A truck –driver who was to deliver some foodstuff

Use as much of this news report’s language as possible.

blanket ban on flights, volcanic cloud, volcanic ash, catastrophic engine failure,

bank-up of passengers, frustrated, stranded passengers/commuters, uneasy scene,

yell and jeer at police, immigration delays, civil unrest, publicans, air lockdown, to reassess the blanket ban,

set up a hub, reasonable lift capacity, lifting people, effect pharmaceutical supplies, bone-marrow donation deliveries

Text 15.

Korean tension at dangerous levels

At home

1. Discuss the following:

a) What kind of relationships is observed between two South and North Korea?

Why is North Korea referred to as a rogue state in the international political discourse?

What have been the latest mentioning of both countries in mass media?

 

b) Who are these men? Why is one o them say he thinks it might be a nuclear test?

 

Look at the text title and complete the sentences according to their possible occurrence in the text.

So worried are world powers about the potential for confrontation…

The residents here are getting more nervous, because…
When North Korea shelled Yeonpyeong Island last month…

If the South conducts this shelling…

But with a population starved of information…

3 a). Form abstract nouns from these verbs

retaliate		revenge
confront		warn
bomb		response
threaten		exercise

 

3 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of expressions above:

1. Following an initial _________ phase in which more than 1.7 million people were served, The Salvation Army continues to be active in recovery two years after the storms hit.
2. President Bush, in a sharp __________ with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance.
3. Federal drug safety officials have imposed the government’s most urgent _______ on Bayer's and similar antibiotics, citing risks that they can cause.
4. The combination of_______, backlash, and victim blaming can turn even a mild transgression into a major political event within an institution.
5. ______ (also known as vengeance or payback) is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived.
6. With daybreak the heavy _________________ recommenced from all the batteries.
7. Physical ___________ is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness.
8. The nuclear ___________ present during the Cold War has diminished.

4 a). Match the words

1) a live- fire	warning
2) grave threats of	military exercise
3) hold	back
4) teeter on	retaliation
5) fire-and- brimstone	a shelling exercise
6) to be sick and	threats
7) bow before	the island
8) shell	tired
9) strike	the brink of war

 

4 b).Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:

1) In the early 1960s, as the world seemed to _______________________nuclear war, the Canadian public was deeply sceptical about the wisdom of Canada becoming a nuclear power.

2) Nuclear deterrence is based upon a believable and _____________of nuclear ____________, and the threat of nuclear weapons use has been constant during the post World War II period.

3) In June, 2000 U.S. Navy battleships ___________________on a small island off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico in spite of the objections of local population who had vowed to use " human shields" to stop them.

4) The Germans are _______________________of supporting the Southern Europe welfare system which identifies the broken element of the faulty European Union.

5) The Government will never ____________________any terrorist ________________, and ensure that proper law and order is maintained in the State, ” the Defence Minister said.

5. All these word combinations a live-fire military exercise, bombardment, a shelling exercise, barrage, military drill, shelling attack, artillery strikes can be divided into two groups. Divide them and write the Key word(s) for the heading in the table below.

 

Key word(s):	Key word(s):

6. Find the meaning of the idioms to teeter on the brink of war, to be sick and tired of something, to give fire-and-brimstone warning and use them in your own sentences.

 

In Class

Listen to the Webcast Korean tension at dangerous levels and do the exercises.

Listen and decide “who is who”?

1) Yoon Jin-young	A resident of Yeonpyeong Island
2) Mark Willacy	North Asia correspondent
3) Tony Eastley	The presenter
4) Park Sang-hak	A protest leader
	A newsreader

C – Comprehension Test 1

 

1 The South promises to A push ahead with cease-fire talks B start new military drills C shell North Korea	2 The drills on a South Korean island could begin A on the day of the news report B last month C today
3 The United Nations has A arranged a meeting of Security Committee Bconvened all parties to the conflict C summoned a meeting of Security Council	4 The Yeonpyeong’s residents are nervous, because A there is not enough information about further drills B military is planning to start new drills C of North Korea’s possible reaction to new drills
5 Yoon Jin-young is packing up and getting A to Yeonpyeong Island B off the ferry C to the mainland	6 At the time of the interview Yoon Jin-young is A waiting for a bus B worried C relaxed
7 North Korea says it opened fire A in response to South Korea’s military parade B in response to South Korea’s shelling attack C to react to their neighbour’s shelling exercise	8 Protesters on Yeonpyeong Island A released balloons with tear-gas B sent insulting SMS to Pyongyong C let balloons with anti-Pyoung young info into the air
9 The people of North Korea A lack information about food and political freedom B strive for food, information and political freedom C have to struggle for information, food and political freedom	10 The correspondent A is optimistic about the outcomes of the protests B believes North Korea will change their mind C doubts that protesters will impact the political course over the board

 

B – Comprehension Test 2

Part 1

1) What are the reasons to believe that a war may start on the Korean Peninsula?

2) What is especially worrisome about South Korea decision to start drills on Yeonpueong island?

3) Why has the UN convened a meeting?

4) How did US envoy Bill Richardson characterize the situation in general?

 

Part 2

Here's North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy.

MARK WILLACY: For Yoon Jin-young, the tension is _________. The 48 year old is packing up and getting off Yeonpyeong Island. After last month's bombardment by North Korea and the threat of more ________ strikes, he's too ________________to stay.

(Yoon Jin-young speaking)

" The residents here are getting more nervous, because our military is planning to hold a ________ exercise", says Yoon. " Now the North is threatening to ____________. So I'm worried. I'm now heading to the ferry to the mainland but it hasn't arrived yet. So we're all anxiously waiting for it, " he says.

 

Part 3

When North Korea____________ Yeonpyeong Island last month the __________ killed four people, damaged dozens of homes, and left the Peninsula teetering on the _________ of war. Pyongyang says it opened fire ______response ___ a South Korean _________ exercise on the Yellow Sea Island.

Now the South wants to _________ another military drill on Yeonpyeong, drawing more fire-and-brimstone ___________________ from north of the border.

(Newsreader speaks)

" If the South conducts this shelling, despite our warnings, we will against them, " says this __________on state TV in Pyongyang. " These strikes will be greater in strength and _____________than those we launched last month", he says.

Part 4

But many in the South are sick and tired of ____________before Pyongyang's ______________.

(Sound of protesters)

MARK WILLACY: Screaming _______ revenge __________ North Korea, these protesters on Yeonpyeong Island release balloons containing anti-Pyongyang messages.

(Park Sang-hak speaking)

" We're here to let the North Korean people know the truth about the regime's_________, " says protest leader and North Korean defector Park Sang-hak. " We'll tell them of the shelling attack on this island ________these leaflets", he says.

But with a population ___________information, food and political freedom that's unlikely to make much difference over the border in North Korea or to _______ the shells ____________ falling on the south.

 

A – Comprehension Test 3

 

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