ROMANIAN ORPHANS                -Worksheet-

BEFORE YOU WATCH THE VIDEO

· Look at the title and think about these words:

-         Romanian

-         Orphans

· What do you think the video is about?

· Have you ever heard anything about it? Any similar story?

NOW WATCH THE VIDEO

1. Which of these statements are true?

First make your choices, then watch the video from 48:10 to 49:05 to check your answers:

a)      Handicapped children were discovered in an old house in Transylvania.

b)      Handicapped children were discovered in an orphanage in Transylvania mountains.

c)      Handicapped children were discovered in an orphanage in New York.

d)       

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a)      The European Parliament is discussing how aid can be continued.

b)      The European Parliament doesn’t mind that situation.

c)      The European Parliament isn’t going to continue with the aid.

2. Watch the report again. What does it say about …?

-         … Ceausescu regime?

-         … Britain?

3. Do you think this report is about …

-         children without parents.

-         children who were rejected in those years.

-         children who lived happily in an orphanage.

OPINION

4. What do you think of this video? Can we do anything to improve the situation? What should we do?

ROMANIAN ORPHANS                -Checksheet-

BEFORE YOU WATCH THE VIDEO

- Romanian:  From Romania.

- Orphans:    They are places where some children are brought to because their parents don’t want them or just because they can’t support them. They are usually sad places.

· The video is probably about the Romanian children who were in orphans for different circumstances.

· Unfortunately, these are actual news and we can see them on TV every day.

NOW WATCH THE VIDEO

1. Which of these statements are true?

b) Handicapped children were discovered in an orphanage in the Transylvanian mountains.

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a) The European Parliament is discussing how aid can be continued.

2. The report says:

-         these children were discovered soon after the fall of Ceausescu regime.

-         aid started to arrive form Britain and other countries, and builders came from Britain too to improve the sanitation facilities.

3.  In the past, handicapped people were rejected and treated like “monsters”.