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Date: Jun 25, 2007
THE ARTICLEAnger over Rushdie knighthood continuesThe controversy over the British knighthood of prize-winning novelist Salman Rushdie is escalating. The leader of Iran’s parliament has said Britain defied a UN resolution that says nations must not inflame religious tensions. Rushdie became a figure of hate across much of the Islamic world after the publication of his novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ in 1989. Many Muslims felt the novel insulted their religion and Iran's revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomenei issued a fatwa calling for his death. An Iranian religious leader has reminded worshippers that Khomeini's fatwa was still in place. He said: "In Islamic Iran, the revolutionary fatwa of [Khomeini] is still alive and cannot be changed. They [Britain] have honoured him only because he insulted the Prophet. In such a situation, honouring him means confronting 1.5 billion Muslims around the world." Tensions and anger are particularly high in Pakistan, where a group of businessmen have offered a $150,000 reward for Rushdie’s head. The leader of the Islamabad Traders Association called on Islamic countries to boycott British goods and announced: "We will give 10m rupees to anyone who beheads Rushdie." Pakistan's parliament called on Britain for a second time to withdraw the honour. Some Pakistan analysts have suggested that President Pervez Musharraf was happy to encourage the crisis because it would distract his people from anti-government protests. Meanwhile, In London, many Muslims are divided over the issue. About 20 demonstrators protested outside the main mosque following afternoon prayers on Friday. Men covered their faces to avoid identification and waved banners, which read "God curse the Queen” and “Tony Blair is evil”. WARM-UPS1. HONOURS: Walk around the class and talk to other students about honours (knighthoods etc.) Change partners often. After you finish, sit with your original partner(s) and share what you found out. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. INSULTS: In pairs / groups, discuss which of the items in the table you would hate to see insulted:
4. I’M A WRITER: Your partner will choose a writing genre for you. You are a famous novelist in that genre. Walk around the class and talk to the other “novelists” about your life and work. 5. RELIGIOUS HEADLINES: Talk with your partner(s) about these fictional headlines. Do you think they could come true? How would the world change if they came true?
6. ISLAM: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with Islam. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. 7. QUICK DEBATE: Students A think Britain’s government was right to honour Salman Rushdie. Students B think the opposite. Change partners often. Share your findings. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text. Anger over Rushdie knighthood continues
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The controversy over the British knighthood of prize-winning novelist Salman Rushdie is ________. The leader of Iran’s parliament has said Britain ________ a UN resolution that says nations must not inflame religious tensions. Rushdie became a ________ of hate across much of the Islamic world after the publication of his novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ in 1989. Many Muslims felt the novel ________ their religion and Iran’s revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for his death. An Iranian religious leader has ________ worshippers that Khomeini's fatwa was still in ________. He said: "In Islamic Iran, the revolutionary fatwa of [Khomeini] is still alive and cannot be changed. They [Britain] have honoured him only because he ________ the Prophet. In such a situation, honouring him means ________ 1.5 billion Muslims around the world." |
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Tensions and anger are ________ high in Pakistan, where a group of businessmen have offered a $150,000 ________ for Rushdie’s head. The leader of the Islamabad Traders Association called on Islamic countries to boycott British goods and announced: "We will give 10m rupees to anyone who ________ Rushdie." Pakistan's parliament ________ on Britain for a second time to withdraw the honour. Some Pakistan analysts have suggested that President Pervez Musharraf was happy to ________ the crisis because it would distract his people from anti-government protests. Meanwhile, In London, many Muslims are ________ over the issue. About 20 demonstrators protested outside the main mosque following afternoon prayers on Friday. Men covered their faces to ________ identification and waved banners, which read "God ________ the Queen” and “Tony Blair is evil”. |
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Listen and fill in the spaces.
The _______________________ British knighthood of prize-winning novelist Salman Rushdie is escalating. The leader of Iran’s parliament has said Britain defied a UN resolution that says nations _______________________ tensions. Rushdie became _______________________ much of the Islamic world after the publication of his novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ in 1989. Many Muslims _______________________ religion and Iran’s revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for his death. An Iranian religious leader _______________________ Khomeini's fatwa was still in place. He said: "In Islamic Iran, the revolutionary fatwa of [Khomeini] is still alive and cannot be changed. They [Britain] _______________________ because he insulted the Prophet. In such a situation, honouring him means confronting 1.5 billion Muslims around the world."
Tensions and _______________________ in Pakistan, where a group of businessmen have offered a $150,000 _______________________. The leader of the Islamabad Traders Association called on Islamic countries to boycott British goods and announced: "We will give 10m rupees to anyone who beheads Rushdie." Pakistan's parliament called on Britain for a second time _______________________. Some Pakistan analysts have suggested that President Pervez Musharraf was happy to encourage the crisis because it _______________________ from anti-government protests. Meanwhile, In London, many Muslims are divided over the issue. About 20 demonstrators protested _______________________ following afternoon prayers on Friday. Men covered their faces to avoid identification and waved banners, which read "_______________________” and “Tony Blair is evil”.
1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘figure’ and ‘hate’.
figure |
hate
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2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?
4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.
5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall exactly how these were used in the text:
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Write five GOOD questions about SALMAN RUSHDIE in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper.
When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
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STUDENT 2 _____________ |
STUDENT 3 _____________ |
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STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
TENSIONS:
With your partner(s), write notes about relations between the countries in the table below. (1) What are the problems between these countries? (2) How could relations between them be made perfect? (3) Why might there be problems in arriving at the solutions?
Countries |
(1) Problems |
(2) Solutions for |
(3) Problems with |
Britain and Iran |
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USA and China |
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Other and ________ |
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Change partner(s) and compare your notes.
CORRECT WORD: Put the correct words from ad below in the article.
The controversy (1) ____ the British knighthood of prize-winning novelist Salman Rushdie is escalating. The leader of Iran’s parliament has said Britain (2) ____ a UN resolution that says nations must not (3) ____ religious tensions. Rushdie became a figure of hate across (4) ____ of the Islamic world after the publication of his novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ in 1989. Many Muslims felt the novel insulted their religion and Iran’s revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for his death. An Iranian religious leader has reminded worshippers that Khomeini's fatwa was still in (5) ____. He said: "In Islamic Iran, the revolutionary fatwa of [Khomeini] is still alive and cannot be changed. They [Britain] have honoured him only because he insulted the Prophet. In (6) ____ a situation, honouring him means confronting 1.5 billion Muslims around the world."
Tensions and anger are (7) ____ high in Pakistan, where a group of businessmen have offered a $150,000 reward for Rushdie’s head. The leader of the Islamabad Traders Association called (8) ____ Islamic countries to boycott British goods and announced: "We will give 10m rupees to anyone who (9) ____ Rushdie." Pakistan's parliament called on Britain for a second time to withdraw the honour. Some Pakistan analysts have suggested that President Pervez Musharraf was happy to encourage the crisis because it would distract his people (10) ____ anti-government protests. Meanwhile, In London, many Muslims are divided (11) ____ the issue. About 20 demonstrators protested outside the main mosque following afternoon prayers on Friday. Men covered their faces to avoid identification and waved banners, which (12) ____ "God curse the Queen” and “Tony Blair is evil”.
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(a) |
from |
(b) |
for |
(c) |
over |
(d) |
by |
2. |
(a) |
defied |
(b) |
defiled |
(c) |
filed |
(d) |
fried |
3. |
(a) |
torch |
(b) |
inflame |
(c) |
explode |
(d) |
incinerate |
4. |
(a) |
whole |
(b) |
majority |
(c) |
many |
(d) |
much |
5. |
(a) |
peace |
(b) |
pace |
(c) |
places |
(d) |
place |
6. |
(a) |
such |
(b) |
much |
(c) |
so |
(d) |
this |
7. |
(a) |
partially |
(b) |
participating |
(c) |
particularly |
(d) |
peculiar |
8. |
(a) |
out |
(b) |
in |
(c) |
over |
(d) |
on |
9. |
(a) |
beheads |
(b) |
behaves |
(c) |
believes |
(d) |
becomes |
10. |
(a) |
fear |
(b) |
far |
(c) |
from |
(d) |
for |
11. |
(a) |
from |
(b) |
for |
(c) |
by |
(d) |
over |
12. |
(a) |
saw |
(b) |
read |
(c) |
wrote |
(d) |
heard |
Write about fatwa for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.
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1. 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 more information about this issue from different sides. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. WORLD RELATIONS: Make a poster on relations between different countries around the world. Show your posters to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all find out similar things?
4. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about the effects of the knighthood and fatwa on Salman Rushdie. Describe how both might change his life.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Which article was best and why?
5. LETTER: Write a letter to the British government. Ask three questions about the knighthood. Give three suggestions about what they can do to improve relations with the Muslim world. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.
TRUE / FALSE:
a. T |
b. F |
c. F |
d. F |
e. F |
f. T |
g. T |
h. F |
SYNONYM MATCH:
a. |
controversy |
war of words |
b. |
escalating |
intensifying |
c. |
inflame |
enrage |
d. |
satanic |
evil |
e. |
insulted |
slandered |
f. |
tensions |
strains |
g. |
boycott |
avoid |
h. |
distract |
divert |
i. |
demonstrators |
protestors |
j. |
curse |
damn |
PHRASE MATCH:
a. |
The controversy |
over the British knighthood |
b. |
Iran’s parliament has said Britain |
defied a UN resolution |
c. |
Rushdie became a figure |
of hate |
d. |
Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa |
calling for his death |
e. |
he insulted |
the Prophet |
f. |
Tensions and anger are |
particularly high in Pakistan |
g. |
called on Islamic countries |
to boycott British goods |
h. |
called on Britain for a second time |
to withdraw the honour |
i. |
demonstrators protested |
outside the main mosque |
j. |
Men covered their faces |
to avoid identification |
GAP FILL:
The controversy over the British knighthood of prize-winning novelist Salman Rushdie is escalating. The leader of Iran’s parliament has said Britain defied a UN resolution that says nations must not inflame religious tensions. Rushdie became a figure of hate across much of the Islamic world after the publication of his novel ‘The Satanic Verses’ in 1989. Many Muslims felt the novel insulted their religion and Iran’s revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa calling for his death. An Iranian religious leader has reminded worshippers that Khomeini's fatwa was still in place. He said: "In Islamic Iran, the revolutionary fatwa of [Khomeini] is still alive and cannot be changed. They [Britain] have honoured him only because he insulted the Prophet. In such a situation, honouring him means confronting 1.5 billion Muslims around the world."
Tensions and anger are particularly high in Pakistan, where a group of businessmen have offered a $150,000 reward for Rushdie’s head. The leader of the Islamabad Traders Association called on Islamic countries to boycott British goods and announced: "We will give 10m rupees to anyone who beheads Rushdie." Pakistan's parliament called on Britain for a second time to withdraw the honour. Some Pakistan analysts have suggested that President Pervez Musharraf was happy to encourage the crisis because it would distract his people from anti-government protests. Meanwhile, In London, many Muslims are divided over the issue. About 20 demonstrators protested outside the main mosque following afternoon prayers on Friday. Men covered their faces to avoid identification and waved banners, which read "God curse the Queen” and “Tony Blair is evil”.
LANGUAGE WORK
1 - c |
2 - a |
3 - b |
4 - d |
5 - d |
6 - a |
7 - c |
8 - d |
9 - a |
10 - c |
11 - d |
12 - b |
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