Answer — Exercise 2
4.2 - Social issues·Speakout Advanced - Students' Book
Question
Work in pairs with a student from the other group. Explain the meaning of your expressions, using your example sentence if necessary.
Answer
A
- human rights → the basic rights that everyone has to say what they think, vote, be treated fairly, etc.
- intellectual property → the product of an intellectual activity (e.g. in artistic or commercial fields) that nobody else can legally copy
- child labour → the regular and sustained employment of children (it is illegal in many countries)
- economic development → the process of improving the financial situation of a place (often a country)
- capital punishment → the practice of killing someone who has committed a serious crime
- religious freedom → the ability to practise any religion that you choose, without being arrested or otherwise persecuted
B
- environmental awareness → understanding of problems related to the land, water and air on Earth
- gun control → laws that limit the ways in which guns can be sold, owned and used
- illegal immigration → when people cross international borders in a way that breaks the immigration laws of the destination country
- civil liberties → the right of all citizens to be free to do what they want while respecting the rights of other people
- free trade → a situation in which the goods coming into or going out of a country are not controlled or taxed
- freedom of speech → the ability to say what you wish without being censored