RADIO NEWSREPORTS
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confront |
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threaten |
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3 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of the nouns formed above:
1.Following an initial _________ phase in which more than 1.7 million people were served, The Salvation Army continues to be active in recovery two years after the storms hit.
2.President Bush, in a sharp __________ with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance.
3.Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government’s most urgent _______ on
Bayer's and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause.
4.The combination of_______ , backlash, and victim blaming can turn even a mild transgression into a major political event within an institution.
5.______ (also known as vengeance or payback) is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived.
6.With daybreak the heavy _________________ recommenced from all the batteries.
7.Physical ___________ is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.
8.The nuclear ___________ present during the Cold War has diminished.
4 a). Match the words
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a livefire |
warning |
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grave threats of |
military exercise |
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hold |
back |
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teeter on |
retaliation |
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fire-and- brimstone |
a shelling exercise |
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to be sick and |
threats |
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bow before |
an island |
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shell |
tired |
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strike |
the brink of war |
4 b) Write all possible combinations in the lines below.
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4 c) Find the proper answers in the answer box in the end of Unit 2 and use them to fill the gaps in the sentences below.
1)In the early 1960s, as the world seemed to _______________________nuclear war, the Canadian public was deeply sceptical about the wisdom of Canada becoming a nuclear power.
2)Nuclear deterrence is based upon a believable and _____________of
nuclear ____________, and the threat of nuclear weapons use has been constant during the post World War II period.
3)In June, 2000 U.S. Navy battleships ___________________on a small island off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico in spite of the objections of local population who had vowed to use "human shields" to stop them.
4)The Germans are _______________________of supporting the Southern Europe welfare system which identifies the broken element of the faulty European Union.
5)The Government will never ____________________any terrorist ________________, and ensure that proper law and order is maintained in the State,” the Defence
Minister said.
5.Find the meaning of the idioms to teeter on the brink of war, to be sick and tired of something, to give fire-and-brimstone warning and use them in sentences of your own.
In Class
Listen to the Webcast Korean tension at dangerous levels and do the exercises.
1. Divide all these word combinations a live-fire military exercise, bombardment, a shelling exercise, barrage, military drill, shelling attack, artillery strikes into two columns.
Say what determined your decision. Write Keyword(s) in the heading line of the table below.
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2. Match the positions with the names.
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Yoon Jin-young |
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a protest leader island |
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Mark Willacy |
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a newsreader |
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Tony Eastley |
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the presenter |
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Park Sang-hak |
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a resident of Yeonpyeong |
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North Asia correspondent |
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2.C – Comprehension Test 1
Listen to the Webcast Korean tension at dangerous level again and tick the correct answer.
1 The South promises to |
2 The drills on a South Korean island |
A push ahead with cease-fire talks |
could begin |
B start new military drills |
A on the day of the news report |
C shell North Korea |
B in a day since the news report |
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C today |
3 The United Nations has |
4 The Yeonpyeong’s residents are |
A arranged a meeting of Security Committee |
nervous, because |
B convened all parties to the conflict |
A there is not enough information about |
C summoned a meeting of Security Council |
further drills |
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B North Korea military is planning to start |
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new drills |
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C of North Korea’s possible reaction to South |
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Korea’s new drills |
5 Yoon Jin-young is packing up and |
6 At the time of the interview Yoon Jin- |
getting |
young is |
A to Yeonpyeong Island |
A waiting for a bus |
B off the island |
B worried |
C off the mainland |
C relaxed |
7 North Korea says it opened fire |
8 Protesters on Yeonpyeong Island |
A in response to South Korea’s military |
A released balloons with tear-gas |
parade |
B sent insulting SMS to Pyongyong |
B in response to South Korea’s shelling |
C let balloons with anti-Pyoungyoung info |
attack |
into the air |
C to react to their neighbour’s shelling |
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exercise |
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9 The people of North Korea |
10 The correspondent |
A lack information about food and political |
A is optimistic about the outcomes of the |
freedom |
protests |
B strive for food, information and political |
B believes North Korea will change their |
freedom |
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C have to struggle for information, food and |
C doubts that protesters will impact the |
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2.B – Comprehension Test 2
Listen to the Webcast Korean Tension at dangerous Level, answer the questions and fill in the gaps
Part 1
1)What are the reasons to believe that a war may start on the Korean Peninsula?
2)What is especially worrisome about South Korea decision to start drills on Yeonpueong island?
3)Why has the UN convened a meeting?
4)How did US envoy Bill Richardson characterize the situation in general?
Part 2
Here's North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy.
MARK WILLACY: For Yoon Jin-young, the tension is _________. The 48 year old is packing up and getting off Yeonpyeong Island. After last month's bombardment by North Korea and the threat of more ________ strikes, he's too ________________to stay.
(Yoon Jin-young speaking)
"The residents here are getting more nervous, because our military is planning to hold a
________ exercise", says Yoon. "Now the North is threatening to ____________. So I'm worried. I'm now heading to the ferry to the mainland but it hasn't arrived yet. So we're all anxiously waiting for it," he says.
Part 3
When North Korea____________ Yeonpyeong Island last month the __________ killed four people, damaged dozens of homes, and left the Peninsula teetering on the _________ of war. Pyongyang says it opened fire ______response ___ a South Korean _________ exercise on the Yellow Sea Island.
Now the South wants to _________ another military drill on Yeonpyeong, drawing more fire- and-brimstone ___________________ from north of the border.
(Newsreader speaks)
"If the South conducts this shelling, despite our warnings, we will against them," says this
__________on state TV in Pyongyang. "These strikes will be greater in strength and
_____________than those we launched last month", he says.
Part 4
But many in the South are sick and tired of ____________before Pyongyang's ______________.
(Sound of protesters)
MARK WILLACY: Screaming _______ revenge __________ North Korea, these protesters on Yeonpyeong Island release balloons containing anti-Pyongyang messages.
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(Park Sang-hak speaking)
"We're here to let the North Korean people know the truth about the regime's_________," says protest leader and North Korean defector Park Sang-hak. "We'll tell them of the shelling attack on this island ________these leaflets", he says.
But with a population ___________information, food and political freedom that's unlikely to make much difference over the border in North Korea or to _______ the shells ____________
falling on the south.
2.A – Comprehension Test 3
Present the conflict between states on behalf of:
1)a South Korea representative
2)a North Korea representative
Use these words and word –combinations to render the story in the written form.
vow, to push ahead with a live-fire military exercise, grave threats of retaliation, shelled the island, convened a meeting, Yeonpyeong Island, bombardment, artillery strikes, a shelling exercise, barrage, teetering on the brink of war, another military drill, fire-and- brimstone warnings, conduct a shelling, greater in strength and scope, sick and tired, bowing before Pyongyang's threats, scream for revenge against North Korea, regime's brutality, shelling attack, leaflets, starved of information, to stop the shells from falling
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MODULE 2.REGIONAL CONFLICTS
Unit 3.
Britain in hot water over alleged Taliban meetings
At home
1 Find in the WWW the information about the following
a)What does the word Taliban mean? What country obtains classified information through Secret Intelligence Service? What are the responsibilities of the department called MI6?
b)Who are the people in the cartoon? What are they doing? What is the implicit message of the
depicted scene?
2 Look at the text title and complete the sentences trying to guess what endings they
might have in the text
Tensions are rising over ...
The row comes as ...
It raises the question of ...
One would normally associate it with….
3 a). Form abstract nouns from these verbs:
expel |
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eliminate |
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reveal |
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persuade |
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embarrass |
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stabilise |
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regenerate |
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acknowledge |
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3 b). Fill in the gaps using the words from the table above:
1.The May 1928 Reichstag elections seemed to reflect the economic and political
________of the Weimar Republic.
2.The Minister’s resignation is an ______________of the fact that the leader of the government has lost all hope of getting the situation in the field improved.
3.___________from a UK independent school means permanent removal from the school.
4.The Commission has also described the practical measures which can be taken to bring about the verifiable _________of nuclear weapons and the full safeguarding of militarily usable nuclear material.
5.A scientist might be personally disappointed and embarrassed if one of his hypotheses was proven wrong, but would not normally suffer professional
___________as a result.
6.The capacity for ___________varies widely in animals, with some able to regenerate whole limbs and others not, but the capacity is reduced significantly in more complex animals.
7.Diplomats are skilled at solving even the most serious disagreements by means of
____________.
8.To most journalists the visit of the Prime Minister to this small town became a surprising __________.
4 a) Match these parts
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expulsion of |
government |
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chiefs |
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decision |
the leadership |
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to expel smb |
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eliminate |
a say |
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analysts |
intelligence service |
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resolve |
high-ranking foreign officials |
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tribal |
misunderstanding |
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factions |
mission |
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10)to have |
within the Taliban |
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11)power-sharing |
on the ground |
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12)a more inclusive |
arrangement |
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4 b) Write all possible combinations in the lines below.
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4 c) Find the proper answers in the answer box in the end of Unit 3 and use them to fill the gaps in the sentences below.
1)The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan is holding talks with government officials over the _________ _______of two UN representatives accused of espionage.
2)When Fiji's _________________________ came into effect in 1999, they were seen as a path towards ending the country's bitter racial divisions.
3)The former Office of Racial Ethnic Student Affairs has embraced a broader and more
___________ ___________ and has changed its name to the Office of Cultural and Language Affairs.
4)All attempts to unite rival ________________ ________ _________failed due to incompetence of the negotiators.
5)It’s also the responsibility of the interviewer to look out for contradictory or confusing answers and find the way to ____________ ________________________.
In Class
Listen to the Webcast Britain in hot water over alleged Taliban meetings and do the exercises below.
1. Match positions with the names
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Michael Semple |
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a former diplomat |
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Gordon Brown |
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a reporter |
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3) |
Rory Stewart |
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a terrorist from Taliban |
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Stephanie Kennedy |
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a senior UN official |
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Alastair Crooke |
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a former EU mediator |
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Mervyn Patterson |
f) British Prime Minister of the time |
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g) the acting head of the European Union's mission |
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2. Group these words into two columns. Provide some arguments to justify your decision.
the Afghan Government, the United Nations, the European Union, Taliban insurgents, the Taliban, the European Union's mission, the Kabul administration, Helmand Province, the Civil War period, the Taliban period, America and Europe, a British newspaper, MI6, the British Prime Minister, the Taliban insurgency, Islamist groups, the Afghan Government, the Western forces.
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C. - Comprehension Test 1
Listen to the Webcast Britain in hot water over alleged Taliban meetings again and tick the correct answer.
1 Tensions between the Afghan Government |
2 The expelled officials are experts |
and the international community are over |
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A the expulsion of two high-ranking foreign |
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A the United Nations |
B the misconduct of two high-ranking foreign |
B the United Nations and the |
officials |
European Union |
C the mistreatment of two high-ranking officials |
C the European Union |
3 Britain may also find itself in direct conflict |
4 The officials in question were |
with the Afghan Government over |
officially declared persona non |
A allegations that some of its officials have held |
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meetings with the Taliban |
A for interference into home policy |
B delegations that some of its officials send to the |
B for the Kabul administration |
Taliban |
C for threatening national security |
C allegations that some of its officials rendered |
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financial help to the Taliban |
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5. Both of them have lived in Afghanistan |
6. They were able to travel freely |
A for more than 12 years, through the Civil War |
in these very dangerous |
period |
insurgency areas, largely because |
B through the Civil War, the Taliban period and the |
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recent government. |
A they had a reliable interpreter |
C through the Civil War and the Taliban period |
B they could speak local language |
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C they had good relations with Talibs |
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