Fill the gaps in the sentences using these key words from the text. The paragraph numbers are given to help you

 US drug agency recruits speakers of ‘street slang’

Level 2    

Intermediate

    Warmer

1

Complete the sentence by choosing the correct second half of the sentence.

  intent 

    surrender 

    undermine 

   translator 

       surveillance 

recruit

 

linguist 

    deals  

    slang  

   vernacular 

       wiretaps 

dialect

    Key words 

2

Ebonics is ...

a.  … the street name of an illegal drug.

b.  … an informal language used by some African Americans.

c.  … a style of underground music similar to jazz.

Scan the article to find answers to the questions.

    Scanning for information

3

1.  What does DEA stand for?

2.  How many speakers of Ebonics are the DEA looking for and where will they work?

3.  What will the main work of the speakers of Ebonics be?

4.  Which of the following languages do the DEA class as ‘common’ and which do they class as ‘exotic’? Arabic, 

Norwegian, Farsi, Chimora.

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