policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night
and they were not paid very much.
About three hundred years ago London was starting to get bigger.
The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many
thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their homes
as much as possible.
In 1750 Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop
thieves. They were like policemen and were called ‘Bow Street Run‑
ners’ because they were working near Bow street.
Fifty years later there were 120 Bow Runners but London had be‑
come very big and needed more policemen. So, in 1829 the first metro‑
politan (or London) Police Force was started with 3000 officers.
Most of them were working on foot but a few rode horses. Until
1920 all the police in London were men.
Today London police are quite well paid and for the few police of‑
ficers who still ride horses the pay is even better than for the others.
Answer the question
1. Why did people stay their homes as much as possible?
2. How did "bow street runnerst" get their name?
3. In 1800, there were not enough policemen in London (true, false)
4. All of the first 3000 London Police Force rode horses (true, false)
5. Fifty years later, there were 250 bow street runners (true, false)
6. Today, police officer who work with horses are paid more than treir colleagues (true, false)
младшему навешали заданий, а у меня у самого с вузе завалы
Изи же просто прочитай текст и выбирай True или false