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Related materials from ESL Discussions.com on the Nobel Prize, Finland and peace. THE ARTICLEMartti Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace PrizeThe former president of Finland Martti Ahtisaari has won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. He won it "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts." Mt Ahtisaari has worked tirelessly to end conflicts in many of the world's danger zones. He has successfully brought conflicting sides together to bring peace to Namibia, the Aceh province of Indonesia, Northern Ireland and in Kosovo. A spokesman for Norway's Nobel Committee described Ahtisaari as “an outstanding international mediator.” He added Ahtisaari has “contributed to a more peaceful world and to 'fraternity between nations' in Alfred Nobel's spirit.” Ex-colleague Gareth Evans said Mr. Ahtisaari “combines charm and good humor with an iron determination.”
Mr. Ahtisaari was selected from a list of 197 nominees for the Peace Prize. He said he was “very pleased and grateful” for it. “I hope this will bring positive attention to Finland, and that it tells about our society and what is important to us,” he said. Ahtisaari's work as a Finnish diplomat, a United Nations envoy and an international mediator has taken him all over the world. He has led humanitarian missions, and helped resolve difficult ethnic, racial and religious disputes. He built up a reputation for bringing enemies together and never giving up. Ahtisaari told the Nobel Foundation: “Every conflict can be solved. I think it's a disgrace for the international community that we have allowed so many conflicts to become frozen, and we are not making a serious effort to solve them.”
WARM-UPS1. PEACE: Walk around the class and talk to other students about peace. Change partners often. After you finish, 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. CONFLICT: Is there much conflict in your life? Complete the table and share what you wrote with your partner(s). Who is the best peace-maker?
4. I WAS DRUNK: Students A strongly believe all conflicts between nations will be solved one day; Students B strongly believe countries will always find reasons to fight. Change partners again and talk about your roles and conversations. 5. YOUR PRIZE: Write down who you would choose for these prizes. Try to persuade your partner(s) your nominee should win the prizes.
6. PRIZE: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘prize’. 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 spaces.The former president of Finland Martti Ahtisaari has won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. He won it "for his important _________________ continents _________________ than three decades, to resolve international conflicts." Mt Ahtisaari has worked tirelessly _________________ in many of the world's danger zones. He has successfully brought conflicting sides together _________________ Namibia, the Aceh province of Indonesia, Northern Ireland and in Kosovo. A spokesman for Norway's Nobel Committee described Ahtisaari as “an outstanding international mediator.” He added Ahtisaari has “contributed _________________ world and to 'fraternity between nations' in Alfred Nobel's spirit.” Ex-colleague Gareth Evans said Mr. Ahtisaari “combines charm and good humor _____________ determination.” Mr. Ahtisaari was selected _________________ 197 nominees for the Peace Prize. He said he was “very pleased and grateful” for it. “I hope this _________________ attention to Finland, and that it tells about our society and what _________________,” he said. Ahtisaari's work as a Finnish diplomat, a United Nations envoy and an international mediator has taken _________________ world. He has led humanitarian missions, and helped resolve difficult ethnic, racial and _________________. He built up a reputation for bringing enemies together and never giving up. Ahtisaari told the Nobel Foundation: “Every _________________ solved. I think it's a disgrace for the international community that we have allowed so many conflicts _________________, and we are not making a serious effort to solve them.” AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘peace’ and ‘prize’.
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 PEACE SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about peace 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.
WORLD PEACE DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEThe (1) ____ president of Finland Martti Ahtisaari has won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. He won it "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to (2) ____ international conflicts." Mt Ahtisaari has worked tirelessly to end conflicts in many of the world's danger zones. He has successfully (3) ____ conflicting sides together to bring peace to Namibia, the Aceh province of Indonesia, Northern Ireland and in Kosovo. A spokesman for Norway's Nobel Committee described Ahtisaari (4) ____ “an outstanding international mediator.” He added Ahtisaari has “contributed (5) ____ a more peaceful world and to 'fraternity between nations' in Alfred Nobel's spirit.” Ex-colleague Gareth Evans said Mr. Ahtisaari “combines charm and (6) ____ humor with an iron determination.” Mr. Ahtisaari was selected from a list of 197 nominees (7) ____ the Peace Prize. He said he was “very pleased and (8) ____” for it. “I hope this will bring positive attention to Finland, and that it tells about our society and what is important to us,” he said. Ahtisaari's work as a Finnish diplomat, a United Nations (9) ____ and an international mediator has taken him all over the world. He has led humanitarian missions, and helped resolve difficult ethnic, racial and religious disputes. He built (10) ____ a reputation for bringing enemies together and never giving up. Ahtisaari told the Nobel Foundation: “Every conflict can be solved. I think it's a (11) ____ for the international community that we have allowed so many conflicts to become (12) ____, and we are not making a serious effort to solve them.” Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about peace 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 Nobel Foundation and Alfred Nobel. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. LAUREATES: Make a poster about some of the previous Nobel Peace Laureates. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. MEDIATION: Write a magazine article about Martti Ahtisaari. Include imaginary interviews with him and some of the people he has mediated with. 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. DIARY / JOURNAL: Write about the conflicts (tiny or big) you encounter in a normal day. How did they make you feel? How did you resolve them? Read your entry to your classmates in the next lesson. 6. LETTER: Write a letter to Martti Ahtisaari. Ask him three questions about receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Give him three suggestions on what he should do next. 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: Martti Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace PrizeThe former president of Finland Martti Ahtisaari has won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. He won it "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts." Mt Ahtisaari has worked tirelessly to end conflicts in many of the world's danger zones. He has successfully brought conflicting sides together to bring peace to Namibia, the Aceh province of Indonesia, Northern Ireland and in Kosovo. A spokesman for Norway's Nobel Committee described Ahtisaari as “an outstanding international mediator.” He added Ahtisaari has “contributed to a more peaceful world and to 'fraternity between nations' in Alfred Nobel's spirit.” Ex-colleague Gareth Evans said Mr. Ahtisaari “combines charm and good humor with an iron determination.” Mr. Ahtisaari was selected from a list of 197 nominees for the Peace Prize. He said he was “very pleased and grateful” for it. “I hope this will bring positive attention to Finland, and that it tells about our society and what is important to us,” he said. Ahtisaari's work as a Finnish diplomat, a United Nations envoy and an international mediator has taken him all over the world. He has led humanitarian missions, and helped resolve difficult ethnic, racial and religious disputes. He built up a reputation for bringing enemies together and never giving up. Ahtisaari told the Nobel Foundation: “Every conflict can be solved. I think it's a disgrace for the international community that we have allowed so many conflicts to become frozen, and we are not making a serious effort to solve them.” LANGUAGE WORK
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