Africa - Reality Check

Pre-learn language:

12 terms

1. What do the following figures refer to?

1.1 billion
54
2000
22
9
4/10
1 in 3
2%
52 billion
43 billion
7
64%
29%

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Reality Check

2. How would you describe the presenter's attitude?

a) sarcastic
b) angry
c) diplomatic

What ways of using language reflect his attitude?

3. Language - what do the words in italics mean?


1. Conjures up lazy images

a) brings to mind
b) gets rid of
c) records

2. western handouts

a) money
b) loans
c) aid

3. How about the plight of poor African women?

a) suffering
b) deaths
c) health

4. The highest proportion of female parliamentarians in the world.

a) number
b) number compared with other countries
c) number compared with males

5. It's important that we focus only on the doom and gloom cross the continent.

a) wars
b) constructive work
c) despair


4. Discussion

Do you agree with the presenter that Africa is misunderstood and misrepresented? 

Is his way of representing Africa honest? Is he in danger of denying the reality?

Do you speak African? Well, neither do the ____  people in Africa.

 

It's a continent of ___ very different nations.

 

Who has time to mention the ____ Nobel Laureates from ___ different African countries, right? 

 

And guess where ___ of the ___  fastest growing economies in the world are  located?

 

Let's not forget that ___ in ____ Africans is middle class.

 

Foreign aid represents only ___ of Africa's total GDP.

 

The continent has had ___  female presidents.

 

Rwanda has the highest proportion of female parliamentarians in the world at ___%

 

Over in the UK it's a record ____%