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Facebook puts back True / False censored Vietnam photo a) The photo Facebook block wasn't at all famous. T / F 9th September, 2016 b) The photo was taken in the north of Vietnam. Facebook has T / F reversed its decision c) The photographer won a prize for the photo. to block a famous T / F photograph of the Vietnam War on its d) The president of Norway complained that the website. The photo is photo was banned. T / F of a naked, 9-year- e) Norway's president said Facebook was editing old Vietnamese girl out history. T / F and other terrified children running away f) Norway's president does not have a Facebook from a napalm attack account. T / F in South Vietnam. The napalm badly burnt her g) Facebook did not comment on the photo. T / back. The iconic photograph was taken by F Associated Press photographer Nick Ut and won a Pulitzer Prize for photojournalism. However, h) Facebook said it recognized the historical Facebook banned the photo from its site because importance of the photo. T / F the child in the photo is naked. Facebook got a lot of complaints after the ban. Even the president of Synonym Match Norway, Erna Solberg, criticised Facebook. She said (The words in bold are from the news article.) the photo was an important part of history and that Facebook was editing history by erasing the image. 1. reversed a. let Ms Solberg explained why she was so angry. She 2. block b. frightened said: "They must see the difference between editing 3. terrified c. received out child pornography and editing out history." She 4. got d. example wrote on her own Facebook page: "I want my children and other children to grow up in a society 5. erasing e. backtracked on where history is taught as it was." After Facebook 6. angry f. guidelines decided to allow the photo back on its pages, a 7. allow g. recording spokesperson made a comment, saying: "An image of a naked child would normally be presumed to 8. standards h. bar violate our community standards, and in some 9. case i. furious countries might even qualify as child pornography. 10. documenting j. deleting In [the case of the 'Napalm Girl' photograph], we recognize the history and global importance of this image in documenting a particular moment in Discussion – Student A time." a) Should the ban stay because the 9-year-old Sources: cnbc.com / NY Times.com / BangkokPost.com girl is naked? b) What do you think the girl in the photo Writing thinks of this news? There should be no naked bodies in art or c) Should paintings of nude people be allowed newspaper photos. Discuss. on Facebook? d) What movies have you seen about the Chat Vietnam War? Talk about these words from the article. e) What do you think of nudity in art? f) Is there too much flesh on TV and the decision / block / famous / photograph / terrified Internet nowadays? / iconic / prize / journalism / history / angry / g) Is the photo an example of pornography? children / society / comment / image / standards / global / importance h) What questions would you like to ask

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BreakingNewsEnglish - The Mini Lesson

Phrase Match 1. Facebook has reversed a. taught as it was 2. terrified children b. by erasing the image 3. iconic c. standards 4. Facebook got a d. running away 5. editing history e. in time 6. They must f. its decision 7. a society where history is g. photograph 8. violate our community h. pornography 9. child i. lot of complaints after the ban 10. documenting a particular moment j. see the difference

Discussion – Student B Role Play a) What do you know about the Vietnam War? Role A – Facebook b) What photos have you seen on the Vietnam You think Facebook is the best website. Tell the War? others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their websites. Also, tell the c) What do you know about the 'Napalm Girl' others which is the least useful of these (and photograph? why): Google, YouTube or Wikipedia. d) Was Facebook right to ban the 'Napalm Girl' Role B – Google photograph? You think Google is the best website. Tell the e) What do you think about Facebook? others three reasons why. Tell them things that are wrong with their websites. Also, tell the f) Is there ever a time when war photos should others which is the least useful of these (and be banned? why): Facebook, YouTube or Wikipedia. g) What do you think it's like to be a war Role C – YouTube photographer? You think YouTube is the best website. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that h) Was Facebook trying to erase history? are wrong with their websites. Also, tell the others which is the least useful of these (and Spelling why): Google, Facebook or Wikipedia. 1. Facebook has reversed its doiceins Role D – Wikipedia 2. block a ufmaso photograph You think Wikipedia is the best website. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them things that 3. other ifitdrree children running away are wrong with their websites. Also, tell the 4. The iioccn photograph others which is the least useful of these (and why): Google, YouTube or Facebook. 5. Facebook adbnen the photo 6. Facebook got a lot of mcpnsoliat Speaking – Websites 7. igtiedn out history Rank these with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings. 8. grow up in a otsyeci • YouTube • Facebook 9. tconiuymm standards • Wikipedia • WhatsApp 10. might even flauiqy • Amazon • Google 11. ogblal importance • Instagram • Twitter 12. a upclaairrt moment in time

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