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Africa Rejects ICC Gaddafi Arrest Warrant (3rd July, 2011)The 53-member African Union (AU) has disregarded the arrest warrant issued for Libya’s Colonel Muammar Gaddafi by the International Criminal Court (ICC). It says the move by the ICC is an obstacle to peace in Libya. It also condemns the call for Gaddafi’s arrest as being colonialism. AU official Jean Ping said the ICC is "discriminatory" because it only pursues Africans. He said the Hague-based court ignores crimes committed by Western powers in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim agreed, saying: “The ICC is a European Guantanamo Bay. It's only against the African leaders. It never deals with the crimes committed by the United States of America." Gaddafi remained defiant and raised the stakes by promising he would attack Europe. In a radio announcement he urged NATO to halt its bombing campaign or risk seeing Libyan fighters descend on Europe “like a swarm of locusts or bees”. He said: “Retreat, you have no chance of beating this brave people…They can attack your homes… and your families, which will become military targets, just as you have transformed our…houses and children into what you regard as legitimate military targets.” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded by saying Gaddafi should resign instead of issuing threats. “He should put the well-being and the interests of his own people first and he should step down from power,” she said.
WARM-UPS1. LIBYA: Walk around the class and talk to other students about Libya. 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. OBSTACLES TO PEACE: Where? Why? How to overcome? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners & share what you wrote. Change & share again.
4. GADDAFI: Students A strongly believe Gaddafi will stay in power; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. RESOLVED: Which of these countries will be first to have democracy, peace and security? Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners and share your rankings again.
6. ARREST: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘arrest’. 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 gapsThe 53-member African Union (AU) ____________________ arrest warrant issued for Libya’s Colonel Muammar Gaddafi by the International Criminal Court (ICC). It says the move by the ICC is ____________________ in Libya. It also condemns the call for Gaddafi’s arrest as being colonialism. AU official Jean Ping said the ICC is "discriminatory" ____________________ Africans. He said the Hague-based ____________________ committed by Western powers in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim agreed, saying: “The ICC is a European Guantanamo Bay. It's only against the African leaders. ____________________ the ____________________ the United States of America." Gaddafi remained defiant and ____________________ by promising he would attack Europe. In a radio announcement he ____________________ its bombing campaign or risk seeing Libyan ____________________ Europe “like a swarm of locusts or bees”. He said: “Retreat, you have no chance of ____________________ people…They can attack your homes… and your families, which will become military targets, just as you have transformed our…houses and children into ____________________ legitimate military targets.” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded by saying Gaddafi should resign ____________________ threats. “He should put the well-being and the interests of his own people first and he should step down from power,” she said.
AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘arrest’ and ‘warrant’.
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 LIBYA SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about Libya 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.
LIBYA DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGE MULTIPLE CHOICEThe 53-member African Union (AU) has (1) ____ the arrest warrant issued for Libya’s Colonel Muammar Gaddafi by the International Criminal Court (ICC). It says the (2) ____ by the ICC is an obstacle to peace in Libya. It also condemns the (3) ____ for Gaddafi’s arrest as being colonialism. AU official Jean Ping said the ICC is "discriminatory" because it only pursues Africans. He said the Hague-(4) ____ court ignores crimes committed by Western powers in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim (5) ____, saying: “The ICC is a European Guantanamo Bay. It's only against the African leaders. It never (6) ____ with the crimes committed by the United States of America." Gaddafi (7) ____ defiant and raised the stakes by promising he would attack Europe. In a radio announcement he urged NATO to (8) ____ its bombing campaign or risk seeing Libyan fighters descend on Europe “like a (9) ____ of locusts or bees”. He said: “Retreat, you have no chance of beating this brave people…They can attack your homes… and your families, which will become military targets, just (10) ____ you have transformed our…houses and children into what you regard as legitimate military targets.” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded (11) ____ saying Gaddafi should resign instead of issuing threats. “He should put the well-being and the interests of his own people first and he should (12) ____ down from power,” she said. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITINGWrite about Libya 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 African Union. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. LIBYA: Make a poster about Libya. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. ICC: Write a magazine article about the arrest warrant. Include imaginary interviews with the head of the ICC and Colonel Gaddafi. 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 the head of the African Union. Ask him three questions about Libya. Give him three solutions to bring about peace. 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: Africa rejects ICC Gaddafi arrest warrantThe 53-member African Union (AU) has disregarded the arrest warrant (1) issued for Libya’s Colonel Muammar Gaddafi by the International Criminal Court (ICC). It says the (2) move by the ICC is an (3) obstacle to peace in Libya. It also condemns the call for Gaddafi’s arrest as (4) being colonialism. AU official Jean Ping said the ICC is "discriminatory" because it only pursues Africans. He said the Hague-based court (5) ignores crimes committed by Western powers in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Libyan government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim (6) agreed, saying: “The ICC is a European Guantanamo Bay. It's only (7) against the African leaders. It never (8) deals with the crimes committed by the United States of America." Gaddafi remained defiant and (9) raised the stakes by promising he would attack Europe. In a radio announcement he (10) urged NATO to halt its bombing campaign or (11) risk seeing Libyan fighters descend on Europe “like a swarm of locusts or bees”. He said: “Retreat, you have no chance of beating this (12) brave people…They can attack your homes… and your families, which will become military (13) targets, just as you have transformed our…houses and children into what you regard as (14) legitimate military targets.” U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded by saying Gaddafi should (15) resign instead of issuing threats. “He should put the well-being and the interests of his own people first and he should step (16) down from power,” she said. LANGUAGE WORK
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