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    VOCABULARY: 1 Complete The Word Map With The Following Words

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    Oxfam has released a report denouncing rich countries' tariff barriers against imports from poor countries and their subsidies for farmers. The report aims to persuade governments to take a fresh look at foreign aid and trade policies. While Africa's share of world trade is only 2%, the continent's exports are 10 times the amount of aid it receives. Europeans pay twice as much for groceries than New Zealanders due to protectionist policies.

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    Oxfam has released a report denouncing rich countries' tariff barriers against imports from poor countries and their subsidies for farmers. The report aims to persuade governments to take a fresh look at foreign aid and trade policies. While Africa's share of world trade is only 2%, the continent's exports are 10 times the amount of aid it receives. Europeans pay twice as much for groceries than New Zealanders due to protectionist policies.

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    Oxfam has released a report denouncing rich countries' tariff barriers against imports from poor countries and their subsidies for farmers. The report aims to persuade governments to take a fresh look at foreign aid and trade policies. While Africa's share of world trade is only 2%, the continent's exports are 10 times the amount of aid it receives. Europeans pay twice as much for groceries than New Zealanders due to protectionist policies.

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    VOCABULARY: 1 Complete The Word Map With The Following Words

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    U12: LOBBIES

    VOCABULARY: 1 Complete the word map with the following words.

    -people and organisations: lobby group, activist, campaigner, NGO,

    celebrity, pressure group

    -action : litigation, boycott, aid, sit-in, demonstration, petition, march, letter of


    protest,

    -issues : debt relief, duty, aid, imports, subsidies, quotas, tariff barriers, fair
    trade, environment,

    2. Complete the sentences with of,at, in ,against, to or with.

    1. I think we need to take a fresh look at the issues of foreign aid

    2. Many people are still unaware of the exploitation of children

    3.The company has been bombarded ___with protests

    4 We’re planning a demonstration _against___the new nuclear plant

    5. Some countries receive millions of dollars each year __in_aid

    6. The boycott was a waste __of__time

    7. We need to draw attention __to poverty in this country

    8. Debt relief should be at _the top of their agenda


    3. Which is the odd one out in each set?

    1 a) organization b) firm c) slum d)institution

    2 a)influence b) persuade c) target d)convince

    3 a) rise b) condemn c )develop d) increase

    4 a) issue b) dilemma c) sacrifice d) problem

    5) a demand b) recognize c) understand d) realise

    6) a regulation b) law c) pressure d) policy

    7) a charity b)celebrity c) cause d) campaign

    8) a cut b)exploit c) drop d)cancel

    4 Match each of the following verbs with one set of nouns

    make, give, generate, do, take, raise

    1 give

    2 generate

    3 take

    4 make

    5 rise

    6 do
    LUNGUAGE CHECK Underline the correct modal verbs in italics

    1 have to

    2 don’t have to

    3 must

    4 needn’t

    5 didn’t have to

    6 ought to

    7 need to

    8 mustn’t

    READING Read the following sentences taken from the text on the opposite
    page. Then read the text and complete it with the sentences

    a Similar tactics helped to persuade the Bush administration to take a fresh look
    at foreign aid. 3

    b Africa’s share of world trade is a tiny two per cent, but the continent’s exports
    are still ten times what it receives in aid. 4

    c Europeans pay twice as much for a basket of groceries as do more liberal New
    Zealanders. 5

    d Oxfam has just realeased a fat raport on trade, in which it denounces rich
    countries’ tariff arriers against imports from poor countries, and their subsidies
    for farmers 1

    e Buno spent two weeks touring Africa with Pul O’Neill, the US Treasury
    Secretary. 2
    VOCABULARY 1 Put the words in the correct groups. Use s dictionary to help you.

    -International trade : faire trade, duties, tariff barrriers , campaigner, quotas,


    imports, exports, subsidies, protectionism

    -Lobbies: celebrities, aid , protectionism, petition , debt relief, charities

    VOCABULARY 2 Now use some of the words to complete the text

    1-campaigners

    2-petition

    3-debt relief

    4- charities

    5-protectionism

    6-aid

    7-tariff barriers

    8-imports

    PREVIEW Which of the following acts of protest would you be willing to take
    part in? Why/ why not?

    - Demonstration against plans for a nuclear power plant near your home
    - boycotting of clothes made by children in poor working conditions
    - signing a petition against the killing of whales *

    12 mai colocviu optional

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