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143 Work in small groups. Go online to find the latest map of press freedom worldwide from Reporters without Borders . Imagine living in a red or black country, with one of your parents being a journalist. Think about at least five things in your life that would be different from now. Present your ideas in class. SPEAKING 23 In your essay you should discuss: whether the opportunity to travel the world makes this job attractive if foreign correspondents need special skills possible dangers foreign correspondents might face Write around 400 words. Give your essay a title. See Writing coach, Essay , p. 184. Answers to ex. 1, p. 136: Not true: 1, 3, 5, 9 Write one of these texts about one of the situations you have brainstormed. a a diary entry b a blog post c an email to an international organisation asking for help In your English class you are discussing whether being a foreign correspondent might be an attractive job for young people. Your English teacher wants to get your opinion on this and has asked you to write an essay. WRITING 24 25 Read this extract from a statement by the chairman of the International Center for Journalists made to the US Congress about a journalist and how he is treated by his country. Complete it using the words from the box. LANGUAGE 22 M p. 55 “For our (1) colleagues, the prison sentences are catastrophic. Yehia Maghem, his country’s most prominent foreign (2) , is in perhaps the worst situation. His two-year (3) was not suspended, which means he will go to (4) if he returns home, so he can never again (5) what he knows best. Yehia has not seen his (6) in more than a year. His distinguished career in the (7) is over. He is now looking for a job in one of the smaller (8) . While he has been in the US, his family has continued to (9) harassment, including three raids on their home by (10) officials looking for him, confiscating the (11) he left behind. The most recent (12) happened last Sunday night.” a books b correspondent c family d jail e journalist f media j sentence k security l suffer g newspapers h raid i report on Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eig ntum des Verlags öbv