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Gaddafi Death a "Lesson to Tyrants" (22nd October, 2011)The death of Muammar Gaddafi on a street of his hometown Sirte is a lesson to tyrants around the world that any dictator can be overthrown. The humiliating nature of Gaddafi’s death, being found hiding in a hole next to a roadside and then set upon by a mob, serves as a stark contrast to the lavish lifestyle he led in his 42-year rule. U.S. President Barack Obama led those warning other autocrats that their days might be numbered. He warned that “iron-fisted rule inevitably comes to an end.” He said Gaddafi’s death “marks the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of Libya who now have the opportunity to determine their own destiny in a new and democratic Libya". Gaddafi is the third and longest-serving Arab leader to fall from power this year, following Tunisia’s Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak a month later. Ongoing unrest in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen threaten to topple leaders in those countries. Many Arabs believe Gaddafi’s end will scare other leaders clinging to power. Ziad Khalil, a Beirut shopkeeper, said of Gaddafi: "The world now has one less dictator. This is the end he deserves". In the Omani capital Muscat, banker Haji Ismail said Gaddafi's death was a lesson to other Arab rulers. "They will face such a fate if they keep oppressing their people," he said. Meanwhile, reports are emerging that Saif al-Islam, Gaddafi’s second son, has been captured in the Libyan city of Zeltin. WARM-UPS1. GADDAFI: Walk around the class and talk to other students about Gaddafi. 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. DICTATORS: What do you know about them? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners and share what you wrote. Change and share again.
4. LIBYA: Students A strongly believe Libya has a very bright future; Students B strongly believe it faces many problems. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. IMPORTANT: What’s important to you? Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the most important at the top. Change partners and share your rankings again.
6. TYRANT: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘tyrant’. 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 gapsThe death of Muammar Gaddafi on a street of his hometown Sirte is a lesson to tyrants around the world that any dictator __________________. The humiliating nature of Gaddafi’s death, being found hiding in a hole next to a roadside and then set upon by a mob, __________________ contrast to the ____________________ in his 42-year rule. U.S. President Barack Obama led those warning other autocrats that their days ____________________. He warned that “iron-fisted rule inevitably comes to an end.” He said Gaddafi’s death “marks the end of a ____________________ for the people of Libya who now have the opportunity to ____________________ destiny in a new and democratic Libya". Gaddafi is the third ____________________ Arab leader to fall from power this year, following Tunisia’s Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak a month later. ____________________ Bahrain, Syria and Yemen threaten ____________________ in those countries. Many Arabs believe Gaddafi’s end will scare other leaders ____________________. Ziad Khalil, a Beirut shopkeeper, said of Gaddafi: "The world now has one less dictator. This is ____________________". In the Omani capital Muscat, banker Haji Ismail said Gaddafi's death was a lesson to other Arab rulers. "They will face such a fate if they keep ____________________," he said. Meanwhile, reports are emerging that Saif al-Islam, Gaddafi’s second son, has been captured in the Libyan city of Zeltin.
AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘death’ and ‘lesson’.
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 GADDAFI SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about Gaddafi 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.
GADDAFI DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGE MULTIPLE CHOICEThe (1) ____ of Muammar Gaddafi on a street of his hometown Sirte is a lesson to tyrants around the world that any dictator can be (2) ____. The humiliating nature of Gaddafi’s death, being found hiding in a hole next to a roadside and then set upon by a mob, serves as a stark contrast to the (3) ____ lifestyle he led in his 42-year rule. U.S. President Barack Obama led those warning other autocrats that their days might be (4) ____. He warned that “iron-fisted rule inevitably comes to an end.” He said Gaddafi’s death “(5) ____ the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of Libya who now have the opportunity to (6) ____ their own destiny in a new and democratic Libya". Gaddafi is the third and longest-serving Arab leader to fall (7) ____ power this year, (8) ____ Tunisia’s Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak a month later. Ongoing unrest in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen threaten to topple leaders in those countries. Many Arabs believe Gaddafi’s end will (9) ____ other leaders clinging to power. Ziad Khalil, a Beirut shopkeeper, said (10) ____ Gaddafi: "The world now has one less dictator. This is the end he deserves". In the Omani capital Muscat, banker Haji Ismail said Gaddafi's death was a lesson to other Arab rulers. "They will face (11) ____ a fate if they keep oppressing their people," he said. Meanwhile, reports are (12) ____ that Saif al-Islam, Gaddafi’s second son, has been captured in the Libyan city of Zeltin. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITINGWrite about Gaddafi 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 Muammar Gaddafi. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. LIBYA: Make a poster about Libya’s recent history. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. NTC: Write a magazine article about Libya’s National Transitional Council. Include imaginary interviews with one of its leaders and a Libyan talking about the future of Libya. 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 an expert on Gaddafi. Ask him/her three questions about the man. Give him/her three of your opinions on him. 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: Gaddafi death a “lesson to tyrants”The death of Muammar Gaddafi on a street of his hometown Sirte is a lesson to tyrants around the world that any (1) dictator can be overthrown. The humiliating (2) nature of Gaddafi’s death, being found hiding in a hole next to a roadside and then set (3) upon by a mob, serves as a stark (4) contrast to the lavish lifestyle he led in his 42-year rule. U.S. President Barack Obama led those warning other autocrats that their days might be (5) numbered. He warned that “iron-fisted rule inevitably (6) comes to an end.” He said Gaddafi’s death “marks the end of a long and painful (7) chapter for the people of Libya who now have the opportunity to determine their own (8) destiny in a new and democratic Libya". Gaddafi is the third and longest-(9) serving Arab leader to fall from power this year, following Tunisia’s Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak a month later. Ongoing (10) unrest in Bahrain, Syria and Yemen threaten to (11) topple leaders in those countries. Many Arabs believe Gaddafi’s end will scare other leaders (12) clinging to power. Ziad Khalil, a Beirut shopkeeper, said of Gaddafi: "The world now has one (13) less dictator. This is the end he deserves". In the Omani capital Muscat, banker Haji Ismail said Gaddafi's death was a lesson to other Arab (14) rulers. "They will face such a (15) fate if they keep oppressing their people," he said. Meanwhile, reports are (16) emerging that Saif al-Islam, Gaddafi’s second son, has been captured in the Libyan city of Zeltin. LANGUAGE WORK
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