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 10 banned ordered suspended incident bad abusing rage required appalling provocation a b c d e f g h i j insulting happening needed commanded terrible put off prohibited cause foul tantrum PHRASE MATCH 10 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 a b c d e f g h i j 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."