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pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.
5. STUDENT GERMAN ELECTION SURVEY: In pairs / groups,
write down questions about Germany and the election turmoil.
" Ask other classmates your questions and note down their answers.
" Go back to your original partner / group and compare your findings.
" Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.
6. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner,
try to recall exactly how these were used in the text:
" over " quietly
" unanswered " margin
" suggest " lead
" slice " improve
" refusing " problems
" future
" clearly
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DISCUSSION
STUDENT A s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
a. What did you think when you first read this headline?
b. Did the headline make you want to read the article?
c. What adjectives describe your feelings about Germany s election
turmoil?
d. Are elections in your company confusing?
e. What do you think of Gerhard Schroeder?
f. What do you think of Angela Merkel?
g. Do you think Gerhard Schroeder should admit defeat?
h. Why do you think Germany s economy is so weak?
i. Why is it bad for Germany to be leaderless?
j. Have you ever refused to admit defeat?
STUDENT B s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
a. Did you like reading this article?
b. What do you think about what you read?
c. Do you think Angela Merkel should resign as her party s leader?
d. How did Angela Merkel lose her 21 percent lead so quickly?
e. Many people say Germany is not ready for a female chancellor.
What do you think?
f. What kind of policies will help Germany to recover?
g. Has your country s economy ever been in bad shape?
h. When do you think Germany will become strong again?
i. Is your future certain or uncertain?
j. Did you like this discussion?
AFTER DISCUSSION: Join another partner / group and tell them what
you talked about.
a. What question would you like to ask about this topic?
b. What was the most interesting thing you heard?
c. Was there a question you didn t like?
d. Was there something you totally disagreed with?
e. What did you like talking about?
f. Do you want to know how anyone else answered the questions?
g. Which was the most difficult question?
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LISTENING
Listen and fill in the spaces.
German election turmoil
BNE: The election ___ _____ but who is Germany s new leader? This is the
biggest ____________ question in Europe s largest and most powerful country.
The voting figures suggest the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) should _____
power. It won the largest _____ of the vote with 35.2 percent against 34.3
percent for Gerhard Schroeder s Social Democrats. However, Chancellor
Schroeder is refusing to _____ defeat and is claiming victory for himself, even
though he _____ lost the election.
Many members of the CDU may be quietly _______ their leader Angela Merkel
for not winning the election by a bigger _______. She had a 21 percent lead in
the polls at the _______ of the campaign. She was predicted to become
Germany s first female chancellor. Many hoped she would _______ the German
economy, which has _____ ___ bad shape for the past seven years. However,
Ms Merkel s campaign was full of problems. Her political future is now uncertain,
even _______ she won the election.
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HOMEWORK
1. 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 on the
German election. Share your findings with your class in the next lesson.
3. THE PLAYERS: Make a poster describing Gerhard Schroeder and
Angela Merkel. Try to explain some of their policies and differences. Show
your posters to your classmates in your next lesson. Did you all find out
similar things?
4. DIARY / JOURNAL: You are Gerhard Schroeder or Angela Merkel.
Write your diary / journal entry for the day of the election. Read your
diary / journal to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all write
about similar things?
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ANSWERS
TRUE / FALSE:
a. T b. T c. T d. F e. F f. F g. T h. F
SYNONYM MATCH:
a. over finished
b. suggest indicate
c. slice share
d. admit accept
e. clearly obviously
f. quietly secretly
g. bigger greater
h. improve straighten out
i. shape condition
j. uncertain unclear
PHRASE MATCH:
a. The election is over
b. the biggest unanswered question
c. take power
d. refusing to admit defeat
e. he clearly lost the election
f. quietly blaming their leader
g. winning the election by a bigger margin
h. polls at the start of the campaign
i. in bad shape for the past seven years
j. Her political future is now uncertain
GAP FILL:
German election turmoil
BNE: The election is over but who is Germany s new leader? This is the biggest
unanswered question in Europe s largest and most powerful country. The voting
figures suggest the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) should take power. It won the
largest slice of the vote with 35.2 percent against 34.3 percent for Gerhard
Schroeder s Social Democrats. However, Chancellor Schroeder is refusing to admit
defeat and is claiming victory for himself, even though he clearly lost the election.
Many members of the CDU may be quietly blaming their leader Angela Merkel for not
winning the election by a bigger margin. She had a 21 percent lead in the polls at the
start of the campaign. She was predicted to become Germany s first female chancellor.
Many hoped she would improve the German economy, which has been in bad shape for
the past seven years. However, Ms Merkel s campaign was full of problems. Her political
future is now uncertain, even though she won the election.
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