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1 the scaffolders have arrived
2 they've declared the place a public health hazard
3 the council have finally moved in, but Mr Trebus
hasn't come out
4 We've got a warrant to enter and clear
5 Get out of my property at once!
6 Mike thought he'd seen it all
7 Mike can only marvel at his determination
8 The police are little more than a minor irritation
9 I'm not coming down
10 That's my business, it's not yours!
11 He's basically got no water supply
12 Everyone's patience is wearing thin
13 If you prevent him from doing so, you'll be
arrested.
14 Mr Trebus will spend a night in the cells.
To discuss:
a) Who are all the people involved with the old man?
b) What would you have done if you'd been one of the
neighbours?
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Monday, 4 November 2013
UNIT 3: Mr Trebus' eviction
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To be honest I can´t watch the video. Probably my computer doesn´t work properly. I don´t know. Anyway, I have read some articles about Mr Trebus`s story and I think we´re all a bit like Mr Trebus. In my opinion police and authorities must make sure of his illness before to evict somebody to his own house.You can help to clean and to tidy his flat instead of evict this person. On the other hand I understand the neighbours because it must be difficult to live with rat infestations.
ReplyDeleteGREAT!!! OUR FIRST COMMENT, WELL-DONE!!!
ReplyDeleteremember that after prepositons we use -ING so before evicting, instead of evicting..
COME ON.. let's have more comments..
In my opinion, Mr Trebus is not a funny person, considering that he was in a concentration camp where he lost everything, collecting all kind of stuff is not estrange.
DeleteBut I wonder how my behaviour had been if I had been living next door with lots and lots of rubbish and grime...!!!
Then I have read he died in 2002 in a nursing home and It is sad having his own house.
The Guardian's obituary page said Edmund Trebus was an eccentric and tenacious hoarder of rubbish. In my opinion he only was a sick man.
DeleteAs you know, he finally gave up his fight with the council and moved to a residential care home. He died in 2020 at the age of 83
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DeleteI believe very strongly that Mr. Trebus is an odd person who has weird personality because of any problem from his past; anyway, can we say we don't have a little Mr. Trebus inside?. In my childhood I remember my mother obliging me to clean my satchel, which was crammed of useless things. Nowadays, I admit saving such ridiculous stuff that I need getting rid of them once in a while so I can live in the same house.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Juana!!
ReplyDeleteThere is a bit of Mr. Trebus in all of us, or at least, in me.
Despite of having to put up everyday with a pretty shortage of room in our houses, we tend to collect lot of things.
In my case,I've been collecting pieces of minerals and rocks for years. Consequently I have piles of stacked boxes in the junk room. These are next to others useless boxes fulled with writen papers which dated back from my youth or packed with stuffs my daughters did when they were at preeschool. Although,I've tried to get rid of that stuff, in the end I'm not able to do it, because sometime in these stupid things remain bits of our life.
Nowadays,everyone has heard of any such case in the news. The media has shown the most bitter face of loneliness. But the point is, what do you feel in this type of case. It depends on your proximity to the problem. In my case, I have one neighbour like Mr Trebus. When I arrived home I have to take care to avoid that the cockroaches come in. You can imagine the smell in summer. It's clear that this person could be a serious health hazard, even there is a risk of fire. Can we treat her like a criminal only for this facts?. I think the answer is no, but we, the neighbors, need a solution. The government should take up the matter and give this kind of people all the help they need, either through social services, either through the health services
ReplyDeleteI see what you mean, Juanjo. I sympathize with you because this traumatic disorder can become a health hazard to many people, that's why I think people who suffer from it should receive any help. keeping things is a human condition in natural way; to keep any thing in any condition is a disorder; I think so.
DeleteWhen I have seen the video I have thought on other cases that I have watched on TV. It is unbelieveable how people can store so many unuseful things. As regading myself I have to confess that all of us are a little of Mr Tribus. I have realised that I store things I never use and I don't throw away and I don't know why. These people need a lot of help and care from the social services because they cause a lot of problems to their neighbours. It is quite posible that this disease increase more own to the higher hope of living, so it is related to old age.
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