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North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong-un, has appeared on television mourning his father. TV channels showed Kim Jong-un leading a group of mourners to the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang. The body of his father Kim Jong-il has been laid out in a glass coffin inside the palace. He died suddenly from a heart attack on Saturday morning. National television called Kim Jong-un, who is 27 or 28, "a great person born of heaven". They also said their new leader was “the outstanding leader of the party, military and people.”
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Little is known about Kim Jong-un. Korean Central Television say his “thoughts are exactly the same as those of [his father] the Dear General”. He went to school in Switzerland and people say he loves the basketball star Michael Jordan. He is the youngest of Kim Jong-il’s three sons. The North Korean government decided in 2009 that he would be the country’s next leader. He is now head of a nation where 24 million people do not have enough to eat. His country does not have enough food to feed its people, but has nuclear weapons.
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Match the following phrases from the article.
Paragraph 1
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appeared on television mourning |
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of mourners |
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leading a group |
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attack |
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laid out in a glass |
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of the party |
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He died suddenly from a heart |
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his father |
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National |
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coffin |
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the outstanding leader |
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television |
Paragraph 2
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Little is known |
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its people |
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his thoughts are exactly |
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weapons |
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He went to |
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a nation |
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head of |
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about Kim Jong-un |
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enough food to feed |
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the same |
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6. |
nuclear |
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school in Switzerland |
North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong-un, has ________________________ mourning his father. TV channels showed Kim Jong-un leading ________________________ to the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang. The body of his father Kim Jong-il has been laid ________________________ inside the palace. He died suddenly ________________________ on Saturday morning. National television called Kim Jong-un, who is 27 or 28, "a great ________________________ ". They also said their new leader was “the ________________________ of the party, military and people.”
________________________ Kim Jong-un. Korean Central Television say his “________________________ the same as those of [his father] the Dear General”. He went to school in Switzerland and people say he loves the basketball star Michael Jordan. ________________________ of Kim Jong-il’s three sons. The North Korean ________________________ in 2009 that he would be the country’s next leader. He is ________________________ where 24 million people do not have enough to eat. His country does not have enough food to ________________________, but has nuclear weapons.
North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong-un, has appeared (1) ____ television mourning his father. TV channels showed Kim Jong-un leading a (2) ____ of mourners to the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang. The body of his father Kim Jong-il (3) ____ been laid out in a glass coffin inside the palace. He died suddenly (4) ____ a heart attack on Saturday morning. National television called Kim Jong-un, who is 27 or 28, "a great person (5) ____ of heaven". They also said their new leader was “the outstanding leader of the (6) ____, military and people.”
(7) ____ is known about Kim Jong-un. Korean Central Television say his “thoughts are exactly the same as (8) ____ of [his father] the Dear General”. He went to school in Switzerland and people say he loves the basketball (9) ____ Michael Jordan. He is the youngest of Kim Jong-il’s three sons. The North Korean government (10) ____ in 2009 that he would be the country’s next leader. He is now (11) ____ of a nation where 24 million people do not have enough to eat. His country does not have enough food to (12) ____ its people, but has nuclear weapons.
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
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(a) |
in |
(b) |
at |
(c) |
on |
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(a) |
group |
(b) |
gather |
(c) |
collect |
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(a) |
have |
(b) |
has |
(c) |
having |
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(a) |
from |
(b) |
to |
(c) |
at |
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(a) |
birth |
(b) |
birthday |
(c) |
born |
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(a) |
party |
(b) |
ceremony |
(c) |
celebration |
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(a) |
Small |
(b) |
Few |
(c) |
Little |
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(a) |
them |
(b) |
those |
(c) |
this |
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(a) |
star |
(b) |
moon |
(c) |
sun |
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(a) |
decision |
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decided |
(c) |
decide |
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(a) |
neck |
(b) |
foot |
(c) |
head |
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(a) |
fed |
(b) |
feed |
(c) |
feeds |
Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
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erppeada on television |
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ounmrgni his father |
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leading a pogur |
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in a glass ofcnif |
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heart catkat |
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leader of the party, mraityli and people |
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Paragraph 2 |
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Little is ownkn about Kim Jong-un |
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lecaxyt the same |
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He is the tgosuney |
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head of a inanto |
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genhou food |
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nuclear weapons |
Number these lines in the correct order.
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of a nation where 24 million people do not have enough to eat. His country does not |
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in Pyongyang. The body of his father Kim Jong-il has been laid out in a glass coffin inside the |
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government decided in 2009 that he would be the country’s next leader. He is now head |
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showed Kim Jong-un leading a group of mourners to the Kumsusan Memorial Palace |
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new leader was “the outstanding leader of the party, military and people.” |
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Little is known about Kim Jong-un. Korean Central Television say his “thoughts are exactly |
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is 27 or 28, "a great person born of heaven". They also said their |
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palace. He died suddenly from a heart attack on Saturday morning. National television called Kim Jong-un, who |
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have enough food to feed its people, but has nuclear weapons. |
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North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong-un, has appeared on television mourning his father. TV channels |
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the same as those of [his father] the Dear General”. He went to school in Switzerland and people say he |
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loves the basketball star Michael Jordan. He is the youngest of Kim Jong-il’s three sons. The North Korean |
With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
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television Appeared father mourning on his. |
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group a Leading mourners of. |
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palace the inside coffin glass a In. |
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attack heart a from suddenly died He. |
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The leader the outstanding of party. |
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un about Kim Little Jong is - known. |
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exactly same His are the thoughts. |
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say star the he People basketball loves. |
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do enough people have eat million not to 24. |
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to its food feed people Enough. |
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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A) |
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Write about North Korea 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. NORTH KOREA: Search the Internet and find more information about North Korea. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about North Korea. Include an imaginary interview with Kim Jong-un. 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 a North Korea expert. Ask him/her three questions about North Korea. Give him/her three of your opinions on the country and its leader(s). Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Your partner will answer the questions you asked.
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