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At home

Find information about the current situation in Liberia in the WWW.

What is the message of the political cartoon above? Who might be the man? What might he be doing? Why?

Look at the text title and complete the sentences according to their possible occurrence in the text.

Taylor is the first African head of state…

But six years later, under international pressure…

Mr Taylor now stands accused of…

Prosecutors allege that…

3 a). Form abstract nouns from these verbs:

3 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of expressions above:

1. The _________of ancient Greece flowered more than 2500 years ago but it influences the way we live today.
2. He denied the _________that he had lied to the police.
3. _________often encompasses wealth but also includes others factors which are independent of wealth to varying degrees, such as happiness and health.
4. A ___________of inexpensive goods are sold here.
5. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of __________the conflict in Georgia to benefit one of its presidential election candidates.
6. Louis XIV combined legal persecution with the policy of _____________recalcitrant Huguenots.
7. They hope these new drugs will help to bring an end to the ______________of patients.
8. ______________, compulsory military service for young men, has been a contentious issue throughout Australia's history.

A). Match these words

4 b). Fill in the gaps with the help of expressions above:

1)Yesterday in Royal Court two men _______________ _____________to _______they created panic.

2) The Coles are _____ to a lot of history surrounding the outhouse and are determined to bring the place back to its golden era.

3) We never __________ or intimidate the people," Lieutenant-Colonel told me.

4) We shall not need to __________our __________ any more, if our army becomes an army of professionals.

5) At 1:30 p.m., a bus stopped in front of the entrance gate and? ____________of approximately 40 heavily armed gunmen got out, firing at the people in the encampment.

In Class

1. Listen to the Webcast Former Liberian Leader Faces The War Crimes Tribunal and do the exercises below.

Match positions with the names

3. Group these names into these two columns:

Freetown, the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone, The Hague, Sierra Leone, Liberia

C- Comprehension Test 1