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Fur flies as sales take off - Mark Townsend LEVEL ONE - ELEMENTARY 1
Pre-reading activities 1 Key Vocabulary Fill the gaps using these key words from the text:
welfare in favour of popular fur anti charity cruel protest 1. ____________ is the soft, thick hair on animals.
2. A person who is ____________ is unkind and likes to hurt other people or animals.
3. A ____________ is a group of people who collect money to help other people or animals.
4. ____________ is the health and happiness of people or animals.
5. To ____________ is to say or show strongly that you do not like something.
6. If something is ____________, it means that a large number of people like it.
7. If you are ____________ something, it means that you agree with it.
8. If, on the other hand you are ____________ something, it means that you do not agree with it.
2 Correct the sentences The following sentences contain incorrect information. Find the correct information in the text.
1. Sales of fur in the UK have risen by 45%.
2. This is the biggest increase in sales since the 1970s.
3. People threw paint at women wearing fur coats in the 1980s.
4. In the early 1990s the anti-fur movement protested against the sale of fur.
5. About 80% of fur shops had to close down.
6. About 60 animals are killed to make one fur coat.
7. The supermodel Gisele Bundchen received $50,000 for advertising fur coats.
8. She also received three white mink coats.
