Global News 6 April

Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that they are the only true religion helping people. But, the Ministry of Justice has a different point of view and wants to list them as extremists. This will result in a total ban on any religious celebration, habits and customs for Jehovah’s Witnesses. They will not even be allowed to meet in their Halls of Prayer. Many people remember Stalinist times when the same happened to all religions: there was a complete ban on worship.

I think that this action is not going to have any positive results: both for the country and for the people. It will probably provoke demonstrations and riots. Some people may die but it won’t kill a religion which is likely to go underground. In my opinion everyone should respect other’s differences of opinion and beliefs.

Words:

-worship= practice of showing respect for God, like saying prayers and singing

They all gathered in a Hall to worship.

-law-obedient= someone who respect law

We are very law-obedient people and don’t commit crimes.

-remote= far away

His spent a year in this remote village.

Global News 31 March

A group of teenagers from the Omsk region in Siberia have constructed their own bar. They would go there playing truant from school in order to spend time in a less stressful way. The construction materials have been scavenged from the local area but the pub looked very impressive. It even had wallpapers on the walls. They were drinking hard liquor, smoking tobacco and gambling. Everything ended when the police found out about the place.

Although, drinking, smoking and gambling are not worth promoting, I’m still impressed with initiative, hard work and creativity. In future they might be very successful businessmen. I hope that adults who handle this case will not concentrate on negativity but also see how industrious those young people were.

 

Words:

-errant= behaving wrongly

Errant children have been sent to the juvie institution.

-scavenge=to remove dirt or rubbish from an area (also by eating)

The pigeons are scavengers.

-get your hands on= get hold of

It is unclear how they got their hands on vodka and cigarettes.