Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005 Taken from the

1 Key Vocabulary 
5 Vocabulary – word building 
1. c 
1. destruction
2. d 
2. demand 
3. e 
3. cultivation
4. a 
4. increase 
5. f 
5. research 
6. b 
6. argument
7. disappearance 
8. domination
2 Find the information 
9. production

10. announcement 

1. 26,000 sq km 
2. 578,000 tonnes 
3. Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the US 
6 Grammar focus – passive voice
4. The Centre for International Forestry Research 
5. 57 million 
1. 40% of Brazil’s exported beef is imported 
6. $133 million 
by the EU. 
2. The rainforest is being destroyed by
cattle ranching. 
3 Comprehension check
3. Deforestation is not caused by
 
logging.
 
4. The beef export market is dominated by 
1. c 
giant ranches. 
2. a 
5. New measures were announced by the 
3. a 
President. 
4. b 
6. In the past most of the meat was 
produced by small ranchers.
4 Vocabulary – find the words that mean… 
 
 
1. mad cow disease 
2. concern 
3. double 
4. cultivation 
5. author 
6. giant 

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Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2004 
Taken from the News
section in 
www.onestopenglish.com
  
1 Key vocabulary 
5 Vocabulary – collocations 
1. slaughterhouse 
1. for 
2. herd 
2. of 
3. rancher 
3. about 
4. deforestation 
4. to 
5. restrict 
5. for 
6. logging 
6. to 
7. justifiable 
7. to 
8. play down 
8. for 
9. quota 
 
10. indigenous 
6 
Vocabulary work – words for groups of animals 
 
 
2 True or false? 
HERD: cows, elephants 
 
 
FLOCK: sheep, birds 
1. T 
PACK: dogs, wolves 
2. F
 
3. T
 
4. F 
7 Grammar focus 
5. F
 
6. F 
1. Millions of trees are being cut down.
 
 
 
2. Large areas of rainforest are being lost.
 
 
 
3. 40% of Brazil’s beef is being exported to the
 
3 Find the expression
EU. 
4. The whole of Brazil is being targeted. 
‘making mincemeat out of’ 
5. New measures are being introduced. 
4 Comprehension check – cause and effect
1. e 
2. h 
3. b 
4. d 
5. f 
6. c 
7. a 
8. g
 

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Topical news Lessons
Level
Vocabulary and 
grammar
Discussion
 
 
Spare a tear for Argentina
 
Elementary
Word building
Prepositions
Intermediate
Collocations and 
prepositions
Reported 
speech (will)
Advanced
Metaphorical 
and idiomatic 
phrases
Prepositions
If countries like 
Argentina 
produce enough 
food to feed their 
population, why 
are children 
suffering from 
malnutrition?
 

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Pre-reading activity - Key Vocabulary
The following words and expressions are important for understanding the text. Match the beginnings
and endings of the sentences:
1 If you suffer from malnutrition …
a … you can’t take money out of the bank.
2 If you are wealthy …
b … many people don’t like it.
3 If your bank account is frozen …
c … prices are high and money loses its value.
4 If there is high unemployment …
d … you don’t have enough to eat and you become ill.
5 If there is high inflation …
e … you feel very ashamed.
6 If a state company is privatised …
f … it is very, very sad.
7 If something is unpopular …
g … it is sold by the government to private companies.
8 If you feel humiliated …
h … a lot of people have no work.
9 If something is a tragedy …
i … you have a lot of money.
Scan reading
Find the answer to these questions as quickly as possible. The answers are all numbers or dates:
1 How many World Cups had Mr Blanco seen as a journalist?
2 What is the unemployment rate in Argentina?
3 How many children are suffering from malnutrition?
4 What was the inflation rate in the late 1980s?
5 What was the inflation rate in the early 90s?
6 When did the dollar begin to rise?