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BBC Learning English 

Video Words in the News  

16 April 2014 

Unusual punishment

Transcript:

This man is not enjoying the sun. He's here as a punishment.

Edmond Aviv was ordered by a US judge to hold a sign saying he was a bully. 

Aviv was convicted of harassing his neighbour and her disabled children.

He was also sentenced to two weeks in jail and community service. 

Aviv claims the judge has ruined his life. But he didn't respond when asked if he 

was sorry.

Vocabulary:

bully

person who frightens or hurts smaller or weaker people

harassing

behaving in a way that upsets and annoys people

disabled

not having one or more of the physical or mental abilities that most people have

sentenced

given a punishment by a judge

ruined

destroyed

Exercise:

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from 

news reports. 

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence 

correctly.

bully / harassing / disabled / sentenced / ruined

1. Walker was __________ to life in prison for the 1999 shooting of a 23-

year-old man. Walker said he did not mean to kill the man but fired three 

shots in warning because the man had been bullying him.

2. Correspondents say Muzychko acquired notoriety in Ukraine after he was 

filmed brandishing an AK-47 assault rifle at a town hall session in western 

Ukraine, and then __________ a local prosecutor. After that, in February, 

the Ukrainian interior minister condemned his behaviour and promised to 

investigate.

3. The scheme was created by Abs Dumbuya, who contracted polio as a young 

man in Sierra Leone, left to study in the UK and then returned to create 

opportunities for __________ young people, through his organisation, the 

Dorothy Springer Trust. 

4. The governor also denied suggestions that he had used political intimidation 

in the run-up to his overwhelming re-election victory in November. "I am 

not a __________," he said.

5. "These people are dangerous they have __________ my life and kept me 

away from my children. Each should be punished for their wrongdoings." 

Answers:

1. Walker was sentenced to life in prison for the 1999 shooting of a 23-yearold man. Walker said he did not mean to kill the man but fired three shots in 

warning because the man had been bullying him.

Source: Accidentally freed Florida murderers recaptured

2. Correspondents say Muzychko acquired notoriety in Ukraine after he was 

filmed brandishing an AK-47 assault rifle at a town hall session in western 

Ukraine, and then harassing a local prosecutor. After that, in February, the 

Ukrainian interior minister condemned his behaviour and promised to 

investigate.

Source: Ukraine far-right leader Muzychko dies 'in police raid'     

3. The scheme was created by Abs Dumbuya, who contracted polio as a young 

man in Sierra Leone, left to study in the UK and then returned to create 

opportunities for disabled young people, through his organisation, the 

Dorothy Springer Trust.

Source: Can disabled police officers change Sierra Leone?     

4. The governor also denied suggestions that he had used political intimidation in 

the run-up to his overwhelming re-election victory in November. "I am not a 

bully," he said.

Source: Chris Christie 'humiliated' by bridge-gridlock scandal 

5. "These people are dangerous they have ruined my life and kept me away 

from my children. Each should be punished for their wrongdoings."

Source: Three guilty of abuse of 'enslaved' woman in London