SESSION 15: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 15: 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. A bill has been announced in the U.S. to protect online pirates.

b. Several famous websites protested against piracy.
c. The eBay site switched off for 24 hours to protest.
d. Many credit card services are being targeted as being pirates.
e. The anti-piracy bill doesn’t have a good chance of being passed.
f. Internet site owners believe an anti-piracy bill would be censorship.
g. 1,200 tech executives signed a letter to the U.S. Congress.
h. Wikipedia said on its website that it hasn’t finished protesting.

1.2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. prominent .............. a. law
2. proposed ............... b. offenders
3. legislation .............. c. unsure
4. allow .................... d. mistreat
5. abuse ................... e. worries
6. doubtful ................ f. leading
7. crucial .................. g. let
8. violators ............... h. states
9. concerns ............... i. vital
10. declares .............. j. suggested

1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from this article (sometimes more than one option is possible):

1. Several prominent ............................... a. browser

2. protest against the proposed anti- ............ b. done yet
3. owner of the Firefox web ...................... c. abuse copyright
4. would allow U.S. copyright holders ........... d. websites
5. Sites that ......................................... e. piracy legislation
6. It is now .......................................... f. violators
7. copyright ......................................... g. without free knowledge
8. hurt economic growth and ..................... h. to get court orders
9. We're not ......................................... i. doubtful
10. imagine a world ................................ j. chill innovation


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

DOUBTFUL - PROPOSED - COURT - VOTE - PROMINENT - OPPOSE - ABUSE - BROWSER

Several (1) ____________ websites like Wikipedia and Reddit went 'dark' on Wednesday to protest against the (2) ____________ anti-piracy legislation called SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act). Many other sites (3) ____________ SOPA but did not “go dark” in Wednesday’s 24-hour protest. These include Mozilla (owner of the Firefox web (4) ____________), Facebook, eBay and Google. A similar bill in the US Senate, the Protection of Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) would allow U.S. copyright holders to get (5) ____________ orders against foreign websites that steal from them. Sites that (6) ____________ copyright would not be able to use many online advertising networks or credit card services. It is now (7) ____________ the bill will get the support of the sixty senators it needs in a crucial (8) ____________ on Tuesday, January 24th.

CHILL - STRONGLY - CENSORSHIP - EXPRESSED - START - COPYRIGHT - WITHOUT - DECLARES

The entertainment, pharmaceutical and fashion industries (9) ____________ support the bills. They lose billions of dollars every year to (10) ____________ violators. Internet companies oppose the bills, saying they will lead to (11) ____________ that would damage the Internet by discouraging new online (12) ____________-ups. A letter to Congress signed by 130 technology entrepreneurs and executives (13) ____________ their concerns. It said SOPA and PIPA would "hurt economic growth and (14) ____________ innovation in legitimate services that help people create, communicate, and make money online". Wikipedia has said it would continue the fight. It (15) ____________ on its front page: "We're not done yet." It also said: “More than 162 million people saw our message asking if you could imagine a world (16) ____________ free knowledge.”