ADVANCED LEVEL Answers Unit 6

ADVANCED - ANSWERS DIALOGUE 2C

1.	What does the visitor warn Harry against?
	He thinks that crime is a disease which needs some incisive surgery. He thinks that if Harry could lay his hands on the two young men, he would be beaten up by them.
2.	What does the visitor mean when he says the thieves have already suffered?
	He thinks they must have a conscience all the same, and they must have felt remorse by now. He thinks they must be sent to prison immediately.
3.	What sort of treatment does Harry recommend for criminals?
	Harry thinks they probably need a psychiatrist. Harry thinks they need corporal punishment.

TRANSCRIPTION DIALOGUE 2C

TWO GOOD-FOR-NOTHINGS - Part 3

Visitor:	They probably need a psychiatrist.
Harry:	Oh, a psychiatrist!! Never heard of such nonsense!! If only I could get my hands on them!!
Visitor:	You might get beaten up.
Harry:	I don't know.
Barbara:	I'd like to meet them and really give them a piece of my mind.
Harry:	They must be made to suffer.
Visitor:	Perhaps they've suffered a lot already. After all, crime is a disease.
Harry:	Which needs some pretty incisive surgery.
Visitor:	Well, it needs treatment. But primitive punishment doesn't necessarily do any good.
Harry:	*I don't agree. Primitive people need primitive punishment. The trouble is you* haven't been robbed.**
Visitor:	*Oh no, the trouble is, you have!!*

GLOSSARY
psychiatrist: shrink; expert in mental illness
nonsense: trumpery
get beaten up: get assaulted by blows
disease: illness
incisive: cutting, sharp
surgery: treating illness and injuries by operation
primitive: crude, elementary