We stand as one

Get ready

1

Read the question: "What could make someone leave their country forever?" Write down the verbs and the modal.

2

Select the words that mean the same thing as “as one”.

×

support

apart

×

unity

×

together

×

brotherhood

two

isolation

separate

loneliness

×

solidarity

×

help

3

Brainstorm from the title of the chapter.

4

Do you know other songs or artists who stand up for others?

5

Check with this table what you already know.

Observe and listen

1

Complete the description of the image with the missing information.

This is a . It was taken on by and was published in newspaper. It shows arriving by in .

2

Fill with the right options to describe the photograph.

a) There is a man (pulling / pushing) the boat in the foreground.
b) The man on the right is looking (at the camera / away from the camera).
c) The man wearig a striped hat is (holding on to the rail / jumping above the rail).

3

This photograph received a Pulitzer Prize. Look online and find out what it means.

4

Listen to the audio guide and answer these questions.


a) How many people have come to Europe since 2015? Are they still coming? 


b) How many people have died in the process? Why are they taking risks to come?


c) Answer the three questions you hear at the end of the audio guide.

Let’s think

Brian Bilston, “Refugees”

It is not okay to say these people are just like us
A place should only belong to those who are born there
Do not be so stupid to think that
The world can be looked at another way

1

Listen to the first version of the poem. How does it make you feel?

2

Listen to the second version. What is different? How does it make you feel?