Topical News Lessons

Comprehension check
Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences:
1 The big corporations say ….
a …. is one of Brazil’s biggest popular movements.
2 The MST ….
b …. a lot of peasant leaders were murdered.
3 20 years ago ….
c …. quickly exhausts the soil.
4 Between 1981 and 1984 …
d …. GM food can solve the problem of hunger.
5 Many people became ill ….
e …. gave land to 260,000 families.
6 Chemical farming ….
f …. by controlling the seed companies.
7 The reform programme ….
g …. from the side-effects of the chemicals.
8 Big companies will dominate farming ….
h …. there was a secret war between rich and poor.
Vocabulary Work
Find words in the text which are the opposite of these words:
1 rich
6 near
2 very, very small
7 unfair
3 unpopular
8 difficult
4 to support
9 lose
5 more
10 to forget
Word Building
Complete the table:
NOUN
VERB
1 production
____________________
2 occupation
____________________
3 ____________________
to choose
4 opposition
____________________
5 ____________________
to grow
6 control
____________________
7 ____________________
to murder
8 education
____________________
Working the land to feed the people
L E V E L O N E
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Discussion
Which of these will be good for the future of the world?
• small farms
• pesticides and fertilisers
• multinational food companies
• traditional farming methods
• GM foods
Working the land to feed the people
L E V E L O N E
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E L E M E N TA RY

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