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.
