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2 Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 3 Brainstorm Page 3 Slave around the World Page 3 Slave Labour Yes or NO Page 4 Quiz Qatar & FIFA Page 4 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Paragraph Page 5 True or False Page 5 Vocabulary Antonyms Page 5 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story 329 Words Page 6 What Do You Think..? Page 6 Part 4 After Listening / Reading Q & A Page 7 A & Q Page 7 Part 5 Extra Stuff Extra English I Page 8 7 to Chinwag Page 8 Writing Activity Page 9 And Finally. Did You Know? Page 9 TV Links Page 10 The Answers Pages A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習
3 [ ] World Cup: Slave Labour..? November 22 nd 2013 PART 1 Warm Ups Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Serf b) Labourer c) Retainer d) Skivvy My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Jobs Warm Up 3 Slave Labour around the World Sadly slavery a person being owned by another person still exists around the world. Read the list of 10 countries and decide if the country has forced slave labour. Write YES or NO. Five countries are YES and five countries are NO. 1 HAITI 6 NEPAL 2 ICELAND 7 NEW ZEALAND 3 INDIA 8 PAKISTAN 4 IRELAND 9 SWITZERLAND 5 MAURITANI 10 UNITED KINGDOM
4 Slave Labour Yes or No Place the list of countries from page 3 into the correct order. Column A is countries with the highest percentages of slave labour & Column B is countries with the lowest percentages of slave labour! Column A High Percentages Column B Low Percentages Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the internet to help or GUESS! 1: Which year will Qatar host the FIFA World Cup? a: 2014 b: 2018 c: : What is the population of Qatar? a: 2.35 million b: million c: million 3: What is the average summer temperature in Qatar? a: 28 C b: 38 C c: 48 C 4: Which European country is FIFA based in? a: U.K. b: Switzerland c: France 5: What percentage of Qataris are dollar millionaires? a: 3% b: 8% c: 14% 6: What is Qatar s biggest export industry? a: Oil b: Gold c: Technology E1: Qatar has the highest GDP per person in the world? a: True b: False E2: Which area in the world do most of Qatar s labourers come from? a: Nepal b: India c: Qatar E3: Which picture below is the flag of Qatar? a: b: c: END OF PART 1
5 PART 2 Before Listening Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Jumbled Sentences The sentences below are from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the sentences and put them into the correct order. Qatar Accused of Worker Exploitation A B C D There are around 1.35 million foreign nationals living and working in Qatar out of total population of 2.03 million. The Amnesty International report is the latest set-back connected to the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Ever since the country was awarded football s biggest event in 2010 there have been concerns about the tournament. The other major issue raised by Amnesty International is the very poor safety standards for the foreign workers. A report by the international human rights organisation Amnesty International has criticised the conditions of workers in Qatar the hosts for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Correct Order: 1: / 2: / 3: / 4: / Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ Qatar Accused of Worker Exploitation Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1: Amnesty International is a human rights organisation. [T] [F] 2: Most migrant workers in Qatar are Qatari. [T] [F] 3: In Qatar summer temperatures often hit 40 C. [T] [F] 4: Qatar will host the 2020 FISA World Cup. [T] [F] 5: Qatar is a very, very small country. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Antonyms An antonym is a word with an opposite meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their antonyms on the right. All the antonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1: Criticise 6: Exploited A: Native F: Joyful 2: Safety 7: Unpaid B: Supported G: Clean 3: Grim 8: Set-back C: Jeopardy H: Disinterest 4: Migrant 9: Concerns D: Lost I: Commend 5: Squalid 10: Awarded E: Overpaid J: Advance END OF PART 2
6 PART 3 Listening Listening / Reading Listening Qatar Accused of Worker Exploitation Which Word? Help Listen / Read the news story below and check your understanding. Choose the correct answer from the vocabulary box. A: Pakistan C: living E: confiscation G: foreign I: General B: 2010 D: migrant F: Qatar H: summer J: organisation 123 Qatar Accused of Worker Exploitation 1 A report by the international human rights 1: Amnesty International has criticised the conditions of workers in Qatar the hosts for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The 2: workers, mostly from south-east Asia live and work in very grim conditions whilst other complaints listed in the report are; salaries unpaid for up to nine-months, 3: of passports, no exit permits and 12 hour work days, seven days a week. James Lynch a researcher at Amnesty International commented, life in Qatar for migrant workers is deeply traumatic There are around 1.35 million foreign nationals living and working in Qatar out of total population of 2.03 million. The foreign workers mostly come from India, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and 4: and make up 94% of the total Qatari workforce. Workers questioned by Amnesty International told the NGO they were being treated like cattle and forced to work outside in 40 C 5: temperatures. The 6: conditions for the migrant workers are also criticised in the report with most of them living in squalid, overcrowded rooms with no running water or air-conditioning. The other major issue raised by Amnesty International is the very poor safety standards for the 7: workers. So far in 2013 more than 1,000 people have fallen from high buildings under construction whilst work-related deaths are significantly high. Salil Shetty, Secretary 8: of Amnesty International added, It is inexcusable in one of the richest countries in the world so many migrant workers are exploited, unpaid and left struggling to survive. 20 The Amnesty International report is the latest set-back connected to the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Ever since the country was awarded football s biggest event in 9: there have been concerns about the tournament. The very hot summer weather, the tiny size of the country, the lack of stadia and equality rights have all caused concern. However, despite the latest problems there seems little prospect that 10: will lose the 2022 World Cup. [329 Words] END OF PART 3
7 PART 4 After Listening Post-Listening / Reading 1 A3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can t remember any answers, guess! Q1 What year will Qatar host the FIFA World Cup? Q2 How many foreign workers in Qatar are migrants? Q3 What area of the world do most migrant workers originate from? Q4 What is the name of Secretary General of Amnesty International? Q5 What are the average working hours for a migrant worker? Q6 What year was the FIFA World Cup awarded to Qatar? E1 Write ONE concern about the 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup. E2 How many countries are in the news story? Post-Reading 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! A1 94%.? A2 Amnesty.? A3 James Lynch? A4 1,000 people? A5 9 months.? END OF PART 4
8 PART 5 Extra Stuff English Extra I South East Asian Nationalities The English language has different nouns for the nationality of a country. ENW Episode 26 [4 th November 2011] introduced mostly western countries nationalities. Some nationalities are COUNTABLE ~ Cambodians Some nationalities are UNCOUNTABLE ~ Vietnamese Hint if the country ends in ~ a vowel add n or an Complete the list of nationalities from the news story and from the rest of South East Asia below. Country 1 Myanmar (Burma) 2 Laos 3 Thailand 4 Cambodia 5 Vietnam 6 The Philippines 7 Malaysia 8 Singapore 9 Brunei 10 Indonesia 11 India 12 Pakistan 13 Nepal 14 Sri Lanka Nationalities 7 to Chinwag Human Rights ENW Podcast Topic Qatar Accused of Worker Exploitation Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1 What did you think when you read this week s ENW podcast title? 2 What do you know about Qatar? 3 What do you think is the biggest human rights problem in the world? 4 What improvements do you think can be made in Qatar? 5 Do you think Qatar should host the 2022 FIFA World Cup? 6 Would you like to visit Qatar? Why / Why not? 7 Would you pay 10% extra money for your clothes made in Asia?
9 Writing Sporting Drama Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup in 2022 hopefully a sporting event that will be exciting, fair and safe. What is the most exciting sporting event you have been involved in? You can choose an occasion you have watched or taken part in. Why was the event special? What happened? When? Etc. END OF PART 5 And Finally X & Z A4 Did You Know? If Qatar does host the 2022 FIFA World Cup it will be the x: country in the world to ever host the 2 nd biggest sporting event on Earth. With a population of just 2.03 million and is ranked as the 164 th country in the world by size out of 203. The average summer temperature is very hot around 38 C. This means that when the World Cup does kick z: in 2022 it will probably be played in February and March. The End
10 Visual TV Links BBC News (UK) 1: [2:57] Migrant Workers in Qatar Al Jazeera (Qatar) 2: [25:18] Migrant Workers in Qatar You Tube (USA) 3: [9.36] Migrant Workers in Qatar Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Warm Up 1 Odd-1-Out A Serf B / C / D does not mean slave or slavery. Warm Up 3A Slave Labour Nations 1: YES 4: NO 7: NO 10: NO 2: NO 5: YES 8: YES 3: YES 6: YES 9: NO Warm Up 3B Slave Labour Nations - Rankings 1: Mauritania 156: Switzerland 2: Haiti 157: New Zealand 3: Pakistan 158: United Kingdom 4: India 159: Ireland 5: Nepal 160: Iceland Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 C 2 A 3 B 4 B 5 C 6 A E1 A E2 A E3 B Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences D A C B
11 True or False 1 T 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 T Antonyms 1 I 2 C 3 F 4 A 5 G 6 B 7 E 8 J 9 H 10 D Answers Part 3 Listening A: Pakistan C: living E: confiscation G: foreign I: General B: 2010 D: migrant F: Qatar H: summer J: organisation 123 Qatar Accused of Worker Exploitation 1 A report by the international human rights organisation Amnesty International has criticised the conditions of workers in Qatar the hosts for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The migrant workers, mostly from south-east Asia live and work in very grim conditions whilst other complaints listed in the report are; salaries unpaid for up to nine-months, confiscation of passports, no exit permits and 12 hour work days, seven days a week. James Lynch a researcher at Amnesty International commented, life in Qatar for migrant workers is deeply traumatic. 2 There are around 1.35 million foreign nationals living and working in Qatar out of total population of 2.03 million. The foreign workers mostly come from India, Nepal, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan and make up 94% of the total Qatari workforce. Workers questioned by Amnesty International told the NGO they were being treated like cattle and forced to work outside in 40 C summer temperatures. The living conditions for the migrant workers are also criticised in the report with most of them living in squalid, overcrowded rooms with no running water or air-conditioning. 3 The other major issue raised by Amnesty International is the very poor safety standards for the foreign workers. So far in 2013 more than 1,000 people have fallen from high buildings under construction whilst work-related deaths are significantly high. Salil Shetty, Secretary General of Amnesty International added, It is inexcusable in one of the richest countries in the world so many migrant workers are exploited, unpaid and left struggling to survive. 4 The Amnesty International report is the latest set-back connected to the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Ever since the country was awarded football s biggest event in 2010 there have been concerns about the tournament. The very hot summer weather, the tiny size of the country, the lack of stadia and equality rights have all caused concern. However, despite the latest problems there seems little prospect that Qatar will lose the 2022 World Cup. [329 Words] Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading Q & A Hours million South East Asia E1 Stadia / Weather / Equal Rights / Tiny Size 4 Silal Shetty E2 7 Countries
12 A & Q Example Questions 広島大学 English News Weekly Podcast A1 What percentage of the Qatari workforce are migrants? A2 What is the name of the international human rights organisation? A3 Who is the Amnesty International researcher? A4 How many migrant workers have fallen from high buildings? A5 Up to many months are some migrant workers not paid for in Qatar? English Extra Country Nationalities 1 Myanmar (Burma) Mynama / Burmese 2 Laos Laotian 3 Thailand Thai 4 Cambodia Cambodian 5 Vietnam Vietnamese 6 The Philippines Filipino 7 Malaysia Malaysian 8 Singapore Singaporean 9 Brunei Bruneian 10 Indonesia Indonesian 11 India Indian 12 Pakistan Pakistani 13 Nepal Nepalese 14 Sri Lanka Sri Lankan And Finally X & Z X P smallest / Z off Extra Bit Qatar Map
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