3/04/2011

Soaring Food Prices (video)

Let's warm up by asking some questions.

1. The FAO began monitoring prices ………………………………….. ago.

2. …………………………………………… is the agency's senior grain economist

3. He says that ………………………………….

4. The price of basic food commodities has risen steadily since ……………………………….

5. Higher food prices triggered ……………………………………..

6. Currently, ………………………….. and ……………………. making matters worse.

7. More incentive to produce more biofuels means that ………………………

8. That happened because……………………………

9. The international aid group Oxfam says ……………………………………..

10. Millions of people around the world can't pay for ……………………………….

11. Oxfam is urging the ……………………………………… to ………………………..

12. Abbassian warns that ………………………………….

13. These high prices will have a spillover effect into the grain sector in ………………

14. A major difference between the current situation and the food crisis of 2008 is that ……..

15. The price of corn rose …………. % last year

And now let's watch the video, focusing first on the global idea and then on details.











You can also watch this video by clicking HERE

After watching the video, please provide the context in which at least 10 of the following words are used

Except for
Such as
Steadily
Still
Even further
Whether
A new high
Among
Trigger
Due to
Turmoil
Make matters worse
That means
Prompted
Sliding
Struggle
Curb
Until
The longer
Coming
Major
Current
Staple
On the other hand
While

Now that you know the subject thoroughly, can you state which of the 15 questions you asked at the beginning of this activity is NOT answered in the video?