Objective Proficiency p 26. Gangs of women ‘mugging’ men. Extra Cloze

CONCERNS amongst Magaluf’s bar owners are reportedly mounting as gangs of women continue to mug and steal (1)_________ men enjoying a night (2)_________. The women, of African origin, wait until late at night and target men offering them sexual favours.
Enticing them in and getting their attention, they continue to rob (3)_________, taking all they can (4)________ their hands on. One bar owner says the problem has got so bad in recent years he alerted a BBC 3 film crew on the island recording a show, (5)___________ the situation.
They then proceeded (6)______________ watch and film as the women blatantly targeted some men, not bothered by being caught on camera. The bar owner, (7)___________ has asked (8)_________ to be named, said, “Last Thursday I counted 46 women offering sex and then mugging men but everyone (9)___________ to just ignore it. The police say they are powerless (10)__________ they are just loitering, but everyone knows what they are doing. The council are also turning a (11)__________ eye and don’t want it to be exposed (12)_________ fear of losing tourists, but tourists aren’t going to come back to Magaluf (13)__________ they are being mugged on a night out!”
-Euro Weekly News-

KEY
1. from 



2. out

entice: to persuade somebody/something to go somewhere or to do something, usually by offering them something. E.g.  entice somebody/something (+ adv./prep.) The bargain prices are expected to entice customers away from other stores. a plan to entice mothers back to work. The animal refused to be enticed from its hole. entice somebody into doing something He was not enticed into parting with his cash. entice somebody to do something Try and entice the child to eat by offering small portions of their favourite food.



3. them 



4. lay

lay/get your hands on something

to find or get something. E.g. I know their address is here somewhere, but I can't lay my hands on it right now. Do you know where I can get my hands on a second-hand television?

lay/get your hands on somebody

to catch somebody that you are annoyed with. E.g. Wait till I get my hands on him! 



5. to

alert /əˈlɜːt/
1. alert somebody to something to make somebody aware of something. E.g. They had been alerted to the possibility of further price rises. 
2. alert somebody (to do something) | alert somebody (that)… to warn somebody about a dangerous or urgent situation. E.g. Neighbours quickly alerted the emergency services. Alerted by a noise downstairs, he sat up and turned on the light. 



6. to
proceed to do something to do something next, after having done something else first. go on to do sth. E.g. He outlined his plans and then proceeded to explain them in more detail. (humorous) Having said she wasn't hungry, she then proceeded to order a three-course meal. 

proceed (with something) to continue doing something that has already been started; to continue being done. E.g. We're not sure whether we still want to proceed with the sale. Work is proceeding slowly. He left detailed instructions about the best way to proceed. 



blatantly: in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked. Flagrantly. E.g. a blatantly unfair decision He just blatantly lied about it. 



7. who 



8. not 



9. seems



10. as/ since/ because 


loiter: to stand or wait somewhere especially with no obvious reason. E.g. Teenagers were loitering in the street outside. 



11. blind

turn a blind eye (to something)

to pretend not to notice something bad that is happening, so you do not have to do anything about it. E.g. The authorities were either unaware of the problem or they turned a blind eye to it.

turn a deaf ear (to somebody/something)

to ignore or refuse to listen to somebody/something. E.g. He turned a deaf ear to the rumours.



12. for 



13. if 

CONCERNS amongst Magaluf’s bar owners are reportedly mounting as gangs of women continue to mug and steal from men enjoying a night out. The women, of African origin, wait until late at night and target men offering them sexual favours.
Enticing them in and getting their attention, they continue to rob them, taking all they can lay their hands on. One bar owner says the problem has got so bad in recent years he alerted a BBC 3 film crew on the island recording a show, to the situation.
They then proceeded to watch and film as the women blatantly targeted some men, not bothered by being caught on camera. The bar owner, who has asked not to be named, said, “Last Thursday I counted 46 women offering sex and then mugging men but everyone seems to just ignore it.
The police say they are powerless as they are just loitering but everyone knows what they are doing.  “The council are also turning a blind eye and don’t want it to be exposed for fear of losing tourists, but tourists aren’t going to come back to Magaluf if they are being mugged on a night out!”
-Euro Weekly News-