The Next Chernobyl
THE NEXT CHERNOBYL
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- Do you think individual actions can truly make a difference in combating climate change?
- What environmental issue concerns you most, and what drives that concern?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
We are inside the belly of the beast, The Soviet-built nuclear power plant in Metsamor, Armenia, which environmentalist say is excellent candidate for “the next Chernobyl.”Ten years after Chernobyl power station in Ukraine exploded, on April 26, 1986, the former Soviet Union is tired of Western Badgering to shut down it’s most dangerous reactors. It is also fed up with technical advice from the West. Increasingly, it is seeking just one thing : money. Meanwhile, the Ukraine government promises to close the two remaining reactors at Chernobyl by the year 2000-but only if the Group of Seven leading industrial nations delivers $3.1 billion in aid.
How much will the West pay to help clean up the Soviet nuclear mess? The United States already has committed $250 million to tighten security around Russia’s stockpiles of plutonium and uranium; $ 408 million to dismantle former Soviet nuclear weapons; and $ 180 million to improve some Soviet-built reactors.Shutting down the worst reactors could billions more. Yet no price is too high if it prevents another Chernobyl, which spewed 200 times more radioactivity 59 than the atomic bombs dropped on Japan.A decade later, Ukraine and Belarus are still spending more than 10 percent of their national budgets dealing with the consequences.
Dialogue Practice
Practice the dialogue with your teacher.
선생님과 대화를 연습해 보세요.
1.How much money has the U.S. pledged to this problem?
2.What do Russia and other former Soviet Republics claim they need the most to deal with dangerous nuclear facility?
3.How much money does Ukraine need to close Chernobyl?
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
'prevent'는 'prevent + 사람 + from + -ing' 패턴을 따릅니다. 'to + 동사원형'이 아닙니다.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
What Does It Mean?1.An excellent candidate for “the next Chernobyl”
2.It is also fed up with the technical advice from the west.
Extra Practice
1.Do you think G-7 countries should financially help countries close dangerous nuclear power plants?
2.Do you think poor nations are justified to ask Western countries for more aid?
3.Do you think our country should continue building nuclear power plants in spite of the potential danger of radioactivity leakage?
4.Would you say “yes” to building a nuclear power plant in your in youe neighborhood?
5.What do you think about the comprehensive Test Band Treaty (CTBT)? Do you it’s fair?
6.China and France continued testing nuclear bombs until recently. And India is opposed to the proposed CTBT in spite of Western pressure . What do you think about these countries’ attitude?
7.What’s the justification for the Big Five to continue to hold their nuclear capability while asking all others to sacrifice their security?
8.What do you think about our country building a nuclear bomb?
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: THE NEXT CHERNOBYL
Level: High Advanced (H.A)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!