Vocabulary

 

Vocabulary

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1.	election	a.	Difficult times because of government actions to cut public spending.
2.	promised	b.	An event where people choose their next leader.
3.	inflation	c.	The money a person, company or government must pay back to someone else.
4.	slash	d.	Told someone that they will definitely do something or that something will happen.
5.	debt	e.	Cut quickly and deeply.
6.	recover	f.	An increase in prices and fall in how much you can buy with your money.
7.	austerity	g.	Return to normal.

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8.	politician	h.	A person who was voted by other people to work for them in government.
9.	former	i.	All of the hard work someone does.
10.	cut	j.	Having been a particular thing before.
11.	victory	k.	Make or become less good.
12.	limit	l.	A reduction in the amount or size of something.
13.	worsen	m.	An act of beating an enemy or opponent in a battle, game, or other contest.
14.	efforts	n.	Stop something or someone going above or below a certain level.

 

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

1. No one was surprised that Javier Milei became president of Argentina.     T / F
2. The inflation rate in Argentina is around 140 per cent.     T / F
3. The article says Argentina has borrowed a lot of money since 1940.     T / F
4. Javier Milei said life in Argentina would be tough for a year.     T / F
5. Javier Milei is a politician who is on the far left.     T / F
6. Javier Milei took a chainsaw with him on the election campaign trail.     T / F
7. Javier Milei likened his election victory to the fall of the Berlin Wall.     T / F
8. Javier Milei told Argentinians they should eat more fruit.     T / F