New President for the USA

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New President for the USA

www.breakingnewsenglish.com

World leaders have congratulated Donald Trump on his surprise win in the U.S. Presidential election on Tuesday. Other leaders were a little less warm. Mr Trump defeated his rival Hillary Clinton to become the USA's 45th President. He will take office on January 20, 2017. He will then be aged 70 years, 7 months and 6 days. This means he will be the oldest person to become President. In his victory speech, Mr Trump told Americans: "Working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American dream. [We will] have the strongest economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get along with all other nations willing to get along with us."

Russia's president Vladimir Putin was among the first to congratulate Mr Trump. He said: "We are ready to do our part to return Russian-American relations to a stable path of development." China said it looked forward to working, "in a constructive way that avoided conflict and confrontation". Mexican President Pena Nieto said: "Mexico and the United States are friends, partners and allies and we should keep collaborating." France's President Francois Hollande said the result, "opens a period of uncertainty". Germany's Justice Minister tweeted: "The world won't end, but things will get more crazy." Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: "Hand in hand with Mr Trump, we will try to work together."

 

Warm-ups

1. DONALD TRUMP: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about Donald Trump. 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?

3. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN: Students A strongly believe Donald Trump will make America great again; Students B strongly believe he won't.  Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

4. WORLD LEADERS: What are the good and bad things about these world leaders? Talk about this with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

• Barack Obama (USA)
• Bashar al-Assad (Syria)
• Vladimir Putin (Russia)
• Xi Jinping (China)
• Narendra Modi (India)
• Angela Merkel (Germany)

5. PRESIDENT: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "president". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

6. AMERICA: Rank these with your partner. Put the best things about the USA at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• food
• people
• free speech
• nature
• democracy
• freedom
• Hollywood
• sports

Before reading / listening

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

1. The article says Donald Trump's win was no surprise.     T / F
2. Donald Trump will become the USA's 45th President.     T / F
3. Donald Trump will be the oldest person to become U.S. President.     T / F
4. Mr Trump says he will make America the world's strongest economy.     T / F
5. Vladimir Putin was the first person to congratulate Donald Trump.     T / F
6. Mexico's president said the US and Mexico should stop collaborating.     T / F
7. France's leader said he was happy the future is now more certain.     T / F
8. Japan's leader said he would work hand in hand with Mr Trump.     T / F

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

office
surprise
dream
victory
rival
willing
means
urgent

World leaders have congratulated Donald Trump on his (1) ____________ win in the U.S. Presidential election on Tuesday. Other leaders were a little less warm. Mr Trump defeated his (2) ____________ Hillary Clinton to become the USA's 45th President. He will take (3) ____________ on January 20, 2017. He will then be aged 70 years, 7 months and 6 days. This (4) ____________ he will be the oldest person to become President. In his (5) ____________ speech, Mr Trump told Americans: "Working together, we will begin the (6) ____________ task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American (7) ____________. [We will] have the strongest economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get along with all other nations (8) ____________ to get along with us."

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

forward
among
together
partners
part
crazy
period
avoided

Russia's president Vladimir Putin was (9) ____________ the first to congratulate Mr Trump. He said: "We are ready to do our (10) ____________ to return Russian-American relations to a stable path of development." China said it looked (11) ____________ to working, "in a constructive way that (12) ____________ conflict and confrontation". Mexican President Pena Nieto said: "Mexico and the United States are friends, (13) ____________ and allies and we should keep collaborating." France's President Francois Hollande said the result, "opens a (14) ____________ of uncertainty". Germany's Justice Minister tweeted: "The world won't end, but things will get more (15) ____________." Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: "Hand in hand with Mr Trump, we will try to work (16) ___________

Multiple choice quiz

1) What did world leaders do to Donald Trump after his election win?
a) congratulate him
applaud him
c) thank him
d) e-mail him

2) How many U.S. Presidents were there before Donald Trump?
a) 46
45
c) 44
d) 43

3) How old will Donald Trump be when he takes office?
a) 60
70
c) 65
d) 75

4) What did Mr Trump say he would renew?
a) his Washington Post subscription
his driving license
c) relations with Iran
d) the American dream

5) What kind of economy does Mr Trump want to create for America?
a) the world's strongest
an IT economy
c) a beautiful one
d) a green economy

6) Who did the article say was one of the first to congratulate Mr Trump?
a) Mexico's president
Barack Obama
c) his wife
d) Vladimir Putin

7) What does China want to avoid?
a) Russia
conflict
c) meetings
d) embarrassment

8) What did Mexico say the USA and Mexico should keep doing?
a) trading
building bridges
c) playing soccer
d) collaborating

9) What kind of period did France's president say the world was entering?
a) one filled with optimism
a happy one
c) an uncertain one
d) a more secure one

10) Who said he would work hand in hand with Mr Trump?
a) Germany's Justice Minister
Shinzo Abe
c) Pena Nieto
d) Francois Hollande

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

World leaders have congratulated Donald Trump on his (1) ____ win in the U.S. Presidential election on Tuesday. Other leaders were a little (2) ____ warm. Mr Trump defeated his (3) ____ Hillary Clinton to become the USA's 45th President. He will take office on January 20, 2017. He will then be (4) ____ 70 years, 7 months and 6 days. This means he will be the oldest person to become President. In his victory (5) ____, Mr Trump told Americans: "Working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American dream. [We will] have the strongest economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get along with all other nations (6) ____ to get along with us."

Russia's president Vladimir Putin was (7) ____ the first to congratulate Mr Trump. He said: "We are ready to do our part to return Russian-American relations to a (8) ____ path of development." China said it looked forward to working, "in a constructive way (9) ____ avoided conflict and confrontation". Mexican President Pena Nieto said: "Mexico and the United States are friends, partners and allies and we should (10) ____ collaborating." France's President Francois Hollande said the result, "opens a period of uncertainty". Germany's Justice Minister tweeted: "The world won't end, but things will get more (11) ____." Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: "Hand in (12) ____ with Mr Trump, we will try to work together."

Which of these words go in the above text?

1. (a)     surprises     ( b    surprise     ©     surprised     (d)     surprisingly    
2. (a)     fewer     ( b    less     ©     small     (d)     smaller    
3. (a)     revel     (b     rebel     ©     libel     (d)     rival    
4. (a)     old     (b     aged     ©     age     (d)     birthday    
5. (a)     talking     (b     speech     ©     conversation     (d)     voice    
6. (a)     wailing     (b     welling     ©     willing     (d)     walling    
7. (a)     one     (b     between     ©     among     (d)     on    
8. (a)     stability     (b     staple     ©     stable     (d)     stubble    
9. (a)     so     (b     just     ©     what     (d)     that    
10. (a)     have     (  b   do     ©     make     (d)     keep    
11. (a)     crazy     (b     crazies     ©     crazily     (d)     craze    
12. (a)     arm     (b     head     ©     hand     (d)     foot

[tam]

Спасибо.

[Radislav Millrood]

 

New President for the USA

www.breakingnewsenglish.com

World leaders have congratulated Donald Trump on his surprise win in the U.S. Presidential election on Tuesday. Other leaders were a little less warm. Mr Trump defeated his rival Hillary Clinton to become the USA's 45th President. He will take office on January 20, 2017. He will then be aged 70 years, 7 months and 6 days. This means he will be the oldest person to become President. In his victory speech, Mr Trump told Americans: "Working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American dream. [We will] have the strongest economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get along with all other nations willing to get along with us."

Russia's president Vladimir Putin was among the first to congratulate Mr Trump. He said: "We are ready to do our part to return Russian-American relations to a stable path of development." China said it looked forward to working, "in a constructive way that avoided conflict and confrontation". Mexican President Pena Nieto said: "Mexico and the United States are friends, partners and allies and we should keep collaborating." France's President Francois Hollande said the result, "opens a period of uncertainty". Germany's Justice Minister tweeted: "The world won't end, but things will get more crazy." Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: "Hand in hand with Mr Trump, we will try to work together."

 

Warm-ups

1. DONALD TRUMP: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about Donald Trump. 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?

3. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN: Students A strongly believe Donald Trump will make America great again; Students B strongly believe he won't.  Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

4. WORLD LEADERS: What are the good and bad things about these world leaders? Talk about this with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

• Barack Obama (USA)
• Bashar al-Assad (Syria)
• Vladimir Putin (Russia)
• Xi Jinping (China)
• Narendra Modi (India)
• Angela Merkel (Germany)

5. PRESIDENT: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "president". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

6. AMERICA: Rank these with your partner. Put the best things about the USA at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• food
• people
• free speech
• nature
• democracy
• freedom
• Hollywood
• sports

Before reading / listening

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

1. The article says Donald Trump's win was no surprise.     T / F
2. Donald Trump will become the USA's 45th President.     T / F
3. Donald Trump will be the oldest person to become U.S. President.     T / F
4. Mr Trump says he will make America the world's strongest economy.     T / F
5. Vladimir Putin was the first person to congratulate Donald Trump.     T / F
6. Mexico's president said the US and Mexico should stop collaborating.     T / F
7. France's leader said he was happy the future is now more certain.     T / F
8. Japan's leader said he would work hand in hand with Mr Trump.     T / F

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

office

surprise

dream

victory

rival

willing

means

urgent

World leaders have congratulated Donald Trump on his (1) ____________ win in the U.S. Presidential election on Tuesday. Other leaders were a little less warm. Mr Trump defeated his (2) ____________ Hillary Clinton to become the USA's 45th President. He will take (3) ____________ on January 20, 2017. He will then be aged 70 years, 7 months and 6 days. This (4) ____________ he will be the oldest person to become President. In his (5) ____________ speech, Mr Trump told Americans: "Working together, we will begin the (6) ____________ task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American (7) ____________. [We will] have the strongest economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get along with all other nations (8) ____________ to get along with us."

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

forward

among

together

partners

part

crazy

period

avoided

Russia's president Vladimir Putin was (9) ____________ the first to congratulate Mr Trump. He said: "We are ready to do our (10) ____________ to return Russian-American relations to a stable path of development." China said it looked (11) ____________ to working, "in a constructive way that (12) ____________ conflict and confrontation". Mexican President Pena Nieto said: "Mexico and the United States are friends, (13) ____________ and allies and we should keep collaborating." France's President Francois Hollande said the result, "opens a (14) ____________ of uncertainty". Germany's Justice Minister tweeted: "The world won't end, but things will get more (15) ____________." Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: "Hand in hand with Mr Trump, we will try to work (16) ___________

Multiple choice quiz

1) What did world leaders do to Donald Trump after his election win?

a) congratulate him

applaud him

c) thank him

d) e-mail him

2) How many U.S. Presidents were there before Donald Trump?

a) 46

45

c) 44

d) 43

3) How old will Donald Trump be when he takes office?

a) 60

70

c) 65

d) 75

4) What did Mr Trump say he would renew?

a) his Washington Post subscription

his driving license

c) relations with Iran

d) the American dream

5) What kind of economy does Mr Trump want to create for America?

a) the world's strongest

an IT economy

c) a beautiful one

d) a green economy

6) Who did the article say was one of the first to congratulate Mr Trump?

a) Mexico's president

Barack Obama

c) his wife

d) Vladimir Putin

7) What does China want to avoid?

a) Russia

conflict

c) meetings

d) embarrassment

8) What did Mexico say the USA and Mexico should keep doing?

a) trading

building bridges

c) playing soccer

d) collaborating

9) What kind of period did France's president say the world was entering?

a) one filled with optimism

a happy one

c) an uncertain one

d) a more secure one

10) Who said he would work hand in hand with Mr Trump?

a) Germany's Justice Minister

Shinzo Abe

c) Pena Nieto

d) Francois Hollande

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

World leaders have congratulated Donald Trump on his (1) ____ win in the U.S. Presidential election on Tuesday. Other leaders were a little (2) ____ warm. Mr Trump defeated his (3) ____ Hillary Clinton to become the USA's 45th President. He will take office on January 20, 2017. He will then be (4) ____ 70 years, 7 months and 6 days. This means he will be the oldest person to become President. In his victory (5) ____, Mr Trump told Americans: "Working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American dream. [We will] have the strongest economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get along with all other nations (6) ____ to get along with us."

Russia's president Vladimir Putin was (7) ____ the first to congratulate Mr Trump. He said: "We are ready to do our part to return Russian-American relations to a (8) ____ path of development." China said it looked forward to working, "in a constructive way (9) ____ avoided conflict and confrontation". Mexican President Pena Nieto said: "Mexico and the United States are friends, partners and allies and we should (10) ____ collaborating." France's President Francois Hollande said the result, "opens a period of uncertainty". Germany's Justice Minister tweeted: "The world won't end, but things will get more (11) ____." Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: "Hand in (12) ____ with Mr Trump, we will try to work together."

Which of these words go in the above text?

1. (a)     surprises     ( b    surprise     ©     surprised     (d)     surprisingly    
2. (a)     fewer     ( b    less     ©     small     (d)     smaller    
3. (a)     revel     (b     rebel     ©     libel     (d)     rival    
4. (a)     old     (b     aged     ©     age     (d)     birthday    
5. (a)     talking     (b     speech     ©     conversation     (d)     voice    
6. (a)     wailing     (b     welling     ©     willing     (d)     walling    
7. (a)     one     (b     between     ©     among     (d)     on    
8. (a)     stability     (b     staple     ©     stable     (d)     stubble    
9. (a)     so     (b     just     ©     what     (d)     that    
10. (a)     have     (  b   do     ©     make     (d)     keep    
11. (a)     crazy     (b     crazies     ©     crazily     (d)     craze    
12. (a)     arm     (b     head     ©     hand     (d)     foot

 

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[Profy]

Нет слов... Огромнейшее спасибо!!!

[Uchilka]

 

New President for the USA

www.breakingnewsenglish.com

World leaders have congratulated Donald Trump on his surprise win in the U.S. Presidential election on Tuesday. Other leaders were a little less warm. Mr Trump defeated his rival Hillary Clinton to become the USA's 45th President. He will take office on January 20, 2017. He will then be aged 70 years, 7 months and 6 days. This means he will be the oldest person to become President. In his victory speech, Mr Trump told Americans: "Working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American dream. [We will] have the strongest economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get along with all other nations willing to get along with us."

Russia's president Vladimir Putin was among the first to congratulate Mr Trump. He said: "We are ready to do our part to return Russian-American relations to a stable path of development." China said it looked forward to working, "in a constructive way that avoided conflict and confrontation". Mexican President Pena Nieto said: "Mexico and the United States are friends, partners and allies and we should keep collaborating." France's President Francois Hollande said the result, "opens a period of uncertainty". Germany's Justice Minister tweeted: "The world won't end, but things will get more crazy." Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: "Hand in hand with Mr Trump, we will try to work together."

 

Warm-ups

1. DONALD TRUMP: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about Donald Trump. 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?

3. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN: Students A strongly believe Donald Trump will make America great again; Students B strongly believe he won't.  Change partners again and talk about your conversations.

4. WORLD LEADERS: What are the good and bad things about these world leaders? Talk about this with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

• Barack Obama (USA)
• Bashar al-Assad (Syria)
• Vladimir Putin (Russia)
• Xi Jinping (China)
• Narendra Modi (India)
• Angela Merkel (Germany)

5. PRESIDENT: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "president". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.

6. AMERICA: Rank these with your partner. Put the best things about the USA at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

• food
• people
• free speech
• nature
• democracy
• freedom
• Hollywood
• sports

Before reading / listening

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

1. The article says Donald Trump's win was no surprise.     T / F
2. Donald Trump will become the USA's 45th President.     T / F
3. Donald Trump will be the oldest person to become U.S. President.     T / F
4. Mr Trump says he will make America the world's strongest economy.     T / F
5. Vladimir Putin was the first person to congratulate Donald Trump.     T / F
6. Mexico's president said the US and Mexico should stop collaborating.     T / F
7. France's leader said he was happy the future is now more certain.     T / F
8. Japan's leader said he would work hand in hand with Mr Trump.     T / F

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

office

surprise

dream

victory

rival

willing

means

urgent

World leaders have congratulated Donald Trump on his (1) ____________ win in the U.S. Presidential election on Tuesday. Other leaders were a little less warm. Mr Trump defeated his (2) ____________ Hillary Clinton to become the USA's 45th President. He will take (3) ____________ on January 20, 2017. He will then be aged 70 years, 7 months and 6 days. This (4) ____________ he will be the oldest person to become President. In his (5) ____________ speech, Mr Trump told Americans: "Working together, we will begin the (6) ____________ task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American (7) ____________. [We will] have the strongest economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get along with all other nations (8) ____________ to get along with us."

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

forward

among

together

partners

part

crazy

period

avoided

Russia's president Vladimir Putin was (9) ____________ the first to congratulate Mr Trump. He said: "We are ready to do our (10) ____________ to return Russian-American relations to a stable path of development." China said it looked (11) ____________ to working, "in a constructive way that (12) ____________ conflict and confrontation". Mexican President Pena Nieto said: "Mexico and the United States are friends, (13) ____________ and allies and we should keep collaborating." France's President Francois Hollande said the result, "opens a (14) ____________ of uncertainty". Germany's Justice Minister tweeted: "The world won't end, but things will get more (15) ____________." Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: "Hand in hand with Mr Trump, we will try to work (16) ___________

Multiple choice quiz

1) What did world leaders do to Donald Trump after his election win?

a) congratulate him

applaud him

c) thank him

d) e-mail him

2) How many U.S. Presidents were there before Donald Trump?

a) 46

45

c) 44

d) 43

3) How old will Donald Trump be when he takes office?

a) 60

70

c) 65

d) 75

4) What did Mr Trump say he would renew?

a) his Washington Post subscription

his driving license

c) relations with Iran

d) the American dream

5) What kind of economy does Mr Trump want to create for America?

a) the world's strongest

an IT economy

c) a beautiful one

d) a green economy

6) Who did the article say was one of the first to congratulate Mr Trump?

a) Mexico's president

Barack Obama

c) his wife

d) Vladimir Putin

7) What does China want to avoid?

a) Russia

conflict

c) meetings

d) embarrassment

8) What did Mexico say the USA and Mexico should keep doing?

a) trading

building bridges

c) playing soccer

d) collaborating

9) What kind of period did France's president say the world was entering?

a) one filled with optimism

a happy one

c) an uncertain one

d) a more secure one

10) Who said he would work hand in hand with Mr Trump?

a) Germany's Justice Minister

Shinzo Abe

c) Pena Nieto

d) Francois Hollande

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

World leaders have congratulated Donald Trump on his (1) ____ win in the U.S. Presidential election on Tuesday. Other leaders were a little (2) ____ warm. Mr Trump defeated his (3) ____ Hillary Clinton to become the USA's 45th President. He will take office on January 20, 2017. He will then be (4) ____ 70 years, 7 months and 6 days. This means he will be the oldest person to become President. In his victory (5) ____, Mr Trump told Americans: "Working together, we will begin the urgent task of rebuilding our nation and renewing the American dream. [We will] have the strongest economy anywhere in the world. At the same time, we will get along with all other nations (6) ____ to get along with us."

Russia's president Vladimir Putin was (7) ____ the first to congratulate Mr Trump. He said: "We are ready to do our part to return Russian-American relations to a (8) ____ path of development." China said it looked forward to working, "in a constructive way (9) ____ avoided conflict and confrontation". Mexican President Pena Nieto said: "Mexico and the United States are friends, partners and allies and we should (10) ____ collaborating." France's President Francois Hollande said the result, "opens a period of uncertainty". Germany's Justice Minister tweeted: "The world won't end, but things will get more (11) ____." Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: "Hand in (12) ____ with Mr Trump, we will try to work together."

Which of these words go in the above text?

1. (a)     surprises     ( b    surprise     ©     surprised     (d)     surprisingly    
2. (a)     fewer     ( b    less     ©     small     (d)     smaller    
3. (a)     revel     (b     rebel     ©     libel     (d)     rival    
4. (a)     old     (b     aged     ©     age     (d)     birthday    
5. (a)     talking     (b     speech     ©     conversation     (d)     voice    
6. (a)     wailing     (b     welling     ©     willing     (d)     walling    
7. (a)     one     (b     between     ©     among     (d)     on    
8. (a)     stability     (b     staple     ©     stable     (d)     stubble    
9. (a)     so     (b     just     ©     what     (d)     that    
10. (a)     have     (  b   do     ©     make     (d)     keep    
11. (a)     crazy     (b     crazies     ©     crazily     (d)     craze    
12. (a)     arm     (b     head     ©     hand     (d)     foot

 

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