Negotiations in the Philippines
1. Identification. Identify the following characters' title and function as mentioned in the news report.
(1) Corazon Aquino:
.
(2) Haimi Sung:
.
(3) Garis Porter:
.
2. Match each item in Column I with one in Column II by recognizing the person's action or comment.
Column I
(1) Corazon Aquino
(2) military leaders
(3) the NPA rebels
(4) Garis Porter
(5) civilian negotiators
Column II
a. have criticized Aquino's attempts at negotiation
b. will meet with rebel leaders tomorrow
c. proposed a one-hundred-day cease-fire
d. offered a thirty-day cease-fire
e. says that the rebel proposal is a response to Aquino's earlier offer
Answer: (1) —
; (2) —
; (3) —
; (4) —
; (5) —
.
3. Fill in the blanks.
(1) The
suggested the
talking points.
(2) It is likely that some of the talking points would meet with some
from the Philippine military.
4. True or False Questions.
(1)
The most important talking point is the disposition of the New People's Army.
(2)
Some of Corazon Aquino's military officials think that Aquino is naive to negotiate some kind of cease-fire agreement with the Communists.
(3)
According to the speaker, the military on Aquino's side is simply not capable of controlling the NPA through military means.
5. Fill in the detailed information according to what you hear on the tape.
Nobody wants to be the
one to
the cease-fire once it's
. So I think the
to a hundred-day cease-fire is, ... has much
and much
, if in fact they could
that
, which at this point I think it is still very much
.
Negotiations in the Philippines
1. Identification. Identify the following characters' title and function as mentioned in the news report.
(1) Corazon Aquino:
.
(2) Haimi Sung:
.
(3) Garis Porter:
.
2. Match each item in Column I with one in Column II by recognizing the person's action or comment.
Column I
(1) Corazon Aquino
(2) military leaders
(3) the NPA rebels
(4) Garis Porter
(5) civilian negotiators
Column II
a. have criticized Aquino's attempts at negotiation
b. will meet with rebel leaders tomorrow
c. proposed a one-hundred-day cease-fire
d. offered a thirty-day cease-fire
e. says that the rebel proposal is a response to Aquino's earlier offer
Answer: (1) —
; (2) —
; (3) —
; (4) —
; (5) —
.
3. Fill in the blanks.
(1) The
suggested the
talking points.
(2) It is likely that some of the talking points would meet with some
from the Philippine military.
4. True or False Questions.
(1)
The most important talking point is the disposition of the New People's Army.
(2)
Some of Corazon Aquino's military officials think that Aquino is naive to negotiate some kind of cease-fire agreement with the Communists.
(3)
According to the speaker, the military on Aquino's side is simply not capable of controlling the NPA through military means.
5. Fill in the detailed information according to what you hear on the tape.
Nobody wants to be the
one to
the cease-fire once it's
. So I think the
to a hundred-day cease-fire is, ... has much
and much
, if in fact they could
that
, which at this point I think it is still very much
.