J.+Poverty+&+Unemployment

POVERTY & //** Is unemployment a great problem where you live now? Do you know people who have lost their jobs recently? **//

Task 1: Read the text and do the below exercises.


 * Child Poverty Grows As Cities Expand (28th February, 2012) ** [[image:imagesCADMMYN9.jpg width="278" height="206" align="right"]]

A new report from the United Nations Children's Fund warns that hundreds of millions of children in the world’s cities are living in poverty. UNICEF’s "State of the World’s Children Report" says a staggering proportion of children lack the most basic of services, including clean water, education, health, proper toilets. "Urbanization leaves hundreds of millions of children in cities and towns excluded from vital services," the Children's Fund said. The Fund also says these children are among the most disadvantaged and vulnerable in the world because they live in fear of violence and exploitation on a daily basis. Millions of children are forced into child labour and the sex industry. The report explains how the slums where children live have diseases such as pneumonia and diarrhoea, two of the biggest killers of children under five in the world. UNICEF spokeswoman, Marixie Mercado, says many children are disadvantaged from birth and are excluded from “normal” society in which richer children can thrive. She says: “One-third of children in urban areas are not registered at birth [and that] makes them much more vulnerable to exploitation throughout their lives.” UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake added: "Children are vulnerable to.…the injuries, illnesses and death that result from living in crowded settlements atop hazardous rubbish dumps or alongside railroad tracks."
 * 1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F). [[image:imagesCA71XUNI.jpg width="218" height="293"]] **
 * a. || The article is about a WHO report on poor children. || T / F ||
 * b. || Hundreds of millions of children are living without vital services. || T / F ||
 * c. || The report says millions of poor children live in fear every day. || T / F ||
 * d. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The report says millions of children volunteer to work. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">T / F ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">e. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Pneumonia & diarrhoea are among the deadliest diseases for children. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">T / F ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">f. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">A UNICEF official said many children have a bad life from birth. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">T / F ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">g. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Around 33% of children born in urban areas are registered. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">T / F ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">h. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">A UNICEF official said children are safer living on top of rubbish dumps. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">T / F ||


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article. **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">1. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">proportion || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">a. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">absence ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">poverty || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">b. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">dangerous ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">lack || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">c. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">hovels ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">4. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">proper || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">d. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">impoverishment ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">5. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">exploitation || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">e. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">denied access to ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">6. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">slums || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">f. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">abuse ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">7. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">excluded || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">g. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">built-up ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">8. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">thrive || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">h. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">amount ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">9. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">urban || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">i. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">real ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">10. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">hazardous || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">j. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">do well ||


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.) **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">1. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">lack the most basic || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">a. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">from vital services ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">proper || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">b. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">in urban areas ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">excluded || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">c. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">into child labour ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">4. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">they live in fear || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">d. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">birth ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">5. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Millions of children are forced || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">e. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">children under five ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">6. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">the biggest killers of || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">f. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">to exploitation ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">7. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">disadvantaged from || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">g. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">of violence ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">8. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">One-third of children || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">h. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">toilets ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">9. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">much more vulnerable || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">i. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">settlements ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">10. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">living in crowded || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">j. || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">of services ||

<span style="background-color: #d3d38d; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">Task 2: Let's discuss the issue extensively


 * Homeless [[image:imagesCALYEMN8.jpg width="222" height="188"]] **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Have you ever talked to a homeless person?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Are there homeless people in your country?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Have you ever helped a homeless person? How?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> How does the government in your country support the homeless?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> What do you think of governments who put the homeless in jails or even torture or kill them?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Do you think the government should create jobs for the homeless, instead of just giving them money?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Why do people end up being homeless?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Have you ever visited a homeless shelter?
 * Poverty[[image:imagesiii.jpg]] **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">What is poverty?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">What kind of problems do poor people have?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Why are people hungry?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Do you feel sorry for people who live on the street?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Are people who live on the street necessarily lazy?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Do you believe that the rich are growing richer, and the poor are growing poorer?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Would you pay more taxes, if this would eliminate poverty by creating jobs for everyone?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Should countries send troops to foreign countries to fight terrorism, or should governments fight poverty around the world instead?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Are there more important issues than poverty? If so, name them in order of importance.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Why does every country in the world have poor people?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Does poverty cause crime?


 * Welfare[[image:imagesCABO087O.jpg width="238" height="221"]] **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">What do you think about people receiving welfare?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Should the government fund the welfare system?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> What do you think of countries that do not have a welfare system?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> What do you think about people who work for cash and receive welfare as well?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Should governments invest money in space missions or welfare?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Would you eliminate the welfare system?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Do you think it's okay for the government to keep decreasing the welfare amount?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> How long should someone receive welfare? Forever?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> What is a good reason for someone to receive welfare?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> What punishment would you give someone who is on welfare illegally, but has lots of money?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Would you report welfare fraud to the police, even if it were a close friend?

<span style="background-color: #d3d38d; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">**Task 3:** Let's look at vocabulary

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<span style="background-color: #d3d38d; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 210%;">**Task 4:** Choose a topic to elaborate on:


 * <span style="color: #343409; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">When most of the population in developing countries do not have food to eat and place to live, it is immaterial to talk about saving forests as a gesture to protect our environment. The aim should be to utilize maximum land for food production and making homes for the homeless. Give your opinion.
 * <span style="color: #343409; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 140%;">The only effective way to deal with unemployment is to introduce rapid urbanization. How far you agree?