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BBC Learning EnglishVideo Words in the News8 May 2013Print your own gun

Video Words in the News British Broadcasting Corporation 2013Page 1 of 3

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Transcript:

A fully functional gun made with a 3D printer.

The controversial group who designed the firearm want to make it availableonline.

Anti-gun campaigners have criticised the project; while law enforcementagencies are monitoring developments.

3D printing has been hailed as the future of manufacturing, and works bybuilding up layer upon layer of material to make solid objects.

Vocabulary:

fully functional

working normally and completely

firearm

a gun that can be carried easily

anti-gun campaigners

people who take part in organised activities against the use of guns

law enforcement agencies

government organisations which make sure people don't break the law

hailed as

called

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Exercise:

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from

news reports.

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence

correctly.

fully functional / firearm/ anti-gun campaigners/ law enforcementagencies / hailed as

1. Meanwhile, US __________ are facing questions at home over whether

they could have done more to prevent the 15 April attacks, and whether theFBI failed to act on Russian concerns that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was becoming

radicalised.

2. "Our systems are now __________, leaving just a few final updates to be

completed. We are giving priority to fixing these remaining items as quickly

as possible."

3. An __________ has been charged with possession of an imitation firearm

after police pulled what looked like a weapon from the River Mersey.

4. Athens stepped into the global spotlight when the Olympic Games returned

home in 2004. The games were _______ a success, despite widely

publicised fears that the infrastructure would not be complete in time.

5. Death by ________ was still the most common method of suicide among

middle-age Americans, representing 48% of such recorded incidents in

2010.

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Answers:

1. Meanwhile, US law enforcement agencies are facing questions at homeover whether they could have done more to prevent the 15 April attacks, and

whether the FBI failed to act on Russian concerns that Tamerlan Tsarnaev wasbecoming radicalised.

Source: Boston Marathon bombing: US officials in Dagestan http://bbc.in/YscPmV

2. "Our systems are now fully functional , leaving just a few final updates to becompleted. We are giving priority to fixing these remaining items as quickly aspossible."

Source: RBS dealing with IT failure caseshttp://bbc.in/10lcLYj

3. An anti-gun campaigner has been charged with possession of an imitationfirearm after police pulled what looked like a weapon from the River Mersey.

Source: Man charged after imitation firearm found in Merseyhttp://bbc.in/ZNi29S

4. Athens stepped into the global spotlight when the Olympic Games returnedhome in 2004. The games were hailed as a success, despite widely publicisedfears that the infrastructure would not be complete in time.

Source: Greece country profile http://bbc.in/108RiAe

5. Death by firearm was still the most common method of suicide amongmiddle-age Americans, representing 48% of such recorded incidents in 2010.

Source: Suicides soar among US middle-aged peoplehttp://bbc.in/10mpaX6
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