dateline: 21 June 2017
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UN Reports Record Number of Displaced People
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- refugee: a person who flees his/her nation and tries to become a citizen of another nation
- displaced: forced to leave one’s home region due to conflict or other disasters
- confirm: to express that something is true or real
- internally: within something
- host: to receive others in one’s home, establishment, or region
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UN Reports Record Number of Displaced People
Comprehension Questions
- Why was the timing of the UN report significant?
- What does the report say about Syrians?
- What was the UN’s goal in releasing these numbers?
Discussion Questions: What can wealthy nations do to help prevent people from having to flee their own countries and seek refugee status?
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3 comments
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ali says:
it is better to be noticed the cause and suffering of displaced people and their situation should never be neglected. the developed countries should support third world countries technically and financially. the rate of poverty and conflict should be reduced and wiped out.
the 3rd world should realize that the solution can be found only themselves, self-reliant is the best means which can be achieve
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Alberto says:
I have no doubt that fostering fair trade among nations some of them wouldn’t be so poor and its people wouldn’t have to flee them.
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Bijan says:
Dear Tara,
Firstly, thanks for this news report.
Secondly, I hope our world can see peace everywhere because I believe that the wars are the main factor for creating displaced people.
Thirdly, I think when news reports are small I can understand the words better and faster. In addition, I don’t get tired too.
Thank you and best wishes,
Bijan from the Persian Gulf,