The Impact of Fairtrade, Hunger, Money, and Wildlife on Society
FAIRTRADE(2022)
1.1 The purpose of Fairtrade is that artisans and farmers receive a fair price for their products. (p.1)
1.2 Many coffee farmers go to find work in other countries, or they start growing illegal crops because of the little money they earn. (p.2)
1.3 She became a Fairtrade activist because, when she was volunteering in Guatemala, she realized the poor conditions of farmers who didn’t do business with Fairtrade. (p.2)
1.5 Some of the stores offer Fairtrade products because they believe
Read MorePast Simple and Vocabulary Practice
Past Simple
Affirmative:
Regular Verb: I worked yesterday
Irregular Verb: I bought a car last year
Negative:
Regular Verb: I didn’t work yesterday
Irregular Verb: I didn’t buy a car last year
Interrogative:
Regular Verb: Did I work yesterday?
Irregular Verb: Did I buy a car last year?
Time Expressions
– Last (year, month, week, Monday…)
– Yesterday
– … ago (two months ago)
– In 2005
– On Monday
– In February
Vocabulary
Fruits:
Apple, mango, orange, kiwi, pear, pomegranate, peach, red grapefruit, grapefruit, date,
Read MoreEffective Phone Communication: Introducing, Receiving, and Ending Calls
Introducing yourself
- Good morning/afternoon/evening. This is Mike at (company name)/Mike from (department name). Could I speak to (person you’re calling for)?
- Good morning/afternoon/evening. This is Mike at (company name)/Mike from (department name). I’m calling about/because…
When the person you want to speak to is unavailable
- Can I leave a message for him/her?
- Could you tell him/her that I called, please?
- Could you ask him/her to call me back, please?
- Okay, thanks. I’ll call back later.
Dealing
Read MoreTypes of Text and Language Phonetics
Types of Text
- Exhibition: Transmitting knowledge, provide objective information.
- Argumentative: to influence, persuade the receiver.
- Narrative: recite facts, actions, events, etc.
- Description: Explain characteristics of any element of reality.
- Instruction: Provide advice, instructions.
- Predictive: Anticipating events that can occur in the short, medium or long term.
- Rhetoric: Communicating adequately with a view Teaching or persuasive content. Argue to get some facts to persuade. Aesthetic purpose.
- Advertising:
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6. Why is the Englishman’s visit referred to as unexplained mystery? Ans: The Englishman’s visit to the Gemini Studios is referred to as an unexplained mystery because no one could decipher his identity, whether he was a poet or an editor. Besides, when he spoke no one at the studio understood what he intended to say as his accent was beyond their comprehension.
1. Who was the English visitor to the studios? Ans: The English visitor to the Gemini Studios was Stephen Spender. He was the editor
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Q 10. How did the European countries resolve their Post Second World War problem? Briefly outline the attempts that led to the formation of the European Ans. As the Second World War came to an end, many of Europe’s leaders grappled with the ‘Question of Europe’. The Second World War shattered many of the assumptions and structures on which the European states had based their relations. In 1945, the European states confronted the ruin of their economies and the destruction of the assumptions
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