Is Brexit definitely going to happen?

Is Brexit definitely going to happen?

I Study the active vocabulary and focus on Ukrainian equivalents of English words.

strike бити

definitely безумовно

controversial суперечливий

hold on зачекати

remain залишитися

majority більшість

support підтримка

means засоби

dodgy хитрий

score забити гол

trigger спровокувати

overturn відкидати

withdraw відкликати

legal правовий

advisory консультативний

backlash негативна реакція

betrayal зрада

unheard of нечуваний

 bailout криза

austerity жорсткість

clause умова

MP член парламента

sovereign повновладний

annul анулювати

déjà vu дежавю

hold організовувати

attune погоджувати

mood настрій

detect виявляти

gain momentum набирати обертів

evidence доказ

change  mind передумати

split розділяти

deadlock тупик

The Beano британський журнал дитячих коміксів

BINO (Brexit in name only) вихід Великобританії з Європейського Союзу (Брексіт) тільки на словах

Jacob Rees-Mogg Джейкоб Рис-Могг, налаштований скептично щодо членства Великобританії в ЄС британський політик

Walter the Softy Уолтер-Роззява, персонаж дитячих коміксів, ззовні схожий на політика Джейкоба Рис-Могга

delay затримувати

water down послаблювати

deal угода

amount кількість

certain певний

loom large становити велику загрозу

II Vocabulary focus. Study the words and  word combinations, check your understanding using flashcards, practise their translation, spelling. Check your knowledge in the test. Play matching vocabulary game (match words to their translations to make cards disappear)  and save the planetfrom asteroids by typing in correct translation of the words.

III Watch the video and fill in the gaps with the words from the list. There are some words you don’t need to use.

Remember; advisory; question; difficulty; quest; first; parliament; organisation; definition; referendum; strikes; controversial; article; leave; March; referendum; overturning; politicians; scenarios; relations; returning; player; lies; football; lethal; comment; majority; historic; definitely; slides; referee; overturn; mayor; caused; sides; options; campaign; legal; big; means; flies; triggered; legal; voted; return; problem; chose; before

  

On the 29 1)________  2019, when the clock 2)________  11, Britain will officially 3)________  the European Union. It will be a 4)________  moment. No country has ever left the EU 5)________  .

- The mess 6)________  by Brexit is the biggest 7)________  in the history of EU/UK 8)________  .

 But is Brexit still 9)________  going to happen? Even asking this 10)________  is 11)________  . I can see you heading for the 12)________  section but hold on.

 -52% for leave, 48% for remain.

 Although the 13)________  in 2016 was close, more British people voted for Brexit than have 14)________  for anything else ever.

-        It is 17,410,742.

 But it was also the 15)________  time in British history that voters 16)________  something that did not have a 17)________  support in 18)________  . Now there’s a growing 19)________  focused on keeping Britain in the EU by any 20)________  necessary.

-        The 21)________  result, if I’ll compare it to a 22)________  match, there was a dodgy 23)________  , the opposition had one extra 24)________  and the goal was scored in the 96th minute. It was based on 25)________  .

-        Britain may have 26)________  article 50 and begun the exit process under EU law, but 27)________  Brexit is still theoretically possible.

-        Our 28)________  50 letter could be withdrawn without cost or 29)________  , legal or political.

The EU, for all its technical, 30)________  language, is a deeply political 31)________  .

-        It’s going well, it’s very very well organised.

If both 32)________  , Britain and the EU, agreed to stop Brexit, they would find a way to do it. That is a very 33)________  if. So let’s look at the 34)________  . It boils down to three main 35)________  . First up, the 36)________  stop Brexit by themselves.

-        It’s important to 37)________  that parliament by itself has the 38)________  authority to 39)________  the referendum. The referendum was 40)________  .

IV Watch the video and choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

For Brexit to take effect/affection/defect, a majority of members of parliamentary/parliament/treatment have to allow/glow/follow it through. If enough Peers/MPs/MP3s decided to cancel Brexit, in theory/theoretic/theorize at least they could do so but it would mean parliament overrun/overdo/overturning the result of a democratic/democrat/democracy referendum. It would almost certain/certainty/certainly provoke a massive backlash/clashing/background.

-        I fear that the great Brexit betrayal/trailing/beetle has begun.

But politics/politicians/politically overturning referendums isn’t unearthed/unheard/unnoticed of in Europe. As recently/recent/late as 2015, Greek voters said no to an EU ball out/bailout/billing that came with major austerity/hysterical/steering clauses. In the end though Greek/meek/weak MPs ignored their voting/voted/voters and overturned the referendum result/salts/resulting to keep Greece in the eurozone.

-        Parliament is reigning/solely/sovereign, if the MPs so chose, they could just quote/vote/promotion to annul/annual/annually the referendum and to domain/remain/main in the European Union. That of course isn’t going to happen/happy/happening, I don’t think, because it’s a very glad/sadly/bad look.

So what about something a little easier to imagine?

-        Is there a case for a second referendum? Undoubtedly there is…

-        You’re joking? Not another one!

 You’ve probably/undoubted/dubiously heard a lot of talk about a possibility/possible/solvable second referendum and the EU has a rich history/hysteria/historical of rerunning referendums. …

-        …just thrown a massive spanner into the mechanism that decides how the European Union will be run.

Ireland quoted/doted/voted to reject the EU’s Lisbon treaty/treated/pity in 2008. Irish voters were then masked/asked/ask to vote again in the efficacy/face/force of an economic crisis/critic/iris.

-Is this some kind of a deja vu?

The reckoned/second/secondly time around, they voted the opposite/opposition/position way.

-        Five hundred and ninety-four thousand, six hundred and six.

A second referendum is still pretty unlikely/unlinked/liking. Parliament would have to degree/agreement/agree to it for a start and so it would come down/calming down/come back to those MPs again and tide/time/rhyme is running out fast. There’s also the question/tension/procrastination of what a second referendum would ask. Leave vs remain again? Or a three-way voice/choice/chose between a deal, no deal and no Brexit with the proviso that the EU will have a lot to say about what it wants/quotes/wanted.

V Watch the video and fill in the gaps in the text.

- If the 1)______ is to get a clear 2)______, I don’t know if that is going to be possible with three 3)______ because it might actually complicate things even more if the 4)______ are too close. The 5)______ is allowed to ask the same 6)______ again. But in this case, for the 7)______, they need to accept that there’s a new ground to 8)______ on, a new question to vote on and they’re not simply being asked to 9)______ their answer.

 The Conservatives in government, and Labour in 10)______, are committed to carrying out Brexit and for now they’re 11)______ against holding a new 12)______.

-        We’re not asking for a second referendum.

But 13)______ are highly attuned to the 14)______ mood. If enough of them detected a clear 15)______ calling for a new referendum, the idea might just gain 16)______.

-        There’s been a slight shift in public 17)______ with more people now thinking voting to 18)______ was a wrong decision than the right 19)______.  But it’s slight and there’s no real 20)______ of people switching in large 21)______ from leave to remain at the moment, i.e. very few people seem to have 22)______ their minds.

With parliament split on the best 23)______ to deliver Brexit, a new referendum could help break the deadlock and even reverse the 24)______ result.

Finally, there’s the 25)______ that most worries Brexiteers. Bino. No, not the Beano. Although Jacob Rees-Mogg has been compared to Walter the Softy. This is the 26)______ that Brexit will be delayed or watered down so much that what Britain ends up with is barely any different to what came 27)______.

-        So within the 28)______ party in particular there is this arguments about Brexit having to be done properly, rather than in a sort of 29)______ way that Teresa May seems to be suggesting now.

-        Could the Prime Minister inform the House at what point it was decided that “Brexit means remain”?

So, no independent trade deals, no restrictions on 30)______, no real reduction in the amount Britain pays into the 31)______. The prime 32)______ has promised this won’t happen over and 33)______ again.

-        Brexit means Brexit.

But as Brexit Day approaches, Britain’s new 34)______ with the EU seems as undecided as ever. Brexit might not be possible to 35)______, but one thing is certain: the EU will continue to loom large over British 36)______. 

VI Watch the video and read the text above. Say if the statements below are true or false. Correct the false statements.

1 Brexit has already happened.

2 More than 50% of people voted for leaving the EU.

3 Few people came to Brexit referendum.

4 Overturning Brexit is legally possible.

5 All British political parties want to stop Brexit.

6 More than 50% of voters now believe that they were wrong to vote for leaving the EU.

7 There will be a second referendum about leaving the EU.

8 No European countries have ever annulled the results of a referendum.

9 There is a possibility that Brexit will change nothing; it will be only on paper.

10 Now there are three options concerning Brexit.

VII Watch all the parts of the video and answer the questions.

1 When will Brexit take place? Will it definitely happen?

2 How did people vote in Brexit referendum?

3 What was the legal status of the referendum? Can MPs annul the results of the referendum?

4 Can politicians organize the second referendum? Have there ever been second referendums that changed the voters’ minds?

5 Can politician stop Brexit? Why or why not? What problems might it cause?

6 Are all political parties in Britain Brexit supporters? What is the role of the Prime Minister in Brexit controversy?

7 How do people feel about Brexit now? Do they want to vote again?

8 What choices are there concerning Brexit? What is the problem with these three options?

9 Have voters in Britain changed their minds about Brexit yet?

VIII OVER TO YOU. List arguments for and against Brexit. Get ready to support your point of view while discussing the issue with other students.