(Upper-Intermediate) Is water a public resource?

Nestlé CEO Peter Brabeck speaking about the company, genetically modified food and the politically "extreme" idea of free drinking water.

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Nestlé CEO Peter Brabeck 




1.What does Brabeck say about our idea of nature?

2.What does he say about organic versus GM foods?

3.In what sense is the idea of water as a public resource "extreme" for Brabeck?

4.Would water be better managed if it were privatised?







In the next video Brabeck tries to clarify his position on water.

Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck: Water is a Human Right


Quiz

12 words



Are you reassured by Peter's clarification?











misconception


fundamental


transform


region


scarcity


challenge


precious


value


preserve


incentive


supply


fresh


agriculture


long term


sustainable


availability


exchange ideas


to advocate


top of the agenda

Is water a public resource?

S1

P2

F3

A4

M5

T6

P7

S8

Y

I9

E

C

V10

E

Across

6. change radically (9)

8. insufficiency, lack (8)

9. motive, inducement (9)

10. worth, usefulness (5)

Down

1. (adj) able to be maintained at a certain rate or level (11)

2. conserve, maintain (8)

3. Of basic importance (11)

4. farming and cultivation (11)

5. wrong/false idea (13)

7. Adj - of great value; not to be wasted or treated carelessly. (8)