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Anglais: TD3

Drowning in Money

Exercise 1: Key Vocabulary:
1 – A place where waste is kept = rubbish dump
2 – A tropical storm with a whirlwind at his centre = cyclone
3 – A person whoarrives to live in another country = immigrant
4 – Very, very important = crucial
5 – The oppiste of « enormous » = tiny
6 – Another world for inhabitant = resident
7 – The state of being very, veryoverweight = obesity
8 – A situation in which the land is covered by water = flood
Exercise 2: Find the information:
1 – Where is Tuvalu ? In South Pacific
2 -How many people live there ? 11,000
3 -How much money did the Tuvalans receive for their domain name ? $40 million
4 – How hight is Tuvalu ? 3m above sea level
5 – What was the average income in Tuvalu in 1999 ? About 1,000
6 – How muchmonet did the Tuvalans spend on new roads ? $10 million
7 – How many cars were there in Tuvalu beforce 1999 ? Four
8 – What is the total length of Tuvalu’s roads ? 19Km

Exercise 3: Comprehensioncheck:
Choose the best answer:
1 – What is the difficult situation that the Tuvalans find themselves in ?
B – They have a lot of money but their country will soon disappear.
2 – What was theeffect of the motor revolution and the flood of imported food ?
C – Many Tuvalans are now overweight.
3 – How are the Tuvalans using their new wealth ?
A – The are bulding houses and other buldings.4 – What will happen to Tuvalu by the end of the century ?
B – The sea will completely cover it.

Exercise 4: Vocabulary – opposites:
1 – permanent: temporary
2 – tiny: huge
3 – common: rare
4- lend: borrow
5 – lower (verb): raise
6 – cheap: expensive
7 – unnecessary: necessary
8 – distant: nearby

Exercise 5: Vocabulary – chunks:
1 – annual average income
2 – some very bad news3 – the third poorest state in the world
4 – according to scientific estimates
5 – by the end of the century
6 – standart of living
Exercise 6: Grammar focus – predictions:
1 – Tuvalu will…