Advanced Writing with English in Use

News pa pe r stories • Module3C

B Write asuitablefirstparagraph for this newspaperreportby summarizingthe
wholestory in one sentence.

(Firs tparagraphm issi ng)

lain and Sue Baughan, wh o

h a ve 4 children, said 19-yea r-old

Joha n Egel st ed twasperfect for the

post.

He wasdetained atHeathrow

airport w he n he arrive d on

Monday, and immigrationofficials

were to fly him back toSwede n

until t heBaughansintervened.Mr

Egelstedtwasthena llowedtostay

forsevenda yswiththe coupleat

theirhomein Lei ce ster.

'Weare all outragedthatthe

authorit ies have to deport h im,'

sa id Mr sBaughan,aged38. 'The

on ly reason he cannot stay is

becauseheis a man.'

MrEgelstedtsaid:'I'vea friend

whowenttoFranceas a male au

pair withouta n y trouble. I don't

seewhy I cann otdothe same here:

Th e immigrati onservicestates

that an au pair must be 'an

u nmarried girl aged 17 -27

inclusivewithoutdependants.'

CHer e you havethefirstand lastparagraphs of a newspaper story, but the
middlesectionis missing. Takingthe threepreceding stories as your models, use
your i maginationto completethe story by writinga few paragraphs giving all the
details.

The Golden HoardThat Lost

ItsGlitter

The retired Suffolkgardenerwhowill

becomea millionaireafter finding a

hoardof Roman goldandsilverno w

wishesithad neverhappened.

(Middle paragraphsmissing)

'We expect the next thing will be

begging letters, and what are we

supposed to do aboutthem?There are

time s we wish this had never

happened:

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