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Y o u a r e g o in g t o r e a d a n e v v s p a p e r a r t ic le b y t h e J a m a ic a n t o o t b a lle r J a m ie
L a v v re n c e , w h o w a s a c r im in a l b e fo r e h e b e c a m e a p r o t e s s io n a l t o o t b a lle r .
C h o o s e f r o m t h e lis t A —I t h e s e n t e n c e v v h ich b e s t s u m m a r is e s e a c h p a r t
(1 —7 ) o f t h e a r t ic le . T h e r e is o n e e x t r a s e n t e n c e v v h ich y o u d o n o t n e e d t o
u s e . T h e r e is a n e x a m p le a t t h e b e g in n in g (0).

TRIUMPH AND DESPAIR

Jam ie L aw rence reveals how being sent to prison fo r rob bery
kick-started his football career.

A. My football career continued when I was free.
B. I was betrayed by som eone who I had defended.
c. I was noticed vvhile representing the prison.
D. I made the most of the tacilities and activities.
E. I learnt that violence just leads to more violence.
F. I have been extremely successtul.
G. I believe you alvvays have a second chance.
H. I let my emotions show.
I . 1 stole because I needed the money.

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My parents went back to ơamaica when I was seventeen and suddenly I
was in the big wide world with nothing. So I went and lived with my sister.
Neither of us had much money; the easiest way for me to survive was
through crime. Not long afterwards, I was arrested for the ílrst time. A
friend and I were caught driving a stolen car. When I was nineteen, I was
sent to prison for theft, assault and numerous robberies.

I went to Eltham Young Offenders Institute. Although I was scared,
many of my friends were there and that made it easier. I went to the gym
every day, I worked out in my ccll, I did some courses, and I played football
constantly because I still believed I could make it.
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I was released a month before my twenty-fĩrst birthday and, just six
weeks later, I was back in trouble. This was with a guy who was having a go
at a friend of mine, so I beat him up, then robbed him. Then the friend who

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