Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Level 1
Elementary
1 Warmer
a. Write the following numbers.
one hundred and eighty-nine billion
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thirty-one trillion
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b. How many billionaires can you name?
c. What is Oxfam?
2 Key words
Write the key words from the article next to the definitions below. Then find the words in the article to read
them in context. The paragraph numbers are given to help you.
inequality
fortunes
poverty
the wealthy
billionaires
estimated
benefit
income
tax havens
aid
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10. places where people go to live, or where they keep their money, so that they do not have to pay higher taxes in
their home country __________________ (para 14)
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3 Comprehension check
Match these sentence halves to summarize the article.
1. The worlds richest 100 billionaires increased
their wealth
6. Financial inequality is
f.
i.
j.
4 Word fields
a. Find all the money-related words in the article and write them into the box.
b. Write example sentences for those words that you know but dont know how to use yet.
5 Discussion
Do you think that the worlds richest people can end world poverty?
6 Writing
Write either a letter or an email about this article and its contents to one of the following:
a. a newspaper
b. a billionaire
c. your local member of parliament.
7 Webquest
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Level 1
Elementary
KEY
1 Warmer
4 Word fields
a. 189,000,000,000; 31,000,000,000,000
b. possible answers: Bill Gates; Richard Branson;
Oprah Winfrey; Mark Zuckerberg; Donald Trump;
Giorgio Armani; George Lucas; J K Rowling;
Steven Spielberg
c. a worldwide charity: Oxfam is an international
confederation of 17 organizations networked
together in more than 90 countries, as part of a
global movement for change, to build a future free
from the injustice of poverty.
http://www.oxfam.org/
a.
billionaires, poverty, economics, fortunes, richest, money,
the wealthy, aid, income, earn, wealth, tax
2 Key words
1. fortunes
2. billionaires
3. inequality
4. poverty
5. the wealthy
6. aid
7. income
8. benefit
9. estimated
10. tax havens
3 Comprehension check
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2. g
3. i
4. a
5. c
6. d
7. h
8. f
9. b
10. e