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The NRA says it is the right of every ... It says that the radio station is a ... Find a word that means 'a short piece of writing by a student on a particular subject'.
Fill the gaps using these key words from the text: own amendment
election individual
broadcast balanced
support get around
1. An ____________ is one person. 2. If you ____________ something, it is legally yours. You can ____________ a house or a car, for example. 3. An ____________ is a time when people choose their prime minister or president. 4. If a news report is ____________, it gives the opinions of both sides. 5. An ____________ is a change made to a law or an agreement. 6. If you ____________ a law or a rule, you find a way of not following it. 7. If you ____________ someone, you offer them help. 8. Radio and TV stations ____________ programmes.
Look in the text and find this information as quickly as possible: 1. How many people have a gun in the USA? 2. How many people can receive NRA News? 3. Who is Wayne LaPierre? 4. What does the first amendment do? 5. How many hours a day will NRA News broadcast? 6. Who is the Democratic presidential candidate?
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Gun lobby fires shot for 'free speech' People in the USA can own and carry a gun. There are 80 million people in the USA who have a gun. The National Rifle Association is a group that supports the gun-owners of America. The NRA says it is the right of every individual to buy and keep a gun. Last week the NRA started its own radio station, called NRA News. The station broadcasts programmes about guns and the right of Americans to own a gun. It is election year in the USA and the government has just introduced some new laws to control political advertising. These laws stop special interest groups like the NRA from buying radio and TV advertising to support a candidate in the election. So the NRA started its radio station. It says that the radio station is a media organisation, so the programmes are journalism not advertising. NRA News broadcasts via a satellite network and around 400,000 people can receive the broadcasts. According
to Wayne LaPierre, the vice-president of the NRA, politicians in Washington want to control who can broadcast and who cannot broadcast. Mr LaPierre says this is against freedom of speech. The first amendment of the US constitution protects the freedom of speech. The second amendment gives US citizens the right to own and carry guns. The NRA says the second amendment is an individual right. People who believe it is wrong for people to carry guns say that the second amendment is not an individual right. They say it gives the US army the right to carry guns. They say it does not give individuals the right to carry guns. NRA News will only broadcast for three hours a day. Mr LaPierre said that the US media’s reporting of the firearms industry was incorrect. He said that his radio station would tell the truth about guns and would be “balanced”. Soon after this, NRA News broadcast a programme about John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate. The programme strongly criticised Mr Kerry. It also
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broadcast an interview with a college student who received a C grade for writing a pro-gun essay. Robert Ricker, used to work for the firearms industry but he now works for an antigun group. He said the NRA just wanted to get publicity. "Do you think John Kerry could suddenly say he was a journalist, start his own newspaper and then say he was a news organisation and not a presidential candidate?" he said. Mr Ricker thinks the NRA is using NRA News to get around the new law. The NRA says that big business owns a lot of news organisations. Time Warner owns CNN, Disney owns ABC and General Electric owns NBC. The NRA says that these companies give money to political parties but they can also own news organisations. The Guardian Weekly 20-06-04, page 6
Choose the best answer to each question: 1. What does NRA News mainly broadcast? a. programmes about the first amendment b. programmes about politics c. programmes about guns 2. What do the new laws control? a. guns b. political advertising c. radio stations 3. What does the second amendment do? a.. It protects freedom of speech. b. It gives people the right to own and carry guns. c. It gives radio stations the right to broadcast news. 4. According to Robert Ricker, what does the NRA want to do? a. start a newspaper b. give money to political parties c. get publicity 5. Who owns ABC news? a. Disney b. General Electric c. Time Warner
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1. Find a word that means ‘someone who writes for a newspaper or a radio or television station’. 2. Find a phrase that means ‘someone who wants to be US president’. 3. Find a word that means ‘against guns’. 4. Find a word that means ‘in favour of guns’. 5. Find a word that means ‘someone who owns something’. 6. Find a word that means ‘a short piece of writing by a student on a particular subject’.
Fill the gaps using a verb from the text: 1. to ____________ the truth 2. to ____________ a radio programme 3. to ____________ a gun 4. to ____________ freedom of speech 5. to ____________ publicity 6. to ____________ a law
Look at this example from the text ‘There are 80 million people in the USA who have a gun’. Fill the gaps using ‘there is’ or ‘there are’ 1. ____________ 400,000 people who can receive NRA News. 2. ____________ some new laws in the USA to control political advertising. 3. ____________ many people in the USA who think it is wrong to carry guns. 4. ____________ a new radio station in the USA called NRA News. 5. ____________ a presidential election in the USA this year. 6. ____________ several big companies that own news organisations. Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004 Taken from the news section in www.onestopenglish.com
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Key Words
1. individual 5. amendment 2.
2. own 6. get around
4. balanced 8. broadcast
Find the Information
1. 80 million 3. The vice-president of the NRA 5. Three 3
3. election 7. support
2. 400,000 4. It protects the freedom of speech. 6. John Kerry
Comprehension Check
1. c; 2. b; 3. b; 4. c; 5. a 4.
Vocabulary
Find the word
1. journalist 4. pro-gun
2. presidential candidate 5. owner
5.
Verbs and Nouns
Vocabulary
1. tell 4. protect 6.
2. broadcast 5. get
3. anti-gun 6. essay
3. own 6. introduce/get around
Grammar Focus ‘there is’ and ‘there are’
1. there are 4. there is
2. there are 5. there is
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