SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL ISSUES AND CONFLICTCONFLICT

Isabel Bastida & Ana MenaEOI Cartagena B2

Listen to the song “Dear Mr. President” by PinkListen to the song “Dear Mr. President” by Pink

• What social issues and conflicts does she refer to in the song?• In pairs try to define the different issues in the box below:

Human rights Bullying Child labourDomestic violence Intellectual propertyEnergy poverty Religious freedom

Environmental awareness Illegal immigrationFree trade Gender discrimination Financial reformsFreedom of speech School dropout

• What other social issues would you add to the list above?• Have you recently heard in the news stories about the social issues mentioned before?

Match the words and expressions in the first box with a word or expression in the second one which is either the closest in meaning or which is normally associated with.

• Ethnic cleansing • Prejudice • Rebel• Harassment • Picket line• Poverty-stricken• Refugee • Outcast

• Reject • Non-conformist • Blackleg• Destitute • Discrimination • Racial purging• Displaced person • Intimidation

What social issues do they refer to?

Make collocations using the right noun below.Condemnation - Dissent – Boycott - Unrest - Sanctions -

March – Massacre

• Call for a …/ a consumer …/ a mass …• A … of innocent civilians/ carry out a cold-blooded …• Draw widespread international …/ issue an official …• Impose … on the country/ lift economic …• Go on a pre-democracy …/ break up a protest …• Express …/ growing …/ tolerate political …• Growing popular …/ a wave of social …/ spark fresh …

Complete the sentences with the rightexpression below.

under arrest - brought to justice - protest - innocence - early releaseprevious convictions – fresh evidence -make an appeal - perfect alibi

a. The prisoner continued to ……………………..b. The police have found ……………………. which proves that the offender was at the scene of the crime.c. A man is ……………………. following the suspicious death of his wife.d. Simon has obtained an ……………………. from prison.e. He had a ……………………. and the police let him go.f. The crime went unsolved and the perpetrators were never ……………g. My client is planning to ……………………. against his conviction.h. The defendant had no ……………………. and was sentenced to 6-month community service.

MANIFESTO

CONFLICTSCONFLICTS• Put the expressions from each group into the most likely order. Start with the word in bold.•  • Conflict escalates/ tension rises/ some fighting breaks out/ a truce is called/ war rages.•  • b) Have a row/ fall out/ take offence/ get in touch/ make amends.•  • c) Defend yourself/ be invaded/ join forces/ defeat the enemy/ gain ground/ lose ground.

• d) Restart negotiations/ sign a peace agreement/ declare a ceasefire/ begin negotiations/ talks break down/ reach a settlement.

•  • e) Return to democracy/ seize control of the country/ plot to overthrow the president/

suffer sanctions/ stage a coup/ undermine the economic stability.•  • f) Be under siege for weeks/ be surrounded/ run out of food/ become a prisoner of war/

surrender.•  • g) Seek a UN resolution/ receive reports of human rights violations/ withdraw troops/

send in international troops/ re-establish security.

• h) Put on trial/ arrest/ cause casualties and fatalities/ track down/ claim responsibility/ plant a bomb.

2. Match the group words in activity 1 and the conflicts in activity 2. In groups. Think of an example of the following. Give information about

what happened, reasons and causes.

1. an invasion2. civil war3. a terrorist attack4. a siege5. a coup6. a falling-out7. an international intervention8. a peace process

3. Match the verbs and the phrases to form collocations related to terrorism. Then complete the sentences below.

•The terrorists are planning to ……………………….. and fly to another country.•Terrorist groups ………………………. on the Internet in order to recruit new members.•A reoffender was planning to ………………………. at the embassy, but the FBI caught him just on time.•After 12 hours of negotiations, the terrorists finally decided to……………………., mainly women.•The government did not want to run any risks and were forced to ………………… by removing their troops from the border.•The government and the terrorists managed to ........................................ The government released 5 terrorists and ISIS 10 hostages.

1. Hijack2. Release3. Negotiate4. Agree to5. Plant6. Spread

a. a bombb. a planec. a prisoner exchanged. hostagese. propagandaf. the terrorists’ demands

Complete the sentences to get a collocation with peace.

• A __________ for peace was made by all authorities after the terrorist attacks that killed 347 civilians.

• Waves of refugees from Syria just want to __________ in peace.

• Jihadism poses a __________ to peace and harmony.• The Israeli PM has been criticised for freezing the peace

__________ with the Palestinian Authority.• Colombian streets are filled with joy as a peace

__________ has been signed by Colombian guerrillas to declare a ceasefire.

• The Eiffel Tower became the new __________ of peace after the Nov 13 attacks.