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China launches first Chinese-made aircraft carrier

28th April, 2017



Contents

The Article

2

Discussion (Student-Created Qs)

14

Warm-Ups

3

Language Work (Cloze)

15

Before Reading / Listening

4

Spelling

16

Gap Fill

5

Put The Text Back Together

17

Match The Sentences And Listen

6

Put The Words In The Right Order

18

Listening Gap Fill

7

Circle The Correct Word

19

Comprehension Questions

8

Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

20

Multiple Choice - Quiz

9

Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals

21

Role Play

10

Put A Slash ( / ) Where The Spaces Are 22

After Reading / Listening

11

Free Writing

23

Student Survey

12

Academic Writing

24

Discussion (20 Questions)

13

Homework

25

Answers

26

Please try Levels 0, 1 and 2 (they are easier).

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THE ARTICLE

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China's navy is growing stronger and stronger. On Wednesday, it launched its first aircraft carrier that it built completely on its own. China now has two aircraft carriers. The first one was built by Russia and came into service in 2012. The new 50,000-ton carrier is the first to be developed and built by China. It was launched at a ceremony in the shipyard of the China Shipbuilding Corporation. Navy officials followed tradition and broke a bottle of champagne on the carrier's bow. Development of the new carrier started in 2013. The shipyard started building it in late 2015. The Chinese Navy will test the new carrier at sea for the next three years. It will go into service in 2020 after all of the airplanes it needs are ready.

A spokesperson for the Chinese said he was, "proud of the great achievement made by the country in modernizing the national defense and military". He added that the aircraft carrier would help to strengthen China's ability to protect itself. He also said China could now look after its borders and protect its shipping and trade routes. A social media user on Weibo (the Chinese Twitter) said the new carrier was, "a symbol of China's technological power, industrial capability and overall strength". There are reports that China is planning to build at least two and possibly up to four more carriers. The new carriers could be as big as the biggest U.S. Navy carriers. They could weigh as much as 100,000 tons.

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WARM-UPS

1. AIRCRAFT CARRIERS: Students walk around the class and talk to other

students about aircraft carriers. Change partners often and share your findings.

2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will

the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?

navy / aircraft carrier / developed / ceremony / tradition / champagne / airplanes / proud / achievement / ability / protect / trade routes / symbol / industrial / weigh

Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.

3. CHINA: Students A strongly believe China must take a strong role in keeping world

peace; Students B strongly believe it shouldn't. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

4. MILITARY: What do these people do? How important are they? Complete this

table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

Navy sailor Soldier Air pilot Army general Commando Marine

Their duties

Their importance

5. NAVY: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with

the word "navy". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

6. MILITARY HARDWARE: Rank these with your partner. Put the most

important military hardware at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

? aircraft carrier ? tank ? helicopter ? submarine

? jeep ? fighter jet ? personnel carrier ? battleship

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BEFORE READING / LISTENING

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1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).

a. The article said China is now the strongest country in the world. T / F b. China now has two aircraft carriers. T / F c. Officials broke a bottle of champagne over the new aircraft carrier. T / F d. The carrier will go into service when its airplanes are ready. T / F e. A spokesperson said he was proud of China's modernization. T / F f. The spokesman said China needed more carriers to protect its borders. T / F g. A report said China would build another 10 aircraft carriers. T / F h. China will soon build a carrier that weighs 1,000,000 tons. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH:

Match the following synonyms. The words in bold are from the news article.

1. growing 2. completely 3. tradition 4. building 5. ready 6. modernizing 7. strengthen 8. routes 9. symbol 10. biggest

a. custom b. emblem c. prepared d. boost e. totally f. getting g. passages h. constructing i. largest j. updating

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

1. China's navy is growing stronger 2. completely on 3. came into service 4. the first to be developed and 5. for the next 6. proud of the great 7. strengthen China's ability to 8. protect its shipping and trade 9. China is planning to build at 10. The new carriers could be

a. protect itself b. in 2012 c. built by China d. achievement e. least two f. and stronger g. routes h. as big i. its own j. three years

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GAP FILL

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China's navy is growing stronger and (1) ____________. On Wednesday, it launched its first aircraft carrier that it built (2) ____________ on its own. China now has two aircraft carriers. The first one was built by Russia and came into (3) ____________ in 2012. The new 50,000-ton carrier is the first to be developed and built by China. It was launched at a (4) ____________ in the shipyard of the China Shipbuilding Corporation. Navy officials followed (5) ____________ and broke a bottle of champagne on the carrier's bow. Development of the new carrier started in 2013. The shipyard started building it in (6) ____________ 2015. The Chinese Navy will test the new carrier at (7) ____________ for the next three years. It will go into service in 2020 after all of the airplanes it (8) ____________ are ready.

completely late needs ceremony stronger sea service tradition

A spokesperson for the Chinese said he was, "(9) ____________ of the great achievement made by the country in modernizing the national defense and (10) ____________". He added that the aircraft carrier would help to strengthen China's (11) ____________ to protect itself. He also said China could now look after its borders and protect its shipping and trade (12) ____________. A social media user on Weibo (the Chinese Twitter) said the new carrier was, "a (13) ____________ of China's technological power, industrial capability and (14) ____________ strength". There are reports that China is planning to build at (15) ____________ two and possibly up to four more carriers. The new carriers could be as big as the biggest U.S. Navy carriers. They could (16) ____________ as much as 100,000 tons.

routes overall ability weigh proud military least symbol

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