CHILDREN OF THE DISAPPEARED PRE-LISTENING ACTIVITIES Task 1 Discuss the following questions with the class. What kind of a political system is a military junta? What are the main characteristics of it? Has your country ever experienced a military dictatorship in its history? Do you know any countries where junta was imposed? Task 2 The words below are related to Politics. Match the words to their definition. Add their translation into your native language. 1. The constitution of this country guarantees freedom of speech. 2. How many political parties are there in your country? 3. The Leader of the Opposition will meet the Prime Minister. 4. A referendum was held on the question of whether the U.K. should remain a member of the European Community. 5. The dictator ruthlessly crushed all his political dissidents. 6. All subversives were abducted and tortured by the dictator’s army. 7. The dictator imposed a military regime in Argentina from 1976 to 1983. 8. A military coup took place in Greece in 1967. 9. The junta imposed a curfew and citizens remained indoors at stated times. 10. They expect a cabinet reshuffle in the summer. 11. There is a debate on the new Education Bill. WORD DEFINITION MY MOTHER LANGUAGE 1. constitution a) group of people with particular political beliefs 2. (political)parties b) a person who publicly disagrees with and criticizes their government(or regime) 3. opposition c) the set of political principles by which a state or organization is governed 4. referendum d) the largest party which does not form the government 5. dissident e) kidnap by force 6. abduct f) a vote in which all the people in a country or an area are asked to give their
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CHILDREN OF THE DISAPPEARED
PRE-LISTENING ACTIVITIES
Task 1
Discuss the following questions with the class.
What kind of a political system is a military junta?
What are the main characteristics of it?
Has your country ever experienced a military dictatorship in its history?
Do you know any countries where junta was imposed?
Task 2
The words below are related to Politics. Match the words to their definition.
Add their translation into your native language.
1. The constitution of this country guarantees freedom of speech.
2. How many political parties are there in your country?
3. The Leader of the Opposition will meet the Prime Minister.
4. A referendum was held on the question of whether the U.K. should remain
a member of the European Community.
5. The dictator ruthlessly crushed all his political dissidents.
6. All subversives were abducted and tortured by the dictator’s army.
7. The dictator imposed a military regime in Argentina from 1976 to 1983.
8. A military coup took place in Greece in 1967.
9. The junta imposed a curfew and citizens remained indoors at stated times.
10. They expect a cabinet reshuffle in the summer.
11. There is a debate on the new Education Bill.
WORD DEFINITION MY MOTHER LANGUAGE
1. constitution a) group of people with particular political beliefs
2. (political)parties b) a person who publicly disagrees with and criticizes their government(or regime)
3. opposition c) the set of political principles by which a state or organization is governed
4. referendum d) the largest party which does not form the government
5. dissident
e) kidnap by force
6. abduct f) a vote in which all the people in a country or an area are asked to give their
opinion
7. regime g) a formal statement of a planned new law that is discussed before being voted on
8. coup h) a sudden illegal, often violent, taking of government power, especially by an army
9. curfew i) when the positions of people or things within a particular group are changed
10. reshuffle j) a rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times during a period of political trouble.
11. Bill k) form of government or rule.
TASK 3
Watch the video and fill in the gaps.
By day Nicholas is working at a ________________________ His life’s work is to find
his younger ______________or _________________ that might be somewhere in
Buenos Aires.
His father and pregnant mother disappeared when Nicholas was
__________________ old.
His mother took him to a ________________house but never came back to take
him.
They were _____________________in 1976 by Argentina’s regime because they
were considered _________________
They were among tens of thousands of Argentinians abducted, tortured and killed
and killed, burried in __________________graves or dumped out of planes over the
___________________ .
People simply disappeared and many of the disappeared had children.
Many women who were ______________ were pregnant and were kept alive until
they ____________________
Some were adopted by innocent ____________________ but the majority were
taken by _________________families and raised as their own under
_________________birth certificates. They came to be known as children of the
_________________________ .
Alehandro’s adopted parents indirectly killed his parents.
Argentina is trying to help the children of the disappeared find what’s left of their
real _______________ and hold those who stole the children