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4. Reading and speaking

Read the article and say what you would do in that situation.

1) What do you think of Corey’s actions?

2) What questions would you like to ask Corey and his parents?

‘BEST PARTY EVER’ COSTS PARENTS $20,000

The parents of an Australian teenager may have a $20,000 bill to pay

for damages caused at a party held by their son. Corey Delaney, 16, decided

to throw a party in his house on Saturday night while his parents were on vacation. He posted an open invitation on the MySpace website, which re- sulted in 500 teenagers showing up at his Melbourne home. The youths got drunk and started damaging neighbouring properties. After complaints from neighbours, 30 police officers, police dogs and a backup helicopter went to break up the party. The young partygoers threw rocks and stones at the police and their cars. The state police commissioner Christine Nixon told a news conference that Corey “needs to learn a lesson, and one way or another we’ll be making sure that happens”.

Corey seemed proud of his party when reporters interviewed him. Australia’s Nine Network TV news asked him what advice he had for other teenagers planning a party. His reply was: “Get me to do it for you!” He added that he had organized the “best party ever”. Corey explained how the party grew to be so big: “It was just an open house party and a lot of people came and it overflowed onto the street… The cops came and told all the people to quiet down… There were people bottling cars and the whole streets were flooded with people”, he said. His parents were furious at their son’s actions: “We’re absolutely disgusted that he could do this, not only to us but to our neighbourhood”, his mother said. Corey was apolo- getic towards his neighbours, saying: “It was really unfair what happened to them”.