Ranking the news

Discuss, please:


You should talk a lot.



1. What is the most important news story today?

a. Egypt (pronunciation: I-jipt)

b. Global warming

c. more countries may get nuclear weapons (pronunciation: NU- kli- er - WE-penz

d. China's economy (-iKA-na-mi)

e. global obesity (o-BI--si-ti)

f. the gap between rich and poor people

g. overpopulation (o-ver-pa-pya-LEI-shan)

e. Other



5. Which continent has the most interesting news? (KAN-ti-nent

a. Africa

b. Asia (EI-zha)

c. Europe (YOU-rap)

d. South America

e. Other



2. Who is the most dangerous person on Earth?

a. Osama bin Laden

b. Kim Jong Il

c. American Idol

d. Vladimir Putin

e. Other



6. Which of these stories will happen first?

a. Americans get thin

b. North Korea ends nuclear weapons program

c. Global warming stops

d. the U.S. economy improves

e. Other



3. What was the biggest story of the past ten years?

a. World Trade Center attack

b.rescue of miners in Chile (MAI-nerz)

c. Facebook

d. immigration (i-mi-GREI-shan)

e. Other



7. Which country will be the most important in 2050?

a. The U.S.A.

b. China

c. India

d. Japan

e. Korea

f. Iran

g. Mexico

e. Turkey

f. other



4. Who is the most interesting newsmaker?


a. Johnny Depp

b. Ban Ki Moon

c. Nelson Mandela

d. Barack Obama

e. Other



8. Which of these possible future headlines is the worst?

a. a lot of people get bird flu

b. 1/2 of Manhattan is under water

c. Colombia becomes the 100th country with nuclear weapons

d. World population to double within 20 years

e. the unemployment rate in the U.S. will be 25%

e. Other


9. What are some good future headlines? Think of two.