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Landmark Advanced Unit 4.1
All the headlines below are taken from a Google News search on 17 May 2010 of the term “a near miss”. What do you think the stories are, and what was the near miss in each case? Start with the easiest ones to guess.
Metro oversight committee slams agency over near-miss/ New Metro leadership facing heat for latest safety misstep
Gamblers enjoy a “near miss” almost as much as a win
Scudetto Decided as Bafana Thrash Thailand
National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System: Everybody Onboard?
Military flights restricted after RAF Typhoon’s near-miss with airliner
Angels serve to carry message of God
The Times Square bomb failed. What will we do when the next bomb works?
Alonso escapes, fine for Ferrari/ Ferrari fined $20000 for pit near-miss
Suspicious luggage incident at Bush Airport cleared Top 3 Headlines
Survivor Heroes vs. Villains: Rupert Dodges Two Bullets
Melvin the Mummy’s New Clothes
Young Ryan learns the value of life – and how easy it is to die – after near-miss
Ask the class about any stories that you have no idea about.
Which of the near misses above could happen to an ordinary person?
Brainstorm other everyday near misses, e.g. spilling something but missing your clothes.
Listen to the Landmark Advanced T 4.1 and see whether it is a near miss that you have discussed or not, then do the tasks on that page.
Work together to make up other near miss stories using these common newspaper verbs:
- A case
- A hearing
- A lull
- A probe/ To probe
- A safeguard/ To safeguard
- An enquiry
- An envoy
- Dozens
- Duo
- Imminent
- Spared
- To alert/ An alert
- To back
- To battle
- To be held
- To be rumoured/ A rumour
- To besiege
- To charge/ A charge
- To crackdown/ A crackdown
- To curb
- To cut/ A cut
- To demand/ A demand
- To deny
- To doubt/ A doubt
- To eye
- To fight/ A fight
- To hike
- To ink
- To offer/ An offer
- To oversee
- To pen
- To protest/ A protest
- To reject
- To remain
- To reveal
- To risk/ A risk
- To seek
- To sentence/ A sentence
- To stand trial
- To target/ A target
- To threat/ A threat
- Unrest
When your teacher stops you, ask about any verbs above you aren’t sure about, working together to connect them to near misses each time.
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