6. What were you told about the kidnapping? (tell) Extension activity Complete the extract from the script with one word in each gap. Then listen again and check.

Solution:

A man in Australia must have ¹ to pay $$10,000 because he faked his own kidnapping has been ² wasted police time. But that's not even the ³ most unusual part of this story. On New Year's Eve last ⁴ year, 35-year-old Paul lera told his partner that he had to meet his 'financial guy', when in fact he was going ⁵ to see his lover. When she didn't believe his story, he sent her a message about how ⁶ a 'kidnapper' saying they would keep Paul until the next day ⁷.

Paul's partner called the police, who ⁸ found both Paul and his lover. Paul later was ⁹ arrested and charged. Last week, judge Michael Ong decided Paul wouldn't go to prison ¹⁰, but had to pay for the 200 hours of police work that was a ¹¹ wasted.

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