101 Conversations in Intermediate English

Contents

Introduction

How to Use this Book

The Five-Step Reading Process

Character Profiles

Introduction to the Story

1. The call

2. The urgency

3. Something unexpected

4. The second call

5. The appearance

6. The missing file

7. The painting

8. The bomb

9. The bomb detector

10. Safe

11. James, the assistant

12. The frame

13. “This picture is not here by mistake”

14. The explanation

15. The mysterious call

16. The unknown number

17. The picture leaves the museum

18. The police station

19. Protected numbers

20. Father and son

21. The warehouse

22. Average

23. Fresh paint

24. Adam calls

25. What Adam knows

26. Five scenes

27. Analysing the painting

28. Trafalgar Square

29. Where will the three men in ski masks come in?

30. Convincing Turner

31. Trafalgar Square

32. The attempted robbery

33. Two arrests

34. Mr Knight

35. The return to the station

36. The interrogation room

37. The interrogation

38. Help

39. Turner knocks on the door

40. The fifth crime

41. The strategy

42. King’s Cross

43. Luggage search

44. The strange substance

45. The robbery at the jewellery shop

46. The drug deal

47. The kidnapping

48. The scream

49. Peter’s return

50. At the station

51. The unexpected visit

52. Turner realises

53. The red handkerchiefs

54. The suspicious person

55. The goodnight

56. Adam calls again

57. Talking with Adam

58. Steps to be taken

59. Following Turner

60. The building under construction

61. The escape

62. The getaway

63. Escaping

64. In the car

65. The secret in the painting

66. The memory card

67. The files

68. Who are the kidnappers?

69. Donnie

70. The safe

71. The kidnapper’s hideout

72. The rescue

73. The return home

74. Where is the card?

75. Turner calls

76. An unexpected turn

77. The reasons

78. The weapon

79. Destroyed evidence

80. The kidnapping

81. Trapped in the office

82. Wilson leaves

83. Escaping

84. On the way to the park

85. Someone has taken Jake!

86. Peter’s call

87. The reunion with Jake

88. Peter explains everything

89. The corruption network

90. The promise

91. The central office

92. Arrested

93. The memory card

94. Body to the ground

95. X-Ray’s attack

96. Turner is arrested

97. An urgent call from Natalie

98. The offer

99. At the Tate

100. Adam’s visit

101. James receives an invitation