Topical News Lessons

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Words are weapons
Level 1 | 
Elementary
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Pre-reading: Key Vocabulary
Fill the gaps using these key words from the text:
crusade
independence
liberation
hero
martyr
autocratic
rogue state
resistance
occupation
propaganda
1.
A ____________ is someone who dies for a religious or political reason.
2.
A ____________ is someone who does something very brave.
3.
A ____________ is a country that does not behave in the same way as other countries.
4.
A ____________ is a holy war against another religion.
5.
An ____________ government is one which is not democratic.
6.
If a country has ____________, it has freedom from control by another country.
7.
____________ is false information which governments and media use to change people’s opinions.
8.
If a country is under ____________ it is under the control of another country’s army.
9.
____________ is when you fight against the army of another country that is in your country.
10.
____________ is when you are finally free from the control of another country.
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What do you know?
1.
When was the attack on the World Trade Center in New York?
2.
Who organised the attack?
3.
Where does the US government keep al-Qaida prisoners?
4.
What are WMD?
5.
Who is Donald Rumsfeld?
Now look in the text and check your answers.

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