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Date: Dec 29, 2007
THE ARTICLEPakistan in turmoil as Bhutto is buriedViolence has spread across Pakistan as assassinated Benazir Bhutto was buried on Friday. The former prime minister was laid to rest next to her father in the family mausoleum in her native Sindh province. Tens of thousands of mourners assembled to see their beloved leader’s coffin, draped in political party colours. They wailed and beat their heads in grief as the funeral procession passed by. Her husband Asif Ali Zardari wept as he sat in the car carrying his slain wife’s body. Pakistan’s government has declared three days of mourning for the assassinated opposition leader, while the party she headed, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), has called for 40 days. Her death on Thursday at the hands of a suicide bomber at an election rally in Rawalpindi has plunged Pakistan into crisis. Riots have broken out all over the country with rioters attacking police, burning tires and looting stores. The death of 54-year-old Bhutto leaves Pakistan in a state of political vacuum, with the short-term future of the country cloaked in uncertainty. There are fears the elections scheduled for January the 8th could be put off. This would please those responsible for her death, who seem intent on derailing attempts to bring democracy to Pakistan. Many believe Al Qaeda, who opposed Bhutto’s liberal views, was behind the suicide attack. The international community are very keen to see the elections take place on time to avoid further chaos in the country. Representatives of Bhutto’s PPP party have yet to say if they will contest the election and who would represent it. Bhutto had hoped to restore democracy and stability to Pakistan and free it from extremism. In 1988, aged just 35, she became the Muslim world's first democratically elected female prime minister. She was trying to lead her country for a third time. WARM-UPS1. PAKISTAN: Walk around the class and talk to other students about Pakistan. 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. ASSASSINATIONS: With your partner(s), decide on how different countries / the world changed following these assassinations. What would each person achieved if they had not been assassinated. Change partners and share your thoughts and findings.
4. SHORT-TERM FUTURE: With your partner(s), discuss the possible shortterm political futures of these countries. How could your scenarios change the world?
5. GRIEF: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘grief’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. 6. QUICK ROLE PLAY: Student A strongly believes that democracy and stability will come to Pakistan; Student B believes extremism and instability will continue. Change partners again and talk about your roles and conversations. 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.Violence _____________________ Pakistan as assassinated Benazir Bhutto was buried on Friday. The former prime minister ________________ to her father in the family mausoleum in her native Sindh province. Tens of thousands of mourners assembled ________________ leader’s coffin, draped in political party colours. They wailed and beat ________________ as the funeral procession passed by. Her husband Asif Ali Zardari wept as he sat in the car carrying his slain wife’s body. Pakistan’s government has declared three days ________________ assassinated opposition leader, while the party she headed, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), has called for 40 days. Her death on Thursday ________________ suicide bomber at an election rally in Rawalpindi has plunged Pakistan into crisis. Riots have broken ________________ country with rioters attacking police, burning tires and looting stores. The death of 54-year-old Bhutto leaves Pakistan ________________ political vacuum, with the short-term future of the country ________________. There are fears the elections scheduled for January the 8th ________________. This would please those responsible for her death, who seem intent on derailing attempts to bring democracy to Pakistan. Many believe Al Qaeda, who opposed Bhutto’s ________________ behind the suicide attack. The international community are very keen to see the elections take place on time ________________ in the country. Representatives of Bhutto’s PPP party ________________ they will contest the election and who would represent it. Bhutto had hoped to restore democracy and stability to Pakistan and free it from extremism. In 1988, aged just 35, she became the Muslim world's first democratically elected female prime minister. She ________________ country for a third time. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘election’ and ‘rally’.
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 PAKISTAN SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about Pakistan 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 ad below in the article. Violence has spread across Pakistan as assassinated Benazir Bhutto was buried on Friday. The former prime minister was laid to (1) ____ next to her father in the family mausoleum in her (2) ____ Sindh province. Tens of thousands of mourners assembled to see their beloved leader’s coffin, draped in political party colours. They wailed and beat their heads (3) ____ grief as the funeral procession passed by. Her husband Asif Ali Zardari wept as he sat in the car carrying his (4) ____ wife’s body. Pakistan’s government has declared three days of mourning for the assassinated opposition leader, while the party she headed, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), has called (5) ____ 40 days. Her death on Thursday at the hands of a suicide bomber at an election rally in Rawalpindi has plunged Pakistan into crisis. Riots have broken (6) ____ all over the country with rioters attacking police, burning tires and looting stores. The death of 54-year-old Bhutto leaves Pakistan in a state of political (7) ____, with the short-term future of the country cloaked in uncertainty. There are fears the elections scheduled for January the 8th could be put (8) ____. This would please those responsible for her death, who seem intent (9) ____ derailing attempts to bring democracy to Pakistan. Many believe Al Qaeda, who opposed Bhutto’s liberal views, was behind the suicide attack. The international community are very keen to see the elections (10) ____ place on time to avoid further chaos in the country. Representatives of Bhutto’s PPP party have yet to say if they will (11) ____ the election and who would represent it. Bhutto had hoped to restore democracy and stability to Pakistan and free it from extremism. In 1988, (12) ____ just 35, she became the Muslim world's first democratically elected female prime minister. She was trying to lead her country for a third time.
WRITING:Write about Benazir Bhutto 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 Benazir Bhutto. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. POLITICIANS: Make a poster about Pakistan’s politicians. Describe their views and how they want to shape their country. Show your poster to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all find out similar things? 4. PAKISTAN: Write a magazine article about Pakistan. Include imaginary interviews with leaders and ordinary people. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down new words and expressions. 5. LETTER: Write a letter to Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf. Ask him three questions about Pakistan. Give him three suggestions on what he should do to bring peace and stability to his country. 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: Pakistan in turmoil as Bhutto is buriedViolence has spread across Pakistan as assassinated Benazir Bhutto was buried on Friday. The former prime minister was laid to rest next to her father in the family mausoleum in her native Sindh province. Tens of thousands of mourners assembled to see their beloved leader’s coffin, draped in political party colours. They wailed and beat their heads in grief as the funeral procession passed by. Her husband Asif Ali Zardari wept as he sat in the car carrying his slain wife’s body. Pakistan’s government has declared three days of mourning for the assassinated opposition leader, while the party she headed, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), has called for 40 days. Her death on Thursday at the hands of a suicide bomber at an election rally in Rawalpindi has plunged Pakistan into crisis. Riots have broken out all over the country with rioters attacking police, burning tires and looting stores. The death of 54-year-old Bhutto leaves Pakistan in a state of political vacuum, with the short-term future of the country cloaked in uncertainty. There are fears the elections scheduled for January the 8th could be put off. This would please those responsible for her death, who seem intent on derailing attempts to bring democracy to Pakistan. Many believe Al Qaeda, who opposed Bhutto’s liberal views, was behind the suicide attack. The international community are very keen to see the elections take place on time to avoid further chaos in the country. Representatives of Bhutto’s PPP party have yet to say if they will contest the election and who would represent it. Bhutto had hoped to restore democracy and stability to Pakistan and free it from extremism. In 1988, aged just 35, she became the Muslim world's first democratically elected female prime minister. She was trying to lead her country for a third time. LANGUAGE WORK
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