1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article's headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T)
   or false (F):

   a.   Spain is the first country in the world to legalize same sex marriage.           T / F    
   b.   Most Spanish people disagree with same sex marriage.                             T / F    
   c.   The Catholic Church said it accepted same sex marriage.                          T / F    
   d.   Spain's new law allows homosexual partners to adopt children.                    T / F    
   e.   The Spanish Prime Minister opposed the new law.                                  T / F    
   f.   The Catholic Church thought it was a smart decision.                             T / F    
   g.   Supporters of the law were ecstatic and delirious.                               T / F    
   h.   Same sex partners can get married from as early as next year.                    T / F    

   2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

   a.        legalized                                          euphoric                          
   b.        in line                                            judicial                          
   c.        vehement                                           without a hitch                   
   d.        legislative                                        consistent                        
   e.        inheritance                                        rapturously                       
   f.        smoothly                                           zealous                           
   g.        ecstatic                                           deceitfulness                     
   h.        smarting                                           sanctioned                        
   i.        deliriously                                        bequest                           
   j.        hypocrisy                                          licking its wounds                

   3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one
   combination is possible):

   a.     becoming the fourth country                     vehement protests                       
   b.     in line with                                    hugged and kissed                       
   c.     voiced fierce and                               smarting from the decision              
   d.     inheritance                                     discrimination                          
   e.     the right to adopt                              to do so                                
   f.     147 against and four                            rights                                  
   g.     The Catholic Church was left                    public opinion                          
   h.     They deliriously                                is over                                 
   i.     unjust                                          children                                
   j.     Our humiliation                                 abstentions                             

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   BNE: Spain legalized same sex marriages on June 30, becoming the fourth country to do so after
   Belgium, Canada and the Netherlands. Canada passed a similar law on June 28, following Belgium
   in 2003 and Holland in 2000. The new Spanish law is in line with public opinion: around 70 per
   cent of Spaniards support legalizing gay marriage. This is despite opposition from the
   Catholic Church, which voiced fierce and vehement protests against the new law throughout the
   legislative process. The law gives same sex unions identical status as heterosexual ones,
   including inheritance rights, pensions and the right to adopt children.

   The vote in the 350-seat Spanish Congress passed smoothly, with 187 in favor, 147 against and
   four abstentions. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero sponsored the law. The
   Catholic Church was left smarting from the decision. Supporters of the bill were ecstatic upon
   hearing it had been passed. They deliriously hugged and kissed outside the building, while
   some openly wept. Gay rights activist Fernando Martinez was overcome with joy. He said: The
   unjust discrimination has come to an end. Our humiliation is over. The hypocrisy is over.
   Society, at last, recognizes us for who we are, normal people." The first marriages of gay
   couples will legally begin from July 15.