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ENW 441 Introduction
This week’s ENW podcast reports on what has become thesymbol of resistance by Ukraine to the invasion of theircountry. A stamp encapsulating the moment Ukrainiansoldiers responded to a demand to surrender by invaders
has been published. What image does the stamp portray?
Why has it become immediately popular around the world?
Listen to English News Weekly Podcast to find out!

HOMEPAGE

AND(c) Jaime Selwood

ENW Episode 219
SOCIALMEDIATECHNOLOGYContents Pages
Part 1|

Warm Ups

Odd-One-Out
Brainstorm
Cities of Ukraine
Quiz | This Week

Page 1Page 1Page 1 / 2
Page 2

Part 2|

Before Listening / Reading

Jumbled Words
True or False
Vocabulary |Synonyms

Part 3|

Page 3
Page 3
Page 3

Listening / Reading

The News Story ---Words
What Do You Think...?

Part 4

Page 4
Page 4|After Listening / Reading

Q&A
A&Q

Page 5
Page 5

Part 5|Extra Stuff

Extra English I
7 to Chinwag
Writing Activity

Page 6
Page 6
Page 7And Finally….
Did You Know?
TV Links

Page 7
Page 8The Answers

Pages 8-10

| A1
| A1

This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast.

ポッドキャストに含まれているリスニング演習。

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| PART 1 | Warm-Ups |Odd 1 Out

Warm Up | 1

Look at the four boxes below, which box is different from the other three?
Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later.

a) Ukraineb) Bulgariac) Turkeyd) Greece

My Reason…
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Brainstorm

Warm Up | 2

How many different words can you connect to the word(s) in the box?
Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this?

| Invasion |Warm Up |Famous Stamps

Look at the images of some of the most famous stamps in the world.
Match the correct image below to the names on page 2.
If you need help – use the Internet.

1:

2:

3:

4:

5:

6:

7:

8:

9:

10:

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Famous Stamps | What Name…?
Read the list of years and box office receipts and match them with the correct
movie title from page 1!

Tiflis Unique 1857
A George Washington 1867 G
Penny Black 1840
B
H Sicilian Error Colour 1859
Paddington Bear. 2015
C Guiana Magenta 1856
I
Victory Stamp 2022
D Baden Kreuzer Error 1851 J
Inverted Jenny 1918
E
K Benjamin Franklin 1868
Warm Up | 4

| A1

Quiz

Read the questions about this week’s news story.
Remember if you don’t know – use the Internet to help or GUESS!
Q1 When did Ukraine first become an independent nation?
a: 1817 b: 1917 c: 2017
Q2 When did the 2022 invasion of Ukraine begin?
a: January 24th b: February 24th c: March 24th
Q3 Ukraine is home to Europe’s largest type of what power plant?
a: Nuclear b: Coal c: Wind
Q4 Ukraine is home to 50% of the world’s export of what plant?
a: Rapeseed b: Maize c: Sunflower
Q5 How many regions make up Ukraine, the 2nd largest country in Europe?
a: 47 b: 37 c: 27
Q6 What Ukrainian island is commemorated on a 2022 Victory Stamp?
a: Snake Island b: Serpent Island c: Snail Island
X1

How much did the Ukrainian W stamp sell for in Ukraine?

X2

How many of the Ukrainian W stamps were made?

X3

Who are these Ukrainian presidents?

A: Леонід Кравчук

B: Віктор Ющенко

C: Володимир Зеленськи

END OF PART 1© English News Weekly: 2011 - 2022 | Ep. 441 | The Stamp of Resistance WORLD AFFAIRS

3 | The English News Weekly Podcast | © Jaime Selwood 2022 | jaimeselwood@gmail.com| PART 2 | Before Listening |Jumbled Sentences

Pre-Listening / Reading | 1

The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story.
Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order.

was
all

captured,thatislandguardsKilled.
the
and
had

believed
was
13
been

borderit
Subsequently,

Go F**k Yourself

2_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pre-Listening / Reading | 2| A2

True or False

Read the headline of News Story – Go F**k Yourself
Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 – 5 are True or False!

1 Snake Island is located in the western Mediterranean.

[T] [F]

2 Ben Sasse is United States senator.

[T] [F]

3 Ukrainians queued for six hours to buy the Victory Stamps.

[T] [F]

4 The stamps were designed by a German graffiti artist.

[T] [F]

5 Two million stamps have been produced so far.

[T] [F]
Synonyms

Pre-Listening / Reading | 3
A synonym is a word with a similar meaning.
Match the 10 words on the left with their synonyms on the right.
All the synonyms in black are from the News Stories.

1

Ultimatum

6

Defiance

A

Context

F

Publicise2
3

Threaten

7

Competition B

AmazingG

QuizAnnounce

8

Background C

HugelyH

Intimidate

Exchange9

Massively

D

Swap

I

Disobey

Remarkable

10

BeautifulE

SereneJ

Stipulation

4
5

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4 | The English News Weekly Podcast | © Jaime Selwood 2022 | jaimeselwood@gmail.com| PART 3 | Listening |Listening / Reading || Listening

Go F**k Yourself

GAP FILL | Choose the Word!
Listen / Read the news story and write the correct word in each space.
HINT – Look at the words around the selection to discover to help you!

441
1

9

3

4

5

Go F**k Yourself

In late February 13 Ukrainian border guards on a tiny island in the Black Sea
received an 1: __________. A warship from the invading country demanded they
surrender Snake Island, which lies 300km west of Crimea. Unless they did, thewarship Moskva 2: __________, they would be hit by missiles and killed. The border
guards replied, “Go F**k yourself”. Subsequently the island was captured, and it
was believed that all 13 border guards had been killed. Ukraine President
Volodymyr Zelensky 3: __________ that all the soldiers would be given Ukraine’s
highest honour – the Hero of Ukraine.
A recording of the 4: __________ went viral, appearing on social media outlets
across the world. It came to represent the defiance of the Ukrainians against theinvasion by their larger neighbours. But, 5: __________ on 28th February 2022, theUkrainian Navy posted on its Facebook page that all the border guards had
survived the missile attack. They had actually all been captured by the enemy
navy. One month later, on March 29th some of the border guards were returnedin a prisoner 6: __________, including Roman Hrybov who is believed to havespoken those famous words.
The response uttered by the border guards on Snake Island to the appalling
attack on its country became a symbol of Ukrainian 7: __________ to the invasion.
Senator Ben Sasse repeated the phrase on the floor of the United States Senate.
The Washington Post wrote, “Ukraine is fighting back, one swear word at a time.”
The phrase has now come to be compared to some of the most famous replies
in history. From “Remember the Alamo” by vengeful Americans in Texas to “Molon
Labe” by the Spartans to the invading 8: __________ in Ancient Greece.
Then on March 1st the Ukraine Post Office Ukrposhta announced that a stamp
design 9: __________ had been launched for a new stamp on the theme of “GoF**k Yourself”. On 12th March the First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova
announced that the artist Borys Grokh’s design had won the popular vote. The
stamp design features a drawing of a Ukrainian soldier showing his middle finger
to the warship Moskva. The 10: __________ of the stamp has Snake Island in yellow
and the blue waters of the Black Sea – mimicking the Ukrainian flag.
In total two versions of the stamp have been issued, both with print runs of 500,000.
The bigger stamp costs the equivalent of €1.40, whilst the smaller one is priced at€0.72. Already the stamp has become 11: __________ popular in Ukraine andaround the world. People are queuing up to 6 hours to buy the stamps inside thecountry whilst on auction sites a single stamp is selling for 12: ________ of €45 each.
Oh, and what happened to the ship that threatened and then attacked theborder guards on Snake Island? It was sunk by Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles
on April 14th in the Black Sea. Remember this lesson – actions have consequences
and karma can be 13: _________.
486 Words

END OF PART 3© English News Weekly: 2011 - 2022 | Ep. 441 | The Stamp of Resistance WORLD AFFAIRS

5 | The English News Weekly Podcast | © Jaime Selwood 2022 | jaimeselwood@gmail.com| PART 4 | After Listening |Post-Listening / Reading | 1

| A3

Q&A

How much can you remember from News Story?
Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer.
If you can’t remember any answers, guess!
Q1 What is the name of the island?
Q2 Where is the island located?
Q3 Who spoke the words to the warship?
Q4 Where is the Alamo located?

W
Q5 What type of weapon destroyed the warship?
Q6 How many border guards were on the island?
X1

What is the national flower of Ukraine?

X2

How many people are mentioned in the report?

Post-Reading | 2

A&Q

How much can you remember from the news story?
Read the answers below and write the correct question.
There is more than one possible correct question for each one!

A1

€1.40

______________________________________________?

A2

500,00______________________________________________?

A3

300 km______________________________________________?

A4

€45

______________________________________________?

A5

April 14th______________________________________________?
END OF PART 4© English News Weekly: 2011 - 2022 | Ep. 441 | The Stamp of Resistance WORLD AFFAIRS

6 | The English News Weekly Podcast | © Jaime Selwood 2022 | jaimeselwood@gmail.com| PART 5 | Extra Stuff |English Extra I

Some milder English Swear Words

These are examples of some modern, but milder, English swear or cuss words.
‘Go f**k yourself’ is pretty strong, but there are lots of alternatives.
Do you understand what they mean?
Use the Internet to help with your understanding.
All the phrases can be used to express anger / exasperation / annoyance /Surprise. Try to translate or find situations where you could use these words!

1: Balderdash!
2: Corn Nuts!
3: Barnacles!
4: Sugar!
5: Judas Priest!
6: Flippen’ Hell!
7: Phooey!
8: Great Scott!
9: Bullspit
10: Frack!
11: Crap!
12: Fraggle Rock
13: Shut the door
14: Son of a gun
15: Zikes!
16: Jeepers!
17: Egad
18: Crikey!
19: Oh ship...
20: Zoinks!

21: Malarky
22: Merlin’s Beard
23: Blazing flip
24: Drat
25: W.T.F!
26: You arse!
27: Bugger
28: Damn
29: Goddam
30: Minger
31: Sod off
32: Balls
33: Bint
34: Bollocks
35: Feck
36: Piss off
27: S.O.B.
28: Screw it!
29: Bellend
30: Twat

Green = mild swear words / Red = medium strength swear words.

7 to Chinwag

This Week’s ENW Podcast

ENW Podcast Topic | Go F**k Yourself!
Ask / Answer the questions below on this week’s ENW Podcast Topic!

1
2

What did you think when you read this week’s ENW podcast title? Why?

3

What is the most defiant answer you have ever given? Why?

What do you think about the Ukrainian border guards’ response? Why?

4 How often do you post letters/postcards? Why / Why not?
5 What is the most interesting stamp design you have ever seen? Why?
6 What is your opinion on the war in Ukraine?
EX
FREE QUESTION!
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Writing

This Week-What do you think about the brutal invasion of Ukraine?
-What should be done to end the war? Why?
-What should happen to countries that aggressively invade others?
Give as many details as you can.

END OF PART 5
And Finally… | V/W/X/Y/Z| A4

Did You Know?

(U) Secondly, the city of Lviv has the highest numbers of cafes per capita
anywhere in the world! (V) The Ukrainian Government wishes to rebuild theaeroplane, but the costs will run into billions of Euros. (W) Next, Ukraine built
the world’s heaviest and largest ever aeroplane – the An-225 Mriya.
(X)
Firstly, the world’s first ever written constitution was adopted in Ukraine by a
Cossack Hetman in 1710! (Y) Appallingly the 640-tonne plane was destroyedby enemy troops at the Battle of Antonov Airport on 25th February 2022.
(Z) That Ukraine is home to some extraordinary people, technology, andculture?
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Visual | TV Links
The Guardian Newspaper | (UK)
1: https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2022/feb/25/go-fuck-yourself-ukrainian-soldiers-snake-island-russian-ship-before-being-killed-audio [00:35]
GO F**k Yourself
News.com| (Australia)
2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldyHxIS2Mg4
Snake Island[01:13]

The Guardian | (UK)
3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l6SAEqYNlk
Ukrainians lining up for Stamps[01:04]

Podcast | Key| A1

These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast.

Answers | Part 1

Warm Up 1-4

Warm Up 1 | Odd-1-Out

D – Greece

A / B / C – are all countries that border theBlack Sea.

Warm Up 3 | Famous Stamps
1: Guiana Magenta 2: Sicilian Error Colour
4: Inverted Jenny
5: Benjamin Franklin
7: Tiflis Unique
8: Penny Black
10: Paddington Bear

3: Baden Kreuzer Error
6: George Washington
9: Victory Stamp

A1 Warm Up 4 | Quiz
1–B

2–B

3–A

4–C

5–C

6–A

E1 – 23 hrn E2 – 500,000
E3: A: Leonid Kravyk

B: Viktor Yuchenko

C: Volodymyr Zelensky

Warm Up 1-4

Answers | Part 2
Jumbled Sentences

Subsequently the island was captured, and it was believed that all 13 border guards had
been killed.

A2 True or False
1–F
2–T

3–T

4–F

5–F

Synonyms
1–J
2–H

3–F

4–D

5–B

6–I

8–A

9–C

10 – E

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Answers | Part 3
441
1

2

3

Listening
Go F**k Yourself

In late February 13 Ukrainian border guards on a tiny island in the Black Sea received anultimatum. A warship from the invading country demanded they surrender Snake Island,
which lies 300km west of Crimea. Unless they did, the warship Moskva threatened they would
be hit by missiles and killed. The border guards replied, “Go F**k yourself”. Subsequently theisland was captured, and it was believed that all 13 border guards had been killed. Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that all the soldiers would be given Ukraine’s
highest honour – the Hero of Ukraine.
A recording of the exchange went viral, appearing on social media outlets across the world.
It came to represent the defiance of the Ukrainians against the invasion by their larger
neighbours. But, remarkably on 28th February 2022, the Ukrainian Navy posted on its Facebook
page that all the border guards had survived the missile attack. They had actually all been
captured by the enemy navy. One month later, on March 29th some of the border guards
were returned in a prisoner exchange, including Roman Hrybov who is believed to havespoken those famous words.
The response uttered by the border guards on Snake Island to the appalling attack on theircountry became a symbol of Ukrainian defiance to the invasion. Senator Ben Sasse repeatedthe phrase on the floor of the United States Senate. The Washington Post wrote, “Ukraine isfighting back, one swear word at a time.” The phrase has now come to be compared tosome of the most famous replies in history. From “Remember the Alamo” by vengeful
Americans in Texas to “Molon Labe” by the Spartans to the invading Persians in Ancient
Greece.

4

Then on March 1st the Ukraine Post Office Ukrposhta announced that a stamp designcompetition had been launched for a new stamp on the theme of “Go F**k Yourself”. On 12th
March the First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova announced that the artist Borys
Grokh’s design had won the popular vote. The stamp design features a drawing of a Ukrainiansoldier showing his middle finger to the warship Moskva. The background of the stamp has
Snake Island in yellow and the blue waters of the Black Sea – mimicking the Ukrainian flag.

5

In total two versions of the stamp have been issued, both with print runs of 500,000. The bigger
stamp costs the equivalent of €1.40, whilst the smaller one is priced at €0.72. Already the stamp
has become massively popular in Ukraine and around the world. People are queuing up to 6
hours to buy the stamps inside the country whilst on auction sites a single stamp is selling for
upwards of €45 each.
Oh, and what happened to the ship that threatened and then attacked the border guards
on Snake Island? It was sunk by Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship missiles on April 14th in the Black
Sea. Remember this lesson – actions have consequences and karma can be beautiful.
486 Words

Answers | Part 4
A3 Q & A
1 – Snake Island
2 – The Black Sea
3 – Roman Hrybov
4 – Texas, United States

5 – Neptune Missiles
6 – Thirteen (13)
E1 – Sunflower
E2 – Five (5)A & Q | Example Questions
A1 – How much is the W Victory Stamp?
A2 – How many stamps have been produced?
A3 – How far is Snake Island from Crimea?
A4 – How much are the Victory Stamps being sold for on auction sites?
A5 – When was the Moskva sunk?
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English Extra

Translate the words / when can these words be used?

X&Z

And FinallyA4 – Z / X / U / W / Y / V
Extra Bit

This Week’s ENW in Photos

Episode 441
https://www.invaluable.com/blog/most-valuable-stamps/
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/04/16/world/ukraine-russia-stamp/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/27/ukraine-island-defenders-whotold-russian-officer-go-fuck-yourself-may-still-be-alive
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/25/europe/ukraine-russia-snake-island-attack-intlhnk-ml/index.html© English News Weekly: 2011 - 2022 | Ep. 441 | The Stamp of Resistance WORLD AFFAIRS