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Title : Japan Remembers Nagasaki (65th anniversary of atomic bombing in Japan)
Source : www.bbclearnenglish.com
bbclearnenglish.com
1. Script:
Words in the News from bbclearnenglish.com :
A choir of survivors of the nuclear attack performed a song as the
ceremony began, called Never Again. And at two minutes past 11 a bell
tolled, to mark the moment the bomb fell on Nagasaki 65 years ago. The
crowd stood in silence.
Among the survivors and the families of the dead were the
representatives of more than thirty countries. They heard Nagasaki's
mayor call for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
Last week the United States sent its Ambassador to Japan, John Roos, to the
ceremony at Hiroshima for the first time. But he did not attend the
memorial in Nagasaki.
The bombing in 1945 killed more than 70,000 people in the city.
Within a week Japan surrendered, bringing an end to the war in the Pacific.

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Vocabulary and definitions

Choir: a group of people who sing together, usually in church
Ceremony: formal event to mark a special occasion
Tolled: rang slowly and repeatedly
Bomb: exploding weapon (in this case, one with the power to destroy a city)
Survivors: people who have lived through an event where they came close to death
Representatives: people acting officially for other groups
Mayor: the elected leader of a town or city
Elimination: removal
Memorial: event or statue to remember the people who have died in this case it is an event
Surrendered: stopped fighting and admitted defeat

2. Sample of Exercise (intended for the Indonesian students of English)

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At what time was the bell tolled to mark the moment of bombing?
Who was sent by the United States to the ceremony at Hiroshima?
Did he attend the memorial in Nagasaki?
How many people were killed in the atomic bombing in 1945?
What did the atomic bombing imply to the pacific war?

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