Foscari - Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica

2. The family had several candles in the house in case of a ___________.
3. The company was losing money and there were many ___________.
4. He’s forty and he still lives on ___________ from his parents.
5. On the wall is a big ___________ of a photo of a football player.
6. After the oil spill, the government launched a large ___________ operation.
Discussion
What could be the causes of gang-related crime in a city like LA? Are there gang problems in your
city?
Key words
1. a gang 2. bury 3. to mourn 4. turf 5. a crackdown 6. summit 7. unprecedented 8. backfires
9. impoverished 10. to ruin
Read quickly
1. a 2. b 3. b 4. b 5. b 6. a
Comprehension check
1. Returning to his old neighbourhood.
2. Boyle’s LA is full of violence and gangs, Beckham’s is glamorous and full of celebrities.
3. There are now more Hispanic gangs, not only young black gangs.
4. The public is aware of the race war and police have launched a crackdown.
5. Because other gangs will want to be on the list.
6. Because they are running away from something.
7. It provides education, counselling, tattoo-removal and jobs.
8. A reality TV show.
Expressions
1. to keep a count of something
2. to make your home somewhere
3. all the signs are there
4. have seen it all before
5. on the edge of doing something
6. nothing more than a fantasy
War vocabulary
1. shot 2. battle 3. war 4. threat 5. front 6. opening fire 7. killing 8. wounding 9. violence
10. conflict 11. beat
Phrasal verbs into nouns
1. stopover 2. blackout 3. layoffs 4. handouts 5. blowup 6. cleanup
Online fraudster
Intermediate
Key words
Read the definitions of these key words and answer the questions.
1. Fraud is a crime of obtaining money from someone or tricking them. What is a fraudster?
2. If you go on a drinking spree you drink a lot in a short amount of time. What is a spending spree?
3. Many payment systems use microchips and personal identification numbers (PINs).
What is a chip and pin security system?
4. The majority of British people have a mortgage on their house, which can take them over twenty
years to pay back to the bank.
What is a mortgage?
5. An employee is a person who is employed. A divorcee is a person who is divorced. What is an
interviewee?
6. Credit card companies and online shops are trying to protect customers against scams.
Is a scam an honest or dishonest way of making money?
What do you think the article will be about?
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