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protests / decades / in the streets / stadiums / unhappy / bus fares / public services / rubber bullets / tear gas / health / education / teacher / banners / doing the right thing

Which?

Why?

teacher / soccer star

sports complex / hospital

hosting the World Cup / building a school

football / protesting

police / national sports team

fighting drugs in sport / fighting corruption

• a teacher
• a world-class athlete
• a police officer
• a soldier

• a nurse
• a banker
• a rock star
• a president / prime minister

a.

Brazil's biggest ever protests are taking place outside soccer stadiums.

T / F

b.

Around 100,000 people protested outside the Brazil-Mexico game.

T / F

c.

The protests started because of an increase in bus fares.

T / F

d.

People are protesting about the price of World Cup tickets.

T / F

e.

The police are using more dangerous methods to control the protests.

T / F

f.

People want schools and hospitals instead of better football stadiums.

T / F

g.

A banner said a teacher was more important than Brazil's star player.

T / F

h.

The Brazil player Hulk said the protestors were wrong to protest.

T / F

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bring hospitals to Brazil

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to control the crowds

The biggest protests Brazil has seen for (1) ____________ are taking place in its streets. Many of them are (2) ____________ outside soccer stadiums. Brazil is (3) ____________ hosting the Confederations Cup – a FIFA World Cup test (4) ____________. While Brazil's team beat Mexico 2-0 on Tuesday night, (5) ____________ of protesters were in the streets outside the stadium. There were around 100,000 more people protesting around Brazil at the same time. They are unhappy with many things about life in their country. The protests started last week in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo because of an (6) ____________ in bus fares. They soon (7) ____________ across the country. People are also angry about the cost of the 2014 World Cup, (8) ____________ public services, and corruption.

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Protests across the country are getting bigger and bigger. The police are taking (9) ____________ actions to control the crowds. Police used rubber bullets, tear gas and (10) ____________, which have made the people angrier. Many of the protestors want the government to spend more money on (11) ____________ and education and less on the World Cup. The BBC reported seeing a banner that read: "A teacher is (12) ____________ more than Neymar" (Brazil's star player). One of the banners in the (13) ____________ at the Brazil-Mexico game asked FIFA (the World Cup organisers) to bring hospitals to Brazil (14) ____________ of stadiums. Another Brazilian star, striker Hulk, said: "After seeing the people on the streets…it makes me feel like (15) ____________ them. They are doing the (16) ____________ thing."

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1)

made it clear to the world that he seeks to follow a ______

a.  more moderate path
b.  more moderation path
c.  more moderates path
d.  more moderated path

2)

He also promised to make his country's nuclear energy ______

a.  program more transparency
b.  program more transparencies
c.  program more trans-parents
d.  program more transparent

3)

Rouhani wants to improve international relations with the US and ______

a.  seek "constructively interaction"
b.  seek "construction interaction"
c.  seek "constructiveness interaction"
d.  seek "constructive interaction"

4)

He also hopes that the crippling economic sanctions imposed on ______

a.  Iran can be lofted
b.  Iran can be lifted
c.  Iran can be lift it
d.  Iran can be uplifted

5)

He told the USA that diplomatic relations ______

a.  could be restored
b.  could be restorative
c.  could be restoration
d.  could be restoring

6)

Mr Rouhani was the top negotiator of Iran's ______

a.  nuclear negotiations team
b.  nuclear negotiation team
c.  nuclear negotiate in team
d.  nuclear negotiating team

7)

We are ready to ______

a.  show grey-tar transparency
b.  show great transparency
c.  show greatly transparency
d.  show greater transparency

8)

He added that: "The Iranian nation has done nothing ______

a.  to deserve sanctions
b.  to conserve sanctions
c.  to preserve sanctions
d.  to reserve sanctions

9)

the U.N. Security Council resolution to come clean on this ______

a.  illicit nuclear program
b.  illegal nuclear program
c.  illogical nuclear program
d.  ill-lit nuclear program

10)

they can become a full part of the ______

a.  international communities
b.  international commune at tea
c.  international community
d.  international communities

1.

How big are the protests?

2.

What is the Confederations Cup?

3.

How many people protested on Tuesday night?

4.

What started the protests?

5.

What aren't people happy about the cost of?

6.

What kind of bullets are the police using?

7.

What do people want more spending on?

8.

What did a banner say Neymar was worth less than?

9.

What do people want instead of stadiums?

10.

What does Hulk feel like doing?

1.

How big are the protests?

6.

What kind of bullets are the police using?

a) bigger than some, smaller than
    most
b) average sized
c) the biggest in decades
d) the biggest of 2013

a) steel
b) rubber
c) plastic
d) silver

2.

What is the Confederations Cup?

7.

What do people want more spending on?

a) a test event for the World Cup
b) a Latin American competition
c) a tournament for World Cup winners
d) a game between Brazil and Mexico

a) environmentally friendly projects
b) roads and bridges
c) sport
d) education and health

3.

How many people protested on Tuesday night?

8.

What did a banner say Neymar was worth less than?

a) around 1,100
b) about a hundred thousand
c) hundreds of thousands
d) hundreds and hundreds

a) Lionel Messi
b) a teacher
c) $100 million
d) a school

4.

What started the protests?

9.

What do people prefer to stadiums?

a) people lost their jobs
b) Brazil lost a soccer match
c) the police
d) a rise in bus fares

a) gyms
b) hospitals
c) a better railway
d) roads

5.

What aren't people happy about the cost of?

10.

What does Hulk feel like doing?

a) bread and rice
b) living in Brazil
c) the 2014 World Cup
d) a ticket to see a football game

a) joining the protestors
b) playing as a defender
c) joining Manchester United
d) joining the police

Role  A – Brazil president

You want the protestors to stop protesting and go home. Tell the others three reasons why. The 2014 World Cup is important for Brazil. It will make Brazil richer, so the country can build more schools and hospitals. The transport system is also better because of the World Cup.

Role  B – Protestor

You want all of Brazil's government to go. Tell the others three reasons why. You are angry the government spends lots of money on football. Many Brazilians are so poor. Brazil needs schools and hospitals. The World Cup will not bring better public services.

Role  C – Neymar

You think the protests should continue but not outside football stadiums. Tell the others three reasons why. You think the government should spend more money on sport for poor people. You think FIFA should pay for the World Cup, not the Brazilian people.

Role  D – FIFA boss

You are worried about the 2014 World Cup being in Brazil. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them that the World Cup may move to another country. There cannot be protests outside football stadiums. You want the president to help the people so that the protests stop.

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STUDENT 1

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STUDENT 2

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STUDENT 3

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Q.1.

Q.2.

Q.3.

Q.4.

Q.5.

a)

What did you think when you read the headline?

b)

What springs to mind when you hear the word 'protest'?

c)

What do you think about the protests in Brazil?

d)

Is it more important to protest or watch football?

e)

Why are the protests happening outside football stadiums?

f)

Should people not mix sport and protests?

g)

Should Brazilians be proud of hosting the World Cup instead of protesting about it?

h)

What things are people unhappy about in your country?

i)

What would you take to the streets to protest about?

j)

Would you be afraid to protest in your country?

a)

Did you like reading this article? Why/not?

b)

Is it better for the police to stay away from protests?

c)

Do the police need rubber bullets and tear gas?

d)

What does tear gas do?

e)

Should Brazil have built more hospitals and schools instead of hosting the World Cup?

f)

Which is better – a teacher or a world-class soccer player?

g)

Is it fair that a soccer player's salary is one hundred times larger than a teacher's salary?

h)

What will happen to the World Cup if the protests continue?

i)

Is it OK for Hulk to say the people are right to protest?

j)

What questions would you like to ask Brazil's president?

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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(    )

soccer stadiums. Brazil is currently hosting the Confederations Cup – a FIFA World Cup test event. While Brazil's team

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1.

protests

a.

demonstrations

2.

taking place

b.

happening

3.

unhappy

c.

dissatisfied

4.

increase

d.

rise

5.

poor

e.

bad

6.

bigger

f.

larger

7.

control

g.

hold back

8.

banner

h.

sign

9.

instead of

i.

rather than

10.

joining

j.

being part of

1.

The biggest in decades

2.

A FIFA World Cup test event

3.

Around 100,000

4.

An increase in bus fares

5.

The 2014 World Cup

6.

Rubber bullets

7.

Health and education

8.

A teacher

9.

Hospitals

10.

Joining the protestors in the streets

1.

c

2.

a

3.

b

4.

d

5.

c

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b

7.

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