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Onsdag den 20. maj 2020
kl. 09.00-14.00

Vejledning til opgavesættet


Du skal besvare følgende opgaver:
  • Opgave 1-4
  • Opgave 5A eller opgave 5B
Tekster til opgave 5:

5A: manuskript til tale:
  • Corbyn attacks May over food bank usage (1:38)
  • Nothing Left in the Cupboards
  • Poverty in the UK is ‘systematic’ and ‘tragic’, says UN special rapporteur
  • Hammond: I reject idea millions live in dire poverty
  • The reality of child poverty in Britain (7:32)
5B: analyse af fiktion
  • “Kiss” by Elizabeth Baines

Vejledning til opgaverne og skabelon
Den samlede eksaminationstid for opgave 1-5 er 5 timer. Besvarelsen bedømmes som en helhed ud fra de faglige mål for niveauet. Der lægges vægt på beherskelse af det engelske sprog, forståelse af forlægget og færdighed i skriftlig fremstilling på engelsk.

Skriv din besvarelse i skabelonen, som ligger under Toolbox i menuen til venstre. Besvarelsen afleveres i ét dokument med opgaverne i rækkefølgen 1-5.

Hjælpemidler
Alle hjælpemidler må benyttes til besvarelse af opgavesættet. Kommunikation med omverdenen er ikke tilladt.



Henvisninger til tekst, video- og lydklip


Hvis du citerer fra en grammatikbog eller internetside i opgave 1-4, skal du angive kilde.
Alt materiale anvendt i opgave 5 skal være engelsksproget og angives med kildehenvisninger.
Du kan henvise til dele af video- og lydklip, f.eks. ved at angive afspillerens minut- og sekundtal for henholdsvis starten og afslutningen af klippet.

Den generelle, overordnede skabelon for en henvisning til internetmateriale


Author, “Title”. Site, medium. Date accessed. [Link].

Eksempler:
Artikel fra internettet med forfatter
Kate Abbey-Lambertz, “Big Sean Gives Back to Hometown Detroit, Hands Out School Supplies to Students”. Huffington Post website. Viewed 3-3-2013.
[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/30/big-sean-detroit-school-supplies_n_3837896.html].

Artikel fra internettet uden forfatter
“The Civil War and emancipation”. PBS website. Viewed 6-6-2013.
[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2967.html].

Opslag på internettet
“Emancipation Proclamation”. Wikipedia website. Viewed 6-6-2013.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation].

Video på internettet
ABC News, “Obama’s Historic Pro-Gay Marriage Stance”. YouTube website. Viewed 27-4-2013.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_RkoMDv3fE]. (3:10-3:22)




Kildeoplysninger


Oplysninger om kilderne til de enkelte tekster findes i teksternes manchetter på opgavesiderne.
Teksternes ortografi og tegnsætning følger forlæggene. Trykfejl er dog rettet.
Opsætningen følger ikke nødvendigvis forlæggene. Dog følges forlægget nøje, hvor opsætningen på den ene eller anden måde indgår i opgaven.



Opgave 1


Nedenstående tekststykke er fra artiklen "Poverty in the UK is 'systematic' and 'tragic', says UN special rapporteur".

Find og skriv fire forskellige adjektiver (tillægsord) og fire forskellige adverbier (biord). Angiv for hvert af ordene, hvad det lægger sig til.

Brug relevant grammatisk/faglig terminologi.

The UK's social safety net has been "deliberately removed and replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos", a report commissioned by the UN has said.
Special rapporteur on extreme poverty Philip Alston said "ideological" cuts to public services since 2010 have led to "tragic consequences". The report comes after Prof Alston visited UK towns and cities and made preliminary findings last November.
The government said his final report was "barely believable".
The £95bn spent on welfare and the maintenance of the state pension showed the government took tackling poverty "extremely seriously", a spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) said.






Opgave 2


Nedenstående sætninger er fra artiklerne ”Poverty in the UK is 'systematic' and 'tragic', says UN special rapporteur” og ”Nothing Left in the Cupboards”.

Forklar, hvorfor der er anvendt komma i hver af sætningerne. Brug relevant grammatisk/faglig terminologi.
  1. The Australian professor, who is based at New York University, said government policies had led to the "systematic immiseration [economic impoverishment]" of a significant part of the UK population…

  2. "It paints a completely inaccurate picture of our approach to tackling poverty," a spokesman said.

  3. In that decade this food bank network went from distributing just under 26,000 parcels a year to handing out more than 1.33 million of them.

  4. In Professor Alston's view, these are the unequivocal consequences of deliberate, calculated political decisions.

  5. This increase comes despite the efforts of domestic anti-poverty campaigners, charitable food aid organizations, schools and community centers trying to fill the gap.






Opgave 3


Hver af nedenstående sætninger indeholder en grammatisk fejl, som er understreget. Ret fejlen, og forklar din rettelse. Brug relevant grammatisk/faglig terminologi.

  1. There is a lot of mistakes in the essay.

  2. Poverty is an issue that is deliberate ignored by some politicians.

  3. I need more information on the issue. Can you send them to me?

  4. The UN report insists on that poverty is increasing in the UK.

  5. Many people have lost their life due to civil wars in Africa.

  6. Ministers have long argued, that they had no choice but to cut public spending.

  7. This morning, as he listened to the BBC on his radio, he received a call from his mother.

  8. Did the MP lie, or did he told the truth?






Opgave 4


Du er designer og har succes med et nyt bæredygtigt koncept, hvor du genbruger vintage mærkevarer til at skabe nyt luksusmodetøj. Din Londonbaserede virksomhed, NewUnique, har nu etableret sig så solidt på hjemmemarkedet, at du ønsker at prøve kræfter med det amerikanske marked. Derfor skriver du en e-mail til kæden Saks Fifth Avenue i New York for at høre, om de er interesserede i at forhandle dit koncept.

I e-mailen fortæller du om dit koncept, din målgruppe og dit prisniveau. Du foreslår samtidig forskellige leveringsmuligheder.

Du skriver e-mailen til christine.duncan@saksfifth.com

Skriv e-mailen på engelsk, og brug alle de nedenstående ord og vendinger.

Ordene/vendingerne skal bruges, som de står, men du må gerne ændre på rækkefølgen og skrive dem med stort begyndelsesbogstav.

I din besvarelse skal du fremhæve de anvendte ord og vendinger med farve eller fed skrift.

Omfang: 100-150 ord

established market
please high-end
absolutely sustainable




Opgave 5


Besvar enten opgave 5A eller opgave 5B.



Opgave 5A


Poverty in the UK


As a member of the debate team at your college, you will attend the Oxford Schools Regional Debate Competition, which is the biggest debating competition in Great Britain. This year’s theme is “UK Challenges”.

Your contribution to the debate will be a speech entitled “Poverty in the UK”.

In your speech, you account for the increasing poverty in the UK. You discuss different attitudes to poverty and possible consequences of the current austerity.

Write the manuscript in English.

Word count: 800-1200 words

Use the following sources: You may use additional sources in English, for example from the Internet. Do not forget to document all your sources.



Opgave 5B


Kiss


Write an analytical essay in which you analyse and interpret the short story “Kiss” by Elizabeth Baines. Part of your essay must focus on characterization, composition, theme(s) and message.

Write the analytical essay in English.

Word count: 800-1200 words

Use the following source: You may use additional sources in English, for example from the Internet. Do not forget to document all your sources.



Toolbox


Word skabelon

Manuskript til tale (pdf)

Analytisk essay (fiktion) (pdf)



Sources


BBC. Poverty in the UK is 'systematic' and 'tragic', says UN special rapporteur. 22 May 2019. Viewed December 2019.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48354692

Human Rights Watch. Nothing Left in the Cupboards. May 20, 2019. Viewed December 2019.
https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/05/20/nothing-left-cupboards/austerity-welfare-cuts-and-right-food-uk

BBC. Hammond: I reject idea millions live in dire poverty. 3 June 2019. Viewed December 2019.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-48503170

Mirror. CORBYN ATTACKS MAY OVER FOOD BANK USAGE. 28 May 2019. Viewed December 2019.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-food-bank-users-on-16213065

ITV News. The reality of child poverty in Britain. 13 December 2017. Viewed December 2019.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCMjfTkv9rY

Elizabeth Baines, KISS. Best British Short Stories 2019. Salt. 2019.