Topical News Lessons

b
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… some oil companies believe there is more oil there.
c
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… it controls 25% of the world’s oil.
d
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… because Iraq has a lot of oil.
e
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… they are bad for the environment.
f
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… it will be very expensive to introduce a big change in energy policy.
g
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… Zimbabwe doesn’t have any oil.
h
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… it uses more oil than it produces.

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America’s crude tactics for Iraq war
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Elementary
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Vocabulary: Word Building
Complete the table
VERB
NOUN
1
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modernise
____________
2
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reduce
____________
3
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produce
____________
4
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choose
____________
5
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introduce
____________
6
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invite
____________
6
Vocabulary: Word Game
Re-arrange these letters to spell words from the text:
1
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ulraenc
2
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myocone
3
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sprnoieims
4
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dtrpnoiuco
5
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dtniuysr
6
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ssilepup
6
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The US wants a bigger ____________ of the world’s oil.
7
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Many governments kill and ____________ their own people.
8
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____________ weapons can kill millions of people.
9
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The world has to ____________ the amount of oil it uses.
10
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If something is ____________ it works very well.

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