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THE ARTICLEChina closes 1250 sites for healthier WebThe Chinese government has shut down around 1,250 Internet sites that contain pornographic material. It is the latest effort by China to crack down on immoral content. In addition to the crackdown, authorities have arrested 41 people involved in putting pornography online. The deputy director of China’s Internet Affairs Bureau, Liu Zhengrong, said the focus of the government’s actions is to create a safer environment for children who use the Internet. Liu told reporters: "The campaign is aimed at creating a healthy Internet environment for all young people and making the Internet in China safer and more reliable." Liu outlined the difficulties ahead, saying: "Our biggest challenge is that the Internet is still growing…. We are facing a long-term, complex and huge task."
In China it is illegal to distribute pornographic material. The Xinhua news agency reports that in the past three weeks the government has received more than 18,000 complaints about inappropriate content. Officials have also warned China’s most popular sites, including Google and Baidu, to do more to block pornographic material from their searches in China. The task of censoring sites in China seems to be an uphill battle. China has the largest online community in the world. There are almost 300 million users in China and this number is growing rapidly, at the rate of a quarter of a million a day. There are also 20,000 new sites uploaded to the Web every week. Many people fear the crackdown might also aim to censor news sites such as the BBC and Voice of America.
WARM-UPS1. WEBSITES: Walk around the class and talk to other students about websites. Change partners often. After you finish, sit with your partner(s) and share your findings. 2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently. 3. INTERNET CONTROL: What do we need to do to keep the Internet safe? Complete the table below with your partner(s). Change partners and share what you wrote.
4. PORNOGRAPHY: Students A strongly believe there is no problem with putting pornography on the Internet; Students B strongly believe online pornography should not be put on the Internet. Change partners again and talk about your conversations. 5. WEB CHALLENGES: Rank these things with your partner(s) in order of the biggest web challenge. Change partners and talk about your rankings.
6. THE WEB: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the Web. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories. BEFORE READING / LISTENING1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one. combination is possible):
WHILE READING / LISTENINGGAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.
LISTENING: Listen and fill in the spaces.The Chinese government ____________________ 1,250 Internet sites that contain pornographic material. It is ____________________ China to crack down on immoral content. In addition to the crackdown, authorities have arrested 41 people ____________________ pornography online. The deputy director of China’s Internet Affairs Bureau, Liu Zhengrong, said the focus of the government’s actions ____________________ environment for children who use the Internet. Liu told reporters: "The campaign is aimed at creating a healthy Internet environment for all young people and making the Internet in China safer ____________________." Liu outlined the difficulties ahead, saying: "Our biggest challenge is that the Internet is still growing…. We are ____________________, complex and huge task." In China it is illegal to distribute pornographic material. The Xinhua news agency reports ____________________ three weeks the government has received more than 18,000 complaints about inappropriate content. Officials ____________________ China’s most popular sites, including Google and Baidu, to do more to block pornographic material ____________________ in China. The task of censoring sites in China seems ____________________ battle. China has the largest online community in the world. There are almost 300 million users in China and this number is growing rapidly, ____________________ quarter of a million a day. There are also 20,000 new sites uploaded to the Web every week. Many people fear the crackdown ____________________ censor news sites such as the BBC and Voice of America. AFTER READING / LISTENING1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘crack’ and ‘down’.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…? 4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings. 5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
STUDENT WEBSITE SURVEYWrite five GOOD questions about websites in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
HEALTHIER WEB DISCUSSIONSTUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
LANGUAGEThe Chinese government has shut (1) ____ around 1,250 Internet sites that contain pornographic material. It is the latest (2) ____ by China to crack down on immoral content. In addition to the crackdown, authorities have arrested 41 people involved (3) ____ putting pornography online. The deputy director of China’s Internet Affairs Bureau, Liu Zhengrong, said the (4) ____ of the government’s actions is to create a safer environment for children who use the Internet. Liu told reporters: "The campaign is aimed at creating a healthy Internet environment for all young people and making the Internet in China safer and more (5) ____." Liu outlined the difficulties ahead, saying: "Our biggest challenge is that the Internet is still growing…. We are (6) ____ a long-term, complex and huge task." In China it is illegal (7) ____ distribute pornographic material. The Xinhua news agency reports that in the past three weeks the government has received more than 18,000 (8) ____ about inappropriate content. Officials have also warned China’s most popular sites, including Google and Baidu, to do more to (9) ____ pornographic material from their searches in China. The task of censoring sites in China seems to be an (10) ____ battle. China has the largest online community in the world. There are almost 300 million users in China and this number is growing (11) ____, at the rate of a quarter of a million a day. There are also 20,000 new sites uploaded to the Web every week. Many people (12) ____ the crackdown might also aim to censor news sites such as the BBC and Voice of America. Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
WRITING:Write about the Internet for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ HOMEWORK1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word. 2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about the Internet in China. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 3. IMMORAL CONTENT: Make a poster about what content should not be allowed online. Explain why. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things? 4. CHALLENGES: Write a magazine article about the future problems the Internet might bring. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). 5. NO PROBLEM: Write an imaginary conversation between someone who believes all pornography should be banned and someone who believes it is OK. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s). Role play your conversation in front of the class. 6. LETTER: Write a letter to Liu Zhengrong. Ask him three questions about China’s decision to crack down on sites. Give him three suggestions on what he should do to make the web healthier. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions. ANSWERSTRUE / FALSE:
SYNONYM MATCH:
PHRASE MATCH:
GAP FILL: China closes 1250 sites for healthier WebThe Chinese government has shut down around 1,250 Internet sites that contain pornographic material. It is the latest effort by China to crack down on immoral content. In addition to the crackdown, authorities have arrested 41 people involved in putting pornography online. The deputy director of China’s Internet Affairs Bureau, Liu Zhengrong, said the focus of the government’s actions is to create a safer environment for children who use the Internet. Liu told reporters: "The campaign is aimed at creating a healthy Internet environment for all young people and making the Internet in China safer and more reliable." Liu outlined the difficulties ahead, saying: "Our biggest challenge is that the Internet is still growing…. We are facing a long-term, complex and huge task." In China it is illegal to distribute pornographic material. The Xinhua news agency reports that in the past three weeks the government has received more than 18,000 complaints about inappropriate content. Officials have also warned China’s most popular sites, including Google and Baidu, to do more to block pornographic material from their searches in China. The task of censoring sites in China seems to be an uphill battle. China has the largest online community in the world. There are almost 300 million users in China and this number is growing rapidly, at the rate of a quarter of a million a day. There are also 20,000 new sites uploaded to the Web every week. Many people fear the crackdown might also aim to censor news sites such as the BBC and Voice of America. LANGUAGE WORK
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