[038 SPOKEN ENGLISH CORPUS TEXT J02]
[Streamline English - Unit 16]
[Speakers: males]
['Inside Story']
[Transcriber: GOK]

øJulian ð £can you _tell us | øhow you were «captured | in
the «first place ||

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­well | I was £on my _way | to øvisit a ®village | ønear the
øfront ­line || I ®came round a ®bend in the ÷road | and there
was a £tree lying a®cross the øroad || I only ®just ømanaged
to østop in ®time || ÷suddenly | øarmed ®men aøppeared on øall
®sides ||

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øwhat did you ®do

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­huh | øwhat would ®you ødo || ¦I just «sat there | with my
®hands in the øair || ®anyway they | ®made me get øout of the
¡Land Rover and | ømade me ølie on the «ground | I ®thought |
this is ®it | they're _going to ®shoot me | I £started
øsaying my ®prayers ||

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£what happened ®next ||

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­well || they ¡searched me || of ®course I ødidn't have any
¬weapons | just a ®camera || it's ¥®funny they let me ®keep it ||
øthen they ð ®tied my ¡hands toøgether and | ®blindfolded øme ||
øthen they ®made me øget in the £back of a ¬truck | and ð £lie
under some ®sacks || ¥I've ®no iødea ®where they ¡took me |
exøcept that ð it was ð øquite a ­large ®training øcamp || I was
£there for ten ®days ||

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were you øtreated ¬well ||

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¬yes | I suøppose I «was || they ®let me øwalk about the «camp |
and they ølet me take ¡photographs | but they ®wouldn't let me
øphotograph any ®faces || I ð ®was øable to øinterview øsome of
the ®leaders ||

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£how did you e­scape ||

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®huh | I ®didn't || they øput me £back in the «truck |
£blindfolded me a«gain | ødrove for a £few «hours | then £made
me get «out | ®pointed me in the diørection of «town | ¥and ð
_let me ­go ||

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and ®what eøxactly did the gueørrilla øleaders ®say ð aøbout
the situøation ||

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®ah || øwell if you ®want to know ¡that | you'll ®have to øbuy
to®morrow's øDaily ®News ||