Pizzeria Worker in Toulouse Threatened With Knife by Angry Customer
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A pizzeria worker in Toulouse asked the last customers to leave the shop. It was the end of the night.
One man got very angry. He did not want to leave. He threatened the worker with a knife.
The pizzeria worker was scared. The man used the knife to make the worker afraid.
Police came to the pizzeria after the problem. This happened in Toulouse, a city in France.
This kind of story shows that some workers can face danger at their jobs, even in small shops like a pizzeria.
Vocabulary15 words
- customer
- a person who buys something
- threatened
- said or showed you want to hurt someone
- knife
- a sharp tool used to cut things
- worker
- a person who has a job
- angry
- feeling very upset or mad
- scared
- feeling afraid
- police
- people whose job is to stop crime
- shop
- a small place where you buy things
- danger
- a bad thing that can hurt you
- leave
- to go away from a place
- night
- the dark part of the day
- city
- a big place where many people live
- problem
- something bad that happens
- afraid
- feeling scared
- job
- the work a person does
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Answer key
1. To leave the shop 2. He got angry and used a knife 3. True
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A pizzeria worker in Toulouse asked the last _____ to leave the shop. It was the end of the night.
One man got very _____. He did not want to leave. He threatened the worker with a _____.
The pizzeria worker was _____. The man used the knife to make the worker afraid.
_____ came to the pizzeria after the problem. This happened in Toulouse, a city in France.
This kind of story shows that some workers can face _____ at their jobs, even in small shops like a pizzeria.
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