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More news has been released about Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Italy’s 74-year-old leader is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old prostitute. This is illegal in Italy. Mr. Berlusconi has denied ever having sex with Moroccan belly-dancer Karima El-Mahroug, known as Ruby the Heart Stealer. Ms El-Mahroug says she has never worked as a prostitute nor had sexual relations with Mr. Berlusconi. The pair say they did spend time together talking about politics until three o’clock in the morning.
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Silvio Berlusconi is no stranger to Italy’s courts. He has been called in front of Italian judges dozens of times. He always says he is the victim of campaigns to dirty his name and remove him from power. He has been accused of tax fraud, false accounting and bribery, among other things. He has always denied any wrongdoing and has never been found guilty. Mr. Berlusconi estimated that in the past two decades he has appeared in court 2,500 times in 106 trials, at a cost of 200m euros (US$280 million).
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Match the following phrases from the article.
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More news has |
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17-year-old prostitute |
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accused of having sex with a |
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time together |
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never worked |
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in the morning |
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sexual |
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as a prostitute |
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The pair say they did spend |
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been released |
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three o’clock |
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relations |
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Berlusconi is no stranger |
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of campaigns |
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dozens of |
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to Italy’s courts |
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he is the victim |
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in court |
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dirty his name and remove |
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any wrongdoing |
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He has always denied |
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him from power |
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he has appeared |
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times |
More news _____________________ about Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Italy’s 74-year-old leader _____________________ sex with a 17-year-old prostitute. This is illegal in Italy. Mr. Berlusconi has _____________________ sex with Moroccan belly-dancer Karima El-Mahroug, known as Ruby the Heart Stealer. Ms El-Mahroug says she has _____________________ prostitute nor had sexual relations with Mr. Berlusconi. The pair say _____________________ together talking about politics until three _____________________.
Silvio Berlusconi _____________________ Italy’s courts. He has been called in front of Italian judges dozens of times. He always says _____________________ campaigns to dirty his name and remove him from power. He _____________________ tax fraud, false accounting and bribery, _____________________. He has always denied any wrongdoing and _____________________ guilty. Mr. Berlusconi estimated that in the past two decades he _____________________ court 2,500 times in 106 trials, at a cost of 200m euros (US$280 million).
More news has been (1) ____ about Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Italy’s 74-year-old leader is accused of (2) ____ sex with a 17-year-old prostitute. This is (3) ____ in Italy. Mr. Berlusconi has denied ever having sex with Moroccan belly-dancer Karima El-Mahroug, (4) ____ as Ruby the Heart Stealer. Ms El-Mahroug says she has never worked as a prostitute (5) ____ had sexual relations with Mr. Berlusconi. The pair say they did (6) ____ time together talking about politics until three o’clock in the morning.
Silvio Berlusconi is no (7) ____ to Italy’s courts. He has been called in (8) ____ of Italian judges dozens of times. He always says he is the victim of campaigns to dirty his name and remove him from power. He has been accused (9) ____ tax fraud, false accounting and bribery, (10) ____ other things. He has always denied any wrongdoing and has never been (11) ____ guilty. Mr. Berlusconi estimated that in the past two decades he has appeared in court 2,500 times in 106 trials, (12) ____ a cost of 200m euros (US$280 million).
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
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releases |
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releasing |
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released |
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having |
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has |
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had |
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illegality |
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illegal |
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legalize |
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knows |
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known |
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knowing |
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nor |
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not |
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never |
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give |
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do |
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spend |
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stranger |
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strange |
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strangely |
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behind |
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before |
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front |
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by |
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of |
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to |
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between |
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from |
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among |
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find |
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found |
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finds |
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at |
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on |
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by |
Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
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news has been aeedlers |
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sucdcea of having sex |
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ndiede ever having sex |
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epdns time together |
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sexual risotnlae |
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three o’clock in the onmrngi |
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no ragsetrn to Italy’s courts |
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znsedo of times |
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idrty his name |
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idndee any wrongdoing |
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in the past two escdaed |
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ppeaarde in court |
Number these lines in the correct order.
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leader is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old prostitute. This is illegal in Italy. Mr. Berlusconi has |
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More news has been released about Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Italy’s 74-year-old |
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him from power. He has been accused of tax fraud, false accounting and bribery, among other |
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guilty. Mr. Berlusconi estimated that in the past two decades he has appeared in |
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Silvio Berlusconi is no stranger to Italy’s courts. He has been called in front of Italian judges dozens |
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things. He has always denied any wrongdoing and has never been found |
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of times. He always says he is the victim of campaigns to dirty his name and remove |
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as Ruby the Heart Stealer. Ms El-Mahroug says she has never worked as |
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time together talking about politics until three o’clock in the morning. |
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a prostitute nor had sexual relations with Mr. Berlusconi. The pair say they did spend |
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court 2,500 times in 106 trials, at a cost of 200m euros (US$280 million). |
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denied ever having sex with Moroccan belly-dancer Karima El-Mahroug, known |
With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
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Italy in illegal is This. |
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has She prostitute a as worked never. |
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they did The spend pair time say together. |
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o’clock about in politics the until morning 3 Talking |
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courts Italy’s to stranger no is Berlusconi. |
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called of been front judges has in Italian He. |
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name campaigns to The dirty victim his of. |
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wrongdoing He always any has denied. |
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court 2,500 He in , appeared times has. |
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Write about Silvio Berlusconi for 10 minutes. Show your partner your paper. Correct each other’s work.
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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. SILVIO BERLUSCONI: Search the Internet and find more information about Silvio Berlusconi. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about Silvio Berlusconi. Include imaginary interviews with Italians. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
5. LETTER: Write a letter to Silvio Berlusconi. Ask him three questions about this story. Give him three of your opinions on Silvio Berlusconi. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Your partner will answer the questions you asked.
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