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Listen to the Webcast Korean tension at dangerous level again and tick the correct answer.
15.B – Comprehension Test 2 Listen to the Webcast Korean Tension at dangerous Level, answer the questions and fill in the gaps Part 1 1) What are the reasons to believe that a war may start on the Korean Peninsula? 2) What is especially worrisome about South Korea decision to start drills on Yeonpueong island? 3) Why has the UN convened a meeting? 4) How did US envoy Bill Richardson characterize the situation in general?
Part 2
MARK WILLACY: For Yoon Jin-young, the tension is _________. The 48 year old is packing up and getting off Yeonpyeong Island. After last month's bombardment by North Korea and the threat of more ________ strikes, he's too ________________to stay. (Yoon Jin-young speaking) "The residents here are getting more nervous, because our military is planning to hold a ________ exercise", says Yoon. "Now the North is threatening to ____________. So I'm worried. I'm now heading to the ferry to the mainland but it hasn't arrived yet. So we're all anxiously waiting for it," he says.
Part 3 When North Korea____________ Yeonpyeong Island last month the __________ killed four people, damaged dozens of homes, and left the Peninsula teetering on the _________ of war. Pyongyang says it opened fire ______response ___ a South Korean _________ exercise on the Yellow Sea Island. Now the South wants to _________ another military drill on Yeonpyeong, drawing more fire-and-brimstone ___________________ from north of the border. (Newsreader speaks) "If the South conducts this shelling, despite our warnings, we will against them," says this __________on state TV in Pyongyang. "These strikes will be greater in strength and _____________than those we launched last month", he says. Part 4 But many in the South are sick and tired of ____________before Pyongyang's ______________. (Sound of protesters) MARK WILLACY: Screaming _______ revenge __________ North Korea, these protesters on Yeonpyeong Island release balloons containing anti-Pyongyang messages. (Park Sang-hak speaking) "We're here to let the North Korean people know the truth about the regime's_________," says protest leader and North Korean defector Park Sang-hak. "We'll tell them of the shelling attack on this island ________these leaflets", he says. But with a population ___________information, food and political freedom that's unlikely to make much difference over the border in North Korea or to _______ the shells ____________ falling on the south.
15.A – Comprehension Test 3
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