‘I opened up like a giant elevator’: the seven sly, savage stages of a £100,000 romance scam
This is a list of key vocabulary and expressions from the article in order of how useful they are. The student must choose 6 items from the list to study in the lesson.
If I didn’t laugh, I’d never stop crying
To urge (someone to do something)
15 conversation-provoking questions related to the article.
1. Can you give a brief summary of what happened to Elizabeth?
2. What was said about victim selection, love bombing and trauma bombing?
3. What was said about sleep deprivation, scripting, hyper-intimacy and isolation?
4. What was said about dream building, gaslighting and withdrawal?
5. What was said about the end stage and how to stay safe?
6. Have you heard of a similar story?
7. Could this happen to anyone?
8. Do you blame Elizabeth’s family for not protecting her?
9. Could anyone commit this crime?
10. How do you think the scammer views his/ her behaviour?
11. Do you feel like there is more crime in the place where you live now or the place where you were born?
12. Do you imaging that romance scams will become more or less prevalent in the future?
13. Do you kids ever try to trick or deceive you?
14. Did you ever try to trick or deceive your parents?
15. Are you able to lie when you need to?