Listen to News with Tara Benwell - Instructions:
1. Preview the vocabulary and read the gapfill text.
2. Play the news report and try to fill in the blanks.
3. Answer the comprehension questions by writing full sentences.
4. Use the discussion question to write an essay or discuss the story with other students.
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6. Pretend to be a news anchor by reading each story out loud.
dateline: 14 May 2013
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Kidnapped Women Free After 10 Years
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- held captive: kept somewhere against one’s will; unable to get free
- decade: ten years
- alert: notify someone of a problem or concern
- captor: a person who takes and holds a person against his or her will; kidnapper
- confine: to keep in a small area
Comprehension Questions
- Where were the women being held?
- What did police find when the went to the home that Amanda Berry escaped from?
- Why might Ariel Castro be charged with murder?
Discussion Question:
Many of Castro’s family members have spoken to the media about how horrified they are about this crime. In what ways do the family members of criminals often pay for crimes that they did not commit?
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Kidnapped Women Free After 10 Years
Three women were freed last week after being held captive in a home in an Ohio neighbourhood for a decade. Amanda Berry, who had been missing since 2003, found her way to a door while her captor was out and was able to alert neighbours who called 911. Berry was with her six-year-old daughter who had been born in captivity. When the police arrived, they found two other missing women inside the home. Their captor, a school bus driver named Ariel Castro, was arrested and has been charged with kidnapping and rape. He may also be charged with murdering the women’s unborn children. The women had reportedly been chained in the basement and later confined to the upstairs bedrooms.
- The women were being held in an Ohio home.
- Police found two more female victims being held in the home that Amanda Berry escaped from.
- Ariel Castro might be charged with murdering the women’s unborn children.
Written and recorded by Tara Benwell for EnglishClub
Tara Benwell is a Canadian freelance writer and editor who specializes in materials and articles for the ELT industry.
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