Internet girl “lied about her age”
Workmate
1 Work in pairs. Which of these statements are true? Which are false?
Which ones doesn’t the text tell you about? Correct the false statements and
write down the sentences so that they match the text.
True
False Not in
the text
  1 On Saturday morning, Shevaun went
shopping with her friends.
h
h
h
  2 Shevaun’s parents didn’t care how much
time Shevaun spent on the internet.
h
h
h
  3 When Shevaun hadn’t come home in the
evening, her parents started calling her
friends.
h
h
h
  5 Tony Studabaker lived in Detroit.
h
h
h
h
h
h
  6 Shevaun and Tony had met on the
internet.
h
h
h
  7 The police examined both Shevaun’s
and Tony’s computers.
h
h
h
10 Tony and Shevaun stayed at a hotel.
h
h
h
h
h
h
h
h
h
11 Tony and Shevaun flew back to
Manchester and turned themselves over
to the police.
h
h
h
  4 The police thought that Shevaun might
try to leave the country.
  8 There was an age difference of almost
20 years between Shevaun and Tony.   9 Shevaun brought her mobile phone.
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Workmate
2
A. Find these expressions in the text.
1 Hun sagde, at hun skulle ud og shoppe.
2 Hun brugte det meste af sin tid på at chatte.
3 Fem timer ad gangen.
4 Hun og Tony havde mødtes på nettet i et år.
5 Inden han rejste til Europa, havde Tony fortalt sin bror, at
6 Samtidig ringede Tony til sin svigerinde.
B. Write three or four sentences using the English expressions for:
tilbringe tiden med at – ad gangen – i fem år – samtidigt
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Workmate
3
Work in pairs. Talk about the following.
1
2
3
4
What do you think the relationship was like between Shevaun and her
parents before Shevaun ran away with Tony?
How might this relationship have changed afterwards? For Shevaun?
For her parents?
How would you advise Shevaun’s parents to act now?
Be more strict, keep her from using the internet, communicate more … ?
What is your opinion of online chat rooms?
4 m
27
Study the following questions. Then listen and take notes. Answer the questions.
1 What things did “Marksman” and “Dancing Queen” have in common?
2 What piece of vital information hadn’t “Marksman” given “Dancing Queen”?
3 How did “Dancing Queen” react when she saw who ”Marksman” was?
4 Do you think there is anything to be learned from this story? If so, what is it?
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5
Pair off these symbols with their explanations. Write the correct numbers.
1
:-)
3
’-)
5
:-(
7
:<
9
2
:-D
4
:-I
6
%-)
8
:’-(
10
6 indifferent
very sad
confused
surprised
crying
winking
joking, happy
unhappy
very happy
laughing
angry
kissing
:-*
>:-(
11
:-))
12
:-o
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Write a short text about one of the following topics:
1 A dialogue between Shevaun and Tony where they decide that Shevaun
will go back to Manchester and Tony will turn himself over to the FBI.
You decide whether Tony knows she is only 12 or not.
2 The good and bad things about chatting on the internet. Listen to Adrian
for inspiration, if you like.
3 Shevaun’s life after her return to her family.
USC
University of the Sunshine Coast
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1
Fill in the words that are missing in these word families. You will find all the
missing words in the text. Write the missing verbs in the infinite form, even if they
are in another tense in the text.
Noun
1
DanishVerb
bevis
prove
Danish
bevise
2limit
grænse
begrænse
3contact
kontakt
kontakte
4
advarsel
warn
advare
5
flugt
fly
flygte
6
registrering
record
registrere
7check
tjek
tjekke
8 development udvikling
udvikle
9investigation
undersøgelse
undersøge
10lie
løgn
lyve
11 belief
tro, overbevisning
at tro
12
hjælp
help
hjælpe
13
rædsel, frygt
fear
frygte
14agreement
aftale
at aftale
15panic
panik
gå i panik
16harm
skade
skade
17
plan
18signature
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planlægge
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A Finish the sentences using information from the text.
1 Shevaun said she needed her passport because
2 Shevaun’s parents got worried because
3 The police decided to contact Interpol because
4 Shevaun hadn’t met Tony before, but she knew she loved him because
5 The police believed that Tony was a paedophile because
6 Journalists were asked not to say that Tony was a paedophile because
7 Tony told his sister-in-law that he was angry because
B Work in pairs. Read each other’s answers aloud.
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Test
Name: 1
Solve the crossword.
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3
5
6
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8
9
10
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12
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2 My brother is quite (–). He’s 198 centi­
metres tall and weighs over 100 kilos.
4 He knew it’s not legal to (–) movies from
the internet, but obviously …
9 Sometimes Jess gets (–) when she hasn’t
taken her medicine. It’s sad, because she
just can’t help it.
10 At this stage, we can’t say if this man has
committed the crime or not. We are certain
the police will (–) the matter further.
11 No, you certainly can not (–) these photos
in your magazine. They are very private. So
just go away, will you?
14 I can’t just act on what I believe. I need
solid (–) that what you say is true.
Down
1 According to a recent (–) women are more
interested in politics than men.
3 I’m sure our (–) would improve if you were
more honest to me.
5 I’m almost broke, so I can’t (–) to go to the
concert, I’m afraid.
6 Excuse me, could you tell me the way to
the beach, please? No. I’m sorry I don’t
know this (–) at all.
7 Darren, are you trying to (–) me? As soon
as I try to contact you, you just look away
and pretend you don’t see me.
8 I know exactly what the statue is going to
look like. I have a very clear (–) of it in my
mind.
12 The photographer got some excellent (–) of
the wedding.
13 Eating too much junk food might seriously
(–) your health.
2 Translate into English.
Faris tilbragte det meste af sin tid med at træne. Ind imellem sagde han, at han ville gå ud for at
handle, men han skulle altid træne – ofte mange timer af gangen. Hans venner var urolige, men der
var en forklaring: Faris og Sonia havde mødtes i træningscentret igennem mere end et år.
3 Write a short text about the following.
• What do you think the relationship was like between Shevaun and her parents
•
•
before Shevaun ran away with Tony?
How might this relationship have changed afterwards? For Shevaun? For her
parents?
How would you advise Shevaun’s parents to act now? Be more strict, keep her
from using the internet, communicate more … ?
Self Assessment
On this test:
I did well
I could have done better
I didn’t do well at all
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