Assignments:

1. Read, listen and translate the text paying special attention to professional terminology.

2. Key words and expressions:

• cut off-stopped the supply of

• compensation-money paid to someone because of loss or damage

• a painful reminder-something which makes a person think about a difficult time in their life

• adequate-good enough

• evictions-forcing people out of their homes

• human rights-basic moral entitlements people should have, such as justice and freedom to say what they believe

• overshadowing-something negative which takes our attention away from a positive event

• spotlight-publicity

• alleged-said that bad things have happened without final proof

• abuses-bad treatment of

3. Give definitions to the following:

capital, apartment blocks, property, Eurovision, human rights.

4. Answer the questions on the text:

• Why are the residents of nearby apartment blocks being forced to leave their homes?

• What did the authorities do to force people to leave their homes?

• Is the compensation offered by the government enough ?

• What does Human Rights Watch say about the evictions ?

5. Put questions to the underlined words.

6. Speak on this issue adding extra information from other sources.

UNIT 5 RACISM IN FOOTBALL SUMMIT

This theme is dealt with in a lot of sources. The following citation is to illustrate this:

“The British government is to stage a special Downing Street summit on racism in football.

The Prime Minister has stepped into the row after a series of high-profile incidents.

When Liverpool's Luis Suarez refused to shake hands with Manchester United's Patrice Evra, the issue of racism in football was back on the front pages. Suarez had just returned from an eight match ban for racially abusing Evra.

Combined with the allegations of racism faced by the former England captain John Terry, it's feared the problem is starting to harm the image of the game in England.

The Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt told the BBC that football should not be complacent when tackling racism. And he confirmed that the Prime Minister will hold talks later this month with football authorities and player representatives.”

The complete version of this text is at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/02/120214_witn_racism.shtml

Assignments:

1. Read, listen, translate the text paying special attention to professional terminology.

2. Key words and expressions:

• issue-topic, subject

• racism-poor treatment or violence against people because of their race

• on the front pages-one of the main stories in the news

• allegations-accusations, claims

• faced by-which the person will have to deal with

• it's feared-people are worried about

• the image-what people think of

• complacent-satisfied with how things are and not wanting to change them

• tackling-fighting, dealing with

• representatives-people who act or speak for another person or group

3. Give definitions to the following:

Prime Minister, government, summit, confirmed, game.

4. Answer the questions on the text:

• What is the British government to stage?

• What kind of issue was back on the front pages?

• Did Suares abuse Evra?

• What did the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt tell the BBC?

5. Put questions to the underlined words.

6. Speak on this issue adding extra information from other sources.