Listen to the audio and then do some tasks.
1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
a.
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Bill Gates’ wife Belinda is one of three Time Persons of the Year.
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T / F
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b.
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The winners ended disease and poverty in Africa.
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T / F
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c.
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They were honored for rewiring politics and re-engineering justice.
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T / F
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d.
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The Persons of the Year all have busy and successful careers.
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T / F
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e.
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is the world's wealthiest charity.
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T / F
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f.
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Bono helped persuade world leaders to triple aid to Africa.
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T / F
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g.
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Bono was an organizer of the Live 8 concerts held in July.
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T / F
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h.
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Bill Gates can fix malaria in 10 years via a few Microsoft spreadsheets.
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T / F
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a.
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poverty
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get
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b.
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justice
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challenging
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c.
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mercy
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wealthiest
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d.
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daring
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plus
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e.
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incredibly
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fairness
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f.
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richest
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deleting
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g.
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persuade
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very
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h.
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erasing
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need
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i.
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in addition
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awareness
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j.
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sense
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kindness
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3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
a.
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their non-stop efforts
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his ability to save lives
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b.
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reduce disease
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towards public health needs
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c.
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being shrewd about
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and successful careers
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d.
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daring the rest of
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malaria in 10 years
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e.
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their own incredibly busy
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and poverty in Africa
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f.
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the world's
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us to follow
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g.
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its cash goes
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doing good
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h.
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persuade world leaders at July’s
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richest charity
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i.
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Bill Gates’ business sense and
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to improve public health
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j.
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Bill Gates says you can fix
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G8 summit to double aid to Africa
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