SESSION 17: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 17: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

NOTE: IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE TEXT, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE IT BETTER I RECOMMEND THESE EXERCISES.

THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF EXERCISES:
1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT: THESE ARE EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE READING COMPREHENSION, WORKING WITH VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS.
2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION: EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

1.1 TRUE/FALSE: Look at the article and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or False (F):
a. Four men who started a website called Pirate Bay were sent to jail.
b. The men spent too long inside bars.
c. The entertainment industry was happy they got $4 million in damages.
d. Pirate Bay stores thousands of movies on its website computers.
e. Everyone is very unhappy with the court’s ruling.
f. The Swedish court protected the income of artists and actors.
g. An entertainment industry spokesman said Pirate Bay was harmed.
h. A Swedish political party is arguing for people to be able to share files.

1.2 SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. founders .................... a. compensation
2. behind bars ............... b. decision
3. damages .................... c. furious
4. industry .................... d. age group
5. acts ........................... e. business
6. ruling ........................ f. huge
7. divided ..................... g. creators
8. immense ................... h. serves
9. angry ........................ i. in prison
10. generation .............. j. split

1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one option is possible):
1. A court in Sweden sentenced the four men ...... a. over the verdict
2. break international ................................... b. engine
3. pay nearly one million dollars each ................ c. from their creativity
4. This falls far short of ................................ d. our whole generation
5. it acts as a search .................................... e. in damages
6. The entertainment industry praised ............... f. to a year behind bars
7. artists who made their living ....................... g. the court
8. The Pirate Bay did .................................... h. copyright laws
9. Swedish people are angry ........................... i. immense harm
10. politicians have declared war against ........... j. the $17 million

1.4 GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text:

popular - damages - sentenced - material - crime - files - founders - short

The four __________ of the file-sharing website The Pirate Bay have been sent to prison. A court in Sweden __________ the four men to a year behind bars. Their __________ was to help millions of people around the world break international copyright laws. The court also ordered them to pay nearly one million dollars each in __________ to major music companies and film studios. This falls far __________ of the $17 million demanded by the entertainment industry. The site Pirate Bay is the world’s most __________ file-sharing site. Over 20 million people use it to download music, movies and computer games for free. Pirate Bay does not have any copyrighted __________ on its web servers; instead it acts as a search engine so visitors can find __________ on other computers.

change - clear - war - closed - supports - protecting - harm - living

The court’s decision may be the beginning of many more file-sharing sites being __________. The ruling has divided people. The entertainment industry praised the court for __________ the rights of singers, actors and other artists who made their __________ from their creativity. Industry spokesman John Kennedy said the decision sent a __________ message to pirates. "The Pirate Bay did immense __________ ….There has been a perception that piracy is OK…This verdict will __________ that," he said. Swedish people are angry over the verdict. There is even a political party that __________ The Pirate Bay. Its chairman Rickard Falkvinge said the courts and politicians “have declared __________ against our whole generation". He called for "file-sharing for the people”.