this kind of job:
a job like this
if I get caught:
if someone finds out what I’m doing
lawyer:
person who speaks for you if you are arrested and taken to court
get paid:
receive your pay
international:
between countries
customs officers:
people who check what’s being taken across borders
are you willing?:
do you agree? (to do something)
reporter:
a person who writes stories for a newspaper or magazine
cocaine:
an illegal drug
cab:
the part of a truck where the driver sits
manage:
do something difficult
survive:
live through an accident or terrible experience; not be killed
deported:
sent back to the country you came from
relatives:
parents, children etcetera
-questions like the following are asked
- Gurzel: “Have you ever done this kind of job before?”
- Percy: “If I get caught will you pay for my lawyer?”
- Gurzel: “Can you speak English well?”
- Percy: “What happens if they start making a lot of noise on the ferry?”
- Percy: “When am I going to get paid?”
- Gurzel: “Do you have an international truck driver's licence?”
- Percy: “If the customs officers open the door will they be able to see anything?”
- Gurzel: “Are you willing to carry a kilo of cocaine with you in the cab?”
-the reporter asks questions like the following
- “How did you manage to survive when all the others died? ”
- “How much did you pay to get onto the truck?”
- “Did you feel you were close to dying at the moment the door was opened?”
- “Do you expect that you will eventually be deported by the British government?”
- “After such a terrible experience do you still want to stay in the Great Britain? ”
- “Did you have any friends or relatives among those who died?”
- “How do you feel now about Percy Wacker?”
- “When you got into the truck, did you feel you were in danger?”