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Rephrase the title of the news report.Suggest 2- 3 titles of your own.
13.2. Listen and decide “who is who”?
| Name | Position |
| 1) Peter Ñave | a) a North America correspondent |
| 2) Vox Pop | b) a presenter |
| 3) Kim Landers | c) a famous statesman |
| 4) John F. Kennedy | d) a senior analyst at the National Security Archive |
| 5) Peter Kornbluh | e) general public |
| f) an audio player |
13.C – Comprehension Test
Listen to the Webcast Castro's departure fails to stir Cubans again and tick the correct answer.
| 1. Fidel Castro is A resigning after 50 years in power B beginning to fail to cope with his duties C ailing in spite of being a man of solid health for half a century | 2. Fidel Castro is famous for A substantive speeches B untidy military uniform C his impressive military parades |
| 3. He managed to A establish friendly relations with the USA B inspire some assassination plots against US leaders C rule his country in spite of all adverse steps against Cuba | 4. He exposed the world to the threat of nuclear war because he allowed the USSR A deploy their troops on the island for 13 days B withdraw their ballistic missiles from Cuba C put the offensive weapons in the country |
| 5. John F. Kennedy in his speech argued that the presence of offensive weapons in Cuba A constitutes an implicit threat to the USA B is an obvious threat for US security C is an undoubted danger for the whole region | 6. Public got to know about Castro’s resignation A from TV news B from Cuban Communist newspaper’s web page C from a Cuban Communist’s website |
| 7. Most leaders of his kind don’t step down unless A they get poisoned through a cup of coffee B a military coup d’etate occurs C they die or are overthrown | 8. The Bush’s policy was aimed at A preventing Raul Castro from being the next Cuba’s head B making Fidel to hand the power over to his brother C putting an end to Fidel Castro’s power |
| 9. The next president of the United States A will have to conduct a tougher policy of US-Cuban relations B might wish to normalize US-Cuban relations C might oppose normal relations with Cuba | 10. Reaction among Cuban Americans A was the same as 19 months ago B was weaker than 19 months ago C was as boisterous as 19 months ago |
13.B – Comprehension Test 2
Listen to the Webcast Castro's departure fails to stir Cubans, answer the questions and fill in the gaps.
Part 1
1. How long has Fidel Castro been in power?
2. How old was he in 2008?[2]Why did he find it necessary to hand power over to his brother?
3. What groups of people were surveyed to see their reaction to the news about Castro’s resignation?
Part 2
North America correspondent Kim Landers reports.
KIM LANDERS: Fidel Castro is a revolutionary _______- famous for his rumpled green military ___________, his beard, his long speeches and the cigars he once smoked.
(Fidel Castro speaking)
KIM LANDERS: During his 49 years in power he’s _____________________ everything his enemies threw at him - a US invasion bid, assassination ____________ and a trade embargo.
He even took the world to the ________________ of nuclear war when he let Moscow ___________ballistic missiles in Cuba leading to a 13-day _________________ between president John F. Kennedy and the Soviets.
JOHN F. KENNEDY: By the presence of these large, long range and clearly offensive weapons of sudden mass destruction constitutes an __________________threat to the peace and security of all the Americas.
Part 3
(Extract from television from Cuba)
PETER KORNBLUH: Most leaders of his kind don’t leave office except _________________ or during a military coup and he is now going out on his own terms, securing a _________________ transition to his brother and to a younger generation of leadership.
KIM LANDERS: Peter Kornbluh is a senior analyst at the National Security ________________ at George Washington University.
He says the Bush administration’s policy of trying to stop Fidel Castro from ________________ power to his 76-year-old brother Raul, obviously hasn’t worked.
PETER KORNBLUH: And that plan has failed as has every single ___________ of the United States - paramilitary intervention, __________assassination plots, economic embargoes, you name it. Those have failed.
Other countries have ________________ a much more rational approach to Cuba and they have more influence in Cuba and I think the next president of the United States is going to be _____________-in the direction of a far more pragmatic policy of __________________ relations, normal relations with Cuba.
Part 4
KIM LANDERS: In the Little Havana section of Miami, a huge Cuban flag has been hung between two ____________ trees and motorists arehonkingtheir hornsas they drive down the main street.
But reaction among Cuban Americans hasn’t been as _____________ as when Fidel Castro temporarily handed power to his brother 19 months ago.
VOX POP: I think this is a great day for all of us if we take advantage of it, because today with his resignation is accepting he’s ____________power.
VOX POP: I remain _________________ until his brother die and then it will be a close proximity to the states and maybe things will change but I don’t see any change so far.
KIM LANDERS: Fidel Castro remains the head of the Communist Party in Cuba for thetime ____________and he says he’ll continue to write his newspaper column.
It’s as if he’ll go from Commander-in-Chief to Commentator-in-Chief as one dictator is replaced by another.
This is Kim Landers in Washington for AM
13.A – Comprehension Test 3
Use these words and word –combinations to render the story in the written form.
a revolutionary icon, military fatigues, dodge smb, assassination plots, an invasion bid, trade embargo. the brink of nuclear war, a 13-day stand-off, an explicit threat, except in a coffin, secure a smooth transition to smth/smb, transfer power ,CIA, adopt an approach, push smb in some direction, pragmatic policy, boisterous, remain sceptical, for the time being
| Answer Box 13 1) step down as President |
| 2) rumpled green military fatigues |
| 3) let some country put ballistic missiles |
| 4) constitute an explicit threat to the peace and security |
| 5) secure a smooth transition |
| 6) a US invasion bid |
| 7) pragmatic policy of civil relations |
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