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Th oe cod ue (sim) saa Poio ay (ay) abe tet gla to bbe home, and then she (kis) her daughter vocabulary 64 it? _ You find itn the newspaper, as A Pale work ‘i often rel about these events in the news. Can you expin what each ean meas? epidemic Kidnapping rebellion Gimine —nanldaster —roblery Iijcking pola ens scandsd 1B Pair work Thisk of same news evens you have read about recent Take tne ging ‘examples to strate the words in Exercise A, ‘4 yead shat a seandal in yesterdays paper ai B: Really? What was 1 A. Well it eens famous plan was arrested for taking bribes. | On the radio . A. De Listen to an easly morning news broadcast, Wike dow the suber of ‘each ype of news sory you hear The lake notes about what happened, I.natuel disaner 2. seandal 5 polaris 2 epidemic ‘Chijcking 6, uma interest story BB Se Listen agin and take more notes, © Pate woke Now take smelling the news storie in your own words | Preparing a news story Group work Which of these phot looks most interesting o you? 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Sieacal probes. hey wuld be happy | 1B Pair work Find the best pve in cach article for these sentences “The bird was taken to the police station t determine is righ owner “Mort of delete was about how pro she was that Bailey was tying out of trouble Infact nother passenger commented on how sell behaved he wa. © Group work join soother pair and share wit the group an unusal news try you have heard, Ask and anewer follow-up quetons. Whose ory is the ost surprising? eA. 98

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