A woman from the United States was arrested in Australia. She had a gold gun in her bag. The gun was found at the airport in Sydney. The woman came from Los Angeles. She did not have a permit for the gun, so she could go to jail for up to 10 years.
The Australian Border Force found the gun using special technology. They shared pictures of the gun inside the woman’s bag. The woman is 28 years old. She was charged and went to court. She might also lose her visa and leave Australia.
In the United States, people can travel with guns in their bags. The guns must be unloaded and locked in a hard case. Australia has very strict gun laws. They were made after a bad event in 1996. Many guns were taken away from people because of the new laws.
Original news source: US woman arrested in Sydney with golden gun in luggage (BBC)
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Group or Classroom Activities
Warm-up Activities:
– Sentence Scramble
Instructions: Write a few simple sentences from the article on the board, but with the words in the wrong order. Have students work in pairs to unscramble the sentences and put the words in the correct order.
– Mime the Action
Instructions: Write down some actions from the article (e.g., traveling, arresting, carrying a bag) on slips of paper. Have students take turns picking a slip, then act out the action for the class to guess. The class should try to guess the action in English.
– Word Categories
Instructions: Write some key vocabulary words from the article on the board (e.g., gun, airport, laws, technology, visa). Divide the class into groups and have them come up with additional words related to each category in English. For example, for “airport,” students might think of words like “plane,” “luggage,” and “passport.”
– Story Retelling
Instructions: Divide the class into groups of three or four. Give them a few minutes to discuss the article and practice retelling the story in their own words, using simple English. Then, have each group present their retelling to the class. Encourage other students to listen and ask questions if they don’t understand something.
Comprehension Questions:
1. Where was the woman from?
2. What did the woman have in her bag?
3. Where was the gun found?
4. Where did the woman come from?
5. Who found the gun at the airport?
6. How old is the woman?
7. What might happen to the woman’s visa?
8. Are gun laws in Australia strict or not strict?
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Listen and Fill in the Gaps:
A woman from the United States was arrested in (1)______. She had a gold gun in her bag. The gun was found at the airport in Sydney. The woman came from Los Angeles. She did not have a permit for the gun, so she could go to jail for up to 10 years.
The Australian Border Force found the gun using special (2)______. They shared pictures of the gun inside the woman’s bag. The woman is 28 years old. She was charged and went to (3)______. She might also lose her visa and leave Australia.
In the United States, people can travel with guns in their bags. The guns must be unloaded and locked in a (4)______ case. Australia has very strict gun laws. They were made after a bad event in 1996. Many guns were taken away from people because of the new (5)______.
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Discussion Questions:
Students can ask a partner these questions, or discuss them as a group.
1. What is a gun?
2. What color was the woman’s gun?
3. Where was the woman from?
4. Where did she go?
5. What did she forget for her gun?
6. What can happen to her now?
7. Who found the gun?
8. How did they find it?
9. How old is the woman?
10. What might happen to her visa?
11. Can people take guns on trips in the United States?
12. What must people do with their guns on trips?
13. Are Australia’s gun laws strict or not strict?
14. Why did Australia make new gun laws?
15. What happened to many guns after the new laws?
Individual Activities
Vocabulary Meanings:
Match each word to its meaning.
Words:
1. arrested
2. permit
3. technology
4. charged
5. visa
6. unloaded
7. strict
8. event
Shuffled Meanings:
A) A special paper that says you can do something
B) To catch someone and take them to the police
C) Something that happened
D) Machines or tools that help people do things
E) A paper that lets you visit or live in another country
F) To say that someone did something wrong and must go to court
G) Not having bullets inside a gun
H) Very serious rules that must be followed
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Multiple Choice Questions:
1. Where was the woman from?
(a) United States
(b) Australia
(c) England
(d) Canada
2. Where was the woman arrested?
(a) Los Angeles
(b) New York
(c) Sydney
(d) London
3. What did the woman have in her bag?
(a) a gold necklace
(b) a gold watch
(c) a gold ring
(d) a gold gun
4. How long could the woman go to jail?
(a) 5 years
(b) 2 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 20 years
5. Who found the gun?
(a) The police
(b) The Australian Border Force
(c) The airport security
(d) The woman’s friend
6. How did they find the gun?
(a) They looked in her bag
(b) They used a dog
(c) They used special technology
(d) They asked her about it
7. How old is the woman?
(a) 18 years old
(b) 28 years old
(c) 38 years old
(d) 48 years old
8. What might happen to the woman’s visa?
(a) She might lose it
(b) She might get a new one
(c) She might give it to someone else
(d) She might keep it
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True or False Questions:
1. A woman had a gold gun in her bag.
2. The woman found the gun at the airport.
3. She came from Los Angeles.
4. She had a permit for the gun.
5. The Australian Border Force found the gun.
6. The woman is 20 years old.
7. In the United States, people cannot travel with guns in their bags.
8. Australia has very strict gun laws.
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Write a Summary:
Write a summary of this news article in two sentences.
Writing Questions:
Answer the following questions. Write as much as you can for each answer.
1. What did the woman have in her bag when she came to Australia?
2. Where did the woman come from before she was arrested?
3. Did the woman have permission for the gun in her bag?
4. How long could the woman go to jail for?
5. Why did Australia make strict gun laws?
Answers
Comprehension Question Answers:
1. Where was the woman from?
The woman was from the United States.
2. What did the woman have in her bag?
The woman had a gold gun in her bag.
3. Where was the gun found?
The gun was found at the airport in Sydney.
4. Where did the woman come from?
The woman came from Los Angeles.
5. Who found the gun at the airport?
The Australian Border Force found the gun.
6. How old is the woman?
The woman is 28 years old.
7. What might happen to the woman’s visa?
The woman might lose her visa.
8. Are gun laws in Australia strict or not strict?
Gun laws in Australia are very strict.
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Listen and Fill in the Gaps Answers:
1. Australia
2. technology
3. court
4. hard
5. laws
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Vocabulary Meanings Answers:
1. arrested
Answer: B) To catch someone and take them to the police
2. permit
Answer: A) A special paper that says you can do something
3. technology
Answer: D) Machines or tools that help people do things
4. charged
Answer: F) To say that someone did something wrong and must go to court
5. visa
Answer: E) A paper that lets you visit or live in another country
6. unloaded
Answer: G) Not having bullets inside a gun
7. strict
Answer: H) Very serious rules that must be followed
8. event
Answer: C) Something that happened
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Multiple Choice Answers:
1. Where was the woman from?
Answer: (a) United States
2. Where was the woman arrested?
Answer: (c) Sydney
3. What did the woman have in her bag?
Answer: (d) a gold gun
4. How long could the woman go to jail?
Answer: (c) 10 years
5. Who found the gun?
Answer: (b) The Australian Border Force
6. How did they find the gun?
Answer: (c) They used special technology
7. How old is the woman?
Answer: (b) 28 years old
8. What might happen to the woman’s visa?
Answer: (a) She might lose it
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True or False Answers:
1. A woman had a gold gun in her bag.
Answer: True
2. The woman found the gun at the airport.
Answer: False
3. She came from Los Angeles.
Answer: True
4. She had a permit for the gun.
Answer: False
5. The Australian Border Force found the gun.
Answer: True
6. The woman is 20 years old.
Answer: False
7. In the United States, people cannot travel with guns in their bags.
Answer: False
8. Australia has very strict gun laws.
Answer: True
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