I’ll help clean up the city park
there are two main causes of hunger – food “shortage” and food “poverty”. a food shortage happens when there isn’t enough food in an area to feed all the people that live there. this has happened recently in some african countries when there wasn’t enough rain for people to grow the food they needed. sometimes a food shortage affects just one part of a country, and other times the entire country is affected. food poverty is the cause of hunger when people don’t have enough money to buy food. there is plenty of food in the stores, but some people can’t afford to buy enough food, so they go hungry.
match each word with the correct meaning.
1. underweight a. one person
2. shortage b. whole
3. entire c. have enough money
4. individual d. too small
5. afford e. not enough of something
reread the article and fill in the blanks.
1. at least ________ people in the world are hungry every day. (how many?)
2. the world hunger program offices are in ______________________________ (where?)
3. ___________________________ babies are underweight when they are born. (how many?)
4. __________________________children are underweight at age five. (how many?)
5. a ___________________ happens when there is no food in an area for people to buy. (what?)
6. _______________ happens when some people don’t have many to buy enough food. (what?)
tapescript:
section a 1b
conversation 1:
boy 1: i’d like to work outside.
girl 1: you could help clean up the city parks.
conversation 2:
boy2: i’d like to help homeless people.
girl 1: you could give out food at the food bank.
conversation 3:
girl 2: i’d like to cheer up sick kids.
girl 1: you could visit them in the hospital.
conversation 4:
girl 1: i’d like to help kids with their schoolwork.
girl 2: you could volunteer in an after-school study program.
section a 2a
boy 1: ok. now we need to come up with a plan to tell people about the city park clean-up.