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 *

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