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Tempers Over Super Bowl Abortion AdAmerica’s CBS television network has caused tempers to flare in this year’s Super Bowl. Its decision to broadcast a 30-second anti-abortion advertisement during the football game has attracted nearly as much attention as the game itself. CBS will air an advert paid for by an anti-abortion Christian group called Focus On The Family. The ad‘s title is ‘Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life’. It features the story of Tim Tebow, a champion quarterback, who is alive today because his mother ignored medical advice to have an abortion. She had complications during her pregnancy in 1987. Tim’s story and the anti-abortion message will reach around 100 million people. The Super Bowl is the most watched event on US television. A spokesman for Focus On The Family, Gary Schneeberger, explained his group’s reason for the ad: He said: "We're not trying to sell the American people a car or a soft drink. We're celebrating families." He added his organization hoped to influence couples having problems with their marriage. The ad has its opponents. Women’s groups are putting pressure on CBS to drop the ad. They argue it is not the job of television channels to "dictate morality." Others are accusing CBS of double standards. The network is airing the anti-abortion ad but reject an ad for a gay dating service called Man Crunch. By the way, blink and you’ll miss the ad - the Super Bowl is between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. WARM-UPS1. FAMILY: Walk around the class and talk to other students about family. 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. FAMILY: Is it OK today? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners and share what you wrote. Change again and share what you heard.
4. ADS: Students A strongly believe abortion ads should not be on television; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. RIGHT FOR TV?: Are ads on these subjects OK for TV? Rate these and share your ratings with your partner: 10 = absolutely no way; 1 = absolutely no problem. Change partners and share your ratings again.
6. FAMILY: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘family’. 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 CBS television network has _____________________ in this year’s Super Bowl. Its decision to broadcast a 30-second anti-abortion advertisement during the football game has _____________________ attention as the game itself. CBS will air _____________________ an anti-abortion Christian group called Focus On The Family. The ad‘s title is ‘Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life’. It _____________________ Tim Tebow, a champion quarterback, who is alive today because his mother _____________________ have an abortion. She had complications during her pregnancy in 1987. Tim’s story and the anti-abortion message will reach around 100 million people. The Super Bowl is _____________________ on US television. A spokesman for Focus On The Family, Gary Schneeberger, explained his _____________________ ad: He said: "We're not trying to sell the American people a car or a soft drink. We're celebrating families." He added his organization _____________________ couples having problems with their marriage. The ad _____________________. Women’s groups are _____________________ CBS to drop the ad. They argue it is not the job of television channels to "dictate morality." Others are accusing CBS of double standards. _____________________ the anti-abortion ad but rejected an ad for a gay dating service called Man Crunch. By the way, _____________________ the ad - the Super Bowl is between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘super’ and ‘bowl’.
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 ABORTION SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about abortion 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.
ABORTION 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 CBS television network has caused tempers to (1) ____ in this year’s Super Bowl. Its decision to broadcast a 30-second anti-abortion advertisement during the football game has (2) ____ nearly as much attention as the game itself. CBS will (3) ____ an advert paid for by an anti-abortion Christian group called Focus On The Family. The ad‘s title is ‘Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life’. It (4) ____ the story of Tim Tebow, a champion quarterback, who is alive today because his mother ignored medical (5) ____ to have an abortion. She had complications (6) ____ her pregnancy in 1987. Tim’s story and the anti-abortion message will reach around 100 million people. The Super Bowl is the most watched event on US television. A spokesman for Focus On The Family, Gary Schneeberger, explained his group’s reason for the ad: He said: "We're not trying to sell the American people a car or a (7) ____ drink. We're celebrating families." He added his organization hoped to (8) ____ couples having problems with their marriage. The ad has its opponents. Women’s groups are putting pressure (9) ____ CBS to drop the ad. They argue it is not the job of television channels to "(10) ____ morality." Others are accusing CBS of double standards. The network is airing the anti-abortion ad but (11) ____ an ad for a gay dating service called Man Crunch. By the way, (12) ____ and you’ll miss the ad - the Super Bowl is between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITINGWrite about abortion 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 anti-abortion ad. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. SUPER BOWL: Make a poster about the Super Bowl. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. ADS: Write a magazine article about advertising on TV during sports events. Include imaginary interviews with a sports-crazy TV viewer and an advertising exec. 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 football player in the Super Bowl. Ask him three questions about football. Give him three suggestions on how to make the sport more popular worldwide . 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: Tempers over Super Bowl abortion adAmerica’s CBS television network has caused tempers to flare in this year’s Super Bowl. Its decision to broadcast a 30-second anti-abortion advertisement during the football game has attracted nearly as much attention as the game itself. CBS will air an advert paid for by an anti-abortion Christian group called Focus On The Family. The ad‘s title is ‘Celebrate Family, Celebrate Life’. It features the story of Tim Tebow, a champion quarterback, who is alive today because his mother ignored medical advice to have an abortion. She had complications during her pregnancy in 1987. Tim’s story and the anti-abortion message will reach around 100 million people. The Super Bowl is the most watched event on US television. A spokesman for Focus On The Family, Gary Schneeberger, explained his group’s reason for the ad: He said: "We're not trying to sell the American people a car or a soft drink. We're celebrating families." He added his organization hoped to influence couples having problems with their marriage. The ad has its opponents. Women’s groups are putting pressure on CBS to drop the ad. They argue it is not the job of television channels to "dictate morality." Others are accusing CBS of double standards. The network is airing the anti-abortion ad but rejected an ad for a gay dating service called Man Crunch. By the way, blink and you’ll miss the ad - the Super Bowl is between the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. LANGUAGE WORK
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