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NSTCOVI
D-19

ThePr esidentoftheRepubli
c,MackySal l,declar
edast ateofemer gencyacrossthecount
ryon
Mondayev eni
ng,ameasur ei nofr esponset oCov i
d-19."Thespeedofpr ogr
essionofthe
diseaser equir
esustoraisethelevelofther esponse.Otherwise,werunaser i
ousri
skofpubli
c
calamity.Consequentl
y,byv i
rt
ueofar ti
cle69oft heConst i
tuti
onandofl aw69-29ofApril29,
1969, f
rom t hi
seveni
ngatmi dnight
,Ideclareast ateofemer gencyontheextentofthenat
ional
terr
it
ory”,saidtheheadofstateinanaddr esst othenati
on.

Thismeasur eisaccompani edbyacur fewont henati

onalterr
it
ory,fr
om 8p.m.to6a.m.,said
PresidentSal linamessagebr oadcastonpubl i
ct el
evi
sion( RTS).A dozennew Cov i
d-19
contami nat
ionswer erecordedonMondayi nSenegal,bri
ngingthenumberofpeopl ei
nfected
si
nceMar ch2t o79.Eightpatient
swer edecl
aredcuredbytheser v
icesoft
heMi ni
str
yofHealth
andSoci alAction.

‘
’Theoutbreakthatwasconf inedinonear eahasspreadouttoot herl
ocal
iti
esofthecountry.
Thatistosayt hatthevir
usi sinpr ogress.Therei
sneitheravaccinenoramedi ci
necerti
fi
ed
againstt
heCOVI D-19sof ar"sai dMackySal l.ThePresi
dentoftheRepublicthusorder
edthe
defenseandsecurit
yforcestober eadyfortheimmediateandstr
ictexecut
ionofthemeasures
decreedacrossthenati
onalterri
tory.

Inaccor dancewi tht heStat eofEmer gencyLaw,thesemeasur eswillinpar t

icul
argiv ethe
compet entadmi nistr
ati
veaut hori
ti
esthepowertoregul
ateorprohibi
tthemov ementofpeopl e,
vehicl
esorgoodsi ncer t
ainplacesandatcertai
ntimes,t
oprohibi
t,i
ngeneralorinpar t
icular
,all
processions,parades, r
ecalledtheHeadofState.Headdedthatthecompet entauthori
ti
eshav e
thepowert oor der,thepr ovisi
onalcl
osureofpubli
cplacesandmeet i
ngpl aces,topr ohi
bit,
generalorpar ticular
,publicorpr i
vat
emeet i
ngsofanyki ndwhat soever,li
kelytocauseor
maintaindisorder.

Adapt
edf
rom MackySal
l
’sspeecht
othenat
ion- ch23rd,
Mar 2020.

Act
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ty1:
Vocabul
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Task:Readt
hef
oll
owi
ngdef
ini
ti
onsandf
indt
hecor
respondi
ngwor
dsi
n(THE)i
ndi
cat
ed
paragr
aphs.

Def
ini
ti
ons Wor
ds
1-Asit
uationwhichposesanimmediateri
skandwhi chrequir
esattention.(P1)
2-Anyregulat
ionrequi
ri
ngpeopl
etonotbeint hestr
eetsandst ayi
nt heirhomes.(
P2)
3-Tocontrolasit
uati
onaccordi
ngt
or ul
e,pri
ncipl
eorlaw.(P4)

Act
ivi
ty2:Cl
ozet
est

Uset
Task: hewor
dsf
rom t
het
abl
eandcompl
etet
hispar
agr
aphmeani
ngf
ull
y.

WhatthePresidenthassai disclear
.Butweneeddi sci
pli
neto(4)__
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___peopl
e’sdail
y
acti
vi
ti
es.Thequickpr ogressi
onoft hediseaseispartl
yduetopeople’
slackofinfor
mation.
SomeSenegaleseev ensayt hattheHeadofhast akentoomucht odecreethe(5)
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_ .Butotherbread-
wi nner
sarecompl ai
ningaboutt
he( 6)_
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becausesomet i
mest heywor katnight.

Act
ivi
ty3:
Inf
ormat
iont
ransf
er.

Readt
Task: het
extandf
il
li
nthechar
t.

Si
tuati
onoft heCor
onavi
rusi
n Mainmeasurest
akenbythe
Senegalaccordi
ngtot
he HeadofStat
eduri
nghis
Mini
stryofHealt
handSocial speecht
othenati
on.
Acti
on.

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Readt
Task: het
extandf
indt
heequi
val
entoft
hef
oll
owi
ngst
atement
.

13-C’
estpourdi
requel
evi
rusestent
rai
ndegagnerdut
err
ain.(
P3)
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Act
ivi
ty5 
:Usi
ngt
heRepor
tedSpeech

Thi
Task: sisadi
alogbetweent
woSenegal
eseci
ti
zens.Theyar
edi
scussi
ngt
hemeet
ing
bet
weenMackySallandt
heopposi
ti
onl
eader
s.

Makt
ar:
Ijustcannotunder
standt
her
easonbehi
ndMackySal
l
’scal
l
.

Landi
ng:
Butwhati
sthemat
terwi
tht
hat
?

Makt
ar:
Everybodyknowsthattheyhavedi
ff
erentpol
i
tical
views.Ther
efor
e,t
heycannotf
inda
commongroundaboutthesit
uation.

Landi
ng:
No,
iti
snotaboutf
indi
ngacommongr
ound.But…

Makt
ar:
Whati
sitaboutt
hen?

Landing:Youknowthi
sisnotpol
it
icsbutawor
ldwi
deemer
gency
.Weneedast
rongsy
ner
gy
aroundthePresi
dentMackySal
l.

Makt
ar:
Idonotshar
eyourv
iewbutIr
especti
tal
lthesame.

Repor
tthef
oll
owi
ngconv
ersat
ion

Maktarsaidt hat(14)_________
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Landingasked( 15)_ ___
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Maktarwant edt oknow( 18)__
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ButLandingr epli
edt hat(19)____
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e,Makt arlethim knowt hat(20)__
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Act
ivi
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Gui
dedwr
it
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Aj
Task: ournali
stisinter
viewi
ngAl
yNgoui
l
leNdi
aye,
theMi
nist
erofI
nter
ioraboutt
hecur
few.
Complet
etheirconversati
on.

Journalist:Minister,i
st hereanyl i
nkbet weent heoutbreakandt hecurfew?
Minister:Ofcour se,ther ei
s!Itwi l
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Journalist:Someci t
izensf i
ndi tir
relevantbecausewor kersli
kebakersorshopkeeper swill
not
dotheirjobspr oper l
y.Whatdoy ousayaboutt hat?
Minister:___________________
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Journalist:Accordingt omedi a, poli
cef orcesar ebeati
ngpeopl ewhodonotr espectthecurf
ew
ti
mei nterval.Whatdoy outhinkaboutt hat?
Minister:Dur i
nghi sspeech, thePr esident_ ___
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Journalist:Didthegov ernmentt akesomemeasur estohelppoorf amily?
Minister:___________________
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