An Oxford University student, Lavinia Woodward, stabbed her boyfriend with a bread knife during an alcohol and drug-fueled argument. She admitted to unlawfully wounding the man. The judge deferred her sentencing for four months, hinting that she would avoid jail due to her academic talent. While the court acknowledged her intelligence, the author argues she should face legal punishment and jail time for such a serious crime.

1. News Report Presentation
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/16/oxford-university-lavinia-woodw
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This news report is about an Oxford University student called Lavinia Woodward,
who stabbed his boyfriend with a bread knife, but she may not go to jail because of
the fact it can damage her prospects of a medical career. This crime happened on
September 30th at an alcohol and drug fuelled a row at Christ Church College. She
admitted unlawfully wounding the Cambridge University student, who she met on the
dating app Tinder. And after this she was in court to hear the judge’s comments.The
judge Ian Pringle, sitting at Oxford crown court, said he would take an exceptional
course and defer sentence for four months, hinting that Woodward will not be jailed
because of her talent. The court told that Christ Church would allow her to return in
October due she was a bright person. Woodward will have a restraining order and
the obligation to stay drug-free.
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In my opinion this was an unjust resolution of the crime.In despite of the fact she is a
brilliant and intelligent person, it doesn't gives her the right to kill somebody., and for
me she has to be legally punished by going to jail. So that there she can change and
learn from his extraordinary and awful crime.
Vocabulary:
● To stab: ​ to injure someone with a sharp pointed object such as a knife.
● Fuel: a substance that is used to provide heat or power, usually by being
burned.
● Wound: a damaged area of the body, such as a cut or hole in the skin.
● Defer: to delay something until a later time.