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Giáo trình Đọc Viết Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Quan hệ Quốc tế được thiết kế để -
giảng dạy học phần Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Quan hệ Quốc tế 1- kỹ năng Đọc Viết, năm trong bộ giáo trình dành cho 6 học phần Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành của - sinh viên ngành Quan hệ quốc tế
Sinh viên khoa Quan hệ quốc tế bắt đầu học Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành từ kì 4 đến kì 6 Cụ thể như sau:
Học kì Hoc phan Số tín chi
Học kì IV Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Quan hệ quốc tê 2 1- kỹ năng Đọc Viết
Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Quan hệ quốc tê 2 —_ | l- kỹ năng Nghe Nói
Học kì V Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Quan hệ quốc tê 2
2- kỹ năng Đọc Viết |
Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Quan hệ quốc tê 2
2- kỹ năng Nghe Nói
Học kì VI Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Quan hệ quốc tê 2 3- kỹ năng Đọc Viết
Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Quan hệ quốc tế 2
3- kỹ năng Nghe Nói
1 Thông tin chung về học phần:
- Tên học phan: Tiéng Anh chuyén nganh QHQT 1- kỹ năng Đọc Viết (English for International Relations 1- Reading and Writing skills)
-_ Mã học phần: QT03573 |
- Hoc phan tién quyét: Tiéng Anh co sé 1,2,3 - Loai hoc phan: Bắt buộc
- _ Khoa phụ trách bộ môn: Khoa Quan hệ quốc tế
2 Mục tiêu của học phần:
Trang 32.1 Mục tiêu chung:
- Sinh viên được rèn luyện các kỹ năng Đọc — Viết Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Báo chí và Truyền thông và Quan hệ quốc tế Sinh viên sau khi học có thê vận dụng các kỹ năng được học vào việc đọc, phân tích các tác phẩm báo chí và viét tin bằng Tiếng Anh
2.2 Mục tiêu cụ thể:
- Kiến thức:
Có kiến thức cơ bản về tin Tiếng Anh và định hình một bản tin tiêu chuẩn theo hình tháp ngược Nắm chắc và vận dụng các thuật ngữ Tiếng Anh về Quan hệ quốc tế và Báo chí Truyền thông thông qua các bài Đọc — Viết được thực hành trên lớp
- Kỹ năng: Kỹ năng cứng:
+ Viết: Sinh viên được trang bị kỹ năng phân tích cấu trúc và viết một tin
ngắn bằng Tiếng Anh trong khoảng 100-150 từ Bên cạnh đó, sinh viên sẽ nam
được cấu trúc của một bản tin hình tháp ngược và áp dụng lý thuyết vào việc sắp xếp một bản tin Tiếng Anh theo hình tháp ngược, viết các phần của tin như
headlines, leads, và viết một đoạn tin hoàn chỉnh
+ Đọc: Sinh viên được trang bị các kỹ năng phân tích, xử lý, chọn lọc
thông tin trong bài đọc bản tin Tiếng Anh Trong mỗi bài giảng, sinh viên được | hướng dẫn cách đọc hiểu và chọn lựa từ ngữ phù hợp với chuyên ngành Quan hệ
quốc tế Qua đó, nhận định chính xác trọng tâm và hàm ý của bài đọc Các bài
đọc cũng được lồng ghép với kỹ năng nói (thông qua các phần Pre-reading và Post-reading ) để sinh viên có thể trao đổi, thảo luận về các nội dung trong bài
đọc |
Kỹ năng mềm: Sinh viên tự tin giao tiếp Tiếng Anh trong môi trường học
thuật về chủ đề Báo chí truyền thông và Quản hệ quốc tế Sinh viên tạo được
khả năng làm việc độc lập và làm việc nhóm, có khả nắng tìm kiếm tài liệu Tiếng Anh phục vụ cho việc học tập nghiên cứu của mình
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3 Tóm tắt nội dung học phần:
Nội dụng học phần Tiếng Anh chuyên ngành Quan hệ quốc tế 1- kỹ năng Đọc Viết dành cho sinh viên năm 2 thuộc khoa Quan hệ quốc tế (học kì IV), được thiết kế nhằm trang bị cho sinh viên những kỹ năng cơ bản nhất trong quá trình đọc tin và viết tin bằng tiếng Anh Sau khi hoàn thành khóa học, sinh viên có thể học được nhiều từ ngữ và kiến thức chuyên ngành quan hệ quốc tế, chủ động tìm tòi thông tin, học liệu Tiếng Anh phục vụ cho công tác học tập của mình
Học phần được thiết kế gồm 4 modules dành cho kỹ năng Đọc và 4 modules
dành cho kĩ năng Viết Cụ thé như sau: READING
s* Module 1: World conflicts s* Module 2: Social Issues
s* Module 3: International Organizations s* Module 4: World Culture
WRITING
«* Module 1: News and styles of news writing “* Module 2: Inverted pyramid structure
«* Module 3: News headlines and leads
** Module 4: Composing a brief news item
4, Phan bé thời lượng:
-Lý thuyết: 16 tiết đành cho 4 module của kỹ năng Viết
-Thực hành: 29 tiết dành cho thực hành kỹ năng Đọc và kỹ năng Viết
- Ngoài ra sinh viên có thể tự học và nghiên cứu thêm các nội dung trong giáo
trình
5 Phương pháp và hình thức kiểm tra đánh giá
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WORLD CONELICTS
@ Pre-reading
these questions Discuss
answers with your classmates
@ Reading 1
Danish newspapers have reprinted one of several
caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad which
spatked violent protests across the Muslim world
in 2006
your
What is the satirical implication
of the cartoons?
Can you tell some conflicts in the world nowadays? Which of
them do you think is most worrying? What are the causes for conflicts? Does your country get involved in any conflicts? What are solutions to resolve world conflicts? What are consequences of conflicts? |
How do people feel when their country involve in one conflict with another nation? -
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The row saw Danish flags being burnt in Muslim states They say they
wanted to show their commitment to freedom of speech after an alleged plot
to kill one of the cartoonists behind the drawings
Of three suspects detained over the alleged plot on Tuesday, one - a Danish
citizen - was released on Wednesday
The remaining two - Tunisian citizens - are set
to be deported without trial
The cartoons were originally published by Jyllands-Posten in September 2005
Danish embassies were attacked around the
world and dozens died in riots that followed
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Prophet Muhammad Jyllands-Posten and many other major newspapers, including Politiken and Berlingske Tidende, reprinted the caricature in their Wednesday editions
The cartoon depicts Muhammad wearing a turban shaped like a bomb with a
lit fuse The editors said no-one should feel their life was threatened because
of a drawing
"We are doing this to document what is at stake in this case, and to unambiguously back and support the freedom of speech that we as a
newspaper will always defend," Berlingske Tidende said
The cartoon was also broadcast on national television, and even newspapers
that were originally against the publication of the caricatures are now backing
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ministry official told news agency AP
On Tuesday, the head of the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (Pet),
Jakob Sharf, said its operatives had carried out pre-dawn raids in the Aarhus
region The three suspects - two Tunisians and a Dane of Moroccan origin -
had been detained "after lengthy surveillance”, he added
The Danish citizen was released pending further investigation, while the
Tunisians will be held until they are expelled from the country
But lawyers and Muslim groups criticised the decision to deport the men
without giving them a chance to defend themselves in court | Franz Wenzel, the lawyer for one of the men, told Danish TV that the fact
that the Danish citizen had been released "for lack of evidence" while two foreigners were being expelled was "incomprehensible", AFP news agency teported Meanwhile, Kasem Ahmed of the Islamic Faith Society in Denmark, condemned the alleged murder plot -
but also criticised the
newspapers’ decision to
republish the cartoons, saying they remained an insult to Muslims
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The Pet did not identify the target of the alleged plot, but the online edition of Jyllands-Posten said its cartoonist, Kurt Westergaard, was the focus
Trang 10The newspaper, based in Aarhus, said Mr Westergaard, 73, and his 66-year- old wife, Gitte, had been under police protection for the past three months
In a statement on Jyllands-Posten's website, Mr Westergaard said: "Of course
I fear for my life when the police intelligence service say that some people
have concrete plans to kill me "But I have turned fear into anger and
resentment."
Q1 Circle the best headline for the news story
A, Muhammad cartoon controversy
B Plot against the Muhammad cartoonists
C Danish Muhammad cartoon reprinted
b Support for freedom of speech in Denmark
Q2-4: Put the following subtitles in the correct places numbered (a), (b) and (c) 2 Expulsions criticized 3 Police protection 4 Papers defiant Q5-11: Decide whether the following statements are True, False or Not Given
5 Several cartoons of Muhammad have reappeared in Danish newspapers
6 Fierce violence against Danish journalists has started breaking out after the appearance of the cartoon
7 The republication by some newspapers is aimed to show their support for freedom of speech
8 Some newspapers are against the republication
9 According to Berlingske Tidende, freedom of speech is being threatened
| 10 The case of the pledged plot against the cartoonist was brought to court, 11 It is criticized that the suspects received unfair treatment from the authority
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@12-23: Find the following words in the passage and select the meaning you
think is most likely to correspond among the choices given 12 spark a cause something to start b, influence something 14 detain a to arrest somebody b to keep somebody ina police station 16 be deported a leave a country b go to prison 18 fuse a, button b long piece of string 20 pending a without b, while waiting 22, incomprehensible a understandable b unfair @ Post-reading 13 commitment a action to protect something b, steady support 15 alleged
a stated to be true without proof b, stated to be true with proof 17 riot a bombing b rebellion 19 unambiguously a straightforwardly b unexpectedly 21 surveillance a protest b supervision 23 intelligence service a service questioning suspects secret b service collecting information 1, Do you agree with the decision of the Danish press to reprint the cartoons of Muhammad?
2, How do you think about the saying by the editors that no-one should feel | their life was threatened because of a drawing?
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Westergaard?
@ Reading 2: North Itaq bomb kills policemen
A roadside bomb has killed a police chief and at least four of his colleagues in
a northern Iraqi town
The attack happened in Amirli, home to a sizeable Shia population in an area
with an Arab and Kurdish Sunni majority south of the regional oil hub,
Kirkuk
The dead police chief was named as Maj Zaid Hussein Khalaf
Amitli was the scene of one of the deadliest attacks in the bloody summer of 2007 A truck bombing in the market area killed more than 105 people
Reports say Tuesday's blast occurred at 0800 as a convoy carrying the police
chief was driving past
The town of about 25,000 people lies 165km (100 miles) north of Baghdad
The population are mostly Shias from Iraq's
ethnic Turkoman minority,
Medical attack |
A roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad has [iam
also killed a health ministry employee and (aia
wounded at least four others, police said
The attack appeared to target a senior medical official whose convoy it was He escaped unhurt
Police did not suggest a motive for the attack In past years, insurgents have targeted medical staff in numerous kidnappings and assassinations
On Monday, at least 14 people died in bomb attacks in cities across Iraq
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took full responsibility from the US-led coalition for security in urban areas |
in July
However, casualty figures are still well below the worst levels of 2006 and 2007, when more than 2,000 Iraqi civilians were being killed in civil strife
and by anti-US insurgents every month
Q1-9: Underline incorrect information in each sentence and replace it with
the correct one
1 At least four policemen have been killed by a roadside bomb 2 On Sunday, at least 14 people were killed in cities across Iraq
3 More than 105 people were killed in one of the worse attack in summer in
2006
4 There were abou† 25.000 people living in Baghdoh
5 A senior medical official has also been killed by a roadside bomb
6 At least, four other people died in the bombing in eastern Baghdad
7 Many policemen have been the victims of kidnapping and assassinations by rebels
8 The rate of casualty was more worrying than that of 2006
9 More than 2000 Tragi civilians were being killed early this year
Q10-15 Find the following words in the passage and select the meaning you
Trang 14a killed or injured people - a attack b killed people b conflict
Q16-22: Decide whether the following statements are True or False
16 Iraq is a country in Western Asia
17 A multinational coalition of forces, mainly American and British invaded Iraq
in 2002
18 The invaders stated that Iraq was developing weapons of mass destruction 19 Many functional weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq since the invasion
20 Government authority was transferred to an Iraqi Interim Government in June 2004, and a permanent government was elected in October 2005
21 U.S troops are planned to leave the country by Dec 31, 2012
22 Insurgent attacks and sectarian attacks have become part of daily life in some sections of Iraq
@ Post-reading
1, What is the main cause of violence in Iraq?
2 What may be the reasons for insurgent attacks targeting medical staff? 3 What would you do to help your friend who is an Iraqi civilian?
© Reading 3
North Korea has apparently told China it may be ready to return to six- nation talks aimed at ending its nuclear weapons programs However, it will do so only if it has one-on-one talks with the United States
South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan welcomes what appears to be a tentative step toward diplomacy by North Korea
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willing to ‘return to multilateral talks, but he adds, Seoul needs to better understand the North's real intentions, and that consultations with South Korea's partners are needed
Yu is referring to a report from Pyongyang's Kim Jong II official Korean Central News Agency Tuesday on the final day of a visit from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao According to the
report, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il "expressed readiness to hold
multilateral talks," including six-party nuclear talks However, those talks will
_ depend on the outcome of a meeting between North Korea and the United _ States
South Korea, the United States, Russia, China, and Japan have been trying over six years of stop-and-go discussions to persuade North Korea to end its
nuclear weapons capabilities, in exchange for aid and diplomatic incentives
The efforts have failed and North Korea has tested two nuclear weapons
The United States has said it is willing to meet directly with North Korea, within the framework of the six-nation talks That meeting has yet to be
scheduled, |
Yang Moo-jin, a professor at Seoul's University of North Korean Studies,
says North Korea and the United States will come to bilateral talks with
completely different goals
Yang says the United States will focus on bringing Pyongyang back to the
six-patty table, while North Korea wants the U.S to withdraw what it
describes as its "hostile policies"
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describes as "hostility" from the United States Both the former Bush administration and that of current President Barack Obama have vowed the U.S has no intention of attacking North Korea
It is unclear how Pyongyang defines an end’to U.S "hostility" Washington
bases about 28,000 forces in South :
Korea to help deter or defeat any repeat
attempt of the North's 1950 invasion
Washington will likely reject any
North Korean demands to sign a
bilateral peace treaty or to remove the US troops ; Political analysts here in Seoul say ANH x oy
North Korea offered a return to diplomacy as a tribute to China, Pyongyang's
main benefactor Baek Seung-joo, a scholar with the Korea Institute for
Defense Analyses in Seoul, says Beijing has considerable influence’ in Pyongyang
He says North Korea only really wants to discuss nuclear weapons with the
United States, not with Beijing However, because China is able to impose
critical damage on North Korea with economic sanctions, North Korea responds very sensitively to Beijing's input
Q1 Circle the best headline for the news story
a, North Korea will return to nuclear talks
b North Korea wants to have one-on-one talks with the United States c North Korea wants to return to six-nation talks
d North Korea signals conditional return to nuclear talks
Q2-5: Answer the following questions
ae 5 LS OS AE SSCA PPC
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3 What evidence shows that North Korea has not stopped its nuclear weapons program?
4 How different are the goals of the United States and North Korea in their bilateral talks that are to come
5 What reason does North Korea give to defend its nuclear weapons program?
Q6-8: Match the name of the people on the left with their opinions on the right
6 Yu Myung-hwan a China's voice is seriously taken
7 Yang Moo-jin into account by North Korea
8 Baek Seung-joo b Seoul wants North Korea to clarify their goals
c North Korea and the United States pursue different goals in the bilateral talks that are to come
Q9- 15: Circle the best answers
9, When you make a tentative conclusion, you are
a certain about the conclusion b not certain about the conclusion 10 When the students receive incentive grants from their university
a they are encouraged by their university b they are awarded by their university 11 With a scheduled meeting,
a you know the exact work, time and place of the meeting
b you know the number of the people in the meeting 12 Hostile people are
a friendly b unfriendly
13 People reject decisions when
a they refuse to accept the decisions
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‘a, unpredictable damage b serious damage
15 Trade sanction limits
a international aid b trade and contact with a particular country
Q16-19: Decide whether the following statements are True or False
16, The United States and China supported South Korea in the war
17.North and South Korea have never signed a formal peace treaty and thus are
still officially at war
18 North Korea used to be a member of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
19 The Six-Party Talks, which began in August 2003 are aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program through a negotiating process involving the People's
Republic of China; the Republic of Korea (South Korea); the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); the United States of America; the Russian Federation; and Japan
Q20-22: Circle the best answers
20 Korean War, the war between North Korea and South Korea happened a from 1945 to 1950 b from 1947 to 1951
c from 1950 to 1953 d from 1952 to 1955
21, In 2000, Kim Dae Jung was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize as a result of †he which emphasizes peaceful cooperation with North Korea
a Sunshine Policy b Peace Policy
c Spring Policy d Cooperation Policy
22 It is said that North Korea has conducted nuclear tests so far
a, one b two c three d four
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1, Why is China the most important ally of North Korea?
2 How do you think about the nuclear program of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
3 What are solutions to solve the problems of North Korea's nuclear programs?
4 Why are there conflicts among countries in the world? Who are responsible
for this?
9 What roles do countries play in resolving world conflict?
6 What conflict has Vietnam been involved? How did Vietnam try to solve it?
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SOCIAL ISSUES
@ Pre-reading
Look at the picture and think about these questions Discuss your answers with your classmates © Original Artist _
, Reproduction rights obtainable from
1, What meaning can be inferred from the swe ClattoonStock com cartoon?
2 Draw the circle reflecting social problems in your country Then, explain it to your
classmates
3 What can you do to solve some of social
problems in your community?
@ Reading 1 Sisyphus revisited,
BOGOTA (Reuters) - As U.S cocaine use falls and security is tightened on
its border with Mexico, more drugs are flowing toward Africa, a top U.S,
official said, although he warmed Americans should not be complacent about
the shift
The United States and Mexico are cracking down on cartels locked in a
bloody war for control of the multibillion-dollar cocaine trade, and U.N
experts say U.S, consumption has fallen significantly
Those changes have pushed more of the trade in South American cocaine
toward West Africa for distribution in Europe and other growing markets
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But Ù,S druø czar Gil Kerlikowske said the shift does not mean the United States can claim a triumph, as the drug trade reaches into and threatens to destabilize new regions
"This does not mark a victory for anyone, and should actually give us pause," he told Reuters in an interview in Colombia late on Tuesday "The last thing we should do is pat ourselves on the back."
In the post for five months, Kerlikowske is promising a bigger emphasis on
reducing U.S drug demand while law enforcement agencies try to clamp down on the new routes
~ While the United States is still the world's
biggest cocaine consumer, Latin America's
cartels have in recent years moved mote
cocaine to Europe via West African
countries such as Guinea Bissau, where
drug traffickers have been implicated in the assassination of the president and head of the military
"For countries that have weakened governmental infrastructures and are more
susceptible to corruption, the potential to become a 'narco state’ is high," Kerlikowske said, without mentioning any specific countries
U.N officials say the booming West African cocaine trade breeds corruption and threatens security across the region
"As the world economy recovers, people in business want to make investments in places that are secure If you look at the antithesis of security,
it is drug trafficking and drug addiction," Kerlikowske said during a two-day -
visit to Colombia, the world's biggest producer of cocaine Colombia has
received more than $6 billion in U.S aid over the last nine years, most of it
a OO OO Ea,
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rebels
Colombian cocaine output fell sharply last year, although increases in Peru and Bolivia partly made up for the decline
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- Soreness
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and treatment programs "We want to be helpful not just in interdiction and eradication but across
this broad range, as we work hard in our own country to reduce our own
demand," he said |
Q1: Circle the best title for the news story
1, Americans’ worry about cocaine trade 2 U.S cocaine consumption falls
3 More cocaine is flowing toward Africa and U.S enjoy its victory 4 U.S cocaine use falls but too soon to claim victory
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4 According to Gil Kerlikowske, U.S cocaine consumption may rise again in the
future,
9 Kerlikowske stated that the government of Guinea Bissau had the potential to be controlled by drug cartels
6 According to U.N officials, corruption in West Africa is caused by cocaine trade,
7, According to Kerlikowske, drug trafficking and drug addiction is the opposite of security
8 Colombian cocaine output fell because the drug traffickers changed to aimed at the markets in Peru and Bolivia for a long term
9 The Marxist rebels in Colombia are backed by cocaine traffickers
Q10-15: Fill in the gaps with missing words which can be found from the
news
10 The world biggest consumers of COCAINE is 11 The world bigges† producer of cocaine is
12 Kerlikowske is a former police chief
13 Drug †raffickers go† involved in the plo† of kiiling the presiden† of 14 Colombia has received more thơn from the United State in its fight
against cocaine trade |
15, While Colombian cocaine production fell dramatically last year, the output
Ih ICPegSe,
Q16-23: Guess the meanings of the words/phrases in the box which are taken from the news Use the words to complete the following sentences You can make necessary changes to the given words
complacent, crack down on, pat on the back, destabilize, fuel, susceptible, boom, interdiction,
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18 You should not become about progress in the early stage of your study 19 The city authority has passed the drug program
20 Pros†i†u†es are said †o be highly to HIV infection
21 The strikes .fear for the textile company
22 The rebellions were †hrea†ening †o the government 23 The †eacher all the s†uden†s for their good work
@ Post-reading
1 How serious is the impact of cocaine trade on the people in your countries? 2 Do you know any famous cases of cocaine trafficking in your country?
3 What do you think are effective solutions to reduce the demand for cocaine
in your country?
4 Do you think healthcare facilities such as hospitals need to be improved? 5 Should government invest more money in building hospitals?
6 What will medical treatment be like in 50 years’ time
© Reading 2
A cemetery burying thousands of discarded babies highlights the problem of rising teen pregnancies and abortions in Vietnam
In a corner of a cemetery in Pleiku Town in the Central Highlands? Gia Lai
Province is a burial ground for thousands of unwanted infants
On the eve of the fourth anniversary since volunteers started laying to rest
babies who were abandoned around town, the first individual who initiated
the work, Nguyen Van Dong, said there are now around 10,000 tiny graves
in the cemetery
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The high figure sounds an alarm on the nationwide phenomenon of teenage pregnancies and children born out of wedlock
The Vietnam Family Planning Association (VINAFPA) recently reported the
country ranks third in the world for total number of abortions
Vietnam averages from 1.2 million to 1.6 million abortion cases every year, of
which 20 percent are requested by teenage mothers, the association said
(A)recsesccreseereececssenees
Dong said the cemetery, originally opened in 1992, has become well-known
among locals as a resting place for abandoned infants
Good Samaritans in town donate money to pay for some of the graves, but
many of the infants were simply buried in
a mound of soil Several locals help Dong
tend the graves and keep the surrounding
grass neatly cut
Sometimes, the volunteers would find
“ dead babies wrapped in newspapers or
nylons hung on trees in the cemetery, Dong said
A local man named Phung, who has been working at the cemetery for many
years, said he used to bury up to 10 abandoned babies a day
At the altar in the cemetery, Phung points to several lines that read ?We
forgive you our parents!? in Vietnamese
I get used to seeing such a gruesome scene [of dead infants left behind],? he said, adding that he would use alcohol to clean the corpses, buy small coffins
to bury them, and burn incense as homage to the young souls,
Another local named Tam, 71, has been working at the cemetery for over a
yeat tending to the graves
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How could young people abandon their own children, Tam said, adding that she often witnessed teenagers visiting the graves and weeping before leaving
silently to avoid attention,
Phung said many of the young mourners were parents who had left their newborns to die
Recent statistics by the Research Center for Gender, Family and Environment
for Development (CGFED) showed that 15 percent of Vietnamese women
give birth prior to the age of 20
Local health experts have highlighted the alarming rate of abortion among the
I0-I7 age group, which accounts for 3] percent of Vietnam?s total population
The lack of adequate knowledge |
about sex, which in turn leads to
unplanned pregnancies, forces many
teenagers to turn to abortion
In September, the United Nations
Children's Fund (UNICEE) issued
a warning on the high rate of female deaths during pregnancy and childbirth, mostly applicable to developing regions like Africa and Asia
Abortion complication was included as one of the leading causes of death for
females in these regions
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4, Unplanned pregnancies 5 Doomed lives
6 Donation from Good Samaritans 7, Fertility health of female teenagers
Q2-11: Fill in the gaps at the end of the following phrases with the names or figures found from the news
2 The province where the ceme†ery is loca†ed: 3 The age of Tamia
4 Average number of abortion cases in Vietnam every Year
9 The international organization issuing a report related to female death in
Sep†ember: |
6 The man who buried 10 abandoned babies a day:
7, 31% of Vie†nam's †o†al popula†ion:
8 The percentage of abortion among teenage mothers in Vietnam’ 9 The continents where there are alarming rates of female deaths during
pregnoncy and childbir†h:
10 The year when the ceme†ery opened:
11 The qpproxiraa†e number of graves in the ceme†ery:
Q12-21 Mo†ch the words/phrases, used in the news story, on the left
with their definitions on the right The right definitions must be applicable to the meanings used in the news Three definitions do not match with any words/phrases
12 initiate a a box in which a dead body is buried 13 wedlock b, to make something begin
14, abandon c emphasize something 15 tend d unpleasant and horrible
cee
Trang 2816, gruesome 17, corpse 18 coffin 19 weep 20 highlight 21 complication e make something easier to see- f cry g a thing that makes a situation more complicated or difficult h dead body
k the state of being married
| to care for somebody or something m leave somebody n to be likely to do something 0 a new medical problem the make the treatment more difficult @ Post-reading
1 What are possible mental effects on women after abortion?
2, What should the government do to reduce the rate of abortion among
teenagers?
3 What problems related to population is your country facing?
4, Should we find out the child's gender during pregnancy? 5 What do you think about gender imbalance in your country?
6 What do you know about VINAFPA, CGFED, and UNICEF?
7, What contraceptive methods do you know?
8 Do you know any medical centers for fertility health?
@ Reading 3
he Rudd government must urgently rein in migration or
tens of thousands more young Australians will miss out on
therr first jobs, a new report warns
Already, IS- to 24-year-old Australians are bearing the brunt of burgeoning migration levels, their unemployment rate rising from
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8.8 per cent to 11.7 per cent in the year to September, the study by Monash
University academic Ernest Healy reveals |
And without government action, it would only get worse, said Dr Healy,
senior research fellow at the Centre for Population and Urban Research "It is now urgent that the federal Labor government take control of the
immigration program," his study, "High net migration during a period of no
net job growth: Implications for young
jobseekers", in the quarterly People and
Place publication concludes
"It should revise the scale of net overseas
migration to take account of the sluggish
economic climate and its impact on young people
"If this is not addressed, the combined competitive pressure within the
Australian labour market from increasing labour force participation by older
petsons and historically high net overseas migration will likely continue to
diminish and downgrade the employment prospects of younger Australians."
Wayne Swan last month said the next intergenerational report, due before the
end of the year, predicted Australia's population would hit 35 million by
2049 This is considerably higher than the 28.5 million predicted by 2047 in
the second intergenerational report in 2007
The population blowout has been put down to higher than expected fertility
rates and increased net migration
Dr Healy accuses the Rudd government of creating a significant labour
oversupply in its pursuit of a high migrant intake, mistakenly believing
migration is a key to economic growth and an effective counter to the ageing
of the nation's workforce
ga
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report says
These recently arrived migrants constituted the bulk of total growth in the
Australian workforce of 165,200 during this period
"The government has two diametrically opposed labour-market policies in place On the one hand, it is trying to protect Australian jobs and jobseekers, yet on the other hand, its record-high migration policy is generating a very large influx of competitors for those jobs," Dr Healy said
Because older workers are also staying in their jobs longer due to the impact of the global financial downturn on retirement savings, young people cop a
double whammy In the year to September, the decline in employment for [S- to 24-year-olds was 74,600, the unemployment rate increasing from 8.8 per
cent to [1.7 per cent
The report notes that by comparison, recently arrived migrants have largely
succeeded in finding employment despite the limited pool of jobs available
"There is little doubt that recently arrived migrants who are desperate for
work, in part because they cannot access labour-market benefits, are taking
jobs locals could have been employed in," Dr Healy said
"There is a huge and growing population of overseas students, working holidaymakers, temporary visa holders and skilled migrants who cannot find
work in their professional fields
"Many of these migrants are filling entry-level jobs in the services industries
that young Australians could and should be employed in."
Qi Circle the best title
1 "Cut migrants” to aid young jobless
Trang 312 Migration and unemployment rate 3 Impact of migration on labour force
_ 4 High rate of unemployment among youngsters
Q2-6: Circle the best answer
2 The government must urgently restrict the number of migrants because a migrants cause social disorder
Πhigh rate of migration threatens the job market for youngsters
œ migrants take the jobs of the old people
3 According to Dr Healy it is hard for youngsters to find jobs because of
2 high net migration and no net job growth
b increased number of older people in the labour market c all of the above reasons
4, The population explosion has been attributed to
2 migration policy
b the rates of fertility and net migration which were underestimated
œ the rates of fertility and net migration which were overestimated 5 Dr Healy criticized the government because
a it has two policies which are absolutely contrary to each other b it did nothing to help jobseekers
a it gave migrants too many advantages over young Australians
6 Migrants add to the competition in the job market for young Australians a, They work better in professional fields
b, They accept low payment
c They crave for work and they are ready to do simple jobs
Q7-20: Find the following words in the passage and select the meaning you think is most likely to correspond among the choices given
7 bear the brunt
a suffer b complain
Trang 328 net migration
a illegal immigration
b difference of immigrants and emigrants of an area 9 diminish
a make something smaller and weaker b make something bigger and stronger 10 blowout a sudden change b rapid increase 11 bulk | a the minor part of something b the main part of something 12 cop a deal with b, suffer 13 desperate
a trying to have something by all means b wanting to have something very much 14 burgeoning a growing rapidly b, high 15 sluggish | a gloomy b moving slowly ~ 16 prospects a future b the chances of being successful 17 counter a response | b method 18 diametrically opposed a completely different b, completely unacceptable 19 whammy a unpleasant situation b, chance 20 entry-level jobs
a jobs at the lowest level b low-paid jobs
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1, What do you think are some causes of migration?
2, What are advantages and disadvantages if more and more foreigners move to your country for long stay? |
3 Which country in the world do you want to live in?
4 Name some regions with currently high immigration rate
9 Who were the first immigrants of the Australian Continent?
6 What do you think are some reasons to migrate to Australia?
7, What are effects of globalization on social problems in your country? 8 Is pollution a serious problem in your country? How to solve the problem? 9 Reasons and consequences of climate change
M0
Trang 34MODULE 3: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS @ Pre-reading > Can you tell the names of the organizations with the following logos? 25 KERN bi 4 aN) (68) NY Ẻ VS) : : ; SS SEY ,
> What do these following abbreviations stand for?
OPEC, OAS, EEC, FIFA, ILO, UNESCO, UPU, AL
> Name some other organizations that you know?
@ Reading 1: World Health Day: focus on making hospitals safe in emergencies |
HO is today celebrating World Health Day by focusing
attention on the large numbers of lives that can be saved during earthquakes, floods, conflicts and other emergencies through better design and construction of health facilities
and by preparing and training health staff
WHO is recommending six core actions that governments, public health
authorities and hospital managers can undertake to make their health facilities
safe during emergencies These include training health workers, designing and building safe hospitals, retrofitting existing health facilities to make them
more resilient and ensuring staff and supplies are secure
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“With our world threatened by the harmful effects of climate change, more
frequent extreme weather events and armed conflicts, it is crucial that we all do more to ensure that health care is available at all times to our citizens, before, during, or after a disaster,” said WHO Director-General Dr Margaret
Chan
The six steps that governments, public health authorities and others who
operate hospitals and health care facilities can take care to assess the safety of
hospitals
I protect and train health workers for
emergencies;
2 plan for emergency response;
3 design and build resilient hospitals;
4 adopt national policies and
programmes for safe hospitals; and
9 protect equipment, medicines and supplies
Too often, health facilities are the first casualties of emergencies This means _ that health workers are killed and wounded, that services are not available to
treat survivors and that large investments of valuable health funding in health
facility construction and equipment are squandered
World Health Day is being launched in China this year, where an earthquake in May 2008 killed over 87 000 people and destroyed more than II 000 health care facilities
Relatively inexpensive investments in infrastructure can save lives during
disasters Some countries have taken action to improve safety of health
facility, and their preparedness and response to emergencies
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° In earthquake-prone countries such as Japan, Pakistan and Peru, hospitals have been built using efficient building standards that cause little additional costs and can withstand earthquakes
° In Mexico, a Hospital Safety Index has been applied to over 100 health facilities, enabling authorities to determine which facilities are safe and
which require improvements
¢ In Bangladesh, which regularly is battered by strong cyclones, the government has invested in safely-built facilities for health, education, and other services that shelter and protect communities These’ can withstand flooding, and save thousands of lives, as when Cyclone Sidr
struck in November 2007
In areas affected by conflicts, hospitals and clinics should be allowed to function by all parties in
line with international humanitarian law
Infectious disease outbreaks are another form of
health emergency that staff should be trained for S afe Hosp ital
WHO is urging all ministries of health to review
the safety of existing health facilities and to ensure that any new facilities are
built with safety in mind Practical and effective low-cost measures such as
protecting equipment, developing emergency preparedness plans and training staff can help make health facilities-safer, better prepared and more functional in emergencies
Dr Eric Laroche, WHO Assistant Director-General for Health Action in
Crises, said untold lives can be saved if health systems were better protected
from emergencies "The most expensive health facility is the one that fails, both in human and financial terms," Dr Laroche said "We know we can do
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time has come for action."
Qi-3 Circle the phrases that refer to main ideas in the news story A Make hospitals safe in emergencies
B Improve health care in poor regions
C Upgrade health facilities to deal with disasters
D Efficient building standards in J apan, Pakistan and Peru
E Six steps that guide the operation of health care facilities
F Avoid building expensive health facilities
Q4-7 Circle the contents which are not detailed or mentioned in the news
story
A The need to build safe hospitals
8 Guidelines for operations of health care facilities
C Program to help Chinese victims of the 2008 earthquake
Db Methods of raising funds
E The need to protect health care staff
F Action taken by Bangladesh to improve health services in disasters G Contents of the International Humanitarian Law
H WHO's preference for effective measures which are inexpensive I Hospital Safety Index applied worldwide
J Examples of damages caused by natural disasters
Q8-10 Circle the forms of public health emergencies which are not
mentioned in the news?
A earthquakes Db Conflicts
B tidal disasters E Landslide
C droughts F spread of infectious diseases
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H floods J cyclones
Q11-16: Fill in the gap at the end of the following statements with suitable
information in the news
11 Damage of the 2008 Earthquake in Chỉng: o ca
12, The country which has adopted a Hospi†al Safe†y Tndex: 13 Dr Eric Laroche iS ssssssssssssesssessessseusssssessaseenevssnnssssssesseeie
14 Dr Margaret Chats iS csssssssssssssssssscsssesssseessensensesserunesssieee 15 Areds suscep†ible †o ear†hquakes: co
1ó, €yclones Sirdr s†ruck Bangladesh in -sscercecercecs
Q17-24: Guess the meaning of the words in the box which are taken from
the news Use the words to complete the following sentences You can make necessary changes to the given words
undertake, resilient, retrofit, armed, squander, prone, outbreak, untold
17 The fire caused damage to the city 18 After the divorce, she was amazingly
19 People were warned not to go out because of demonstration 20 It is difficult for old people to computer tasks
21 The 0f typhoid fever killed dozens of children in the town
22 They our classrooms with computers
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3 What would you like to do if you work in the staff of WHO in Vietnam?
4, What should people in your country do to support World Health Day 2010?
@ Reading 2
Director General of the United Nations Industrial Organization speaks about “Green Industry” in Vietnam
Yumkella, Director General of UNIDO and
Chair of UN-Energy, is visiting Viet Nam
this week (5-8 September) to speak about
"green industry" issues such as cleaner
production, energy efficiency and sustainable waste management with
government officials, UN colleagues, and students
On 7 September Dr Yumkella gave a presentation and took questions at the Hanoi University of Technology on the topic of “Green Industry for a Low-
Carbon Future” Up to 800 people, most of them students from various untversities in Ha Noi, were actively engaged in the discussion, focusing on
measures to "green" industry while maintaining economic growth
"Industry accounts for 65 per cent of the global growth in greenhouse gas
emissions, so we need to make industry more 'green' to maintain sustainable
growth, in particular in rapidly growing countries like Viet Nam,” said Dr
Yumkella
For Viet Nam to build a low-carbon future, Dr Yumkella highlighted the need to focus on four areas: policy frame work; specific sector strategies that also involve private sector; capacity building; and the treatment of solid and
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liquid waste and support for companies to have environment-friendly
products and increase their competitiveness on the world market
“Financial incentives should be given to enterprises to transfer and apply
technology for a green industry,” he said He also emphasized the importance
of water optimization, energy efficiency and reduction of material intensity
Dr Yumkella called on Viet Nam to build a policy mechanism that
encourages enterprises and citizens to save energy in their production and
daily life He noted: “The amount of discharged carbon would be reduced by
up to SO per cent from energy saving”
He also met with the Prime Minister and fi the vice ministers of MOFA, MPI, and
MOIT during his stay in Ha Not
Dr Yumkella has over 20 years
experience in international development cooperation and has provided leadership in sustainable industrial development, renewable energy and energy efficiency, as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation He was the Minister for Trade, Industry
and State Enterprises, Republic of Sierra Leone during 1994-1995
Q1-6: Answer the following questions
1, According to the passage, who did Yumkellar meet during his stay in Hanoi? 2 What was the subject of Dr Kandeh Yumkella’s talk with government
officials, UN colleagues and students?
3 What is the focus of his discussion with the Hanoi University of Technology? 4, According to Dr Yumkella, why do we need to make industry more “green"? 5 According to Dr Yumkella, what should we do in order to build a low-carbon
future?
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