Indholdsfortegnelse
Brexit: News report
What Is Brexit? And How Is It Going?
Why “Brexit”? [group 1]
Leaving is a big deal economically. [group 2]
Brexit’s supporters say their aim is a ‘Global Britain.’ [group 3]
In Northern Ireland, Brexit is waking old demons. [group 4]
Scotland could make its own split. [group 5]
Fishing remains a sore point. [group 6]

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Uddrag
Brexit: News report
1. In small groups: Read the introductory text and translate it loosely.

2. In groups of 3-4: Based on your part of the text, produce a news report on the subject. Use the information in the text; however, transform it into an interview situation. The content must be held true to the text as your classmates do not read it but still have to get the information.

Scope: 1 manuscript to share in class
1 recording of the news report
A relevant location and “microphone”
1 reporter
1 interviewee (specialist)
1 camera person
(1 in charge of the manuscript)

What Is Brexit? And How Is It Going?
Almost a year after it took full effect, the consequences of Britain’s split from the European Union are still unfolding. Here is a guide to what it means, how it came about and what the future may hold.

By Benjamin Mueller and Peter Robins
Nov. 8, 2021

[introduction]
Britain broke from the European Union’s regulatory orbit on Jan. 1, casting off nearly a half-century inside the bloc and embarking on what analysts described as the biggest overnight change in modern commercial relations between countries.

Far from closing the book on Britain’s tumultuous relationship with the rest of Europe, the split, known as Brexit, has opened a new chapter — one that could reshape not only the country’s economy, foreign policy and politics, but even its borders.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks of creating a more agile “Global Britain,” with stronger ties to the United States and other democracies, like Australia, India and South Korea.

But while that plan has hit setbacks, risks from the new dispensation have quickly become evident, including on empty supermarket shelves as the country struggles with a shortage of truck drivers. And arrangements for the sensitive territory of Northern Ireland