3. Complete the text on the right with the past simple form of the verbs in the boxes. First box: be, finish, know, meet, not talk. For three years, a group of eight elderly men (a) ___ in a pub in north London every week. However, they (b) ___ about normal things like sport, their families or politics. Their conversation (c) ___ always about the same subject: how to steal money from an enormous safe under the ground in central London. Finally, after three years, their planning (d) ___ and they all (e) ___ what they had to do. Second box: arrive, climb, come, have, need. At 9.20 pm on Thursday 2nd April 2015, they (f) ___ at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company. They (g) ___ four days to complete the job because Friday and Monday were holidays. First, they (h) ___ down the vertical tunnel used by the lift. Then they (i) ___ to the really hard part of the job. They (j) ___ to penetrate a wall 50 cm thick! Third box: break, catch, not last, manage, record, take, try. In total, it (k) ___ them two days because their equipment (l) ___ the first time they (m) ___ to do it! Finally, they (n) ___ to steal about £200 million! However, their happiness (o) ___ long. The police (p) ___ them very quickly because CCTV cameras (q) ___ the whole robbery!

Перевод задания: Заполните текст справа формами Past Simple глаголов из рамок.

Заполненный текст:

For three years, a group of eight elderly men met in a pub in north London every week. However, they didn’t talk about normal things like sport, their families or politics. Their conversation was always about the same subject: how to steal money from an enormous safe under the ground in central London. Finally, after three years, their planning finished and they all knew what they had to do.

(Три года группа из восьми пожилых мужчин каждую неделю встречалась в пабе на севере Лондона. Однако они не разговаривали об обычных вещах, таких как спорт, их семьи или политика. Их разговор всегда был об одном и том же: как украсть деньги из огромного сейфа под землёй в центре Лондона. Наконец, через три года их планирование завершилось, и все они знали, что им нужно делать.)

At 9.20 pm on Thursday 2nd April 2015, they arrived at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit Company. They had four days to complete the job because Friday and Monday were holidays. First, they climbed down the vertical tunnel used by the lift. Then they came to the really hard part of the job. They needed to penetrate a wall 50 cm thick!

(В 9:20 вечера в четверг, 2 апреля 2015 года, они прибыли в хранилище Hatton Garden. У них было четыре дня, чтобы выполнить дело, потому что пятница и понедельник были выходными. Сначала они спустились по вертикальной шахте, которой пользовался лифт. Затем они подошли к самой трудной части дела. Им нужно было пробить стену толщиной 50 см!)

In total, it took them two days because their equipment broke the first time they tried to do it! Finally, they managed to steal about £200 million! However, their happiness didn’t last long. The police caught them very quickly because CCTV cameras recorded the whole robbery!

(В общей сложности это заняло у них два дня, потому что их оборудование сломалось при первой попытке! Наконец им удалось украсть около 200 миллионов фунтов стерлингов! Однако их счастье длилось недолго. Полиция быстро их поймала, потому что камеры видеонаблюдения записали всё ограбление.)