WORKSHEETS

2011
Speak Up - Issue 281 – WHERE ARE THEY NOW? – PATTY HEARST (A2)

A – Before you start

Answer the questions with a partner.
1. Many people consider the Orson Welles film Citizen Kane (Quarto Potere) to be the best film of
all time. What do you know about the story and characters? Have you seen it?
2. What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of belonging to a very rich and famous
family?
3. Can you name any past or present terrorist organisations?
4. What kinds of crimes do terrorists often commit?

B – Listen and answer

Read these statements. Then listen (without reading) and write T (true) or F (false).
1. The film Citizen Kane was based on the life of William Randolph Hearst.
2. W. R. Hearst was a rich banker.
3. He was Patty Hearst’s great-grandfather.
4. Patty was kidnapped by terrorists while she was walking along the street.
5. She became a member of the terrorist group.
6. After her arrest, she spent many years in prison.
7. Life is difficult for her now and she lives in poverty.
8. She doesn’t like talking about her past.

C – Read and answer

Read the article and answer the questions.
1. What did the SLA want Patty’s family to do?
2. Why weren’t the terrorists happy with the result?
3. What did Patty do after she was kidnapped?
4. What was her defence?
5. Did the jury believe Patty’s story?
6. What is Patty interested in now?

D – Learn it! Use it!

Find words in the text for these definitions.
1. A person who has been kidnapped. h______
2. The time when you are a child. c________
3. A group a criminals working together. g___
4. Another word for “film”. m____
5. Stole money using force. r_____
6. A formal court process to decide
whether a person is innocent or guilty. t____
E – Ready for KET? (Paper 1, Part 5)
Choose the best word for each space.

It was 9.40 am on 15th April 1974 and the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco was very busy 1________
(why/because/while) 15th April is tax day, so a lot of people 2________ (is/was/were) going into the
bank 3________ (and/to/for) pay their taxes. Suddenly, four white women and a black man ran in
and started shouting at 4________ (somebody/anybody/everybody) to lie down on the floor. In less
5
________ (than/that/of) four minutes, the robbers took over 10,000 dollars and escaped 6________
(in/by/with) a car that was waiting outside for them. When the police looked at the videotape of the
robbery, they 7________ (founded/found/find), to their great surprise, that one of the women was
Patty Hearst, a member of one of the richest families in the USA. She was 8________
(holding/taking/bringing) a gun and acting just like one of the robbers.

F – Check your pronunciation

One of the four words in each group has a different vowel sound. Which one?
1. gang bank change bad
2. born worth first work
3. quality rob hostage other
4. go movie own show
5. food poor who few

G – Talk about it
In pairs or groups.
1. Why do some rich people become terrorists, in your opinion?
2. Do you believe that Patty Hearst was brainwashed?
3. Was President Carter right to release her after only two years?
Answers
B – Listen and answer
1. T 2. F – He was a newspaper publisher and politician. 3. F – He was her grandfather. 4. F –
She was in an apartment. 5. T 6. F – She only spent two years of her original 35-year sentence in
prison. 7. F – Her family is extremely rich and she has never worked. 8. T

C – Read and answer

1. They wanted them to donate food to the poor families of California. 2. They said the food was
of bad quality. 3. She announced that she was a member of the SLA, she changed her name and
took part in a robbery. 4. Her defence was that the terrorists brainwashed her. 5. No, they didn’t.
According to them she was a terrorist. 6. She’s interested in dogs, especially French bulldogs.

D – Learn it! Use it!

1. hostage 2. childhood 3. gang 4. movie 5. robbed 6. trial

E – Ready for KET?

1. because 2. were 3. to 4. everybody 5. than 6. in 7. found 8. holding

F – Check your pronunciation

1. change 2. born 3. other 4. movie 5. poor