🇬🇧 🚨 Emergencies · Everyday conversation, with effort (A2)

👛 Lost wallet: going to the police

🎯 Report a lost or stolen item and describe what happened

Use the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.

💬 Warm-up questions

Have you ever lost something important?
Is Japan safe for lost items?

🔑 Key phrases

I'd like to report a lost wallet.財布の紛失を届けたいです。
I think it was stolen.盗まれたと思います。
I last saw it at the café around 3.3時ごろカフェで見たのが最後です。
It's a brown leather wallet.茶色の革の財布です。
There were my cards and about 200 dollars in it.カードと200ドルくらいが入っていました。
Could I get a copy of the police report?被害届の控えをもらえますか？

📚 Useful words

police report — 被害届・届出書
pickpocket — スリ
cancel a card — カードを止める
ID — 身分証
witness — 目撃者
contact details — 連絡先

⚡ Speaking challenges

Describe your wallet or bag in detail.
Tell what happened using past tense (5 sentences).
Describe a person: height, hair, clothes.
Call your bank to cancel a card.

🎭 Role-play

A police station in Barcelona.

🧑‍🎓 Student's card

Your wallet is gone. Explain where and when, describe it and its contents, and get a report for insurance.

🧑‍🏫 Your card (tutor)

Be a police officer filling a form: ask detailed questions (time, place, color, contents, phone number).

🌀 Twist (halfway through): A witness saw someone bump into you. The student must describe that person.

🗣️ Discussion questions

Why do lost wallets often come back in Japan?
What would you do first if you lost your phone abroad?
Have you ever found something and returned it?

📌 Homework

Write the story of a time you lost something (past tense, 6 sentences)何かをなくした経験を過去形で6文書く