[LDIA NASCIMENTO] Academic English

LISTENING PRACTICE

Selling condoms in the Congo

SECTION 1 Preparation: matching

Match the words with the definition and write a-g next to numbers 1-7.

1......... issues a. in the middle of; between;

2........ rate b. because of;

3........ among c. proportion; amount,

percentage;
4......... due
d. a point in question or a matter
5......... despite that is in dispute, a problem.

6......... slightly e. manner of acting;

7......... brands f. small in amount; degree;

8......... behavior g. kind, grade, as indicated by a

stamp,trademark;

h. prepositional expression that

express a contrast between
two things

SECTION 2 - Check your understanding multiple section

Mark true (T) or False (F)

1. ( ) Amy Lockwood is a reporter and she works in a international agency.

2. ( ) She spent some time in Western Europe to study about sexual behavior;
3. ( ) Congo is the second largest country in Africa;
4. ( ) In the past 10 years five million people have died due to a war in the east of
Congo;
5. ( ) The HIV prevalence rate in Congo is 1.6 percent among adults.
6. ( ) Donor agencies provide condoms at high cost.
7. ( ) Only three percent of people in Congo dont use condoms;
8. ( ) The generic condons are sold in more quantity than the branded ones.
9. ( ) Amy believes that condoms are not sold in Congo because of the marketing
done around them.

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SECTION 3 - Check your vocabular: gap fill

Write the correct form of the word in brackets.

1. It only has ________________ of paved roads.

2. But war isn't the ________________that life is difficult in the DRC.

3. There are __________________________________as well.

4. but in a country with______________________________, it means there are

_____________________ that are infected.

5. only 25 percent of those are receiving the ______________________ that they

need.

6. He said there's just not in_______________________________.

7. their customers don't buy the___________________________________.

8. you just have to think about who is your____________________________,

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