Algeria Warns: Fake Trailer Plates Can Mean 5 Years in Jail
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The National Gendarmerie in Algeria gave a warning this week.
It talked about the rules for trailers. A trailer is a big box that a truck pulls.
Every trailer needs a correct number plate. A number plate has letters and numbers on it.
Some people use a fake number plate. Fake means not real or not true.
The Gendarmerie said this is a big offence. An offence is something against the law.
People who do this can go to prison for 5 years.
They must also pay a fine of 50 million centimes. A fine is money you pay for breaking a law.
The Gendarmerie wants people to follow the correct rules.
They asked drivers to check their trailer plates are real.
This warning is part of their work to keep roads safe.
Vocabulary15 words
- Gendarmerie
- a police force, often for roads and villages
- trailer
- a big box a truck pulls
- number plate
- a sign with letters and numbers on a vehicle
- fake
- not real; made to look true
- offence
- something against the law
- fine
- money you must pay for breaking a rule
- warning
- words that tell people about danger
- prison
- a place where people go for breaking the law
- rule
- something you must do or not do
- drivers
- people who drive vehicles
- law
- rules made by a government
- safe
- with no danger
- correct
- right; without mistakes
- follow
- to do what a rule says
- check
- to look at something carefully
Quiz
Answer key
1. Fake trailer number plates 2. 5 years 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The National _____ in Algeria gave a warning this week.
It talked about the rules for _____.
Every trailer needs a correct _____.
Some people use a _____ number plate.
The Gendarmerie said this is a big _____.
People who do this can go to _____ for 5 years.
They must also pay a _____ of 50 million centimes.
The Gendarmerie wants people to follow the correct _____.
They asked _____ to check their trailer plates are real.
This warning is part of their work to keep roads _____.