Новости из прошлого на английском языке. ВЫПУСК №6

 Monday in their apartment in the Far East city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky when she grabbed the frying pan, smashed him over the head with it and then passed out, the regional branch of the Interior Ministry said in a statement.

She awoke to discover that her husband was not breathing, the statement said.

Police are investigating the incident and waiting for an autopsy to determine whether the blow from the frying pan caused the man’s death, Interfax reported.

Police are reluctant to place the woman under arrest given her advanced age.[5 - «The Moscow Times» 2009 год]

Authorities                    Власти

Autopsy                         Вскрытие трупа

Awake (awoke, awoken)      Пробудиться

Beat (beat, beaten)        Бить, ударять

Blow (n)                         Удар

Branch                           Филиал

Breathe                          Дышать

Cause (v)                        Являться причиной

Detain                            Задерживать, арестовывать

Frying pan                      Сковородка

Murder                           Убийство

Pass out                         Потерять сознание

Quarrel (v)                     Ссориться

Reluctant                       Делающий с неохотой

Smash                            Ударять со всей силы

Suspect                          Подозревать

Man Learns He Is a Prisoner

A Chelyabinsk man trying to register his gun discovered to his surprise that he was officially registered as serving a prison term, regional prosecutors said Tuesday.

The man, whose name was not given, went to police to get a license for his gun and was informed that he had been convicted of vehicular homicide in 2006 and was listed as serving time in prison, prosecutors said.

Investigators subsequently determined that a distant relative of the man was using the man’s passport and driver’s license during the trial.

A Chelyabinsk court has expunged the conviction from the man’s record, prosecutors said.