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Thousands March Ahead Of G20 SummitA huge march has taken place in London ahead of the G20 summit on April the 2nd. Leaders from 20 of the world’s most powerful countries will meet to discuss plans to tackle the current financial crisis. The 20 nations represent 85 per cent of the world’s economy. The marchers in the “Put People First” march come from all walks of life. They include trade unionists, charity workers, anti-globalization campaigners and those concerned about the environment. There are over 150 different organizations taking part. Many are voicing their concerns over jobs, the economy and climate change. Some of the banners at the march have slogans like "We hate the banks", "People before profit", "Out of Iraq and Afghanistan", and "Jobs, Justice, Climate".
Organizer Brendan Barber was enthusiastic about the march. He said: "Never before has such a wide coalition come together with such a clear message for world leaders.” He summed up the feeling of many marchers, saying: "The old ideas of unregulated free markets do not work. They have brought the world's economy to near-collapse, failed to fight poverty and have done far too little to move to a low-carbon economy." Mr. Barber told a press conference he hoped the G20 leaders would make a difference. "Of course, the G20 will not solve everything in a day's work, but leaders must sign up to boost the world economy and govern it better, and show us that they are trying to build a better world," he said.
WARM-UPS1. LEADERS: Walk around the class and talk to other students about world leaders. 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. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?: What would you do to solve the world’s problems? Complete the table. Talk about what you wrote with your partner(s). Change partners and share what you found out.
4. THE SUMMIT: Students A strongly believe the G20 Summit will do a lot to help us all; Students B strongly believe the G20 Summit will change very little and is a waste of money. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. G20 MEMBERS: Here are the G20 members. With your partner(s), put them into five different groups. Change partners and talk about your groups and why you chose them.
6. CRISIS: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘crisis’. 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.A huge march has ____________ London ahead of the G20 summit on April the 2nd. Leaders from 20 of the world’s most powerful countries will meet to discuss ____________ the current financial crisis. The 20 nations represent 85 per cent of the world’s economy. The marchers in the “Put People First” march come from all ____________. They include trade unionists, charity workers, anti-globalization campaigners and those concerned about the environment. ______________ 150 different organizations taking part. Many are voicing their concerns over jobs, the economy and climate change. Some of the ____________ march have slogans like "We hate the banks", "_________________ ", "Out of Iraq and Afghanistan", and "Jobs, Justice, Climate". Organizer Brendan Barber was enthusiastic ______________. He said: "Never before has such ______________ come together with such a clear message for world leaders.” He summed up the feeling of many marchers, saying: "________________ unregulated free markets do not work. They have brought the world's economy to near-collapse, failed to fight poverty and have done ______________ move to a low-carbon economy." Mr. Barber told a press conference he hoped the G20 leaders would make a difference. "Of course, the G20 ______________ everything in a day's work, but leaders must sign up to boost the world economy and govern it better, and show us that they are trying ______________ world," he said. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘financial’ and ‘crisis’.
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 G20 SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about the G20 Summit 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.
G20 DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEA huge march has taken place in London (1) ____ of the G20 summit on April the 2nd. Leaders from 20 of the world’s most powerful countries will meet to discuss plans to (2) ____ the current financial crisis. The 20 nations represent 85 per cent of the world’s economy. The marchers in the “Put People First” march come from all (3) ____ of life. They include trade unionists, charity workers, anti-globalization campaigners and those (4) ____ about the environment. There are over 150 different organizations taking part. Many are (5) ____ their concerns over jobs, the economy and climate change. Some of the (6) ____ at the march have slogans like "We hate the banks", "People before profit", "Out of Iraq and Afghanistan", and "Jobs, Justice, Climate". Organizer Brendan Barber was (7) ____ about the march. He said: "Never before has such a wide coalition come together with such a (8) ____ message for world leaders.” He (9) ____ up the feeling of many marchers, saying: "The old ideas of unregulated free markets do not work. They have brought the world's economy to near-(10) ____, failed to fight poverty and have done far too little to move to a low-carbon economy." Mr. Barber told a press conference he hoped the G20 leaders would make a (11) ____. "Of course, the G20 will not solve everything in a day's work, but leaders must sign up to (12) ____ the world economy and govern it better, and show us that they are trying to build a better world," he said. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about the G20 Summit 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 G20 Summit and the different members. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. G20: Make a poster about your main concern. Include details of what you want G20 leaders to focus on. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. JOBS, JUSTICE, CLIMATE: Write a magazine article about the G20 Summit. Include imaginary interviews with a street protestor and a G20 leader. 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 a G20 leader. Ask him/her three questions about what they will do at the G20 Summit. Give him/her three ideas on what (s)he should do to help the world. 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: Thousands march ahead of G20 SummitA huge march has taken place in London ahead of the G20 summit on April the 2nd. Leaders from 20 of the world’s most powerful countries will meet to discuss plans to tackle the current financial crisis. The 20 nations represent 85 per cent of the world’s economy. The marchers in the “Put People First” march come from all walks of life. They include trade unionists, charity workers, anti-globalization campaigners and those concerned about the environment. There are over 150 different organizations taking part. Many are voicing their concerns over jobs, the economy and climate change. Some of the banners at the march have slogans like "We hate the banks", "People before profit", "Out of Iraq and Afghanistan", and "Jobs, Justice, Climate". Organizer Brendan Barber was enthusiastic about the march. He said: "Never before has such a wide coalition come together with such a clear message for world leaders.” He summed up the feeling of many marchers, saying: "The old ideas of unregulated free markets do not work. They have brought the world's economy to near-collapse, failed to fight poverty and have done far too little to move to a low-carbon economy." Mr. Barber told a press conference he hoped the G20 leaders would make a difference. "Of course, the G20 will not solve everything in a day's work, but leaders must sign up to boost the world economy and govern it better, and show us that they are trying to build a better world," he said. LANGUAGE WORK
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