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Air-Rage Granny gets 10-Year Flight Ban
THE ARTICLE
A 58-year-old grandmother has been banned from flying with Australia's national
carrier Qantas after she got drunk and punched a man in the face on a flight from
Australia to New Zealand. Courts also ordered the granny (Mrs M) to pay the airline
nearly $18,000 for having to return to Melbourne Airport. She also received a 4month jail sentence suspended for two years. Mrs M had a history of anti-social
behaviour on airplanes. She was involved in an incident on a Virgin Airlines flight on
last year and was fined for using bad language and smoking on the flight. If she is
found guilty again of such behaviour, she will end up in prison. Qantas has banned
her from its flights for at least ten years.
Mrs M, a former nurse, was flying to New Zealand to see her children. She got drunk
on the flight and began verbally abusing other passengers and the flight attendants.
She then started punching and headbutting the seat in front of her. A male
passenger then asked her to be quiet. At this, she stood up, flew into a rage and
punched him hard in the face. He required stitches on his 6cm cut. Court judge
Luisa Bazzani said Mrs M's behaviour was "appalling". She said: "Those passengers
affected by your…behaviour were unable to remove themselves from the situation."
She added: "The assault by you of a fellow passenger without any provocation is
particularly concerning."

WORD BOX
Write down the words that you are unsure of/don’t know in the box below.


TRUE / FALSE
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.

g.
h.

The world's airlines have stopped a woman from flying for 10 years.
The woman got drunk on an airplane and punched a male passenger.
The airplane she was one had to return to turn around and go back.
It is not the first time the granny has behaved badly on an airplane.
The woman was herself a former flight attendant.
The woman took her anger out on a seat headrest.
A man did not need any treatment after the woman hit his face.
The judge said the woman might have reacted to the man's actions.

T/F
T/F
T/F
T/F
T/F
T/F
T/F
T/F

SYNONYM MATCH
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banned
ordered
suspended
incident
bad
abusing
rage
required
appalling
provocation

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b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
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insulting
happening
needed
commanded
terrible

put off
prohibited
cause
foul
tantrum

PHRASE MATCH
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banned from flying with Australia's
a 4-month jail sentence suspended
a history of
found
she will end
a former
verbally
headbutting
flew into
without

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b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
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for two years
the seat in front of her
nurse
up in prison
national carrier
any provocation
anti-social behaviour
abusing other passengers
guilty
a rage


GAP FILL
A 58-year-old grandmother has been banned (1) ____________ flying with
Australia's national carrier Qantas after she got drunk and punched a man in the
face on a (2) ____________ from Australia to New Zealand. Courts also ordered the
granny (Mrs M) to pay the airline nearly US$18,000 for (3) ____________ to return
to Melbourne Airport. She also received a 4-month jail sentence (4) ____________
for two years. Mrs M had a
(5) ____________ of anti-social behaviour on

airplanes. She was involved in an incident on a Virgin Airlines flight last year and
was (6) ____________ for using bad language and smoking on the flight. If she is
found (7) ____________ again of such behaviour, she will (8) ____________ up in
prison. Qantas has banned her from its flights for at least ten years.
Mrs M, a (9) ____________ nurse, was flying to New Zealand to see her children.
She got drunk on the flight and began
(10) ____________ abusing other
passengers and the flight attendants. She then started (11) ____________ and
headbutting the seat in front of her. A male passenger then asked her to be quiet. At
this, she stood up, (12) ____________ into a rage and punched him hard in the
face. He required
(13) ____________ on his 6cm cut. Court judge
Luisa Bazzani said Mrs M's behaviour was "(14) ____________". She said: "Those
passengers affected by your…behaviour were unable to (15) ____________
themselves from the situation." She added: "The assault by you of a (16)
____________ passenger without any provocation is particularly concerning."

WORDS
fined, suspended, end, flight, guilty, from, history, having,appalling, flew, verbally, remove, former,
fellow, punching, stitches


PHOTO DISCUSSION
Look at this photograph and try to think what is happening

WORD BOX
Use this word box to write down words that will help you describe the photo.


GRAMMAR FOCUS

The choice of article is actually based upon the phonetic (sound) quality of the first
letter in a word, not on the orthographic (written) representation of the letter. If the
first letter makes a vowel-type sound, you use "an"; if the first letter would make a
consonant-type sound, you use "a." However, you may follow these basic rules
when deciding to use "a" or "an," remembering that there are some exceptions to
the rules.
"A" goes before words that begin with consonants.
• a cat
• a dog
• a purple onion
• a buffalo
• a big apple
"An" goes before words that begin with vowels:
• an apricot
• an egg
• an Indian
• an orbit
• an uprising
Exceptions
Use "an" before unsounded "h." Because the "h" hasn't any phonetic representation
and has no audible sound, the sound that follows the article is a vowel;
consequently, "an" is used.
• an honorable peace
• an honest error
When "u" makes the same sound as the "y" in "you," or "o" makes the same sound
as "w" in "won," then a is used. The word-initial "y" sound ("unicorn") is actually a
glide [j] phonetically, which has consonantal properties; consequently, it is treated as
a consonant, requiring "a."
• a union
• a united front

• a unicorn
• a used napkin
• a U.S. ship
a one-legged man

IDIOM
down in the dumps: depressed; "blue."


A: "Is something wrong?"
B: "Not really, but I feel kind of down in the dumps."