A Gun Culture

READING COMPREHENSION : Type of document: Author: Date : Title : Pick out the following information (indicate line numbers) Two American news magazines : ____________________ and ____________________ The two covers represent_______________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 The names of the two children : _________________________ and _________________________ The traditional figure associated with Christmas period:

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The two murderers live in (town, state, country) : Their age at the time of the tragedy: __________ and __________ The number of victims / casualties : Date of the tragedy (in full) : 3 Another school concerned by a bloodbath : Town, state : Date of the tragedy (in full) : 4 The annual total of violent crimes in the 90s: The annual total of murders : The murderers favourite weapon (= arm) : What schools use now to fight the problem: 5 Where we realize that Americans are crazy about weapons : on _____________ and in ______________ Where Americans can practice shooting : The name of a researcher on violence: Why its impossible to know the exact number of weapons in the USA : Use your notes above to help you answer the questions. RECAP : What happened on March 24, 1998 ? Is this sort of event exceptional in the US?

Here are 5 headings corresponding to the 5 paragraphs: put them back in the order of the text a. causes b. comparisons c. questions d. the shooting 1. _____ 2. _____ 3. _____ 4. _____ 5. _____ e. unusual front covers

All the words linked to violence and arms Look up their translation in a French dictionary a gun they wounded camouflage the shootings a rifle civil wars a pistol social chaos deadly weapons violent crimes a shotgun murders they shot at the weapon they fired twenty-two shots firearms killing accidents and suicides a killing simulator

Vocabulary from the text : (from line 1 to line 11) it represented = before page 1 = a young child = holding = a little = described = to sit for a photo = lethal, causing death = (from line 12 to line 17) to start = they fired at = they lined out = shot = protecting = hurt, injured = a majority = (from line 18 to line 25) incidents involving guns = concerning a lot of people = arrive at a stage when = GOING FURTHER.

Find equivalents in the text (from line 26 to line 43) surprisingly = stage, point = plunged in = killings = it took place, it happened = statistically = a favourite arm = in town = to verify = a shop to sell second-hand objects = (from line 44 to the end) it regards = it gives = a video game to practice flying = accessible = teach, educate, show = incisively, intelligently = to demonstrate = to catalogue = bought =

What does the writer mean when he writes : . A shotgun for Christmas ? For Christmas ! l.24) Explain the sentence: The questions asked repeatedly after the Jonesboro tragedy () seem depressingly familiar . (l.18) Which countries have the same level of violence as the US ? According to the writer, what are the causes of the high murder rate in the US ?