National Gendarmerie Warns: This Traffic Offence Costs 10,000 Dinars
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The National Gendarmerie is a police force. It gave a warning to drivers.
The warning is about a traffic offence. An offence is breaking a rule.
This offence has a big fine. A fine is money you must pay.
The fine is 10,000 dinars. Dinar is money used in some countries.
The Gendarmerie wants drivers to know this rule. They want safer roads.
The Gendarmerie did not say the exact offence in this report.
But the fine is very high. It shows the rule is serious.
Drivers should be careful. They must follow traffic rules.
Breaking this rule can cost a lot of money.
The Gendarmerie often gives warnings like this to help drivers.
Vocabulary15 words
- National Gendarmerie
- a police force that works on roads and in the country
- offence
- when you break a rule or a law
- fine
- money you must pay when you break a rule
- dinar
- money used in some countries
- warning
- words that tell people about a danger or problem
- traffic
- cars and other vehicles on the road
- rule
- something you must do or not do
- driver
- a person who drives a car
- police force
- a group of people who keep order and safety
- serious
- very important, not small
- road
- a place where cars drive
- money
- coins and paper used to buy things
- safe
- not in danger
- report
- news about something that happened
- careful
- thinking before you do something, to avoid problems
Quiz
Answer key
1. The National Gendarmerie 2. 10,000 dinars 3. A traffic offence
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The _____ Gendarmerie is a police force. It gave a warning to _____.
The warning is about a traffic _____. An offence is breaking a rule.
This offence has a big _____. A fine is money you must pay.
The fine is 10,000 _____. Dinar is money used in some countries.
The Gendarmerie wants drivers to know this _____. They want safer roads.
The Gendarmerie did not say the exact _____ in this report.
But the fine is very _____. It shows the rule is serious.
Drivers should be _____. They must follow traffic rules.
Breaking this rule can cost a lot of _____.
The Gendarmerie often gives _____ like this to help drivers.