincenzo Pipino b. a mafia boss 3. the Pink Panthers c. a gentleman thief 2 Key words Match the key words with the definitions. Then, find them in the article to read them in context. The paragraph numbers will help you. burgle thief prison heist hide reinforced 1. enter a building illegally to steal things ______________________________ (para 1) 2. someone who steals things ______________________________ (para 2) 3. go or be somewhere where no one can find you or see you ______________________________ (para 2) 4. a place where people are kept as punishment for committing a crime ______________________________ (para 2) 5. an organized attempt by thieves to steal something ______________________________ (para 3) 6. made stronger ______________________________ (para 5) black market arrested deny suspect fraud steal 7. take something that belongs to someone else without permission ______________________________ (para 5) 8. when someone is taken to a police station because the police believe they have committed a crime ______________________________ (para 6) 9. someone who the police believe may have committed a crime ______________________________ (para 6) 10. the illegal buying and selling of goods ______________________________ (para 9) 11. say you haven’t done something that people say you have done ______________________________ (para 13) 12. the crime of getting money from someone by tricking them ______________________________ (para 13) • © Springer Nature Limited 2019. Macmillan Education is part of the Springer Nature Group. NEWS LESSONS / Venice jewellery heist: expert insight from the ‘gentleman thief’ / Pre-intermediate / Intermediate FROM WEBSITE •PHOTOCOPIABLECAN BE DOWNLOADED Venice jewellery heist: expert insight from the ‘gentleman thief’ Level 1 l Pre-intermediate / Intermediate Venice jewellery heist: expert insight 7 Another of the suspects is possibly part of the from the ‘gentleman thief’ Pink Panthers, an international network of jewel thieves. Police had been hunting for the Angela Giuffrida man after €10m of jewels were stolen in Basel, 17 November, 2018 Switzerland, in 2011. 1 Until January, 2018, only one other person had 8 Pipino, who spent 20 years in prison for about successfully burgled Doge’s Palace in Venice. 3,000 art thefts in Venice, said he believed 2 Vincenzo Pipino is called the “gentleman thief” the suspects had help from someone inside because of the polite way he did his crimes. In the palace. 1991, Vincenzo Pipino hid in the New Prisons 9 The police say it would be impossible to sell the building next door, carefully watching a security jewels on the black market because they were so guard. At the right moment, Pipino walked across well known. Pipino agrees. the Bridge of Sighs, which connects the prisons to the palace. From there, he entered the Consoli 10 He said he had not planned to sell the painting room, took the very expensive Madonna col that he took from the palace. He was working for Bambino (Madonna with Child), painted in the Felice Maniero, the boss of the Mala del Brenta early 1500s, covered it with a blanket and walked organized crime group, who wanted to use the out of the building. painting to get his cousin released from prison. The plan worked: the painting was returned and 3 The theft in January, 2018, of €2m of jewellery the cousin went free. owned by a member of Qatar’s royal was similar to Pipino’s heist – free from violence 11 Pipino said he only ever “stole from the rich to and successful. give to the poor. I gave everything back. If I had 1% of what I stole, I would be rich.” 4 “When I did my robbery, there was only one security guard,” Pipino, 75, told the Guardian. 12 Pipino got the name ‘Italy’s most trusted thief’ for “Security has improved a lot since then but the non-violent way he committed his crimes. “I something was not right. Possibly the alarm only every worked with my brain and my hands, systems weren’t modern enough.” never guns,” he said. 5 January’s thieves turned off an alarm system, 13 Pipino has also been accused of drug dealing, opened a reinforced case in the Chamber of the which he strongly denies, and credit-card fraud. Scrutinio – a room on the building’s second floor, Today, he works for rich people who want to stole the jewellery and disappeared into a crowd protect their homes from criminals. “I go to their of tourists. homes and look at the windows. They tell me: ‘This is an anti-theft window,’ and I say: ‘No it 6 On 9 November, 11 months after the heist, five isn’t. I can open it in seconds.’” people were arrested in Croatia. One of the suspects escaped by climbing out of a bathroom © Guardian News and Media 2018 window at a police station. He was later caught First published in The Guardian, 17/11/18 trying to cross the border into Serbia. • © Springer Nature Limited 2019. Macmillan Education is part of the Springer Nature Group. NEWS LESSONS / Venice jewellery heist: expert insight from the ‘gentleman thief’ / Pre-intermediate / Intermediate FROM WEBSITE •PHOTOCOPIABLECAN BE DOWNLOADED Venice jewellery heist: expert insight from the ‘gentleman thief’ Level 1 l Pre-intermediate / Intermediate 3 Comprehension check Complete the table with the information in the box. the Qatari royal family a painting the Consoli room probably the Doge’s Palace jewellery Vincenzo Pipino the Chamber of the Scrutinio five members of the Pink Panthers Year of robbery 1991 2018 What was stolen? Where was it stolen from? Who did the item(s) belong to? Who did the robbery? 4 True or false? Are these statements true (T) or false (F)? 1. Before he stole the expensive painting, Vincenzo Pipino hid in a prison building that is connected to the Doge’s Palace by the Bridge of Sighs. 2. Vincenzo Pipino was arrested in Croatia. 3. He denies that he stole the painting. 4. The thieves opened a reinforced door to steal the jewels. 5. The stolen jewels were sold on the black market. 6. The suspects possibly belong to an international group of thieves. 7. The thieves probably had help from someone inside the palace. 5 Criminals and their crimes Use words from the article to complete these sentences. 1. A burglar is someone who _______________. 2. A robber is someone commits a _______________. 3. A _____________ is someone who carries out a theft. 4. A fraudster is someone who commits ________________. • © Springer Nature Limited 2019. Macmillan Education is part of the Springer Nature Group. NEWS LESSONS / Venice jewellery heist: expert insight from the ‘gentleman thief’ / Pre-intermediate / Intermediate FROM WEBSITE •PHOTOCOPIABLECAN BE DOWNLOADED Venice jewellery heist: expert insight from the ‘gentleman thief’ Level 1 l Pre-intermediate / Intermediate 6 Discussion • Why do you think stories like this are so interesting? • What most interests you about this story? 7 Webquest a. Find out more about the Doge’s Palace. • Where exactly is it? • How much does it cost to go in? • What can you see there? b. Which famous mythical English character stole from the rich to give to the poor? • © Springer Nature Limited 2019. Macmillan Education is part of the Springer Nature Group. NEWS LESSONS / Venice jewellery heist: expert insight from the ‘gentleman thief’ / Pre-intermediate / Intermediate FROM WEBSITE •PHOTOCOPIABLECAN BE DOWNLOADED Venice jewellery heist: expert insight from the ‘gentleman thief’ Level 1 l Pre-intermediate / Intermediate KEY 1 Warmer 4 True or false? 1. b 1. T 2. c 2. F 3. a 3. F 4. F 5. F 2 Key words 6. T 7. T 1. burgle 2. thief 3. hide 5 Criminals and their crimes 4. prison 5. heist 1. burgles 6. reinforced 2. robbery 7. steal 3. thief 8. arrested 4. fraud 9. suspect 10. black market 11. deny 7 Webquest 12. fraud b. Robin Hood 3 Comprehension check Year of 1991 2018 robbery What was a painting jewellery stolen? Where was the Consoli room the Chamber of it stolen the Scrutinio from? Who did probably the the Qatari the item(s) Doge’s Palace royal family belong to? Who did the Vincenzo Pipino five members of the robbery? Pink Panthers • © Springer Nature Limited 2019. Macmillan Education is part of the Springer Nature Group. NEWS LESSONS / Venice jewellery heist: expert insight from the ‘gentleman thief’ / Pre-intermediate / Intermediate FROM WEBSITE •PHOTOCOPIABLECAN BE DOWNLOADED.
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