B1 – Intermediate
Many people all over America have reported sightings of mystery drones. It caused alarm among residents because the drones were flying over military bases and airfields, Donald Trump’s golf course, among others.
Read more about the suspicious drone sightings in this article.
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/2412/241219-mystery-drones-2.html
Vocabulary Questions:
- What does “sighting” mean? “People started telling the police about the drones last month. Most of the sightings have been in the state of New Jersey.” Give two (2) synonyms or similar expressions and use ‘sighting’ in your own sentence.
- What does “spot” mean here, “One drone was spotted near one of Donald Trump’s golf courses.”? Give two (2) synonyms or similar expressions and use ‘spot’ in a sentence in this context.
- What does “a case of mistaken identity” mean? “FBI investigators said most of the drone sightings were cases of “mistaken identity.” Use the phrase in a sentence.
Discussion Questions:
- What is your reaction to this news?
- What is your own conspiracy theory about those mystery drones?
- If you saw drones flying over your city, what would you think and do?
- What is your opinion on this, “FBI investigators said most of the drone sightings were cases of “mistaken identity”. It said people were “over-reacting” unnecessarily to news reports.”?
- Talk about any security issues that had occurred in your city/country recently.