1. Comprehension. Decide whether these statements are true or false, according to the story:

1. Father of a small girl was accused of cruel treatment of his daughter.

2. The girl had a lot of injuries to the body.

3. According to the father of the girl he loved her dearly.

4. The girl died when her father was trying out a new feeding technique.

5. Latta tried to resuscitate Charlotte when he realized something was wrong.

6. Charlotte suffered brittle bone disease.

7. Charlotte’s mother was also under suspicion of murder.

8. The jury found Mark Latta guilty of murdering his daughter.

2. Vocabulary. Choose the most appropriate explanation for the following words and expressions:

sob

1. to weep quietly

2. to cry noisily

3. to suffocate

extensive

1. covering a large area

2. involving a lot of effort

3. continuous and painful

dismiss

1. to admit

2. to deny

3. to leave

adore

1. to find attractive

2. to love very much

3. to respect

grievous

1. extremely unpleasant

2. disapproving

3. causing great pain

rule out

1. to include

2. to exclude

3. to suppose

hands-on

1. closely involved in managing things

2. avoiding becoming involved in smth.

3. holding smth. tightly

over the moon

1. very pleased

2. far away

3. saddened

mean the world to smb.

1. to be extremely important

2. to be very happy

3. to feel elated

3. Vocabulary. Find the words and expressions in the text that mean:

1. was said to be guilty of murder

2. denied allegations

3. a crack in the bone

4. injury to the brain

5. his daughter was very important to him

6. interested in family things

7. to hurt or damage someone

8. a violent act that hasn’t been proved

9. was experimenting

10. the equipment used to keep a person alive

11. court hearing

4. Vocabulary.

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… his daughter ‘meant the world’ to him …

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Here are five more expressions with the word “world”:

1. have the world at your feet

2. in a world of your own

3. make the world go around / round

4. out of this world

5. the world and his wife

Find the correct definition for each expression:

1. extremely good

2. to be extremely important, so that many ordinary events could not happen without it

3. a great many of people

4. to be extremely successful and admired by a great number of people

5. not giving much attention to what is happening around you

Find the correct endings in column B to finish the sentences beginning in column A:

A 1. When she was young she had very few friends, she 2. Money makes 3. Five years after her debut, the star of the Royal Ballet 4. It’s going to be quite a party – 5. It’s a good restaurant – 6. Her children mean

B a. lived in a world of her own. b. the world and his wife will be there. c. the world go round. d. the food is out of this world. e. has the world at her feet. f. all the world to her.