Breaking News English

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

 
 
 

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	only in horror movies	a.	like it was night time
2.	the nightmare became	b.	frightened
3.	everything	c.	or nightmares
4.	It was very	d.	many bees
5.	she saw a dark	e.	was OK
6.	a swarm of	f.	true
7.	It got all dark,	g.	30,000 bees
8.	there were so	h.	cloud in the sky

PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	The bees attacked the couple	a.	200 times
2.	The couple jumped	b.	out for air
3.	stung	c.	to breathe
4.	The pool saved	d.	and their horses
5.	the bees could not attack	e.	of times
6.	we stuck our heads	f.	into their pool
7.	We were trying	g.	their lives
8.	The ponies got stung thousands	h.	under the water

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

Bee attacks (1) ___________________ in horror movies or nightmares. For a Texas couple, (2) ___________________ true. Kristen Beauregard, 44, and her (3) ___________________ garden with their two ponies. Ms Beauregard said everything was OK until one (4) ___________________. It was very frightened. Suddenly (5) ___________________ in the sky - it was a swarm of 30,000 bees. She said: " (6) ___________________, like it was night time, there were so many bees."

The bees (7) ___________________ and their horses. The couple jumped into their pool. Ms Beauregard (8) _______________. The pool (9) ___________________ because the bees could not attack under the water. Kristen said: "(10) ___________________ our heads out for air, they would cover us and start stinging us. We were (11) ___________________ they were stinging us." The ponies got (12) _________________ times. One died on the farm, the other at a clinic later that evening.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Beeattacksareusuallyonlyinhorrormoviesornightmares.ForaTexasc
ouple,thenightmarebecametrue.KristenBeauregard,44,andherboyf
riendwereintheirgardenwiththeirtwoponies.MsBeauregardsaidever
ythingwasOKuntiloneponystartedjumping.Itwasveryfrightened.Su
ddenlyshesawadarkcloudinthesky-itwasaswarmof30,000bees.She
said:"Itgotalldark,likeitwasnighttime,thereweresomanybees."Theb
eesattackedthecoupleandtheirhorses.Thecouplejumpedintotheirpo
ol.MsBeauregardwasstung200times.Thepoolsavedtheirlivesbecaus
ethebeescouldnotattackunderthewater.Kristensaid:"Everytimewes
tuckourheadsoutforair,theywouldcoverusandstartstingingus.Wewe
retryingtobreatheandtheywerestingingus."Theponiesgotstungthou
sandsoftimes.Onediedonthefarm,theotheratacliniclaterthatevening
.

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. Comment on your partner's paper.

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