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North Korea To Test Long-Range MissileTensions are continuing to rise on the Korean Peninsular. New reports suggest North Korea is preparing more missile launches. South Korea believes the North may soon test another long-range missile. They have spy satellite photos of a missile on its way to a test launch site. This comes five days after the rogue state tested its second nuclear bomb. Kim Jong-il has also abandoned the 1953 truce that ended the Korean War. There are fears that North Korea’s actions will start a nuclear arms race in Asia. South Korea is monitoring the situation closely. Its ‘Yonhap’ news agency said Pyongyang would need two weeks to prepare its missile before launching it. Experts believe the missile could reach Alaska.
America had strong words for North Korea’s government. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told reporters: "We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to [bring] destruction on any target in Asia, or on us." He made it clear that the North Koreans were not yet a direct threat to the USA. However, he warned Pyongyang against selling any of its nuclear materials. Japan's defense minister Yasukazu Hamada told a press conference that Japan would never attack North Korea, except in self defence. He stressed the need for a nuclear-free world: "We are the only country that has had an atomic attack…and we will be making ultimate efforts for anti-proliferation as well as abandonment of nuclear weapons," he said.
WARM-UPS1. NORTH KOREA: Walk around the class and talk to other students about North Korea. Change partners often. Sit with your partner(s) and share your findings. 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. HOT SPOTS: What do you know about the world’s hot spots? Complete this table with your partner(s). Talk about what you wrote to your partner. Change partners and share what you heard.
4. NUCLEAR: Students A strongly believe North Korea can have nuclear weapons if it wants; Students B strongly believe there’s no way North Korea should have nuclear weapons. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. STRONG WORDS: Do you want to shout at someone? What strong words might you have for these people? Change partners and share what you heard.
6. TENSION: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘tension’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. 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.
LISTENING: Listen and fill in the gaps.Tensions are continuing ________________ Korean Peninsular. New reports suggest North Korea is preparing more missile launches. South Korea believes the North may ________________ long-range missile. They have spy satellite photos of a missile ________________ launch site. This comes five days ________________ state tested its second nuclear bomb. Kim Jong-il has also abandoned the 1953 truce that ended the Korean War. There are fears that North Korea’s actions will start a ________________ in Asia. South Korea is monitoring the situation closely. Its ‘Yonhap’ news agency said Pyongyang would need two weeks to prepare its missile before launching it. Experts believe ________________ reach Alaska. America had ________________ North Korea’s government. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told reporters: "We will not ________________ North Korea builds the capability to [bring] destruction on any target in Asia, or on us." He made it clear that the North Koreans ________________ direct threat to the USA. However, he warned Pyongyang against selling any of its nuclear materials. Japan's defense minister Yasukazu Hamada told a press conference that Japan __________________ North Korea, except in self defence. He stressed the need for a nuclear-free world: "We are the only country ________________ atomic attack…and we will ________________ efforts for anti-proliferation as well as abandonment of nuclear weapons," he said. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘nuclear’ and ‘weapons’.
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 how they were used in the text:
STUDENT NUCLEAR WEAPONS SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about nuclear weapons 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.
DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGETensions are continuing to (1) ____ on the Korean Peninsular. New reports suggest North Korea is preparing more missile launches. South Korea (2) ____ the North may soon test another long-range missile. They have spy satellite photos of a missile on its (3) ____ to a test launch site. This comes five days after the rogue (4) ____ tested its second nuclear bomb. Kim Jong-il has also abandoned the 1953 truce that ended the Korean War. There are (5) ____ that North Korea’s actions will start a nuclear arms race in Asia. South Korea is monitoring the situation closely. Its ‘Yonhap’ news agency said Pyongyang would need two weeks to (6) ____ its missile before launching it. Experts believe the missile could reach Alaska. America had (7) ____ words for North Korea’s government. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told reporters: "We will not stand idly (8) ____ as North Korea builds the capability to [bring] destruction on any target in Asia, or on us." He made it clear that the North Koreans were not yet a (9) ____ threat to the USA. However, he warned Pyongyang against (10) ____ any of its nuclear materials. Japan's defense minister Yasukazu Hamada told a press conference that Japan would never attack North Korea, except in self defence. He stressed the need (11) ____ a nuclear-free world: "We are the only country that has had an atomic attack…and we will be (12) ____ ultimate efforts for anti-proliferation as well as abandonment of nuclear weapons," he said. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about nuclear weapons for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 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 out more about North Korea. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. TENSIONS: Make a poster about regions of the world that have tensions. Include suggestions on how to reduce those tensions. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. THREAT: Write a magazine article about North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapon testing. Include imaginary interviews with a North and South Korean. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. LETTER: Write a letter to North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il. Ask him three questions about his weapons tests. Give him three ideas on what he could do to help his country become part of the world community. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: North Korea to test long-range missileTensions are continuing to rise on the Korean Peninsular. New reports suggest North Korea is preparing more missile launches. South Korea believes the North may soon test another long-range missile. They have spy satellite photos of a missile on its way to a test launch site. This comes five days after the rogue state tested its second nuclear bomb. Kim Jong-il has also abandoned the 1953 truce that ended the Korean War. There are fears that North Korea’s actions will start a nuclear arms race in Asia. South Korea is monitoring the situation closely. Its ‘Yonhap’ news agency said Pyongyang would need two weeks to prepare its missile before launching it. Experts believe the missile could reach Alaska. America had strong words for North Korea’s government. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told reporters: "We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to [bring] destruction on any target in Asia, or on us." He made it clear that the North Koreans were not yet a direct threat to the USA. However, he warned Pyongyang against selling any of its nuclear materials. Japan's defense minister Yasukazu Hamada told a press conference that Japan would never attack North Korea, except in self defence. He stressed the need for a nuclear-free world: "We are the only country that has had an atomic attack…and we will be making ultimate efforts for anti-proliferation as well as abandonment of nuclear weapons," he said. LANGUAGE WORK
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