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Date: April 29, 2005 Listening (1:25 - 167.5 KB - 16kbps) THE ARTICLEA historic meeting took place in Jerusalem earlier between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. It is the first ever visit to Israel by a Russian or Soviet leader. This seems a little strange because twenty percent of Israelis are Russian-speaking. President Putin is hoping for a new role for his country in the Middle East. Russia has lost a lot of power in the region since the end of the Cold War. The two leaders will discuss a wide range of issues. A major sticking point will be Russia’s planned sale of missiles to Syria. Israel is still at war with Syria and is worried the missiles may fall into terrorist hands. Israel is also concerned about Russia’s role in Iran’s nuclear programme. Mr Putin has insisted that Russia’s technical help in Iran is only for peaceful purposes, such as energy, and not nuclear weapons. WARM UPS1. CHAT: Talk in pairs or groups about: Jerusalem / Vladimir Putin / Ariel Sharon / Russia / Israel / Cold War / Syria / Iran … For more conversation, change topics and partners frequently. 2. JERUSALEM: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the Jerusalem. Share your words with your partner / group and talk about them. 3. GOOGLE SEARCHERS: For this activity, become a “Google Searcher” visit other sites (your classmates) and try to find out what they know about Israeli-Russian history. These “searches” may be good places to start: Soviet Union / Cold War / KGB / Six-Day War / Sinai / Golan Heights / Mikhail Gorbachev / Glasnost. Start your searches by asking:
In groups, share the information you found in your searches. Use these sentence starters:
4. MR PUTIN’S VISIT: Read the following comments on Mr Putin’s visit and agree or disagree with them with your partner / group:
PRE-READING IDEAS1. WORD SEARCH: Use your dictionary / computer to find word partners (collocates), other meanings, synonyms or more information on the words ‘historic’ and ‘meeting’. 2. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true or false:
3. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
4. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
WHILE READING ACTIVITIES1. GAP-FILL: Fill the gaps with the words in the column on the right. Putin’s historic visit to Israel
2. TRUE/FALSE: Check your answers to the T/F exercise. 3. SYNONYM MATCH: Check your answers to this exercise. 4. PHRASE MATCH: Check your answers to this exercise. 5. QUESTIONS: Make notes for questions you would like to ask the class about the article. 6. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. POST READING IDEAS1. GAP FILL: Check your answers to this exercise. 2. QUESTIONS: Ask the discussion questions you thought of above to your partner / group / class. Pool the questions for everyone to share. 3. VOCABULARY: As a class, go over the vocabulary students circled above. 4. STUDENT PUTIN SURVEY: In pairs/groups write down questions about Vladimir Putin. Ask other classmates your questions and report back to your original partner/ group to compare your findings. 5. ‘HISTORIC’ / ‘MEETING’: Make questions based on your findings from pre-reading activity #1. Ask your partner / group your questions. 6. DISCUSSION:
7. ISRAEL/RUSSIA HEADLINES: Talk to your partner / group about these imaginary headlines:
HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find information on Vladimir Putin. Share your findings with your class next lesson. 3. RUSSIAN-ISRAELI TIES: Make a poster of the history between Russia and Israel since 1948. Show it to your classmates in your next lesson. 4. DIPLOMAT’S DIARY: Imagine you are a diplomat for your country. Write the journal / diary entry for one day of your work. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: Putin’s historic visit to Israel
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