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1 Number 139 Woman arrested for 16-hour phone call Basic practice Language: Prepositions. Choose the correct prepositions to complete the sentences. 1. Do you speak your mobile every day? a) at b) on c) in 2. I spoke to my mother 20 minutes. a) from b) in c) for 3. A woman the United States was arrested. a) in b) of c)at 4. We travel Oakland and Portland. a) of b) at c) between 5. I was a train and I was reading a book. a) at b) of c) on 6. The train arrived 6 p.m. a) at b) on c) in 7. People asked the woman stop talking. a) in b) for c) to 8. You get on a train or a train. a) for b) down c) off [See answers below] Read the news story. Woman arrested for 16-hour phone call Police arrested a woman in the United States for speaking on her mobile phone for 16 hours while travelling in a train's quiet carriage. Lakeysha Beard, 39, was travelling between Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon. Train staff asked her to stop using her phone, but eventually they called the police. The train was stopped near Salem, Oregon. Police removed Ms Beard from the train. She was charged with disorderly conduct. From Thursday, 19 May 2011

2 Vocabulary arrest (v) while (conj) quiet (adj) carriage (n) staff (n) remove (v): charge (v): disorderly conduct (exp): when the police take or keep someone for breaking a law when, at the same time not noisy, in silence part of a train; a wagon or car of a train employees, people who work for a company to move away, to take from to accuse, to say someone is guilty of something illegal acting in an antisocial way, causing disorder in a public place Answers: 1 b, 2 c, 3 a, 4 c, 5 c, 6 a, 7 c, 8 c

3 Number 139 Woman arrested for 16-hour phone call Intermediate practice Vocabulary: Train travel. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences. 1. Which does the Portland train leave from? a) board b) carriage c) platform 2. On your ticket it will say which you are in. a) board b) carriage c) platform 3. It was such a long and the train was very crowded. a) carriage b) crossing c) journey 4. Some of the on the train complained about not being able to sit down. a) journeys b) seats c) passengers 5. Train helped the elderly man with his suitcase. a) staff b) board c) crossing 6. It was nearly time to leave. It was time to the train. a) seat b) board c) carriage 7. There were so many people on the train that it was difficult to find a. a) seat b) board c) carriage 8. The train slowed as it approached the. a) staff b) crossing c) journey [See answers below] Read the news story. Woman arrested for 16-hour phone call A U.S. woman has been arrested for speaking loudly on her mobile phone for 16 hours while travelling in a train's quiet carriage. Lakeysha Beard, 39, repeatedly ignored requests to be quiet during the journey between Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon, according to other passengers. Train staff eventually asked her to stop using her phone. The train was stopped at a crossing just outside Salem, Oregon, where police boarded to remove Ms Beard. She has now been charged with disorderly conduct. From Thursday, 19 May 2011

4 Vocabulary loudly (adv) not quietly, making a lot of noise ignore (v) to not take notice, to not respond to request (n) when someone asks you to do something according to (prep) as stated by, as explained by outside (adv) on the extremity of, at the limits of Answers: 1 c, 2 b, 3 c, 4 c, 5 a, 6 b, 7 a, 8 b

5 Number 139 Woman arrested for 16-hour phone call Advanced practice Vocabulary: Speaking functions. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences. 1. The staff the incident to their supervisors. a) requested b) reported c) responded 2. The passenger a sleeping cabin on the train. a) requested b) required c) recalled 3. I about the evening meal in the dining car. a) requested b) admitted c) inquired 4. The business traveller her disapproval of the noise in the quiet carriage. a) spoke b) said c) voiced 5. The ticket inspector that the delay would be more than two hours. a) admitted b) called c) inquired 6. We were not about the change of schedule a) inquired b) admitted c) informed 7. I went to about the state of the toilets on the train. a) deny b) complain c) admit 8. The train conductor to all my questions about the journey. a) answered b) required c) responded 9. The child spilling his drink all over the seat. a) complained b) cried c) denied [See answers below] Read the complete news story. Woman arrested for 16-hour phone call A U.S. woman has been arrested for speaking loudly on her mobile phone for 16 hours while travelling in a train's quiet carriage. Lakeysha Beard, 39, repeatedly ignored requests to be quiet during the journey between Oakland, California, and Portland, Oregon, according to other passengers. Train staff eventually asked her to stop using her phone, which reportedly led to a "verbal altercation" and police being called. The train was called to a halt at a crossing just outside Salem, Oregon, where police boarded to remove Ms Beard. She has now been charged with disorderly conduct. Speaking after the incident to Portland's KATU News, Ms Beard said she felt "disrespected" by the incident. She admitted to talking on her phone, but saw no reason why she should have been escorted from the train. From Thursday, 19 May 2011

6 Vocabulary reportedly (adv) verbal (adj) altercation (n) be call to a halt (exp) disrespected (adj) escort (v) according to reports, what people say spoken argument; noisy, heated disagreement to be stopped, usually by some official power treated badly, not shown or given respect to accompany, to take someone somewhere What do you think? Think about your answers to the following questions. Do you like having long conversations on your mobile? Do you think it's possible to speak constantly on a mobile for 16 hours? If someone calls you on your mobile in a public place, do you try to move away from people around you? Does it bother you to hear other people's mobile conversations when you are on public transport or in a restaurant? Do you think that these conversations you hear are necessary? Answers: 1 b, 2 a, 3 c, 4 c, 5 a, 6 c, 7 b, 8 c, 9 c

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