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Date: Nov 20, 2007
THE ARTICLENZ tells Japan’s whalers to stay at homeNew Zealand’s Prime Minister Helen Clarke has told a Japanese whaling fleet to stay at home and not head to the Antarctic to hunt for whales. She accused the whalers of lying to the world by pretending to be on a scientific research expedition. Japan’s whale-hunting ships left for the Southern Hemisphere on November 18th, led by the 8,000-ton Nisshin Maru. It intends to hunt and kill over 1,000 whales, including 50 of the protected humpback whale. It is the first time anyone has hunted this species since a 1963 ban put it under international protection. Although the moratorium has protected the creatures for four decades, their numbers are still only at 30 percent of those before commercial whaling began. Ms Clark said the research was a “deception” and that most of the whale meat would end up in Japanese supermarkets. The whaling fleet will be surrounded by controversy for the next six months. Environmentalists have vowed to disrupt the expedition as much as possible and their ships are now heading to the Antarctic. A Greenpeace activist Dave Walsh told the Associated Press that his ship was already hot on the heels of the fleet. He said he would shadow it in the South Pacific and try to reduce the number of whales caught. Last year’s hunt ended in the death of one of the whalers following a fire on the Nisshin Maru. There were many dangerous showdowns between environmental groups and the whaling ships, including one instance of a Japanese vessel being rammed. The fleet’s leader Hajime Ishikawa called Greenpeace environmental terrorists. "Their violence is unforgivable...We must fight against their hypocrisy and lies," he said. WARM-UPS1. WHALING: Walk around the class and talk to other students about different whales and whaling. Change partners often. After you finish, sit with your original partner(s) and share what you found out. 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. TWO-MINUTE WHALE DEBATES: Have the following fun 2-minute debates. Students A strongly believe in the first argument, students B the second. Change pairs often.
4. HUNTING: In pairs / groups, rank these forms of hunting, from 1 (= OK) to 10 (= absolutely not OK). Are there any situations when hunting might be acceptable?
5. WHALES: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with whales. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. 6. QUICK DEBATE: Students A think it’s OK for Japan to hunt a few whales for research purposes; Students B think no one should ever be allowed to hunt and kill whales. Debate this with your partners. Change partners often. 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.New Zealand’s Prime Minister Helen Clarke has told a Japanese whaling fleet to stay at home ___________________ the Antarctic to hunt for whales. She accused the whalers of lying to the world ___________________ on a scientific research expedition. Japan’s whale-hunting ships left for the Southern Hemisphere on November 18th, ___________________ Nisshin Maru. It ___________________ kill over 1,000 whales, including 50 of the protected humpback whale. It is the first time anyone has hunted this species since a 1963 ___________________ international protection. Although the moratorium has protected the creatures for four decades, their numbers ___________________ percent of those before commercial whaling began. Ms Clark said the research was a “deception” and that most of the whale ___________________ Japanese supermarkets. The whaling fleet will be ___________________ for the next six months. Environmentalists have vowed to ___________________ as much as possible and their ships are now heading to the Antarctic. A Greenpeace activist Dave Walsh told the Associated Press that his ship was already ___________________ the fleet. He said he would shadow it in the South Pacific ___________________ the number of whales caught. Last year’s hunt ended in the death of one of the whalers ___________________ Nisshin Maru. There were many dangerous showdowns between environmental groups and the whaling ships, including one instance of a Japanese ___________________. The fleet’s leader Hajime Ishikawa called Greenpeace environmental terrorists. "Their violence is unforgivable...We must fight against ___________________," he said. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘hunt’ and ‘kill’.
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 exactly how these were used in the text:
STUDENT WHALING SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about whaling 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.
DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
-------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGECORRECT WORD: Put the correct words from a–d below in the article. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Helen Clarke has told a Japanese whaling fleet to stay at home and not (1) ____ to the Antarctic to hunt for whales. She accused the whalers of lying to the world by pretending to be (2) ____ a scientific research expedition. Japan’s whale-hunting ships left for the Southern Hemisphere on November 18th, (3) ____ by the 8,000-ton Nisshin Maru. It intends to hunt and kill over 1,000 whales, including 50 of the protected humpback whale. It is the first time anyone has hunted (4) ____ species since a 1963 ban put it (5) ____ international protection. Although the moratorium has protected the creatures for four decades, their numbers are still only at 30 percent of those before commercial whaling began. Ms Clark said the research was a “deception” and that most of the whale meat would end (6) ____ in Japanese supermarkets. The whaling fleet will be surrounded (7) ____ controversy for the next six months. Environmentalists have (8) ____ to disrupt the expedition as much as possible and their ships are now heading to the Antarctic. A Greenpeace activist Dave Walsh told the Associated Press that his ship was already hot on the (9) ____ of the fleet. He said he would (10) ____ it in the South Pacific and try to reduce the number of whales caught. Last year’s hunt ended in the death of one of the whalers following a fire on the Nisshin Maru. There were many dangerous showdowns between environmental groups and the whaling ships, including one (11) ____ of a Japanese vessel being rammed. The fleet’s leader Hajime Ishikawa called Greenpeace environmental terrorists. "Their violence is unforgivable...We must fight against their (12) ____ and lies," he said.
WRITING:Write about whaling 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 more information about countries that support whaling. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. HUNTING: Make a poster about different kinds of hunting around the world. Include information on how endangered the animals are. Show your poster to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all include similar things? 4. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about a day in the life of a Japanese whaler. Include imaginary interviews with the whaler and an environmental activist who is hot on his/her heels. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down new words and expressions. 5. LETTER: Write a letter to the leader of the Japanese fleet Hajime Ishikawa. Ask him three questions about his expedition. Give him three pieces of advice on what to do over the next six months. 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: NZ tells Japan’s whalers to stay at homeNew Zealand’s Prime Minister Helen Clarke has told a Japanese whaling fleet to stay at home and not head to the Antarctic to hunt for whales. She accused the whalers of lying to the world by pretending to be on a scientific research expedition. Japan’s whale-hunting ships left for the Southern Hemisphere on November 18th, led by the 8,000-ton Nisshin Maru. It intends to hunt and kill over 1,000 whales, including 50 of the protected humpback whale. It is the first time anyone has hunted this species since a 1963 ban put it under international protection. Although the moratorium has protected the creatures for four decades, their numbers are still only at 30 percent of those before commercial whaling began. Ms Clark said the research was a “deception” and that most of the whale meat would end up in Japanese supermarkets. The whaling fleet will be surrounded by controversy for the next six months. Environmentalists have vowed to disrupt the expedition as much as possible and their ships are now heading to the Antarctic. A Greenpeace activist Dave Walsh told the Associated Press that his ship was already hot on the heels of the fleet. He said he would shadow it in the South Pacific and try to reduce the number of whales caught. Last year’s hunt ended in the death of one of the whalers following a fire on the Nisshin Maru. There were many dangerous showdowns between environmental groups and the whaling ships, including one instance of a Japanese vessel being rammed. The fleet’s leader Hajime Ishikawa called Greenpeace environmental terrorists. "Their violence is unforgivable...We must fight against their hypocrisy and lies," he said. LANGUAGE WORK
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