Vocabulary from unit 9 and 10

Speeding
He was involved in a serious car accident. The car was at least fifty kilometres over the speed limit when it came round the corner. It seemed incredible that no one was killed. The accident gave him a real scare.

Election
At the moment Helen Clark is the head of the Labour party and prime minister of NZ. However, everyone is quite curious to see what will happen on the 17th September, which is election day. Don Brash is the leader of the National party and may well be the next prime minister.

Surprise
Tom’s friends organised a surprise for his eighteenth birthday. One of them pretended to be a dead body on the road, and Tom and his friends stopped their car to see if they could help. Six of his other friends were hiding behind trees and they jumped out and told him to lie on the ground. Tom was absolutely terrified. They took him to one of their houses and sat him in the middle of the room and sang Happy Birthday to him. Unfortunately some of the neighbours thought they were terrorists. Although Tom has forgiven his friends, they are still worried that they might have to go to court!