ENW 406 Introductionpod.flare.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/cms/media/3/ENW406.pdf06/11/2015 The Emotional Robot 1 of 13 (c) Jaime Selwood ENW Episode 219 TECHNOLOGY HOMEPAGE AND SOCIAL MEDIA

06/11/2015 The Emotional Robot 1 of 13

(c) Jaime Selwood ENW Episode 219 TECHNOLOGY

HOMEPAGE AND

SOCIAL MEDIA

ENW 406 Introduction This week’s ENW podcast reports on troublesome news for one of Japan’s biggest companies. The huge beverage conglomerate Kirin, which owns some of the most famous drinks brands in the world, has been accused of breaking a United Nations embargo. The Japanese company has business dealings in Myanmar and are in partnership with the Myanmar military in several breweries. What has happened? How can Kirin fix it? ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY will try and explain all!

Contents Pages

Part 1 | Warm Ups

Odd-One-Out Page 1 Brainstorm Page 1

Beverage Companies Page 1 / 2 Quiz | This Week Page 2

Part 2 | Before Listening / Reading

Jumbled Words Page 3 True or False Page 3 Vocabulary |Synonyms Page 3

Part 3 | Listening / Reading

The News Story 363 Words Page 4 What Do You Think...? Page 4

Part 4 | After Listening / Reading

Q & A Page 5 A & Q Page 5

Part 5 | Extra Stuff

Extra English I Page 6 7 to Chinwag Page 6 Writing Activity Page 7

And Finally….

Did You Know? Page 7 TV Links Page 8

The Answers Pages 8-10

| A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast.

| A1 ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習。

1 | The English News Weekly Podcast | © Jaime Selwood 2020 | [email protected]

©English News Weekly: 2011 - 2020 | Ep. 406 | Kirin Accused over Myanmar Links FOOD AND DRNIK

[202002-03] | Kirin Accused over Myanmar Links | February 21st, 2020

| PART 1 | Warm Ups |

Warm Up | 1 Odd 1 Out

Look at the four boxes below, which box is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later.

a) Kirin b) Suntory c) Diago d) Asahi

My Reason… __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Warm Up | 2 Brainstorm

How many different words can you connect to the word(s) in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this?

| Beverages |

Warm Up | The World’s Largest Beverage Companies!

What do you think are the largest beverage companies in the world?

Use the Internet to search for the answers using the country clues to help!

Check your ideas with the beverage company names on page 2!

Company Headquarters Company Headquarters

1 BELGUIM 7 MEXICO

2 USA 8 FRANCE

3 USA 10 ASAHI JAPAN

4 UK 12 JAPAN

5 Netherlands 15 DENMARK

6 CHINA 39 THAILAND



World’s Largest Beverage Companies | Order by Revenue per year!

Read the list of 12 very large beverage companies from around the world. Who

is the biggest? Order them from No 1 down on page 1!

A ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV G HEINEKEN B ASAHI H KIRIN C CARLSBERG I KWEICHOW MOUTAI D COCA-COLA J PEPSICO E DIAGO K PERNOD RICARD F FEMSA L THAI BEVERAGE GROUP

Warm Up | 4 | A1 Quiz

Read the questions about this week’s news story. Remember if you don’t know – use the Internet to help or GUESS!

Q1 What is Japan’s largest beverage company? a: Asahi b: Kirin c: Suntory Q2 Which Japanese beverage company has links with Myanmar military? a: Asahi b: Kirin c: Suntory Q3 What is the largest beverage company in the world? a: Coca-Cola b: Heineken c: Anheuser-Busch InBev Q4 What is the population of Myanmar? a: 54m b: 64m c: 74m Q5 What year did Burma gain its independence from the UK? a: 1938 b: 1948 c: 1958 Q6 How many land borders does Myanmar have? a: 3 b: 4 c: 5 X1 What is the English translation of the Myanmar national anthem? X2 Who is the current president of Mynmar? X3 Which map below is Myanmar / Burma? (B)

A: B: C:

END OF PART 1



| PART 2 | Before Listening |

Pre-Listening / Reading | 1 Jumbled Sentences

The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story.

Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order.

12th €18.15bn. beverage the market largest world

is with of the company company a The

value in Japanese

2 Kirin Mired in Myanmar _____________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Pre-Listening / Reading | 2 | A2 True or False

Read the headline of News Story – Kirin Mired in Myanmar Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 – 5 are True or False!

1 Mandalay Brewery is based in Myanmar. [T] [F] 2 MEHL is a company entirely owned by the Myanmar Army. [T] [F] 3 The U.N. have banned any trading with the Myanmar military. [T] [F] 4 The Rohingya are a minority Christian population in Myanmar. [T] [F] 5 Myanmar Brewery is the oldest brewery in Myanmar. [T] [F]

Pre-Listening / Reading | 3 Synonyms

A synonym is a word with a similar meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right. All the synonyms in black are from the News Stories.

1 Mired 6 Widespread A Crucial F Approval

2 Accused 7 Fundamental B Bequests G Drink 3 Embargo 8 Indefensible C Bogged-down H Indicted

4 Donations 9 Beverage D Pursued I Unforgivable 5 Clearance 10 Followed E Broad J Banned

END OF PART 2



| PART 3 | Listening |

Listening / Reading | | Listening Kirin Mired in Myanmar

Gap Fill | Help Listen / Read the news story and write the correct answer in each space. HINT – Look at the words around the gap to discover what type of word is missing!

405 Kirin Mired in Myanmar 1 The Japanese beverage giant Kirin has once more been 1: __________ in

accusations over its business dealings in Myanmar. Kirin, originally founded in Yokohama in 1885, has been 2: ________ of going into a business partnership with the Myanmar military. Currently, Kirin owns just over 50% of both the Myanmar Brewery and the Mandalay Brewery. The problem is that the rest of the partnership is owned by the Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd (MEHL) which is in reality a conglomerate owned entirely by the Myanma military.

2 The business partnership with MEHL provides the Myanmar military with much needed foreign currency. The crucial problem for Kirin is that currently the military are subject to a total global arms 3: _________ – which means no foreign country or company can have any business with them. What is of further concern, is that Kirin have also been accused of allegedly making three 4: ________ to the Myanmar military which is also against United Nations regulations.

3 The reason why the Myanmar military is on the UN no-go list is due to its so-called ‘5: ________ operations’ against the Rohingya – a 400,000 people Islamic group. Both the Myanmar government and the military have been accused by the UN of mass murder against the Rohingya, including the use of 6: _________ torture, rape and killings against men, women and children.

4 In response to Kirin’s involvement in Myanmar and specifically with the MEHL, the company’s president Yoshinori Isozaki released a statement saying, “Human rights is 7: ________ to all our business activities…we are reviewing strategic options for all our operations in Myanmar.” In response to the UN’s declaration that “any engagement in any form with the Myanmar military was 8: ________.” Mr Isozaki said that Kirin had met with MEHL to discuss the future.

5 Kirin first entered into business in Myanmar in 2018 when it bought the country’s largest and oldest beer producer Myanmar Brewery for €519m. The Japanese company is the 12th largest 9: ________ company in the world with a market value of €18.15bn. However, Kirin are a long way behind the Big 3 beverage companies, led by the Belgian based AB InBev with a market value of €162.70bn 10: __________ by the American soft-drinks giants of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.

363 WORDS

END OF PART 3



| PART 4 | After Listening |

Post-Listening / Reading | 1 | A3 Q & A

How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can’t remember any answers, guess!

Q1 What is the richest beverage company in the world?

Q2 What is the name of Kirin’s president?

Q3 What is the name of the Myanmar military company?

Q4 What are the two leading American beverage companies?

Q5 What is the name of the Islamic minority in Myanmar?

Q6 Which city was Kirin originally founded in?

X1 What is the former capital of Myanmar called?

X2 How many beverage companies are in the news story?

Post-Reading | 2 A & Q

How much can you remember from the news story?

Read the answers below and write the correct question.

There is more than one possible correct question for each one!

A1 1885. ______________________________________________?

A2 50%+. ______________________________________________?

A3 400,000. ______________________________________________?

A4 2018. ______________________________________________?

A5 €519m ______________________________________________?

END OF PART 4



| PART 5 | Extra Stuff |

English Extra I English Idioms with - Drink

An Idiom in English means a phrase or expression that explains a situation sometimes a literal meaning and sometimes to explain a complication situation.

Example: TEST THE WATERS = TO TRY SOMETHING TEMPORARILY A STIFF DRINK = A STRONG ALOCOHLIC DRINK

Can you match the ‘idiom’ with the correct meaning?

1 2 3 4 5 6 A storm in

a teacup Champagne

taste on a beer budget

Drink like a fish

Dutch courage

Hair of the dog.

Not my cup of tea.

7 F 8 9 10 11 12

Of the first water.

Test the waters.

Watering down

In the drink

A stiff drink.

Slam back

A B C D E F

Like expensive thing; but

can’t afford it.

To make a drink less potent by adding water.

Try something

before taking it up

permanently.

Something one thinks is very bad,

but actually is not an

issue.

Something that you

don’t really like.

A person who really

likes drinking alcohol.

G H I J K L Drinking

alcohol to give one courage.

A strong alcoholic

drink.

To drink (or eat)

something very quickly.

To cure a hangover

by drinking more

alcohol.

The finest quality

To end up in water

(sea etc) by accident.

7 to Chinwag This Week’s ENW Podcast

ENW Podcast Topic | Kirin Mired in Myanmar

Ask / Answer the questions below on this week’s ENW Podcast Topic!

1 What did you think when you read this week’s ENW topic? 2 What is your favourite type of drink? Why? 3 What do you know about Myanmar? Why? 4 What should happen to companies who break UN embargos? Why? 5 What do you think is the most influential company in your country? Why? 6 What do you think about the United Nations? Why?

EX FREE QUESTION!



Writing This Week

Myanmar is a country located in South East Asia. Write an introduction to the country for people who know nothing about it. Give as many examples as to your opinions as you can!

END OF PART 5

And Finally… | U/V/W/X/Y/Z | A4 ENW RECAP

(T) Since 2010 two of the world’s leading coffee houses have increased their prices by 25%! (U) So, what has happened since 2015. (V) The problem is that the coffee bean has been affected by the global change in temperature. (W) The small crumb of comfort for ENW is that we prefer tea… (X) That in ENW 206: The Death of Coffee we reported on worrying news for the billions of coffee aficionados around the world. (Y) The other problem is with the decline in number of coffee beans grown, the price of coffee has increased? (Z) The bad news is that reports in 2019 have indicated that climate change has impacted on coffee bean growth worse than expected! _______________ END OF PART 6



Visual | TV Links

Amnesty International | (UK) 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps_bojaYv74 [00:59] Kirin in Myanmar You Tube| (USA) 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPvczercBhk [03:24] Brief History of Burma / Myanmar from 1824-2018 BBC News | (UK) 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT7QUzJg0aM [05:02] Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis

Podcast | Key

| A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast.

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Warm Up 1 | Odd-1-Out

C – DIAGO A / B / D – are all Japanese beverage companies. Diago is from the UK.

Warm Up 3 | Beverage Companies

1: Anheurser-Busch InBev 2: PepsiCo 3: Coca-Cola 4: Diago 5: Heineken 6: Kweichow Moutai 7: FEMSA 8: Pernod Ricard 10: Asahi 12: Kirin 15: Calsberg 39: Thai Brewery

A1 Warm Up 4 | Quiz

1 – A 2 – B 3 – C 4 – A 5 – B 6 – C

E1 – TILL THE END OF THE WORLD E2 – WIN MYINT E3: B

Answers | Part 1 Warm Up 1-4

Jumbled Sentences

The Japanese company is the 12th largest beverage company in the world with a market value of €18.15bn.

A2 True or False

1 – T 2 – F 3 – T 4 – F 5 – T Synonyms 1 – C 2 – H 3 – J 4 – B 5 – F

6 – E 7 – A 8 – I 9 – G 10 – D



Answers | Part 3 Listening

405 Kirin Mired in Myanmar 1 The Japanese beverage giant Kirin has once more been mired in accusations over its business

dealings in Myanmar. Kirin, originally founded in Yokohama in 1885, has been accused of going into a business partnership with the Myanmar military. Currently, Kirin owns just over 50% of both the Myanmar Brewery and the Mandalay Brewery. The problem is that the rest of the partnership is owned by the Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd (MEHL) which is in reality a conglomerate owned entirely by the Myanmar military.

2 The business partnership with MEHL provides the Myanmar military with much needed foreign currency. The crucial problem for Kirin is that currently the military are subject to a total global arms embargo – which means no foreign country or company can have any business with them. What is of further concern, is that Kirin have also been accused of allegedly making three donations to the Myanmar military which is also against United Nations regulations.

3 The reason why the Myanmar military is on the UN no-go list is due to its so-called ‘clearance operations’ against the Rohingya – a 400,000 people Islamic group. Both the Myanmar government and the military have been accused by the UN of mass murder against the Rohingya, including the use of widespread torture, rape and killings against men, women and children.

4 In response to Kirin’s involvement in Myanmar and specifically with the MEHL, the company’s president Yoshinori Isozaki released a statement saying, “Human rights is fundamental to all our business activities…we are reviewing strategic options for all our operations in Myanmar.” In response to the UN’s declaration that “any engagement in any form with the Myanmar military was indefensible.” Mr Isozaki said that Kirin had met with MEHL to discuss the future.

5 Kirin first entered into business in Myanmar in 2018 when it bought the country’s largest and oldest beer producer Myanmar Brewery for €519m. The Japanese company is the 12th largest beverage company in the world with a market value of €18.15bn. However, Kirin are a long way behind the Big 3 beverage companies, led by the Belgian based AB InBev with a market value of €162.70bn followed and then by the American soft-drinks giants of Coca-Cola & PepsiCo.

363 WORDS

Answers | Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading

A3 Q & A 1 – AB INBEV 5 – Rohingya 2 – Yoshinori Isozaki 6 – Yokohama 3 – MEHL E1 – Rangoon 4 – Coca-Cola / PepsiCo E2 – Six (6)

A & Q | Example Questions A1 – What year was Kirin first founded? A2 – How much of MEHL does Kirin own? A3 – What is the population of the Rohingya? A4 – What year did Kirin first buy businesses in Myanmar? A5 – How much did Myanmar Brewery sell for?



English Extra

1: D 2: A 3: F 4: G 5: J 6: E 7: K 8: C 9: B 10: L 11: H 12: I

And Finally X & Z

A4 – X / V / Y / T / U / Z / W Extra Bit

This Week’s ENW Images



Episode 406

MAIN PHOTO https://twitter.com/Movendi_Int/status/1008407370777743360/photo/1

EXTERNAL LINKS

https://www.forbes.com/global2000/list/#industry:Beverages https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Kirin-to-brew-60-more-beer-in-thirsty-Myanmar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AB_InBev https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/16/drinks-giant-kirin-reviews-myanmar-army-

ties-over-genocide-funding-accusations https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/slam+back

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