2013/03/05

Current Event #4

Source & full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9889497/Bath-University-angry-wifes-email-to-husbands-law-lecturer-lover-goes-viral.html

Vocabulary:
Lecturer: (noun) A person who gives lectures, especially as an occupation at a university or college.
Example: The lecturer has scheduled his appearance for 3:00.

Escalate: (verb) Become or cause to become more intense or serious
Example: Spreading rumors will only escalate the feud between the two girls.

Alleged: (adjective) (of an incident or a person) Said, without proof, to have taken place or to have a specified illegal or undesirable quality
Example: He claims he is innocent of the alleged crime.

Circulated: (verb) Move around a social function in order to talk to many different people
Example: Rumors circulated around the office that she was stealing form the company.

Catalyst: (noun) A person or thing that precipitates an event.
Example: War is the most powerful catalyst in technical developments.

Bath University: angry wife's email to husband's law lecturer lover goes viral
Donna Lees, 45, was left enraged after learning that her 49 year-old husband Sean was having an affair with part-time law lecturer Claire Russell.
But after having received no response to an angry email to Miss Russell’s personal email address she decided to escalate matters.
The mother-of-two, whose daughters are 20 and 18, then emailed everyone who shared Miss Russell’s surname at Bath University, where she is a law lecturer and teaching fellow.
Since being sent on Wednesday, intimate details of the alleged affair between the law tutor and Mr. Lees, have been widely circulated by hundreds of people, the Daily Mail reported……………
…………..Mrs. Lees attacked her husband's alleged lover for being "the catalyst that smashes apart a whole family" who also destroyed their trust and love………….

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