1 February 2010 - NI2 A

• Speaking: How dangerous are they? - Talking about dangerous things. How dangerous is cooking...? - p. 116.
• NEW FILE - Divorced, beheaded, died...
• Vocabulary - Quiz.

Part 1

a. The Russian revolution

b. Julius Caesar

c. The American Civil War (1861-65).

d. The Battle of Waterloo (1815) when the French under Napoleon Bonaparte were defeated by the British and Belgian forces.

Part 2

a. Sweden

b. Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George Bush... (http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/).

c. Britain, Spain, Denmark...

d. Chile, Argentina, Italy, Germany, Spain...

Part 3

a. history is the study of past events; a story is a description of people and events who/which are not real; a legend is an old story that may or may not be true.
b. a republic has an elected government and an elected leader; a dictatorship is a country ruled by a leader who has total power.
c. a politician is someone who works in politics and represents a political party; a policy is a government's plan of action.
d. an MP is a Member of Parliament; the PM is the Prime Minister.

• Vocabulary Bank
  History - A 5 - B 2 - C 1 - D 6 - E 3 - F 4
  c. Fill in the gaps.
  1. monarchy - 2. Civil War - 3. arms - 4. leader - 5. defeat
  6. surrendered - 7. executed - 8. dictator - 9. rule - 10. revolution.
  
• 2. Politics

1. UK
2. UK
3. USA (in the UK the two houses are called the House of Commons and the House of Lords)
4. Both (in the UK the Labour party and the Conservative party, in the USA the Republicans and the Democrats)
5. UK
6. UK
7. USA
8. USA
9. UK
10. Neither
11. Both
12. Both
13. Neither
14. Both

• Speaking - Part a