Anti-Valentine’s Day protest

Anti-Valentine’s Day protest

Level 1

This news is about Valentine’s Day. Do you like it? Well, some people do not. One group in India protests against it.

Some men ride on motorbikes. They stop when they see a couple. They harass the couple.

The protesters also organise a wedding. It is a wedding between two dogs.

Difficult words: protest (to show that you don’t like something), couple (two people who like or love each other), harass (to make someone feel bad), wedding (an event when two people marry – say that they love each other very much and become man and wife).

Level 2

A conservative Hindu group in India protested against Valentine’s Day. The group rode on motorbikes and harassed couples in public places.

The men in the group even punished some people. One man, for example, had to do sit-ups. The group also organised a wedding between two dogs to show how much they don’t like Valentine’s Day.

Difficult words: Hindu (relating to the religion of Hinduism), harass (to make somebody feel bad), sit-ups (a type of exercise to make your belly stronger).

Level 3

A right-wing Hindu group in India has been protesting today against Valentine's Day.

Members of Bajrang Dal have been riding on motorbikes and harassing couples seen together in public places.

The group was seen approaching couples and even dealing out punishments, including forcing a man to do sit-ups.

In even more bizarre scenes, the group even staged a wedding between two dogs to illustrate their opposition before police finally intervened to break up the protesters.

Difficult words: right-wing (conservative, anti-change), Hindu (relating to Hinduism which is a religion), harass (to make somebody feel bad), deal out (to decide what kind of punishment somebody will get), sit-ups (a type of exercise to make your belly stronger), bizarre (strange), stage (to organise), opposition (being against something), intervene (to change something quickly).

Match the word with the translation:

Harass	Пара
Couple	Свадьба
Wedding	Тревожить
Sit-up	Странный
Bizarre	Приседание
Right-wing	Правый (полит)
Intervene	Вмешиваться

Match the word with the definition:

opposition	a type of exercise to make your belly stronger
Hindu	two people who like or love each other
sit-ups	being against something
wedding	relating to Hinduism which is a religion
couple	an event when two people marry – say that they love each other very much and become man and wife

Listen and fill in the gaps:

A conservative _____ group in _____ protested against Valentine’s Day. The group _____ __ motorbikes and harassed ______ in public ______.

The men in the group ____ punished some people. One man, ___ _____, had to do sit-ups. The group also _______ a wedding between ___ ____ to show how much they ____ _____ Valentine’s Day.

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