Phrasal Verbs and Protests

Phrasal Verbs :)




The Guardian´s 10 best protests

Influential Protests

Top 10 Peaceful protests

Mr Mummery´s wonderful protest video

An example of a persuasive speech - steal ideas

Political Rhetoric

 On a wave of popularity following the Falklands War of 1982, Margaret Thatcher, leader of the right-wing Conservative Party, was heading to victory in the UK General Election of 1983. The left-wing Labour Party, with an unpopular manifesto that has been described as 'the longest suicide note in history', was trying to avoid defeat.

An influential young MP, Neil Kinnock, made one of the most powerful political speeches of the period, arguing that a new Thatcher government would cut spending on health, education and pensions, and would increase unemployment, taxes and interest rates. The conclusion of the speech summed up these arguments ...

If Margaret Thatcher is elected as Prime Minister, I warn you, I warn you that you will have pain.

When healing and relief depend upon payment. I warn you that you will have ignorance.

When talents are untended and wits are wasted, when learning is a privilege and not a right

I warn you that you will have poverty, when pensions slip and benefits are whittled away by a Government that won't pay in an economy that can't pay. I warn you that you will be cold.

When fuel charges are used as a tax system that the rich don't notice and the poor can't afford.

I warn you that you must not expect work. When many cannot spend, more will not be able to earn. When they don't earn, they don't spend. When they don't spend, work dies.

I warn you not to go into the streets alone after dark or into the streets in huge crowds

of protest in the light. I warn you that you will be quiet when the curfew of fear and the gibbet of unemployment make you obedient.

I warn you that you will have defence of a sort, with a risk and at a price that passes all understanding.

I warn you that you will be home-bound when fares and transport bills kill leisure and lock you up.

I warn you that you will borrow less, when credit, loans, mortgages and easy payments are refused to people on your melting income.

If Margaret Thatcher wins, she will be more a Leader than a Prime Minister. That

power produces arrogance and when it is toughened by Tebbitry and flattered and

fawned upon by spineless sycophants, the boot-licking tabloid Knights of Fleet Street

and placemen in the Quangos, arrogance corrupts absolutely.

If Margaret Teacher wins -

I warn you not to be ordinary .

I warn you not to be young.

I warn you not to fall ill.

I warn you not to get old. 

It didn't work: Margaret Thatcher won the General Election convincingly, and held power for 7 more years. Four months after making this speech, Neil Kinnock was elected leader of the Labour Party.

Rhetorical analysis

Scan through the text and identify examples of where the following rhetorical techniques are used 

• direct, personal address
• repetition
• list of threes
• alliteration
• metaphors
• reference to current names and terminology - facts and evidence

Useful current affairs vocab

• The hardships - difficulties

• To benefit from - to learn from

• To catch on - to become popular OR to start to understand something

• Overblown - Exaggerated

• An outbreak OF - an eruption/sudden occurence

• To put something to the test 

• To run rampant - to dominate/ overrun

• Slack - empty space/room

• Hence - for this reason

• To harbour - to hide/ give shelter to

• Potent - powrful

• The current economic gloom - current negative ecomomic situation

• Budget cuts

• Sceptic - disbeliever

• Dotty -  mad (informal)

• to scorn someone - to hate someone

• To abound - to overflow/ to be abundant

• A poll - a vote/survey

• To draw a conclusion - to come to a conclusion

• Hand in glove - to be close to someone

• To cover up - to hide/cover/conceal

• To bear the brunt of something - to endure the very worse of a situation

- Mindset - attitude/ belief

- Deemed to be - considered to be

- To get back on track - to go in the right direction again

- a host - a group

- To heighten - to increase/grow

- Dweller - inhabitant of a place

- A hub (of activity/noise) - centre/hotbed

- Affluent - risch/wealthy

- The consensus - general belief

- To be up for grabs - to be available

- Thriving - successful

- To be afoot - to be in the process

Current affairs and Ebola articles: Questions

1) In “Never too young for current affairs”, Addis suggests children in primary schools should start to learn about current affairs. Do you agree? Justify your arguments.

2) In “The great ebola scare”, why is Ebola unlikely to spread in Western Europe?

3) In “The great ebola scare”, why has Ebola spread so quickly in West Africa?

4) In “The great ebola scare”, why does the author claim there is “no perspective” in terms of governmental spending?

Speech Writing - Writing Exam Preparation

Structure of speech

• Strong, persuasive introduction 
- Address your audience clearly, use of the pronouns 'you' and 'we' to maintain direct links with the audience
- Clear opening/ introduction: statement of purpose

• Paragraph 1 - clear explanation and development of your point of view with supporting
evidence, facts/statistics, factual information – try to give 3 different reasons to justify your POV

• Paragraph 2 – attack the opposing argument – explain why it is not true

• Strong conclusion – repeat your point of view – appeal to audience

Persuasive speech techniques

• Inclusive personal pronouns (we, us, you, your, our)/ directly appeal to the reader

Have you ever considered what we are doing to our planet?

•Rhetorical questions

Can any educated adult seriously question the blatant reality of climate change?

•Facts and statistics

Since 1870, global sea levels have risen by about 8 inches.

•Emotive language

We are killing, chocking, drowning our world.

•Repetition

•List of three

Melting ice caps, hurricanes, droughts, floods – who is responsible for this?

•Knock down/destroy the counter argument

Useful phrases

Expressing and supporting opinions

I believe/do not believe that ... (because) ...

Personally I feel that ... Let me explain why.

In my opinion, ... Just consider ...

As I see it, … The reason is ...

It seems to me that… This is because ...

I would argue that for the following reasons.

I feel very strongly that ...

I am convinced that ...

I am of the opinion that ...

I am very much in favour of/against ...

I am completely opposed to ...

The reasons why I believe that ... are as follows.

Opening phrases

People (sometimes) claim that … but I feel that ...

It is often said/argued that ... However, it seems to me that ...

It is a fact that ...

Over the past few months/years, it seems that …

Recently, we have all become concerned that …

Nowadays, we are all realising that ...

In the past, people used to …, but now ...

These days, it seems that ….

Making statements

It is clear that ...

On the whole, it appears/seems that ...

We must take into account the fact that ....

It goes without saying that ...

It is important to remember that ...

Explaining/Expanding ideas and giving examples

... This means that ...

... This is largely due to ...

…For example/For instance, ...

…In other words, ...

Take, for example, the situation in ...

Listing arguments

Firstly/In the first place / To begin with, …

Secondly/A second area to consider is …

Another point to remember is ...

Finally, ...

In conclusion, ..

Last but not least, ...

Evaluating ideas, Dismissing contrary arguments

I think it is true that ...

I totally disagree/agree with the point that…

It is questionable whether …

I am sure/I doubt whether …

It is true that ... On the other hand, ...

While nobody can deny that ... , I would like to point out that …

It could be argued that … However, I would like to point out that ...

Despite all the arguments, I still feel that ...

Notwithstanding the claim that ... , I would argue that…

It may be true that ... , but all too often ...

Persuading

I would urge you to consider…

I am sure you will agree that…

Surely you must agree that…

Summarising

All in all, I think that ...

To sum up, I believe that ...

In conclusion, the facts suggest that ...

Climate Change

Key information about Climate Change

Web Debate - Are we too late to stop climate change?

Dangers of climate change

AL Gore - TED talk

Climate change doesn´t exist



Reading comprehension questions on the 2 reading texts

1) In your own words, summarise the writer´s opinion in the text “Denying climate change”.

Make sure you refer to his point of view and the tone of the article.

2)According to the text “For too long”, what do we need to do to reduce the impact of climate

change?

3)Which text is more optimistic? Justify your opinion with close reference to a text.

Current Affairs and Global Issues

Current affairs vocab

Verbs and prepositions

Work to complete during speaking exams

1) CAE Student´s book – p.138/139

Read texts, look up new vocab +  make a list

Complete qu´s 1 -6

2) CAE Student´s book – p.140: Ex 2 (Qu´s 1 -8)

3) CAE Student´s book – p. 143: Ex 3 and 4

Speaking Exam - Criteria A

What you will be examined on:

1)Level of fluency

2) Vocabulary is varied and idiomatic

3) Ability to discuss complex ideas and opinions – clearly, coherantly and effectively

4) Content – variety of informed opinions – including facts and real-life examples

5) Grammatical accuracy and range

Multiculturalism

Debate - Positives of multiculturalism

The Guardian: Multiculturalism in the UK

What is multiculturalism?

Can multiculturalism work?

Positive Discrimination

Positive discrimination for University Entrance

The Telegraph - Positive Discrimination

The Telegraph - Positive Discrimination - patronising?

Debate - Positive Discrimination creates diversity in Universities

Sexism

Emma Watson´s Gender Equality speech

Adichie´s Speech - Feminism

New Statesman Article: Chilling Reality Sexism and Football

The Guardian - Emma Watsons´Gender Equality Speech

The New York Times: Google and Sexism

BBC Unequal pay

Gender Stereotypes at School

Debate: Is sexism still present in today´s society?