A Tribute to New York - Navarra

Pilar Santos Tambo A Tribute to New York
a) The UN has nearly four times more members than at the time of its creation.
b) The UN has 189 more member than at the time of its creation.
c) The UN has 55 more members than at the time of its creation.
a) The Secretary General is divided into six main parts.
b) The General assembly is divided into six main parts.
c) The United Nations is divided into six main parts.
F. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that they mean the same as the
original one:
a) Six main organs make up the organisation.
The organisation __________
b) Although it may have increased in size, its fundamental aims are still the
same.
Its fundamental aims __________
G. Explain in your own words what the main purposes of the UN are.
H. Describe in your own words the personality of Annan.
I. Follow up–writing a description. Think of one of your favourite places in your
town and write a description of it (around 100-120 words).
Descriptions usually contain many adjectives. They also have
to follow a certain order (for example, depending on the place
you describe, from the exterior to the interior, from the bottom
to the top, etc.). And it would also be useful to give a personal
opinion –why you like the place.
J. JUST FOR FUN: And now that you know a little more about the UN and its
purpose, how would you feel if you had the chance to participate in a debate 24 in the
General Assembly 25 ?
24 And this visit is going to be the perfect excuse to introduce students into debate techniques. We are
going to organise the group (a group of 25 students, for the sake of argument) as if they were
representatives from 25 different countries from all the continents, or from X different countries. For this
you can provide them with flags from those countries.
They can decide what they want to debate, and organise themselves the way they want. My proposal is
that the class can be divided into three groups: one group will be in favour, one will be against, and the
other one will be the judges. The judges will decide the rules: how many spokespeople in each group,
how long each group can speak, how often they have to take turns, etc.
My proposal for a debate in the UN would be “development versus solidarity” or “globalisation versus
individuality”, although the possibilities are enormous. It would be interesting to provide students with
materials, web addresses, etc., so that they could do a little research in advance, and also to videotape the
debate and analyse it later.
25 You can visit the following addresses for flags of the world: http://www.immigration-usa.com/flags/
and http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ .
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