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| Klay: The protests are starting to get out of hand. Greg: What happened? I didn’t hear anything about the protests. Klay: People have been protesting the new law for the past week. The protests have been downtown. The first days were peaceful, but yesterday, some protestors started throwing things and causing trouble. Greg: That’s not good. Peaceful protests are fine, but once people start breaking and throwing things, then it can get out of hand very quickly. Klay: That’s what I am saying. I think the police should break up the protest before things get even more out of hand. Greg: I think protesting is a good thing, but you may be right. Let’s check the news now and see if anything is going on. | |
Key Vocabulary | |
| 1. to get out of hand: to become wild and crazy; to lose control of | |
| • The party got out of hand. | |
| • The argument got out of hand and turned into a fistfight. | |
| 2. to break up: to disperse; to drive or send off in different directions | |
| • The police broke up the party. | |
| • The teacher broke up the fight between the two students. | |
| 3. to check the news: to watch or look at the news to see what is happening | |
| • Let’s check the news to see what is going on. | |
| • How many times do you check the news during a normal day? | |
English Conversation Practice Index
