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B1 – Intermediate<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019s golf course, among others.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about the suspicious drone sightings in this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/breakingnewsenglish.com\/2412\/241219-mystery-drones-2.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What does \u201csighting<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cPeople started telling the police about the drones last month. Most of the sightings<\/strong> have been in the state of New Jersey.<\/em>\u201d Give two (2) synonyms or similar expressions and use \u2018sighting\u2019 in your own sentence.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What does \u201cspot<\/strong>\u201d mean here, \u201cOne drone was spotted<\/strong> near one of Donald Trump’s golf courses.\u201d? <\/em>Give two (2) synonyms or similar expressions and use \u2018spot\u2019 in a sentence in this context.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What does \u201ca case of mistaken identity\u201d<\/strong> mean? \u201cFBI investigators said most of the drone sightings were cases of “mistaken identity<\/strong><\/em>.” Use the phrase in a sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. What is your reaction to this news?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. What is your own conspiracy theory about those mystery drones?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. If you saw drones flying over your city, what would you think and do?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. What is your opinion on this, \u201cFBI investigators said most of the drone sightings were cases of “mistaken identity”. It said people were “over-reacting” unnecessarily to news reports.<\/em>\u201d?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Talk about any security issues that had occurred in your city\/country recently.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      B1 – Intermediate\u00a0 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\u2019s golf course, among others.\u00a0 Read more about the suspicious drone sightings in this article. https:\/\/breakingnewsenglish.com\/2412\/241219-mystery-drones-2.html Vocabulary Questions: Discussion Questions:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[294,384,295,289,293],"class_list":["post-29410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-homework","tag-b1-intermediate","tag-government","tag-preliminary-pet","tag-reading","tag-text"],"yoast_head":"\nMystery\u00a0Drones\u00a0in USA Causing Alarm | phone english blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/01\/mystery-drones-in-usa-causing-alarm\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mystery\u00a0Drones\u00a0in USA Causing Alarm | phone english blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"B1 – Intermediate\u00a0 Many people all over America have reported sightings of mystery drones. 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