BREXIT

DEBATE
a) What you understand by Brexit? _____
b) In your opinion, what has led the UK to leave the EU? _____

VIDEO
The video you are about to watch was recorded before Brexit was voted.
CLICK HERE to watch the video.
Now list the main reasons, according to the video, that led the UK to this
decision.
1. _______
2. _______
3. _______
4. _______
5. _______

LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE
Answer the questions about the highlighted words/expressions in the
sentences below.
a) Which expression below is used to make predictions?
Rio de Janeiro is expected to receive hundreds of thousands of visitors from Brazil and
abroad during the Games.
b) Which expression below is used to provide additional information?
The economic and political situation in Brazil is not only complicated, but hopeless in the
near future.
c) Which word below means worried?
Many immigrants who live in the UK have been concerned about their immigration status.
d) Which word below means to have more power?
Politicians seem to have more say in Brazil than the law.
e) Which word below means to weaken or destroy?
The separation of the UK from the EU has undermined many jobs in England.

FURTHER LISTENING
Watch the video again and identify the main concerns behind each reason.
1. _______
2. _______
3. _______
4. _______
5. _______

SCRIPT
Read the script below and complete the blanks with the missing information.
By 2017, the United Kingdom ___________ hold a referendum to decide whether or
not to remain a member of the European Union. The UK has been a part of the EU
since 1973 and decided to remain a member-state after a referendum in 1975.
So, why does the UK want to leave the EU?
Well, Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the EU imposes too many
restrictions on British lawmakers.
Critics say that the UK will be forced to abandon its Pound currency and adopt the
Euro currency, which has historically been the weaker of the two. Adoption of the
Euro ___________ of all EU countries by the year 2020.
But many are worried that the Euro ___________ unstable, ___________ able to be
influenced by weaker countries like Greece.
The UK is also ___________ about European restrictions imposed on their
immigration laws. The EU currently provides the ability for migrants to access
employment and benefits. However, the British Prime Minister has been working to
restrict benefits and housing to those who have been in the country for at least four
years. This proposal has been directly opposed by the European Commission,
leading many Britons to question why the EU ___________ so much ___________ in
British welfare.
Some conservative groups feel like Europe is manipulating the British government,
and that policymakers have lost control over trade, human rights and migration.
EU law is supreme over UK law, meaning that lawmakers in the British House of
Commons are technically beholden to those in the European Parliament in Brussels.
Anti-EU activists believe that European regulations will ___________ British interests,
which to many are isolationist.
So how would a British exit affect both the EU and the UK?

SCRIPT
Read the script below and complete the blanks with the missing information.
By 2017, the United Kingdom is expected to hold a referendum to decide whether or
not to remain a member of the European Union. The UK has been a part of the EU
since 1973 and decided to remain a member-state after a referendum in 1975.
So, why does the UK want to leave the EU?
Well, Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the EU imposes too many
restrictions on British lawmakers.
Critics say that the UK will be forced to abandon its Pound currency and adopt the
Euro currency, which has historically been the weaker of the two. Adoption of the
Euro is expected of all EU countries by the year 2020.
But many are worried that the Euro is not only unstable, but able to be influenced by
weaker countries like Greece.
The UK is also concerned about European restrictions imposed on their immigration
laws. The EU currently provides the ability for migrants to access employment and
benefits. However, the British Prime Minister has been working to restrict benefits and
housing to those who have been in the country for at least four years. This proposal
has been directly opposed by the European Commission, leading many Britons to
question why the EU has so much say in British welfare.
Some conservative groups feel like Europe is manipulating the British government,
and that policymakers have lost control over trade, human rights and migration.
EU law is supreme over UK law, meaning that lawmakers in the British House of
Commons are technically beholden to those in the European Parliament in Brussels.
Anti-EU activists believe that European regulations will undermine British interests,
which to many are isolationist.
So how would a British exit affect both the EU and the UK?