PARAGRAPH ONE:
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fast-food workers went on |
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as 2009 |
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They want more |
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an hour |
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They get $7.25 |
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for more money |
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the same |
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on that |
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They cannot live |
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strike |
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Prices have gone up but their |
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enough |
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$9 an hour isn't |
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money |
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He wants to fight |
h. |
wages have not |
PARAGRAPH TWO:
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managers decide |
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over $5.5 billion |
2. |
higher wages mean more |
b. |
are part-timers |
3. |
Its profits were |
c. |
expensive burgers |
4. |
Wages are |
d. |
teenagers |
5. |
They have little work |
e. |
about wages |
6. |
Five per cent of |
f. |
low |
7. |
Most of those |
g. |
experience |
8. |
Half are |
h. |
fast-food workers |
LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS
U.S. fast-food workers (1) ___________________. They want more money. They (2) ___________________ an hour - the same as 2009. They cannot (3) ___________________. Prices have gone (4) ___________________ wages have not. The workers want $15 an hour. (5) ___________________ the BBC his $9 an hour isn't enough. He is (6) ___________________. He wants to fight for more money.
McDonald's said restaurant managers (7) __________________. It said higher (8) ___________________ expensive burgers. Its profits were over (9) ___________________ 2011. Wages are low because the (10) ___________________. They have little work experience. (11) ___________________ fast-food workers get $7.25. Most of those (12) ___________________. Half are teenagers.
PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE
U.S.fast-foodworkerswentonstrike.Theywantmoremoney.Th
eyget$7.25anhour-thesameas2009.Theycannotliveonthat.Price
shavegoneupbuttheirwageshavenot.Theworkerswant$15anhour.
OneworkertoldtheBBChis$9anhourisn'tenough.Heisriskinghisjob.
Hewantstofightformoremoney.McDonald'ssaidrestaurantmanage
rsdecideaboutwages.Itsaidhigherwagesmeanmoreexpensivebur
gers.Itsprofitswereover$5.5billionin2011.Wagesarelowbecauset
hestaffareyoung.Theyhavelittleworkexperience.Fivepercentoffas
t-foodworkersget$7.25.Mostofthosearepart-timers.Halfar
eteenagers.
WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)
Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).
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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).
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WRITING
Write about wages / salary for 10 minutes. Read and talk about your partner's paper.
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