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30,000 bees attack couple, kill ponies (31st July, 2013)

 
 
 

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	Bee attacks are not	a.	scared
2.	30,000 bees	b.	jumping
3.	everything	c.	only in horror movies
4.	one pony got	d.	dark
5.	It started	e.	attacked
6.	a dark	f.	time
7.	It got	g.	was OK
8.	like it was night	h.	cloud of bees in the sky

PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	the couple jumped	a.	the water
2.	The pool saved	b.	200 times
3.	Ms Beauregard was stung	c.	that evening
4.	the couple put their head above	d.	into their swimming pool
5.	The ponies were	e.	of times
6.	thousands	f.	at a clinic
7.	the other died	g.	their life
8.	later	h.	stung

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

Bee attacks (1) ___________________ horror movies. On Wednesday, (2) ___________________ attacked Kristen Beauregard, her boyfriend and (3) ___________________. Ms Beauregard said (4) ___________________ until one pony got scared. (5) ___________________. There was a dark cloud of bees in the sky. (6) ___________________, like it was night time.

The bees attacked, so (7) ___________________ into their swimming pool. The pool (8) ___________________. Ms Beauregard was (9) ___________________. The bees could only sting if the couple put (10) ___________________ the water to breathe. The ponies were (11) ___________________ times. One died on the farm, the (12) ___________________ clinic later that evening.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Beeattacksarenotonlyinhorrormovies.OnWednesday,30,000beesat
tackedKristenBeauregard,herboyfriendandtheirtwoponies.MsBeaur
egardsaideverythingwasOKuntiloneponygotscared.Itstartedjumpin
g.Therewasadarkcloudofbeesinthesky.Itgotdark,likeitwasnighttime
.Thebeesattacked,sothecouplejumpedintotheirswimmingpool.Thep
oolsavedtheirlife.MsBeauregardwasstung200times.Thebeescouldo
nlystingifthecoupleputtheirheadabovethewatertobreathe.Theponie
swerestungthousandsoftimes.Onediedonthefarm,theotherdiedatac
liniclaterthatevening.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

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WRITING

Write about bees for 10 minutes. Read and talk about your partner's paper.

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