Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Could you please help me to understand this paragraph properly?
(Because so many face-to-face encounters have been replaced by phones, faxes, and e-mail. The handshake is really reserved for special moments.)
And you never know when such moments might arise. In January, a small group of men were moved to shake the hands of staff members in a bank in central Italy. It was, after all, a special time for everyone involved. The men about to leave, having just finished robbing the bank.
Could you please help me to understand this paragraph properly?
(Because so many face-to-face encounters have been replaced by phones, faxes, and e-mail. The handshake is really reserved for special moments.)
And you never know when such moments might arise. In January, a small group of men were moved to shake the hands of staff members in a bank in central Italy. It was, after all, a special time for everyone involved. The men about to leave, having just finished robbing the bank.
Top answer
It's ironic or humorous. Robbing a bank may be a "special moment" in some interpretation of "special", but not in the sense meant in the first paragraph.
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It's ironic or humorous. Robbing a bank may be a "special moment" in some interpretation of "special", but not in the sense meant in the first paragraph.
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