Catch Me If You Can: Outsmarting the FBI – Summarizing English

Topic: Movie, Crime & Justice | Difficulty: Medium

Quiz

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What happened in this scene? Describe it in your own words.
How did Frank trick the FBI agent? What specific things did he say or do?
What do you think made the FBI agent believe Frank so easily?
If you were in the FBI agent’s position, what would you have done differently?
What skills did Frank use in this scene that helped him escape?
What does this scene teach us about how people can use language and behavior to influence others?

Vocabulary

/krɪˈdenʃəlz/
The abilities and experience that make someone suitable for a particular job or activity.
/kraɪm siːn/
The place where a crime has been committed.
/ˈevɪdəns/
The facts, signs, or objects that make you believe that something is true.
Relax verb
/rɪˈlæks/
To become or make less tense or rigid.
Nervous adjective
/ˈnɜːrvəs/
Easily agitated or alarmed; tending to be anxious.
/ˈpɑːrtnər/
A person who takes part in an undertaking with another or others, especially in a business or company with shared risks and profits.
/ˈpeɪroʊl/
A list of a company’s employees and the amount of money they are to be paid.
/aɪˌdentɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
The action or process of identifying someone or something or the fact of being identified.

Additional information

What’s Catch me if you can about? Based on a true story, this classic movie directed by Steven Spielberg, tells the tale of Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio), a young man who successfully managed by the age of 21 to con millions of dollars by pretending to be a Pan American World Airways pilot, a Georgia doctor, and a Louisiana parish prosecutor. Tracked for years by obsessed FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks), the young mastermind was able to slip through his fingers multiple times, enjoying himself in the process. The con artist’s foremost crime was check fraud which he carried out so expertly that by the end of the movie he gets recruited by the FBI to help them with check forgery cases.

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