Conflicts in the World.ppt

Do you know the following issues? Terrorist attack in Bombay , India,2008 Other conflicts in the world 1: For more than 40 years, left-wing guerrillas, notably the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), have been fighting the Colombian government, which they blame for the country’s great social inequality. In the 1980s, right-wing paramilitary groups—many of them sponsored by rich drug lords—emerged to fight the guerrillas. Learn how Colombia’s civil war, which has roots in Spanish colonialism, has evolved over the years. 7: In 1947, the United Nations voted to divide Palestine into Arab and Jewish areas and, in 1948, Israel declared itself an independent state. Outraged, Arab armies attempted to take Israel back but were soundly defeated. Learn about Israels attempts to secure its borders and the Palestinians efforts to reclaim some of the land that was once theirs. 11: North and South Korea became separate countries shortly before the Korean Peninsula was embroiled in a war involving the United States and its Cold War foes, China and the Soviet Union. The Cold War is long over, but North and South Korea are technically still at war. Learn how North Koreas recent pursuit of nuclear weapons has turned an already tense situation into a crisis. We need peace, let’s get rid of conflicts! Why? 13 million lives were lost in large-scale conflicts between 1994 and 2003. 37 million refugees and displaced persons Conflicts that result in bloodshed, rather than debate, uproot societies We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means. ? - The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King 我们必须透过和平方法来从事和平的目的。 Lead-in (Listen and fill in the missing words ) Talk about the pictures on the page 157. Language Points: cast: v. tackle: v. proliferation: n. vulnerable: adj. Dialogue 1 Arab-Israeli Conflicts 1. Listen to the dialogue one and get to know the content of the dialogue. Question: Why do the peace talks between Israel and Palestine always fail? 2. R