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

In Class

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.

2. 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

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