In Class

1. Listen to the Webcast Former Liberian Leader Faces The War Crimes Tribunal and do the exercises below.

1.1. Match positions with the names

Positions	Names
The chief prosecutor	Jabati Mambu
reports on the historic trial	Stephen Rapp
one of those victims	Stephanie Kennedy

1.2. Group these names into these two columns:

Freetown, the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone, The Hague, Sierra Leone, Liberia

The International Community	Hot Spot Properties

C- Comprehension Test 1

Listen to the Webcast Former Liberian leader faces war crimes tribunal again and tick the correct answer.

1. Charles Taylor is

A the acting president of Liberia

B the Lebanese President

C the former President of Liberia

2. He rose to power through

A a bloody civil law

B a bloody civic war

C a bloody civil war

3. According to the reporter Taylor will

be further remembered

A for flinging his country into economic ruin in the early 1990s

B for plunging his country into economic rise in the early 1990s

C for driving his country into economic plight

4. Taylor is the first African head of state

A to deal with war tribunal criminals

B to appear before an international war crimes tribunal

C to appear at four the international war tribunals

5. He's facing charges of

A murder, rape, enslavement of child soldiers.

B murder, robbery, enslavement and conscripting child soldiers.

C murder, rape, enslavement and conscripting child soldiers.

6. The Liberian president was forced to resign

A five years later after national pressure

B six years later, under international pressure

C six years later, under national pressure

7. Mr Taylor is accused of terrorising the people of Sierra Leone

A demonstrating atrocities committed by the neighbours

B orchestrating cruelties committed by the rebels

C illustrating atrocities committed by rebels

8. One of the victims says Taylor’s 12 year-old soldier brought an axe which they used

A to chop the victim’s right hand off.

B to intimidate him

C to threaten to chop his head off

9. In exchange for diamonds Charles Taylor

A funded and controlled Sierra Leone’s rebels

B funded and gained a control over Sierra Leone’s rebels

C armed, trained and controlled Sierra Leone’s rebels

10. The reporter says they are going to meet people who

A witnessed the actions in the battlefield

B are quite close to Taylor

C are aware of the orders he provided

B- Comprehension Test 2/ Fill in the gaps

Listen to the Webcast Former Liberian leader faces war crimes tribunal, answer the questions and fill in the gaps.

Part 1

1. Who is Charles Taylor? How did he rise to power? Why are the Liberians destined to remember him?

2. Why does the reporter believe that he has set a new mark?

3. What is he accused of? What charges is he facing now?

4. How old is he? Has he pleaded guilty to any of the changes?

5. Where does the trial take place? When was it resumed?

Part 2

STEPHANIE KENNEDY: Just over a decade ago, Charles Taylor came to power promising his country peace and______________. CHARLES TAYLOR: Charles Taylor _____________peace, and Charles Taylor is about ___________this country ________the world community of nations. STEPHANIE KENNEDY: But six years later, ________international pressure, the Liberian president______________________________________. CHARLES TAYLOR: I can no longer__________, the suffering is enough, for you are good people. You have been very good to me through the grace of God, and I love you from__________________________________. I will always remember you wherever I am, and I say to you, God willing, I will be back. Part 3 STEPHANIE KENNEDY: Mr Taylor now stands accused of __________________________________of neighbouring Sierra Leone by ______________________committed by the rebels. These _________________ hacked off the limbs of thousands of people during the country's 10 year civil war that ended in 2003. Jabati Mambu is one of those victims. JABATI MAMBU: They went into our house, dragged me out of the bed, you know, threw me outside, and they asked that they should cut my hands off. Then I said, "Well, instead I should join you." They said "No," and one of the guys, the commander, commanded____________________________, and the guy came with an axe, and that was what they used_________________. STEPHANIE KENNEDY: ____________________ that Charles Taylor armed, ________________and controlled Sierra Leone's revolutionary rebels ____________________________________blood diamonds. The chief prosecutor at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone is Stephen Rapp, and he acknowledges that this case is a _____________________________. STEPHEN RAPP: We recognise that that's our challenge. We don't______________ that Charles Taylor ever crossed the border into Sierra Leone, or that he chopped off anybody's hand himself, or _______________ on the streets of Freetown. But we have a challenge and we are going to meet that _____________ witnesses from the inside. There are people that are quite close to him, there are people that further away from him that, __________________, hear communications or are __________________ that he has provided, or who ______________his key lieutenants _________________________in Sierra Leone giving orders, or providing material. STEPHANIE KENNEDY: The trial is being broadcast live to Freetown, and the public ___________________________________________________. This is Stephanie Kennedy reporting for AM.

A – Comprehension Test 3/ Render the text in English

Listen to the Webcast Former Liberian leader faces war crimes tribunal again and use the information from ex.2,3 to report back the news story. Follow these questions.

1) How according to the presenter did the Liberian leader rise to power? Why does he think Charles Taylor will be rememberd by the Liberians?

2) Why does the journalist say that Charles Taylor has set a new mark this time?

3) What is he accused of and what charges does he face in this case?

4) How old is Charles Taylor? Did he plead guilty to any of the charges?

5) Where does the historic trial take place?

6) What did the Liberian leader promise his people when he came to power?

7) Who made him resign?

8) What country was subjected to terrorism? How did Charles Taylor contribute to the situation in the country?

9) What cruel crimes were committed by the militia?

10) How did one of the victims describe the militia’s actions? What were the criminals like?

11) What is Charles Taylor alleged to have done in exchange for blood diamonds?

12) What difficulties did the chief prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone experience in judging the case?

13) Who are the witnesses to Taylor’s case? What kind of evidence do they provide?

Текст 2. Ellison canvasses forcing Papuan boats back to Indonesia

At home

1. Find in the WWW the information about Tampa Affair in 2001.

2. Complete these sentences

It would be determined at the time by...

The benefit of knowing of the background is...

The international law that we're upholding is...

3.Form abstract nouns from these verbs:

canvass convene

intercept verify

enter sign

secure involve

4.Match these parts

to canvass illegal entrance intercept nationals fleeing a breach of to uphold to safeguard

against illegal actions people from the country international law the possibility sovereignty into Australia one’s borders

Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:

1) He will ________________ of Red China's agreement to U.S. principle of "no recourse to force."

2) When people smugglers violated sea borders of Indonesia, it sent warships to __________seemingly genuine refugees.

3) The Court of Appeal had been seeking to reflect the fact that often _____________would be breach of confidence between the parties to the conflict.

4) Why should we deny people their right to the asylum when our nationals are _____________ _________ for fear of radical Islam?

5) The United States and the Philippines have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate and ______________________________transshipments of textiles.

6) Imbued with lofty idea of patriotism, the Communist Party of India ____________the independence and _________________ of India, fights for national unity

In Class

2.1. Listen to the Webcast Ellison canvasses forcing Papuan boats back to Indonesia and do the exercises below.

2.2. Match positions with the names

Positions	Names
a senator	Elizabeth Jackson
the Federal Minister for Customs and Justice	Peter Mares
the presenter	Chris Ellison
the interviewer	-

2.3. Group these names into these two columns:

Afghans, Iraqis, West Papuans, ABC Radio National, Middle Eastern asylum seekers, the Tampa affair in 2001, Indonesia, Papuan asylum seekers

Austalia	Illegal Immigrants

C – Comprehension Test 1

Listen to the Webcast Ellison canvasses forcing Papuan boats back to Indonesia and tick the correct answer

1. Senator Chris Ellison insists on forcing boats with Papuan asylum seekers.

A out of the country

B out of Australian territorial waters

C out of Indonesia

2. In the Tampa affair in 2001, the navy forced several boats carrying

A Middle Eastern holiday-makers

B Middle Eastern asylum seekers

C Papuan asylum seekers

3.The Australian Senator says the way the problem which is dealt with depends

A on the circumstances in which these people are intercepted

B on the circumstances of other attempts at illegal entrance into Australia

C on the circumstances of legal entrance into Australia

4. According to Senator Ellison the measures they took to deal with illegal immigrants

A are quite new

B are partly changed

C are not altered

5. Senator Ellison refers to the incident as

A the people mugging issue

B a breach of Australian law

C the people smuggling issue

6.When Australian authorities came across the boatload of illegal immigrants

A they possessed background information

B they benefited from knowing their background

C they didn’t have any information about them

7. The Minister for Customs and Justice is to safeguard the country’s borders against

A illegal entrance only when security is at risk

B illegal fishing, illegal entrance, security risks

C illegal fishing and illegal entrance risks

8. The measures against illegal immigration would be determined at the time by authorities

A responsible for looking after illegal fishers

B engaged in the process of looking after their waters

C engaged in the process of looking after their borders

B – Comprehension Test 2

Listen to the Webcast Ellison canvasses forcing Papuan boats back to Indonesia and use the information from ex.2,3 to fill in the gaps

PART 1

Where did the boats with Papuans arrive from? Who canvassed the move to force them back?

What was the case with Tampa Affair? Who was on board the boats forced back to Indonesian waters by the navy?

Where did the Senator make a statement that Government’s policy hadn’t changed?

PART 2

Peter Mares asked him if boats carrying West Papuans would be forced back to Indonesia. CHRIS ELLISON: Well it will depend on the circumstances in which we _________________________, but certainly they will be dealt with as we would deal with any other attempts _______________________into Australia. And of course _____________ place _______________dealing with people who try to enter our country illegally. And you've seen what we've done in the past and our policy has not changed.

PART 3

PETER MARES: You've said that Papuan _________________are no different to any other boat people, but that's not the case is it. I mean, these are Indonesian nationals _____________from Indonesia. They're not like Afghans or Iraqis who are coming through another country. CHRIS ELLISON: Well, of course, when we dealt with the ______________________before, we didn't know where those people came from at the time. ___________________of course we ______________that, but when we come upon a boatload of people who are trying to enter Australia illegally we don't have the ___________knowing their_______________, what their case is or why they're there. All we are presented with is an attempt to enter Australia illegally. Now, of course, we have measures for dealing with that, and of course our policy is also very well known and we will_______________________.

PART 4

PETER MARES: You accept that forcing a __________ back to a place of _________-is _______________international law? CHRIS ELLISON: Look, I think that the international law that we're ________________ is our ___________________ in that we're ________________________. As the Minister ____Customs and Justice I have responsibility ______border control, and that is ____________ our borders __________illegal ___________, illegal _________, _____________________ and anything else which __________________ this country including quarantine. Now that is a right we have to maintain and that is our sovereignty as a nation and our sovereign waters.

Part 5 PETER MARES: Australia is ______________to the International Convention on Refugees. Do you accept that forcing a refugee back to a place of persecution ________________that __________________ and is a breach of international law? CHRIS ELLISON: When we're faced with ________________of people, they don't come with a sign saying, "These Are Refugees". When we're _________________ that situation on the water, we don't know who they are; we don't know their background. They might say they're refugees, they might say they're all sorts of things but I have to tell you that we're primarily _______________looking out _____ Australia's __________ and security. And that means that we intercept people who are trying to enter this country illegally and that could involve a number of measures which would be ________________at the time by authorities who are ________________the process of looking after our borders.

A – Comprehension Test 3/ Render the text in English

1) What was Tampa Affair about? How does it coresspond to the current incident with Papuans?

2)What circumstances will determine the treatment of the illegal immigrants?

3) What distinguishes Papuans from Tampa Affair people?

4) How does Senator Elison justify his canvassing the possibility of forcing back people entering Austalia illegally? Why do you think he mentions the people smuggling issues?

5) What actions of Australian Government does the journalist call/ refer to as “the breach of international law”?

6) How does the senator understand what the international law is? How does the senator define international law?

7) What are the threats against which the Minister for Customs and Justice is to safeguard country’s borders?

8) What convention related to the issue was signed by Australia? How does the journalist qualify the actions of Australian government( i.e. forcing immigrants back)?

9) What is the first priority for the authorities when spotting a boat of people in the territorial waters? Or what are the authorities primarily charged with?

10) What officials are supposed to determine the measures to be worked out against the border violators?

Текст 3. Britain in hot water over alleged Taliban meetings.

At home

1. Find in the WWW the information about:

What does the word Taliban mean?

In what country does Secret Inteligence Service operate? Why is Secret Inteligence Service sometimes called MI6?

What does the expression to have a say mean?

2.Comlplete the sentence:

Tensions are rising over ...

The row comes as ...

It raises the question ...

One would normally associate it with….

3.Form abstract nouns from these verbs:

expel -

reveal -

embarrass-

regenerate -

eliminate -

persuade -

stabilise –

acknowledge-

4.Match these parts

expulsion of acting head of decision secret eliminate analysts religious tribal factions to have power-sharing a more incluisive to resolve

misunderstanding high-ranking foreign officials intelligence service to expel smb on the ground the leadership arrangement a say extremists within the Taliban chiefs mission government

Fill in the gaps with the help of the elements or whole expressions given above:

1. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Sudan is holding talks with government officials over the ________________of two UN representatives accused of espionage.

2. When Fiji's _________________________ came into effect in 1999, they were seen as a path towards ending the country's bitter racial divisions.

3. The former Office of Racial Ethnic Student Affairs has embraced a broader and more ___________ ___________ and has changed its name to the Office of Cultural and Language Affairs.

4. All attempts to unite rival ________________ ________ _________failed due to incompetence of the negotiators.

5. It’s also the responsibility of the interviewer to look out for contradictory or confusing answers and find the way to ____________ ________________________.

In Class

3.1. Listen to the Webcast Britain in hot water over alleged Taliban meetings and do the exercises below.

3.2. Match positions with the names

Positions	Names
a former diplomat	Michael Semple
a reporter	Mervyn Patterson
the acting head of the European Union's mission	Rory Stewart
a senior UN official	Stephanie Kennedy
a former EU mediator	Alastair Crooke