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Level 6 Malnutrition goals in Africa "very far away" 3rd March, 2018
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
Contents The Article 2 Discussion (Student-Created Qs) 15
Warm-Ups 3 Language Work (Cloze) 16
Vocabulary 4 Spelling 17
Before Reading / Listening 5 Put The Text Back Together 18
Gap Fill 6 Put The Words In The Right Order 19
Match The Sentences And Listen 7 Circle The Correct Word 20
Listening Gap Fill 8 Insert The Vowels (a, e, i, o, u) 21
Comprehension Questions 9 Punctuate The Text And Add Capitals 22
Multiple Choice - Quiz 10 Put A Slash ( / ) Where The Spaces Are 23
Role Play 11 Free Writing 24
After Reading / Listening 12 Academic Writing 25
Student Survey 13 Homework 26
Discussion (20 Questions) 14 Answers 27
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THE ARTICLE
From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
A new report shows that no country in Africa will meet goals set to end
childhood malnutrition by the year 2030. That target was set by the
United Nations in 2015 as a Sustainable Development Goal. The UN
adopted a set of goals, "to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure
prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda". The
new report is published in the journal Nature. It identifies poor child
nutrition and low levels of education across 51 African countries. These
were key factors in countries battling to provide children with sufficient
food. Researcher Simon Hay said the goal of ending childhood
malnutrition was always an "aspirational" target. He said: "This aspiration
is very, very far away."
There was some good news in the report. It highlighted the fact that
many African nations, including Ghana and Nigeria, have shown signs of
improvement in childhood development since the year 2000. However, it
is a different story for countries like Chad, Central African Republic and
Eritrea. The report indicates that malnutrition remained "persistently
high" in 14 countries between Senegal in the west and Somalia in the
east. Many of these countries have experienced war, famine and mass
migration, all of which have put massive strains on health and
agriculture. One researcher said considerable investment was needed in
health and infrastructure in order to address "serious inequalities".
Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/mar/01/no-african-country-will-end-child-malnutrition-by-2030-says-study http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43173614 http://www.africanews.com/2018/02/19/millions-of-africans-suffering-from-malnutrition-as-effects-of-climate-change/
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WARM-UPS
1. MALNUTRITION: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about malnutrition. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
report / goals / target / poverty / development / agenda / journal / education / far / childhood / story / malnutrition / west / east / war / famine / migration / health
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. NO HUNGER: Students A strongly believe there will be no hunger in the world one day; Students B strongly believe that will never happen. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. DEVELOPMENT GOALS: How can we achieve these goals? What obstacles ere there? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.
Goals How to achieve this Obstacles
End poverty
Ensure prosperity
Provide education
Provide clean water
Reduce inequality
Reduce child labour
5. CHILDHOOD: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "childhood". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. STRAINS: Rank these with your partner. Put the biggest strains on a country at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.
• famine
• war
• mass migration
• corruption
• poor education
• lawlessness
• inflation
• ethnic tensions
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VOCABULARY MATCHING
Paragraph 1
1. adopted a. The state of being extremely poor.
2. poverty b. Of great and crucial importance.
3. ensure c. The state of being rich.
4. prosperity d. Make certain that something will happen or be so.
5. key e. Taken up or started to use or follow an idea, method, or course of action.
6. sufficient f. A hope or ambition of achieving something.
7. aspiration g. Enough.
Paragraph 2
8. highlighted h. Very, very, very big.
9. indicates i. Pick out and emphasize for others to easily see or understand.
10. persistently j. Movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions.
11. famine k. Unfair differences in society based on gender, race, income, etc.
12. migration l. Continuously; happening all the time.
13. massive m. Extreme scarcity / lack of food.
14. inequalities n. Shows.
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BEFORE READING / LISTENING From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a. A report says just a few African countries will meet malnutrition goals. T / F b. The UN's Sustainable Development Goals were set in 2015. T / F c. A report said 51 African countries suffered from low levels of education. T / F d. A researcher suggested the malnutrition target was more of a hope. T / F e. There was no good news regarding Nigeria and Ghana. T / F f. The report said there was persistently high malnutrition in 41 nations. T / F g. Many of the countries mentioned have suffered from war and famine. T / F h. A researcher said increasing investment in infrastructure would not help. T / F
2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms. The words in bold are from the news article.
1. shows 2. set (verb) 3. set (noun) 4. key 5. aspiration 6. highlighted 7. improvement 8. persistently 9. massive 10. address
a. singled out b. deal with c. hope d. advances e. decided on f. crucial g. enormous h. reveals i. continuously j. group
3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)
1. meet goals set to
2. ensure prosperity
3. low levels
4. provide children
5. always an aspirational
6. It highlighted
7. malnutrition remained persistently
8. experienced war, famine and
9. considerable investment
10. address serious
a. mass migration
b. target
c. high in 14 countries
d. inequalities
e. was needed in health
f. of education
g. the fact
h. with sufficient food
i. end childhood malnutrition
j. for all
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GAP FILL From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
A new report shows that no country in Africa will
(1) ____________ goals set to end childhood malnutrition by the
year 2030. That target was (2) ____________ by the United
Nations in 2015 as a Sustainable Development Goal. The UN
adopted a set of goals, "to end poverty, protect the planet and
ensure (3) ____________ for all as part of a new sustainable
development agenda". The new report is (4) ____________ in the
journal Nature. It identifies poor child nutrition and low
(5) ____________ of education across 51 African countries. These
were key factors in countries battling to (6) ____________
children with sufficient food. Researcher Simon Hay said the
(7) ____________ of ending childhood malnutrition was always an
"aspirational" target. He said: "This (8) ____________ is very,
very far away."
set
provide
published
aspiration
prosperity
goal
meet
levels
There was some good news in the report. It (9) ____________ the
fact that many African nations, (10) ____________ Ghana and
Nigeria, have shown signs of improvement in childhood
development since the year 2000. However, it is a
(11) ____________ story for countries like Chad, Central African
Republic and Eritrea. The report (12) ____________ that
malnutrition remained "(13) ____________ high" in 14 countries
between Senegal in the west and Somalia in the east. Many of
these countries have experienced war, (14) ____________ and
mass migration, all of which have put (15) ____________ strains
on health and agriculture. One researcher said considerable
investment was needed in health and infrastructure in order to
(16) ____________ "serious inequalities".
indicates
massive
including
persistently
highlighted
address
different
famine
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LISTENING – Guess the answers. Listen to check. From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
1) A new report shows that no country in Africa ______ a. will met goals b. will mete goals c. will meet goals d. will meat goals 2) protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable ______ a. development agendas b. development addendum c. development addenda d. development agenda 3) It identifies poor child nutrition and ______ education a. lowish levels of b. low levels of c. lol levels of d. lowly levels of 4) These were key factors in countries battling to provide children ______ a. with insufficient food b. with sufficiently food c. with insufficiently food d. with sufficient food 5) the goal of ending childhood malnutrition was always an ______ a. as per rational target b. ass pyre rational target c. aspirational target d. aspire a rational target 6) many African nations, including Ghana and Nigeria, have ______ improvement a. showing signs of b. show on signs of c. show in signs of d. shown signs of 7) However, it is a different story for countries like Chad, Central African ______ a. Republican and Eritrea b. Republicans and Eritrea c. Republicanism and Eritrea d. Republic and Eritrea 8) The report indicates that malnutrition remained "______" a. persistently high b. persistence high c. persistent lee high d. persistence lee high 9) Many of these countries have experienced war, famine and ______ a. masses migration b. amass migration c. mass migration d. amassed migration 10) investment was needed in health and infrastructure in order to ______ inequalities a. addresses serious b. addressed serious c. address serious d. addressing serious
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LISTENING – Listen and fill in the gaps From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
A new report shows that no country in Africa (1) ___________________ set
to end childhood malnutrition by the year 2030. That target was set by the
United Nations in 2015 as a Sustainable Development Goal. The UN adopted
a (2) ___________________, "to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure
prosperity for all (3) ___________________ a new sustainable development
agenda". The new report is published in the journal Nature. It identifies poor
child nutrition (4) ___________________ of education across 51 African
countries. These were key factors in countries (5) ___________________
children with sufficient food. Researcher Simon Hay said the goal of ending
childhood malnutrition (6) ___________________ "aspirational" target. He
said: "This aspiration is very, very far away."
There was some good news in the report. It (7) ___________________ that
many African nations, including Ghana and Nigeria, have shown signs of
improvement in childhood development since the year 2000. However, it is a
different (8) ___________________ like Chad, Central African Republic and
Eritrea. The (9) ___________________ malnutrition remained "persistently
high" in 14 countries between Senegal in the west and Somalia in the east.
Many of these countries have experienced (10) ___________________ mass
migration, all of which have put (11) ___________________ health and
agriculture. One researcher said considerable investment was needed in
health and infrastructure in (12) ___________________ "serious
inequalities".
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
1. When were the malnutrition goals to be met by?
2. When were the Sustainable Development Goals set?
3. What did the goals aim to ensure?
4. In how many countries were there reported low levels of education?
5. What did a researcher say was "very, very far away"?
6. Which two countries were singled out for good news?
7. In how many countries was malnutrition "persistently high"?
8. What kind of migration did the report say countries had experienced?
9. What did a researcher say was there was a massive strain on?
10. What did a researcher say was needed?
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MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
1) When were the malnutrition goals to be met by? a) 2040 b) 2030 c) 2080 d) 2050
2) When were the Sustainable Development Goals set? a) 2010 b) 2012 c) 2014 d) 2015
3) What did the goals aim to ensure? a) prosperity b) property c) properly d) propellers
4) In how many countries were there reported low levels of education? a) 31 b) 41 c) 51 d) 61
5) What did a researcher say was "very, very far away"? a) malnutrition b) an aspiration c) the next meal d) Africa
6) Which two countries were singled out for good news? a) Ghana and Nigeria b) Nigeria and Eritrea c) Eritrea and Somalia d) Somalia and Senegal
7) In how many countries was malnutrition "persistently high"? a) 12 b) 13 c) 14 d) 15
8) What kind of migration did the report say countries had experienced? a) mass migration b) immigration c) emigration d) varied migration
9) What did a researcher say was there was a massive strain on? a) health and agriculture b) education and hospitals c) the UN d) African countries
10) What did a researcher say was needed? a) charity b) rain c) seeds d) investment
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ROLE PLAY From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
Role A – Famine
You think famine is the biggest obstacle to development. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what their things aren't as bad. Also, tell the others which is the most manageable of these (and why): mass migration, corruption or inflation.
Role B – Mass Migration
You think mass migration is the biggest obstacle to development. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what their things aren't as bad. Also, tell the others which is the most manageable of these (and why): famine, corruption or inflation.
Role C – Corruption
You think corruption is the biggest obstacle to development. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what their things aren't as bad. Also, tell the others which is the most manageable of these (and why): mass migration, famine or inflation.
Role D – Inflation
You think inflation is the biggest obstacle to development. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them what their things aren't as bad. Also, tell the others which is the most manageable of these (and why): mass migration, corruption or famine.
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AFTER READING / LISTENING From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words 'far' and 'away'.
far away
• Share your findings with your partners. • Make questions using the words you found. • Ask your partner / group your questions.
2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
• Share your questions with other classmates / groups. • Ask your partner / group your questions.
3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?
4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.
5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
• shows • adopted • all • 51 • sufficient • away
• good • signs • different • 14 • massive • serious
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MALNUTRITION SURVEY From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
Write five GOOD questions about malnutrition in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.
STUDENT 1
_____________
STUDENT 2
_____________
STUDENT 3
_____________
Q.1.
Q.2.
Q.3.
Q.4.
Q.5.
• Now return to your original partner and share and talk about what you found out. Change partners often.
• Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.
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MALNUTRITION DISCUSSION STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. What did you think when you read the headline?
2. What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'malnutrition'?
3. Why is there malnutrition in the 21st century?
4. What do you think of sustainable development?
5. Will we ever be able to feed the world?
6. How is it possible to end poverty?
7. How can we all become prosperous?
8. How does greed affect the world?
9. How can we raise levels of education?
10. What are your aspirations?
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MALNUTRITION DISCUSSION STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
11. Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
12. What do you think of when you hear the word 'poverty'?
13. What do you think about what you read?
14. What good news have you read about recently?
15. How can the countries in the article be helped?
16. What will things be like in 50 years from now?
17. How does mass migration change a country?
18. Is investment in health the answer?
19. What serious inequalities exist in your country?
20. What questions would you like to ask the researchers?
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________
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DISCUSSION (Write your own questions) STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1. ________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________________
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LANGUAGE - CLOZE From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
A new report shows that no country in Africa will meet goals (1) _____ to end childhood malnutrition by the year 2030. That target was (2) _____ by the United Nations in 2015 as a Sustainable Development Goal. The UN adopted a (3) _____ of goals, "to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure (4) _____ for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda". The new report is published in the journal Nature. It identifies (5) _____ child nutrition and low levels of education across 51 African countries. These were key factors in countries battling to provide children with sufficient food. Researcher Simon Hay said the goal (6) _____ ending childhood malnutrition was always an "aspirational" target. He said: "This aspiration is very, very far away."
There was some good news in the report. It highlighted the (7) _____ that many African nations, (8) _____ Ghana and Nigeria, have shown signs of improvement in childhood development since the year 2000. However, it is a (9) _____ story for countries like Chad, Central African Republic and Eritrea. The report indicates that malnutrition remained "(10) _____ high" in 14 countries between Senegal in the west and Somalia in the east. Many of these countries have experienced war, famine and (11) _____ migration, all of which have put massive strains on health and agriculture. One researcher said considerable investment was needed (12) _____ health and infrastructure in order to address "serious inequalities".
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article. 1. (a) vet (b) bet (c) let (d) set
2. (a) sot (b) sat (c) site (d) set
3. (a) sate (b) set (c) seat (d) settle
4. (a) prosper (b) prosperous (c) prosperity (d) prospers
5. (a) poverty (b) poorly (c) poor (d) pour
6. (a) of (b) by (c) at (d) on
7. (a) true (b) fact (c) factual (d) truly
8. (a) including (b) inclusion (c) inclusive (d) includes
9. (a) differences (b) different (c) differential (d) differentiate
10. (a) puritanical (b) perspiration (c) persistently (d) perspicacious
11. (a) amassing (b) amass (c) mass (d) masses
12. (a) on (b) at (c) by (d) in
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SPELLING From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
Paragraph 1
1. ssunabaitel development
2. ensure ppoisytrre for all
3. development edaagn
4. poor child tioutirnn
5. provide children with uifsicnfet food
6. This nraoitasip is very, very far away
Paragraph 2
7. thihgdgilhe the fact
8. nltseetyirps high
9. war, famine and mass naromitgi
10. put evasmis strains on health
11. drinlcoasebe investment was needed
12. address serious iatiniqeuesl
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PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
Number these lines in the correct order.
( ) on health and agriculture. One researcher said considerable investment was
( ) levels of education across 51 African countries. These were key factors in countries battling to
( ) experienced war, famine and mass migration, all of which have put massive strains
( ) needed in health and infrastructure in order to address "serious inequalities".
( ) the year 2030. That target was set by the United Nations in 2015 as a Sustainable Development Goal. The UN adopted a set
( ) agenda". The new report is published in the journal Nature. It identifies poor child nutrition and low
( ) provide children with sufficient food. Researcher Simon Hay said the goal of ending childhood malnutrition was always an
( ) "aspirational" target. He said: "This aspiration is very, very far away."
( 1 ) A new report shows that no country in Africa will meet goals set to end childhood malnutrition by
( ) There was some good news in the report. It highlighted the fact that many African nations, including Ghana
( ) for countries like Chad, Central African Republic and Eritrea. The report indicates that malnutrition remained "persistently
( ) and Nigeria, have shown signs of improvement in childhood development since the year 2000. However, it is a different story
( ) high" in 14 countries between Senegal in the west and Somalia in the east. Many of these countries have
( ) of goals, "to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development
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PUT THE WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
1. end Meet to set goals childhood malnutrition .
2. across levels African education 51 countries . Low of
3. provide to with Battling children sufficient food .
4. always was Ending aspirational target . childhood malnutrition an
5. away . very is aspiration very, This far
6. news in There good the was some report .
7. in childhood the since Improvement year development 2000 .
8. like However, different a countries Chad . story for is it
9. persistently countries . in Malnutrition high remained 14
10. considerable investment said needed . was researcher One
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CIRCLE THE CORRECT WORD (20 PAIRS) From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
A new report shows that no country in Africa will meet / greet goals set to
end childhood malnutrition by the year 2030. That target was bet / set by
the United Nations in 2015 as a Sustainable Development Goal. The UN
adopted a set / setting of goals, "to end poverty, protect the plants / planet
and ensure prosperity for all as part of anew / a new sustainable
development agenda". The new report is publishing / published in the
journal Nature. It identifies poor / poorly child nutrition and low levels of
education across 51 African countries. These were keyed / key factors in
countries battling to provide children with sufficiently / sufficient food.
Researcher Simon Hay said the goal of ending / end childhood malnutrition
was always an "aspirational" target. He said: "This aspiration is very, very
far away."
There was some good news in the report / reports. It highlighted the fact
that many African nations, inclusive / including Ghana and Nigeria, have
shown signs / signal of improvement in childhood development since the
year 2000. However, it is a different / difference story for countries like
Chad, Central African Republic and Eritrea. The report indicating / indicates
that malnutrition remained "persistently height / high" in 14 countries
between Senegal in the west to / and Somalia in the east. Many of these
countries have experienced war, famine and mass / pass migration, all of
which have put massive strains on / in health and agriculture. One
researcher said considerable investment was needed in health and
infrastructure in order to envelope / address "serious inequalities".
Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct.
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INSERT THE VOWELS (a, e, i, o, u) From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
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PUNCTUATE THE TEXT AND ADD CAPITALS From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
a new report shows that no country in africa will meet goals set to end
childhood malnutrition by the year 2030 that target was set by the united
nations in 2015 as a sustainable development goal the un adopted a set of
goals to end poverty protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all as part
of a new sustainable development agenda the new report is published in the
journal nature it identifies poor child nutrition and low levels of education
across 51 african countries these were key factors in countries battling to
provide children with sufficient food researcher simon hay said the goal of
ending childhood malnutrition was always an aspirational target he said this
aspiration is very very far away
there was some good news in the report it highlighted the fact that many
african nations including ghana and nigeria have shown signs of
improvement in childhood development since the year 2000 however it is a
different story for countries like chad central african republic and eritrea the
report indicates that malnutrition remained persistently high in 14 countries
between senegal in the west and somalia in the east many of these countries
have experienced war famine and mass migration all of which have put
massive strains on health and agriculture one researcher said considerable
investment was needed in health and infrastructure in order to address
serious inequalities
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PUT A SLASH ( / ) WHERE THE SPACES ARE From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
AnewreportshowsthatnocountryinAfricawillmeetgoalssettoendchild
hoodmalnutritionbytheyear2030.ThattargetwassetbytheUnitedNati
onsin2015asaSustainableDevelopmentGoal.TheUNadoptedasetofg
oals,"toendpoverty,protecttheplanetandensureprosperityforallaspa
rtofanewsustainabledevelopmentagenda".Thenewreportispublishe
dinthejournalNature.Itidentifiespoorchildnutritionandlowlevelsofed
ucationacross51Africancountries.Thesewerekeyfactorsincountriesb
attlingtoprovidechildrenwithsufficientfood.ResearcherSimonHaysai
dthegoalofendingchildhoodmalnutritionwasalwaysan"aspirational"t
arget.Hesaid:"Thisaspirationisvery,veryfaraway."Therewassomego
odnewsinthereport.IthighlightedthefactthatmanyAfricannations,inc
ludingGhanaandNigeria,haveshownsignsofimprovementinchildhoo
ddevelopmentsincetheyear2000.However,itisadifferentstoryforcou
ntrieslikeChad,CentralAfricanRepublicandEritrea.Thereportindicate
sthatmalnutritionremained"persistentlyhigh"in14countriesbetween
SenegalinthewestandSomaliaintheeast.Manyofthesecountrieshave
experiencedwar,famineandmassmigration,allofwhichhaveputmassi
vestrainsonhealthandagriculture.Oneresearchersaidconsiderablein
vestmentwasneededinhealthandinfrastructureinordertoaddress"se
riousinequalities".
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FREE WRITING From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
Write about malnutrition for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.
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ACADEMIC WRITING From https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1803/180303-malnutrition.html
How can we end child hunger in the world? Discuss three options.
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HOMEWORK
1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MALNUTRITION: Make a poster about malnutrition. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. HUNGER: Write a magazine article about raising tax worldwide to end child hunger. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on malnutrition. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your ideas on how we can end it. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.
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ANSWERS
VOCABULARY (p.4)
1. e 2. a 3. d 4. c 5. b 6. g 7. f
8. i 9. n 10. l 11. m 12. j 13. h 14. k
TRUE / FALSE (p.5) a F b T c T d T e F f F g T h F
SYNONYM MATCH (p.5) 1. shows 2. set (verb) 3. set (noun) 4. key 5. aspiration 6. highlighted 7. improvement 8. persistently 9. massive 10. address
a. reveals
b. decided on
c. group
d. crucial
e. hope
f. singled out
g. advances
h. continuously
i. enormous
j. deal with
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS (p.9) WORDS IN THE RIGHT ORDER (p.20)
1. 2030 1. Meet goals set to end childhood malnutrition. 2. 2015 2. Low levels of education across 51 African countries. 3. Prosperity 3. Battling to provide children with sufficient food. 4. 51 4. Ending childhood malnutrition was always an aspirational
target. 5. An aspiration 5. This aspiration is very, very far away. 6. Ghana and Nigeria 6. There was some good news in the report. 7. 14 7. Improvement in childhood development since the year
2000. 8. Mass migration 8. However, it is a different story for countries like Chad. 9. Health and agriculture 9. Malnutrition remained persistently high in 14 countries. 10. Considerable investment 10. One researcher said considerable investment was needed.
MULTIPLE CHOICE - QUIZ (p.10)
1. b 2. d 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. a 7. c 8. a 9. a 10. d
ALL OTHER EXERCISES Please check for yourself by looking at the Article on page 2. (It's good for your English ;-)