4. Choose the correct words. A thief (1) stole / was stealing a $$200,000 Pablo Picasso picture from a San Francisco gallery yesterday. Then he (2) got / was getting into a taxi and he (3) disappeared / was disappearing. The man, who (4) was / was being well-dressed and (5) had / was having sunglasses on, (6) took / was taking the picture without anyone noticing, the San Francisco Chronicle (7) reported / was reporting. It was the weekend and there were lots of people in the gallery. Some (8) looked / were looking at the paintings, and some (9) talked / were talking on their mobiles, but can it really be true that nobody (10) looked / was looking when the thief (11) took / was taking the picture? It seems incredible, but the cameras in the gallery (12) recorded / were recording all day, and (13) didn’t show / were not showing a thing!

Перевод задания: Выберите правильные слова.

A thief stole a $$200,000 Pablo Picasso picture from a San Francisco gallery yesterday. Then he got into a taxi and he disappeared. The man, who was well-dressed and had sunglasses on, took the picture without anyone noticing, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

It was the weekend and there were lots of people in the gallery. Some were looking at the paintings, and some were talking on their mobiles, but can it really be true that nobody was looking when the thief took the picture? It seems incredible, but the cameras in the gallery were recording all day, and didn’t show a thing!

Перевод: Вчера вор украл из галереи Сан-Франциско картину Пабло Пикассо стоимостью 200 000 долларов. Затем он сел в такси и исчез. Мужчина был хорошо одет и носил солнцезащитные очки; он забрал картину так, что никто этого не заметил, сообщила газета San Francisco Chronicle.

Была суббота или воскресенье, и в галерее было много людей. Одни разглядывали картины, другие разговаривали по мобильным телефонам, но неужели никто не смотрел в тот момент, когда вор взял картину? Это кажется невероятным, однако камеры в галерее записывали всё происходившее весь день и ничего не показали.

Past Simple описывает завершённые события, а Past Continuous — действия, происходившие в определённый момент или в течение времени.