VOCABULARY
MANDELA'S DAY
1- READ AND CHOOSE THE RIGHT OPTION
The United Nations General Assembly has created a (1) ____ day to celebrate Nelson Mandela. July 18th, Mandela’s birthday, is now (2) ____ Nelson Mandela International Day. The UN said it decided to create this occasion to say thank you to a “great man”. The day celebrates Mandela’s “promotion (3) ____ a culture of peace throughout the world”. It also recognizes Mandela’s contributions towards improving (4) ____ relations and human rights. The president of the U.N. General Assembly Ali Treki stated the day highlighted how Mandela suffered to create a better world. Mr Treki said Nelson Mandela played a "leading (5) ____ in and support for Africa's struggle for (6) ____...and [made an] outstanding contribution to the creation of a non-racial, non-sexist democratic South Africa.” Nelson Mandela led the fight against apartheid in South Africa for (7) ____ decades. He spent 26 years in prison for his (8) ____. The international community campaigned for many years to get him released. Finally, he was freed in 1990. He worked tirelessly to help South Africa move toward reconciliation and a (9) ____- racial democracy. In 1994, he became his country’s first black president and served for five years before stepping down in 1999. He has won many awards in his (10) ____, but perhaps his greatest is the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Since his retirement from South African politics, he has remained (11) ____ on the world stage. One of his biggest commitments is in the fight against AIDS. He is today one of the world’s most (12) ____ statesmen.
2- Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
1. (a) specialty (b) specialist (c) specials (d) special
2. (a) officially (b) officials (c) officialdom (d) officialese
3. (a) from (b) of (c) to (d) at
4. (a) racial (b) racially (c) race (d) racism
5. (a) mole (b) hole (c) role (d) pole
6. (a) liberate (b) liberation (c) liberating (d) liberated
7. (a) severe (b) severed (c) seventeen (d) several
8. (a) efforts (b) effects (c) affects (d) affords
9. (a) multiple (b) multi (c) multiply (d) multiples
10. (a) lively (b) living (c) alive (d) life
11. (a) activity (b) activeness (c) active (d) activate
12. (a) respected (b) respect (c) respectfully (d) respects
3- LISTEN AND CHECK
1- READ AND CHOOSE THE RIGHT OPTION
The United Nations General Assembly has created a (1) ____ day to celebrate Nelson Mandela. July 18th, Mandela’s birthday, is now (2) ____ Nelson Mandela International Day. The UN said it decided to create this occasion to say thank you to a “great man”. The day celebrates Mandela’s “promotion (3) ____ a culture of peace throughout the world”. It also recognizes Mandela’s contributions towards improving (4) ____ relations and human rights. The president of the U.N. General Assembly Ali Treki stated the day highlighted how Mandela suffered to create a better world. Mr Treki said Nelson Mandela played a "leading (5) ____ in and support for Africa's struggle for (6) ____...and [made an] outstanding contribution to the creation of a non-racial, non-sexist democratic South Africa.” Nelson Mandela led the fight against apartheid in South Africa for (7) ____ decades. He spent 26 years in prison for his (8) ____. The international community campaigned for many years to get him released. Finally, he was freed in 1990. He worked tirelessly to help South Africa move toward reconciliation and a (9) ____- racial democracy. In 1994, he became his country’s first black president and served for five years before stepping down in 1999. He has won many awards in his (10) ____, but perhaps his greatest is the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Since his retirement from South African politics, he has remained (11) ____ on the world stage. One of his biggest commitments is in the fight against AIDS. He is today one of the world’s most (12) ____ statesmen.
2- Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
1. (a) specialty (b) specialist (c) specials (d) special
2. (a) officially (b) officials (c) officialdom (d) officialese
3. (a) from (b) of (c) to (d) at
4. (a) racial (b) racially (c) race (d) racism
5. (a) mole (b) hole (c) role (d) pole
6. (a) liberate (b) liberation (c) liberating (d) liberated
7. (a) severe (b) severed (c) seventeen (d) several
8. (a) efforts (b) effects (c) affects (d) affords
9. (a) multiple (b) multi (c) multiply (d) multiples
10. (a) lively (b) living (c) alive (d) life
11. (a) activity (b) activeness (c) active (d) activate
12. (a) respected (b) respect (c) respectfully (d) respects
3- LISTEN AND CHECK
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