Unit 5: Challenges, Lesson B

Before you watch

A Complete the crossword puzzle with the words in the box.
create  environment  invested poverty  starvation
distribution  eradicate  pollution protecting  unemployed

Across don’t pay enough compared to how 
3. Governments should be working to  much everything costs. 
          hunger and make sure  4. Most governments spend too much 
everyone has enough to eat. time         wealthy citizens, while the
8. There are countries where failing crops rest of the population suffers. 
make           a big concern. It’s really 5. I can’t believe that there are so many 
upsetting that just one failed crop can           people right now who can’t 
cause people to die from hunger. find jobs.
10. The          gets worse every year.  6. Most countries need to work harder to 
Will the planet ever be able to recover           jobs so that everyone can earn
from this much pollution?
a living. 
Down
7. I think that the biggest problem the 
1. One of the biggest problems facing the 
world is a poor system of food    world has is          .  We might be 
        . It should be easier to get food able to reduce some of it if we reduced 
the amount of emissions produced by 
from a place that has extra food to 
cars.
places that don’t have enough.
2. There are too many people living in  9. If wealthy people         
 their time 
         in this country. Most jobs just  and money in helping poor people, the 

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world would be a better place for 
everyone.
While you watch
A Watch the video. Then, check the topics that are discussed.
     crime        farming       pollution
     the debt crisis       government spending       poverty
     environmental protection       hunger       unemployment
B Watch the video. Check (✔) true or false.

Aya Luis Gabrielle Tom

1. Aya wishes that we could get rid of poor people.  True  False

2. Aya thinks that the difference between the rich and the poor isn’t too big.  True  False
3 There are two million people who live in poverty.  True  False
4. Luis thinks that pollution is our biggest challenge.  True  False
5. Luis wishes that everything wasn’t polluted.  True  False
6. Gabrielle wishes someone would find a way to fix world hunger.  True  False
7. Gabrielle thinks that the way food is divided up around the world
  is not really a problem.  True  False
8. Gabrielle thinks that there are enough countries with lots of money that   True  False
could fix the hunger problem. 
9. Tom wishes the government would make some new jobs.   True  False

After you watch

A How do you feel about each of these topics and how they affect the world? Write a few
sentences for each topic.
1. Poverty

                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           

2. Pollution

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3. Hunger

                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           

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