The Weekend - Christmas Chronicles I  (C0019) 
 A:    I hate working on Christmas Eve!             Whoa!     Get a 
       load of this guy! Come in central, I think we’ve got 
       ourselves a situation here. 
 B:    License and registration please. Have you been 
       drinking tonight, sir? 
 A:    I had one or two glasses of eggnog, but nothing 
       else. 
 B:    Step out of the vehicle, please. Sir, what do you 
       have in the back? 
 A:    Just  a  few  Christmas  gifts,  ’tis  the  season,  after 
       all! 
 B:    Don’t  take  that  tone  with  me. Do  you  have  an 
       invoice for these items? 
 A:    Umm...no...I  make  these  in  my  workshop  in  the 
       North Pole! 
 B:    You  are  under  arrest,  sir.      You  have  the  right  to 
       remain silent.  You better not pout, you better not 
       cry. Anything you say can and will be used against 
       you. You have the right to an attorney; if you can- 
       not afford one, the state will appoint 
 A:    You can’t take me to jail!  What about my sleigh? 
       It’s  Christmas  Eve!        I  have  presents  to  deliver! 
       Rudolph! Prancer! Dancer! Get help! 
Key Vocabulary 
 get a load of             phrase             look at (informal) 
  license                  common             official  document    that 
                           noun,   sin-       shows you have permis- 
                           gular              sion to drive a car 
 eggnog                    common             traditional   Christmas 
                           noun,  non-        drink  containing  eggs, 
                           variable           cream, sugar and rum 
 vehicle                      common              machine     use  to   carry 
                             noun,     sin-       people,   i.e.   a  car  or 
                             gular                truck 
  step out                   principle            briefly go out of a place 
                             verb,     im- 
                             perative 
  take that tone             phrase               speak   in  that   tone  of 
                                                  voice 
  invoice                     common              official   document      that 
                             noun,     sin-       shows you have paid for 
                             gular                something you bought 
  arrest                     phrase               the act of legally taking 
                                                  someone to jail 
  pout                       principle            push   out   your  lips  to 
                             verb,                show  that  you  are  un- 
                             present              happy 
                             simple 
  sleigh                      common              large, open vehicle that 
                             noun,     sin-       is pulled by horses over 
                             gular                snow or ice 
Supplementary Vocabulary 
  handcuffs                   common                a set of two metal rings 
                              noun,     plu-       that  are  used  to  join  a 
                              ral                  persons hands together, 
                                                   esp.  by police 
  prison                      common                a building where crimi- 
                              noun,     sin-       nals are kept as punish- 
                              gular                ment 
  read       some-            phrase               tell  someone     their   le- 
  one’s rights                                     gal rights, usually when 
                                                   they are arrested 
  DUI                         phrase               driving under the influ- 
                                                   ence of alcohol or drugs 
  speeding                    common                a piece of paper the po- 
  ticket                      noun,     sin-       lice  give  if you  are div- 
                              gular                ing too fast