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Bin Laden Photo To Be Released (4th May, 2011)America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has announced it will release a photo of the dead body of Osama Bin Laden. CIA chief Leon Panetta told reporters a postmortem photo of the Al Qaeda leader would be released at some time in the future, but said the date would be for the White House to decide. He told NBC News: "The bottom line is that, you know, we got Bin Laden and I think we have to reveal to the rest of the world the fact that we were able to get him and kill him.” He added: "The [U.S.] government obviously has been talking about how best to do this, but I don't think there's any question that ultimately a photograph would be presented to the public." A White House spokesman said the photograph may be too "gruesome" to release. Bin Laden was shot and killed by U.S. special forces in a raid on his hideout mansion north of Islamabad, Pakistan. Biometric measurements were taken of his face and DNA tests were done to make sure it was America’s most wanted man. His body was buried at sea soon after he was shot. Within hours of U.S. President Barack Obama announcing Bin Laden’s death, a fake photo emerged in the world’s press of his face. Even though it was clearly created in a photo editing programme, many newspapers put it on their front cover, believing it to be real. The CIA wants the real image of Bin Laden's body to be published to help convince those who doubt his death. There are already many conspiracy theories popping up that say Bin Laden isn’t really dead. WARM-UPSYOUTUBE: Barack Obama breaking the news of Osama Bin Laden's death, fully subtitled by ESLMultimedia.com 1. BIN LADEN: Walk around the class and talk to other students about Osama Bin Laden. Change partners often. Sit with your first 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. WAR ON TERROR: How can we end it? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners and share what you wrote. Change and share again.
4. RIGHT OR WRONG? Students A strongly believe it is right to release the photo of Osama Bin Laden’s dead body; Students B strongly believe it’s wrong. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. I KNOW MOST ABOUT…: Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the one you know most about at the top. Change partners and share your rankings again.
6. PHOTO: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘photo’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING Listen and fill in the gapsAmerica’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has ____________________ a photo of the dead body of Osama Bin Laden. CIA chief Leon Panetta told reporters ____________________ of the Al Qaeda leader would be released at some time in the future, but said the date would be for the White House to decide. He told NBC News: "____________________, you know, we got Bin Laden and I think we have to ____________________ the world the fact that we were able to get him and kill him.” He added: "The [U.S.] government obviously has been talking about how best to do this, but I don't think there's any ____________________ a photograph would be presented to the public." A White House spokesman said the photograph may _____________________ release. Bin Laden was shot and killed by U.S. special forces ____________________ mansion north of Islamabad, Pakistan. Biometric measurements were taken of his face and DNA tests were done to make sure it was America’s most wanted man. His ____________________ soon after he was shot. Within hours of U.S. President Barack Obama announcing Bin Laden’s death, a ____________________ in the world’s press of his face. Even though it was clearly created in a photo editing programme, many newspapers put it ____________________, believing it to be real. The CIA wants the real image of Bin Laden's body to be published to help convince those ____________________. There are already many conspiracy ____________________ that say Bin Laden isn’t really dead. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘conspiracy’ and ‘theory’.
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 OSAMA BIN LADEN SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about Osama Bin Laden 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.
OSAMA BIN LADEN DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGE MULTIPLE CHOICEAmerica’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has announced it will (1) ____ a photo of the dead body of Osama Bin Laden. CIA chief Leon Panetta told reporters a postmortem photo of the Al Qaeda leader would be released at (2) ____ time in the future, but said the date would be for the White House to decide. He told NBC News: "The (3) ____ line is that, you know, we got Bin Laden and I think we have to reveal to the (4) ____ of the world the fact that we were able to get him and kill him.” He added: "The [U.S.] government obviously has been talking about how best to do this, but I don't think there's any question that (5) ____ a photograph would be presented to the public." A White House spokesman said the photograph may be too "(6) ____" to release. Bin Laden was shot and killed by U.S. special forces in a (7) ____ on his hideout mansion north of Islamabad, Pakistan. (8) ____ measurements were taken of his face and DNA tests were done to make sure it was America’s most wanted man. His body was buried at sea soon after he was shot. Within hours of U.S. President Barack Obama announcing Bin Laden’s death, a (9) ____ photo emerged in the world’s press of his face. Even though it was (10) ____ created in a photo editing programme, many newspapers put it on their front cover, believing it to be real. The CIA wants the real image of Bin Laden's body to be published to help (11) ____ those who doubt his death. There are already many conspiracy theories popping (12) ____ that say Bin Laden isn’t really dead. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITINGWrite about Osama Bin Laden 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 the issue surrounding the release of Osama Bin Laden’s postmortem photo. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. TERROR: Make a poster about the war on terror. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. CONSPIRACY THEORIES: Write a magazine article about the different conspiracy theories emerging over the death of Osama Bin Laden. Include imaginary interviews with people who know he is dead and those who believe he isn’t. 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 U.S. President Barack Obama Ask him three questions about Osama Bin Laden’s death. Give him three of your opinions on it. 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: Bin Laden photo to be releasedAmerica’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has (1) announced it will release a photo of the dead body of Osama Bin Laden. CIA chief Leon Panetta told reporters a postmortem (2) photo of the Al Qaeda leader would be released at some time in the future, but said the date would be for the White House to (3) decide. He told NBC News: "The bottom (4) line is that, you know, we got Bin Laden and I think we have to reveal to the rest of the world the fact that we were (5) able to get him and kill him.” He added: "The [U.S.] government obviously has been talking about how (6) best to do this, but I don't think there's any question that (7) ultimately a photograph would be presented to the public." A White House spokesman said the photograph may be too "(8) gruesome" to release. Bin Laden was shot and killed by U.S. special forces in a (9) raid on his hideout mansion north of Islamabad, Pakistan. Biometric measurements were (10) taken of his face and DNA tests were done to make sure it was America’s most (11) wanted man. His body was buried at sea soon after he was shot. Within hours of U.S. President Barack Obama announcing Bin Laden’s death, a (12) fake photo emerged in the world’s press of his face. Even though it was (13) clearly created in a photo editing programme, many newspapers put it on their front cover, (14) believing it to be real. The CIA wants the real image of Bin Laden's body to be published to help (15) convince those who doubt his death. There are already many conspiracy theories (16) popping up that say Bin Laden isn’t really dead. LANGUAGE WORK
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