WORKING ON INTERNATIONAL NEWS HEADLINES ABOUT JUAN CARLOS AND FELIPE

I.- TELEGRAPH

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10869397/King-Juan-Carlos-to-

abdicate-Spanish-throne.html

"76-year-old monarch says it's time for a younger generation to take over as he announces

plan to step down amid health woes and financial scandals."

EXERCISE #1: Link the words on the left with the right meaning on the right

Woe entre

To take over problema

To step down tomar el mando

amid dimitir, dejar el cargo

II.- BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27662351

"As it happened: Spanish King Juan Carlos I to abdicate

Key Points

King of Spain Juan Carlos is abdicating

Crown Prince Felipe is to take over the throne

A constitutional amendment will be proposed to allow the abdication to happen

The 76-year-old has had health problems in recent years

His popularity has fallen following corruption scandals and gaffes"

EXERCISE #2: Link the words on the left with the right meaning on the right

Key points enmienda

throne permitir

amendment proponer

to propose trono

to allow puntos clave

III.- WASHINGTON POST

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/06/02/deeply-unpopular-

spanish-king-to-abdicate-throne-in-favor-of-son/

Here we are going to work on part of an article from the Washington post. I have made some

changes so you will find it easier to read and make the exercises.

Exercise#3: Fill the gaps with the right word: himself/ in favor of/ standing/ coup.

"Spanish king to abdicate throne _________ son."

King Juan Carlos of Spain will abdicate and pass the crown to his son, Crown Prince Felipe. Juan

Carlos, once a popular hero for resisting a military ____________, was losing ground both in

his health and in his ____________ in Spain.

The announcement came Monday morning from Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and

later from Juan Carlos _________.

Exercise#4:translate the following paragraph:

The king said he is abdicating to make way for his son to become the nation’s next monarch so

that a “new generation” can take over. Political analysts believe that the conservative People’s

Party wanted to put the more popular Felipe on the throne to try to combat increasingly anti-

monarchist sentiment, after small leftist and anti-establishment parties did surprisingly well in

last month’s European Parliament election.....

Exercise#5: These are the meaning of some words: vencer, sucesor, sacado de una, marcha,

crisis, personificar. Now, you have to find out which are the words with that meaning in the

following paragraph.

Spain’s leader Francisco Franco with his future successor as Prince

Juan Carlos de Borbon, as they watch a military parade in Madrid in

1973 . (AP)

He arrived like something out of a Disney movie and came to

embody the hope of an entire nation.

But even his popularity could not surmount (defeat) Spain’s crippling (incapacitating) economic

slump (depression, crisis), which has left 4.7 million Spaniards unemployed.

IV.- NATIONAL PRESS: PÚBLICO

http://www.publico.es/politica/524600/los-memes-mas-ingeniosos-sobre-la-abdicacion-del-

rey/slideshow#2

EXERCISE #6: watch the picture on the right. How many faces are

shown? Write down their names. Then make a sentence for each

one using one of these words in each sentence: dictator, King,

Prince.

TV:

http://www.canalsur.es/noticias/espa%C3%B1a/importante-clamor-popular-a-favor-de-la-

republica/402544.html

HIMNO DE RIEGO CANTADO POR UN HOMBRE Y UNA MUJER:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fujQeuir3aM

OTHER NEWS:

http://www.elmundo.es/espana/2014/06/02/538c34ccca47410b2b8b456c.html

http://endirecto.lavanguardia.com/politica/20140602/54409537530/rey-juan-carlos.html

http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/2155479/0/minuto-a-minuto/rey-juan-carlos/abdica/

http://es.euronews.com/2014/06/02/abdica-el-rey-de-espana-juan-carlos-i-/

http://www.abc.es/espana/rey-juan-carlos-i-abdica/20140602/abci-alminuto-rey-juan-carlos-i-

abdica-felipe-vi-201406020942.html

http://politica.elpais.com/politica/2014/06/02/actualidad/1401695328_504276.html

http://elpais.com/tag/abdicacion_juan_carlos_i/a/

CONCENTRACIONES REPUBLICANAS 2, junio 2014

http://www.laverdad.es/nacional/politica/201406/02/miles-personas-reclaman-republica-

20140602195848-rc.html

La abdicación se resolverá a través de una Ley Orgánica.