Liberal Studies- Michelle Obama Visits China
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Liberal Studies: Michelle Obama Visits China
Discuss these questions with your classmates:
Who is Michelle Obama?
Why is education so important?
Vocabulary:
Match the words from the article on the left with their synonyms on the right:
Express
Give up work
Communication
Normal
Ordinary
Conversation
Retired
Vacation
Famous
Well-known
Trip
Message
Discussion
Fast
Match the words with the meaning:
Word
Host
Meaning
Communication with somebody.
Frank
Carefully and correctly.
Interaction
Beautiful and graceful.
Elegant
Honest and truthful in what one says.
Compliment
The area that is of most importance or
that people pay attention to.
Foreground
A remark that express admiration of
someone or something.
Conscientiously
Organise and be in charge of an event.
Choose two or three of the words from the vocabulary and make them into a
sentence:
Article: Michelle Obama Visits China - stedu.stheadline.com/eng-p
Michelle Obama Visits China
Us first Lady Michelle Obama brought the importance of education to the
foreground on Sunday on the third of her China visit.
Obama has been photographed at famous spots including the Forbidden City and
the Great Wall. She is travelling with her two daughters and mother. It is the first
independent trip by a US president’s wife to China.
She has won compliments in the mainland for her elegant clothing and her
interactions with ordinary people.
“She is very warm and frank, and when she is talking to people she
conscientiously listens to what they have to say,” said Wu Qing. Wu is a retired of
Beijing Foreign Studies University who met on Sunday.
“In China, we usually use the weather to express out mood or state of mind. So
the fact that the weather has been so nice these few days means she is very
welcome in China,”
Obama hosted a discussion about education with a group of Chinese professors,
students and parents. She also met the new US ambassador to China, Max
Baucus, at the US Embassy on Sunday morning.
In the afternoon, she visited the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall in the northern
Beijing suburbs.
Comprehension:
Answer the following questions:
What was Michelle Obama praised for during China visit?
What was the weather like in China during her visit?
Who is the US ambassador to China?
Which of the following places did she visit?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The
The
The
The
Forbidden City
Peking Restaurant
president’s residence
people’s Dining Hall
Which of the following people did she NOT meet?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Max Baucus
Chinese professors
Chinese Students
Chinese religious leaders
The professor earlier hosted a forum _________________________ human rights.
a.
b.
c.
d.
About
Around
Above
No word is needed
This is the first time she has ____________________________ China without her
husband.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Visited
Tripped
Journeyed
Moved
Who was she travelling with?
In the afternoon, she visited the _________________________________
a. Shanghai Tower
b. Eiffel Tower
c. London Eye
d. Great Wall
Discuss these questions with your classmates:
Who is Michelle Obama?
Why is education so important?
Vocabulary:
Match the words from the article on the left with their synonyms on the right:
Express
Give up work
Communication
Normal
Ordinary
Conversation
Retired
Vacation
Famous
Well-known
Trip
Message
Discussion
Fast
Match the words with the meaning:
Word
Host
Meaning
Communication with somebody.
Frank
Carefully and correctly.
Interaction
Beautiful and graceful.
Elegant
Honest and truthful in what one says.
Compliment
The area that is of most importance or
that people pay attention to.
Foreground
A remark that express admiration of
someone or something.
Conscientiously
Organise and be in charge of an event.
Choose two or three of the words from the vocabulary and make them into a
sentence:
Article: Michelle Obama Visits China - stedu.stheadline.com/eng-p
Michelle Obama Visits China
Us first Lady Michelle Obama brought the importance of education to the
foreground on Sunday on the third of her China visit.
Obama has been photographed at famous spots including the Forbidden City and
the Great Wall. She is travelling with her two daughters and mother. It is the first
independent trip by a US president’s wife to China.
She has won compliments in the mainland for her elegant clothing and her
interactions with ordinary people.
“She is very warm and frank, and when she is talking to people she
conscientiously listens to what they have to say,” said Wu Qing. Wu is a retired of
Beijing Foreign Studies University who met on Sunday.
“In China, we usually use the weather to express out mood or state of mind. So
the fact that the weather has been so nice these few days means she is very
welcome in China,”
Obama hosted a discussion about education with a group of Chinese professors,
students and parents. She also met the new US ambassador to China, Max
Baucus, at the US Embassy on Sunday morning.
In the afternoon, she visited the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall in the northern
Beijing suburbs.
Comprehension:
Answer the following questions:
What was Michelle Obama praised for during China visit?
What was the weather like in China during her visit?
Who is the US ambassador to China?
Which of the following places did she visit?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The
The
The
The
Forbidden City
Peking Restaurant
president’s residence
people’s Dining Hall
Which of the following people did she NOT meet?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Max Baucus
Chinese professors
Chinese Students
Chinese religious leaders
The professor earlier hosted a forum _________________________ human rights.
a.
b.
c.
d.
About
Around
Above
No word is needed
This is the first time she has ____________________________ China without her
husband.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Visited
Tripped
Journeyed
Moved
Who was she travelling with?
In the afternoon, she visited the _________________________________
a. Shanghai Tower
b. Eiffel Tower
c. London Eye
d. Great Wall
