A Gun Culture Text 1

Date :

‘A Gun Culture’

READING COMPREHENSION :

Type of document: document: Author: Date : Title :

Pick out the following information (indicate line numbers)

Two American news magazines : ____________________ ______________ ______ and ____________________ _______________ _____ The two covers represent_______________________________________________________________________________________________

The names of the two children : _________________________ _________________ ________ and __________________ _______ The traditional figure associated with Christmas period:

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) :

Another school concerned by a bloodbath : Town, state : Date of the tragedy (in full) :

The annual total of violent crimes in the 90’s: The annual total of murders : The murderers’ favourite weapon (= arm) :

What schools use now to fight the problem:

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 it’s impossible to know the exact number of weapons in the USA :

Use your notes above to help you answer the questions.

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. _____

 All the words linked to violence and arms

e. unusual front covers

– Look up their translation in a

French dictionary

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

they wounded

a killing simulator

Voca Vocabu bula lary ry from from the the tex textt :

Find Find equi equiva vale lent nts s in in the the text text (from line 26 to line 43)

(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 =

surprisingly = stage, point = plunged in = killings = it took place, it happened happened = statistically = a favourite arm = in town = to verify = a shop to sell second-hand objects =

they fired at = they lined out = shot = protecting = hurt, injured = a majority =

(from line 44 to the end)

it regards = it gives = a video game to practice flying = accessible = teach, educate, show =

(from line 18 to line 25)

incisively, intelligently =

incidents involving guns =

to demonstrate =

concerning a lot of people =

to catalogue =

arrive at a stage when =

bought =

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 What does the writer mean mean when he writes : …. A shotgun for Christmas ? For Christmas ! ‘ l.24)

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The questions asked repeatedly after the Jonesboro tragedy (…) seem depressingly familiar . (l.18)

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 Which countries have the same level of violence as the US ?

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 According to the writer,what are the causes of the high high murder rate in the US?

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