Incident in a synagogue – level 3
16-12-2014 07:00
This amateur video footage shows the moments leading up to when a New York police officer fatally shot a man armed with a knife.
The dramatic scenes came after the man stabbed a Jewish student in a Brooklyn synagogue on Tuesday.
Police quickly stepped in, as Calvin Peters aged 49, who has a history of mental illness, stabbed and wounded 22-year-old Levi Rosenblatt.
Police can be seen confronting the suspect who can be seen waving the knife around, threatening other worshippers. The officers can then be heard shouting at him, ordering him to drop the knife.
Police said the officer shot once, hitting Peters in the torso. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Rosenblatt was stabbed in the left temple and is in a stable condition at the hospital.
Difficult words: amateur (to do something without being paid), fatally (causing death), confront (when you try to deal with something directly), worshipper (a person who believes in God or Gods), torso (the middle part of the body), pronounce (to say officially), temple (side of the head).
Source: www.ondemandnews.com
LEARN 3000 WORDS with NEWS IN LEVELS
News in Levels is designed to teach you 3000 words in English. Please follow the instructions
below.
How to improve your English with News in Levels:
Test
- Do the test at Test Languages.
- Go to your level. Go to Level 1 if you know 1-1000 words. Go to Level 2 if you know 1000-2000 words. Go to Level 3 if you know 2000-3000 words.
Reading
- Read two news articles every day.
- Read the news articles from the day before and check if you remember all new words.
Listening
- Listen to the news from today and read the text at the same time.
- Listen to the news from today without reading the text.
Writing
- Answer the question under today’s news and write the answer in the comments.
Speaking
- Choose one person from the Skype section.
- Talk with this person. You can answer questions from Speak in Levels.
Stock images by Depositphotos
