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Possible follow-ups 
1. Choose an evening's viewing for
a) a foreign visitor whose Russian is good and who is very interested in learning more 
about Russia and our way of life;
b) a foreign visitor whose Russian is not very good. 
2. Write a composition on one of the following topics:
a) The year 2000. What changes in television would you expect to have taken place?
b) The pros and cons of TV educational programmes.
c) The challenges of TV for teenage viewers. 
THE INVESTIGATION 
Situation 
Mrs June Brown was detained for shoplifting. She was accused of having stolen a girl's 
woolen pullover. Mrs Brown refused to say anything and consequently the police were called 
and she was charged with theft. The facts are the following: 
Mrs Brown was in a hurry. She wanted to buy a new pullover for her daughter Jean 
before taking her to her cousin's birthday party. Mrs Brown found a pullover in the shop she 
called at with her daughter on her way to the party. As soon as she had paid for the pullover 
she saw that Jean had chocolate all over her face and hands. Furious she asked a sales 
assistant where the toilets were. Then in the toilet Mrs Brown changed Jean's old pullover for 
the new one. They would have to run if they were going to ever get to the party. But in the 
street she 

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was grabbed by a man accompanied by a woman. The woman said that they had reason 
to believe that Mrs Brown was shoplifting. The evidence against Mrs Brown was that the 
woman, Mrs Baker, a store detective, had entered the toilets and had seen Mrs Brown, 
putting a new pullover over her daughter's head.
You are to enact the preliminary investigation of the case conducted by two counsels: 
the counsel for the Prosecution and the counsel for the Defence. 
Cast list 
Mrs June Brown, the accused 
Mrs Mary Baker, a store detective
Miss Becky Smith, a sales assistant
Mr Clark Timpson, the sales manager
Miss Nora Lain, a customer in the shop
Counsel for the Prosecution
Counsel for the Defence