B2 Africa Rising LIU023
Use the words in brackets to form a new word that fits into each blank.
Africa Rising is a (1) _____________________ (SHOCK)
documentary of the problems of people in the
(2) _____________________ (DEVELOP) countries of
Africa. It shows how a large rural area in Ethiopia
takes matters into its own hands to fight
(3) _____________________ (POOR).
Ethiopia is a potentially (4) _____________________
(WEALTH) country with enormous resources.
However, the (5) _____________________ (FAIL) of
Western policies towards Africa has been causing
famine and (6) _____________________ (STARVE) in Irrigation in Ethiopia
eastern Africa. The film shows that the West must Image : Niels Van Iperen - CC BY-SA 4.0
rethink its role in helping the continent.
In the Sodo region of Ethiopia schools have been abandoned; in other areas there is no health care
and people must travel for hours to reach the (7) _____________________ (NEAR) doctor or hospital.
The whole region is dominated by vast areas of dry and (8) _____________________ (PRODUCE) land
where the soil has been washed away.
Western governments and aid (9) _____________________ (AGENT) thought they had the
(10) _____________________ (SOLVE) to the problem: pouring billions and billions of dollars in aid into
the region with (11) _____________________ (PRACTICAL) no (12) _____________________ (LAST) results.
Much of the money ends up in the pockets of foreign aid workers or in accounts of banks far away
from the region.
The documentary shows how the (13) _____________________ (RESIDE) of Sodo started helping
themselves. Twenty men and women were taught new skills, like dam (14) _____________________
(CONSTRUCT), bricklaying, micro banking , raising livestock and planting new crops. Each of these
people passed on their (15) _____________________ (KNOW) to twenty others - and those to twenty
more. Within a short period of time, thousands were growing cash crops for the first time, or
digging (16) _____________________ (IRRIGATE) systems to stop erosion and the washing away of soil
after floods.
In short, the documentary shows the (17) _____________________ (SUCCEED) story of one of the most
(18) _____________________ (ADVANTAGE) regions of the world.
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Africa Rising is a (1) shocking (SHOCK) documentary of the problems of people in the (2)
developing (DEVELOP) countries of Africa. It shows how a large rural area in Ethiopia takes matters
into its own hands to fight (3) poverty (POOR).
Ethiopia is a potentially (4) wealthy (WEALTH) country with enormous resources. However, the (5)
failure (FAIL) of Western policies towards Africa has been causing famine and (6) starvation
(STARVE) in eastern Africa. The film shows that the West must rethink its role in helping the
continent.
In the Sodo region of Ethiopia schools have been abandoned; in other areas there is no health care
and people must travel for hours to reach the (7) nearest/next (NEAR) doctor or hospital. The
whole region is dominated by vast areas of dry and (8) unproductive (PRODUCE) land where the
soil has been washed away.
Western governments and aid (9) agencies (AGENT) thought they had the (10) solution (SOLVE) to
the problem: pouring billions and billions of dollars in aid into the region with (11) practically
(PRACTICAL) no (12) lasting (LAST) results. Much of the money ends up in the pockets of foreign
aid workers or in accounts of banks far away from the region.
The documentary shows how the (13) residents (RESIDE) of Sodo started helping themselves.
Twenty men and women were taught new skills, like dam (14) construction (CONSTRUCT),
bricklaying, micro banking , raising livestock and planting new crops. Each of these people passed
on their (15) knowledge (KNOW) to twenty others - and those to twenty more. Within a short
period of time, thousands were growing cash crops for the first time, or digging (16) irrigation
(IRRIGATE) systems to stop erosion and the washing away of soil after floods.
In short, the documentary shows the (17) successful (SUCCEED) story of one of the most (18)
disadvantaged (ADVANTAGE) regions of the world.
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