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UNIT 2
POLITICS IN THE PRESS
LEAD-IN
1 Look at the photographs below and try to restore the news with the
help of words given.
New postal and proxy Putin hits back at Blair interviewed
voting forms energy critics again by police
improvements, electoral
fraud, signature, date of
birth, redesigned, to help
voters
deny, claims, energy
resources, pressure,
consumers, understand
police investigation,
allegation, donate,
political parties, cash for
honours, deny
2 Do you agree or disagree? Say why.
· Young people today are not interested in politics.
· In a general election, it should be compulsory for everyone to vote.
· Nowadays there are no charismatic politicians.
· Political parties today aren’t left-wing or right-wing, they’re all in the
centre.
· Women make better political leaders than men.
3 Read the following political speeches. Who would you vote for and
why? Complete the gaps with the cohesive devices below.
Candidate 1: Our party support people. In the last eight years that we have been
in power, the economy has grown by six per cent every year. (1) _____ we have
less unemployment and more people in work. We have made it easier for women
to go back to work after they have children, (2) _____ last year we introduced
subsidized child care for working mothers. We’ve also tightened equality rules.
Now more than ever, companies can’t discriminate against working mothers. We
have (3) _____ made it easier for mothers of teenage children to go back to work
by introducing the ‘Back to work programme’ for women over 40. (4) _____
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