A protocol on six pages
A text in Russian at level B1. The translation sits next to it for checking, not for support: at this level the text is read whole, and an unknown word is usually guessed from the sentence. On Saturday evening my bicycle was stolen in front of the store, and on Sunday I went to the police. First they asked…
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- В субботу вечером у меня перед магазином украли велосипед, и в воскресенье я пошёл в полицию. Сначала спросили удостоверение личности, потом начали писать протокол — он вышел на шести страницах. Меня спросили, где я оставил велосипед и был ли он заперт, и всё, что я говорил, записывали. Протокол я прочёл, прежде чем подписать, и взял копию — так советует любой адвокат. Через два дня позвонили: подозреваемого нашли по камерам, и дело пошло в суд.V subbotu vecherom u menya pered magazinom ukrali velosiped, i v voskresene ya poshyol v politsiyu. Snachala sprosili udostoverenie lichnosti, potom nachali pisat protokol — on vyshel na shesti stranitsakh. Menya sprosili, gde ya ostavil velosiped i byl li on zapert, i vsyo, chto ya govoril, zapisyvali. Protokol ya prochyol, prezhde chem podpisat, i vzyal kopiyu — tak sovetuet lyuboy advokat. Cherez dva dnya pozvonili: podozrevaemogo nashli po kameram, i delo poshlo v sud.On Saturday evening my bicycle was stolen in front of the store, and on Sunday I went to the police. First they asked for an ID, then they began writing a protocol — it came out at six pages. I was asked where I had left the bicycle and whether it had been locked, and everything I said was written down. I read the protocol before signing and took a copy — that is what any lawyer advises. Two days later they called: the suspect had been found through the cameras, and the case went to court.
Comprehension questions
The questions are asked in Russian on purpose: we test your understanding of the text, not your ability to read the question.
- What happened on Saturday?
- What did the police ask about first?
- What did the narrator do before signing?
- How was the suspect found?
Frequently asked
What level do you need to read this text in Russian?
B1. That means: everyday topics are behind you, you know about three thousand words, and an unknown word is more often guessed from the sentence than looked up.
How to read a text in an unfamiliar language usefully?
First all the way through without peeking at the translation — just to catch the familiar words. Then with the translation. Then all the way through again: the second pass brings noticeably more, and that feeling matters more than any rule.