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c) Now look at the underlined text in version A of the story. Where do the same events occur in version B? Which pieces of information appear twice in the second text? Why do you think this is? d) Here is another boring paragraph. Rewrite it in the style of a newspaper article, making the following improvements: • reorder the events so that the most exciting event comes first • join any short sentences together • think of a better title • add some descriptive, lively words • use some direct speech • begin sentences in a variety of ways James Brown is 17. He goes to St Bart’s school. He and his friends often meet outside an old factory building. They tell each other ghost stories. One day they went there and it started to rain. James suggested going inside. Nobody wanted to but James asked again and again so they agreed. When they got inside it was dark and they were scared. Then they saw a light and heard voices. They thought it was a ghost. They hid. They saw some men bring in a big box. The men left. James and his friends looked in the box. It was full of money. They called the police. The police caught the men, who were bank robbers. James and his friends got a big reward. An interesting evening 65 3 Extensive unit 3: Unsolved mysteries Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv