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parole - inmates - violent - teenagers - adults - heinous - reporter - murderers - murder - slaughter - rehabilitate - severe - paedophilia - psychiatric - death - penalty - terrosism
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Watch the video
Answer these questions.
1) Number of inmates serving life without parole in the US
2) Man in blue’s opinion about children criminals treatment
Watch carefully
3) Describe the room and atmosphere: depressing? hopeful? ………….?
4) Identity of the person in the room ?
5) In your opinion how does the person in orange feel : happy? desperate? ……………….. ?
6) Who committed a heinous crime ?
Complete: "when …………. the decision be made to …………….. kids as ……………... "
7) Name of KKT news reporter
8) How does the Presenter qualify the case shocking choking smoking ?
Complete: "Are some ………………….. too …………….. to serve life ……………………?"
9) Date of the event
10) Name of the criminal
11) Age of the criminal
12) What did he do ?
13) What was the sentence ?
14) Name the 3 different types of crimes dealt with
15) Sentence proposed for a rapist
16) How can we help them rehabilitate according to the man wearing a black suit and tie?
17) Punishment for paedophilia
18) Punishment for severe cases ?
19) Who is the man wearing dark blue suit and tie?
20) What was his job at that time ?
21) What 3 different types of crimes can be punished by Death Penalty according to him ?
I / GLOBAL COMPREHENSION
Watch the document and then tick the right answer.
1) This document is:
- an interview about the death penalty
- a testimony of a witness of an execution
- a speech against the death penalty
- a speech about the pros and the cons of the death penalty
2) The speaker wants to :
- convince people that the death penalty may help reduce the rate of crimes.
- give people information about the death penalty and the modes of execution.
- make people realise that the death penalty is not a solution.
- weigh the pros and the cons and let people decide by themselves.
II / DETAILED COMPREHENSION
Listen to Part I
1) Listen to the arguments against the death penalty and fill in the blanks:
“It’s not a ………………………………. against the crimes that it …………………………. .”
Society who use the death penalty don’t have lower ………… ………… than those that do.
When a country ……………... the death penalty, they are not ……………………... into …………………… ………………. .
2) Listen and underline the 2 stressed words:
“But even if the Death Penalty did reduce crime rates, would it then be acceptable?”
3) Circle the correct answer:
a) The intonation is: rising / falling
b) The sentence is: a question / an assertion.
Listen to Part II
1) Listen and tick the correct answers (several possibilities):
The death penalty targets:
- The economically advantaged
- Both the rich and the poor
- Poor people People without a voice in society
- The economically disadvantaged Anyone, whatever their social background
2) Listen for a synonym for the death penalty = ……………… …………………...
Listen to Part III
1) Fill in the blanks: “The death penalty results in the …………………….. ……. ………………. .”
2) Underline the stressed syllabes in each word:
China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
3) Find an equivalent for “criminals who offend children” = …………… ……………..
Listen to Part IV
1) Underline the most stressed word (only 1 word): “The death penalty is never acceptable”
2) Fill in the blanks:
The death penalty abuses too of our most …………… . …………… …………. .
Everyone has the ………… to ………………and no one should be subject to ……………… .
3) Listen and underline the stressed syllables:
obviously / physically / psychologically / execution
4) Why is the Death Penalty a psychological torture?
- because of the violent mode of execution
- because prisoner have to wait to be killed
- because people become crazy
5) Tick the right answer: How long can they wait to be executed?
- days and days
- D-day
- decades
- decay
Listen to the last part of the document
Fill in the blanks:
They ……………… well have killed and ……………… , they ‘ve ………… the line. But do we really want to …………………… them?
There are a few of repetitions and rhetorical questions in this document: What is the effect on the audience? What is the aim of the speaker?
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