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Trump wins US election

Lesson code: N92C-BPFB-B614-V UPPER INTERMEDIATE +

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1 Warm-up
Did you expect Trump to win the US election? Why/why not?

2 Key words
Match the terms on the left to the definitions on the right:

1. defeat a. to use something in a way that causes harm

2. plummet b. to win against someone in a contest or fight
3. declare c. to announce something officially
4. ridicule d. to cause a lot of trouble over a period of time
5. plague e. to fall very suddenly in amount
6. abuse f. to make fun of someone so that they look stupid

Now put the verbs in the correct form into the sentences below:

1. The politician's campaign was
2. The stock market
3. The politician was
4. The minister
5. The result of the election was
6. The candidate was
with investigations into her private life.
when the result of the vote was announced.
when he said that he wanted to run for president.
his position of power to buy expensive presents.
just after 7am.
by a very small number of votes.

3 Reading
Put true (T) or false (F) next to each statement. Say why the false statements are false.

1. The result of the election did not affect global financial markets.
2. Donald Trump thanked Hillary Clinton for the work that she has done for America.
3. Mrs Clinton congratulated Mr Trump in person on his victory.
4. Voting was split by sex and ethnicity.
5. 1 in 10 Latinos voted for the Democratic candidate.
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Breaking News US election 2016 result:
Trump beats Clinton to take White House
1 Donald Trump is to become the 45th president of
the United States after he defeated Democrat
Hillary Clinton in a stunning victory.
2 The shock result meant global markets
plummeted, as polls had suggested a comfortable
Clinton win. But Trump upset predictions and won
the key states of Florida, Ohio and North Carolina .
The result in Wisconsin gave him the 270 out of
538 votes that were needed to secure the White
House.
3 At his victory celebration in New York Trump said:
"I just received a call from Secretary Clinton. She
congratulated us on our victory." "Hillary has
worked very long and very hard over a long period
of time, and we owe her a major debt of gratitude
for her service to our country."
4 Mrs Clinton, 69, did not show up for what was
supposed to be her victory celebration across
town in Manhattan. The mood was sombre at her
election night party as supporters wept and left
early.
5 Trump, who declared that he wanted to be
president in June last year, said that his victory 10 Despite winning more votes Trump has divided
had been "tough". The real estate tycoon, former
reality TV star and political outsider was globally
ridiculed for running for president, but won
previously safe Democrat states and held onto key
Republican territory.
6 Trump caused controversy when campaigning
with his comments about women, Muslims and
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his plans to stop the flow of immigrants from
Mexico by building a wall along the border.
7 He spoke directly to white working-class
Americans who are angry at those in power and
feel left behind by the global economy.
8 When it was time for voting, men were much
more likely to back Mr Trump, while women
mainly backed Mrs Clinton. Nearly nine in 10
black voters and two-thirds of Latinos voted for
the Democrat, but more than half of white voters
backed the Republican.
9 The result of the election was very surprising
because Mrs Clinton had been ahead in many
opinion polls. However, her campaign was
plagued by FBI investigations into the claims that
she abused state secrets by operating a private
email server when she was US secretary of state.
She was cleared of criminal charges once again
last Sunday, but the incident may have hurt her
chances of winning the election.
American society. During the last hours of voting
Canada's main immigration website crashed and
visitors were greeted with a "this page isn't
working" error message.
Source: BBC News, The Independent, The
Guardian
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4 Find the words

Find a word or phrase in the article which means ...

1. caused a different result to the one expected (phrase, P2):

2. serious and sad (adj., P4):
3. cried because of strong emotions (past verb, P4):
4. a person who has become rich and powerful through business success (noun, P5):
5. didn't progress as fast as someone or something (phrasal verb - past form, P7 ):
6. gave support to someone (verb - ed, P8):
7. information that a government decides to keep private (noun - plural, P9):

5 Collocations
Match the verbs on the left to the words on the right.

1. cause a. ahead
2. run b. controversy
3. speak c. directly
4. be d. for president
5. clear e. someone a major debt of gratitude
6. owe f. someone of criminal charges

Now, make up a sentence for each collocation.

6 Talking point
Discuss any of the questions below.

1. How do you feel about the result of the US election?

2. How do you think it might affect things in your country?
3. Do you think the Democrats might have won if there had been a different candidate?
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2- Key words

Give examples of each verb where necessary. Students can work alone and check in pairs.
1. b 2. e 3. c 4. f 5. d 6. a
1. plagued
2. plummeted
3. ridiculed
4. abused
5. declared
6. defeated

3- Reading

Students can work alone and check in pairs. Have students scan the article quickly. Go through the answers.
1. F - It caused the stock market to drop very quickly.2. T
3. F - She called him by phone. 4. T
5. F - 2/3 voted for Clinton.

4- Find the words

1. upset predictions
2. sombre
3. wept
4. a tycoon
5. left behind
6. backed
7. state secrets

5- Collocations

1. b 2. d 3. c 4. a 5. f 6. e

6- Talking point

Monitor the activity. Make a note of typical errors and write up useful language on the board.
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