5 Choose the correct words. George Parker was a brilliant conman.
1.About 100 years ago, he 'admitted /
offered to sell Brooklyn Bridge to a rich
tourist who had just arrived in the USA.
2.Parker'invited / refused the man to look
at 'his' bridge. At first the man refused /
ordered, but Parker was a very persuasive
conman and he agreed / insisted! He
Sexplained / convinced why he wanted to
sell the bridge. Parker convinced /
complained the tourist to buy it by
producing false documents. These showed
that he owned the bridge. The man
lagreed / ordered to buy it. But it was
actually a public bridge - it wasn't Parker's
at all! He sold it a few times to different
people, but he was arrested after a buyer
invited / complained to the police.