Answer — Exercise 6
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Question
Work in pairs. Look at the words and phrases in bold in the two parts of the article. Decide what they mean from the context.
Answer
- An ethnic minority is a group of people with similar traditions / culture / background who live in a place where most people do not share those things. (You could give examples of ethnic minorities where you live – or ask students for extra examples.)
- If you’re determined to do something, then you don’t let anything stop you from doing it.
- When a boat sets sail, it starts its journey across the water.
- An ordeal is an extremely unpleasant experience, and usually, ordeals last for quite a long time. (You could give examples of / ask for examples of different kinds of ordeals.)
- A detention centre is a place that people who are trying to enter a country without permission are made to live in while a decision is made about whether or not they can stay. It’s a bit like a prison!
- The annual turnover of a company is the amount of money it makes before it pays taxes, wages and so on.
- If you struggle to do something, you find it very difficult.
- Fled is the past tense of flee. If you flee – or flee from – a place, you escape from it quickly because it’s dangerous. (You could ask why people might flee a place and get different examples.)
- If you make considerable contributions to the national economy, you help the economy, e.g. by paying taxes and by encouraging business.
- In this context, thanks to means because of / as a result of.