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1. Read the article on the page below about a proposed development project in the
Peruvian rainforest. Are the following organizations for or against the project?
What are their reasons?
ORGANIZATION
Peruvian government
Amazon Watch
Inter-American Development Bank
US Import-Export Bank
FOR/AGAINTS
REASON
FOR
Because it will give peru more beefit.
AGAINTS
not friendly for environmentally
FOR
add 0.8 percent a year to Perus GDP over its 30y.
FOR
$200m for the upstream consortium
2. Read the article again. Which of the following will happen if the Camisea project goes ahead?
1. Peru will again become an exporter of fuel.
2. The IDB Loan could release further finance for the scheme.
3. The Peruvian government will be able to give financial assistance to some of the poorer areas in the
country.
4. Peruvian companies will be able to reduce some of their costs.
5. A road will be built through the Peruvian jungle.
6. The project will stop without the loans.
3. According to its opponents, the Camisea project will have a negative impact in a number of
areas. List four things that they say will be affected.
the project threatens tribes of Amazon Indians rare species and the rain forest along the pipeline
route
the export terminals would endanger a marine reserve at Paracas.
some Indians died from disease after first coming in contact with workers in the mid-1980s.
VOCABULARY 1
1. Some words in English can be used as both nouns and verbs. Look at the examples below.
Read the definitions for the following words from the text. Which of the two definitions was
used?
1. contract (line 1)
2. project (line 7)
2. Are the noun forms and verb forms pronounced in the same way? Which ones are different?
NO, Noun is usually used to describe a place, the verb is usually used to explain how to do
somethingComplete the sentences with the correct form of the following words.
Plant
concern
benefit
estimate
test
award
Put the words and phrases in the correct groups. Use a dictionary to help you.
Access roads
jungle
drilling sites
reserves
tribes terminal
Gas field
plant
rainforest
pipeline
rare species
Construction
Environment
Access roads
jungle
Gas field
rainforest
Plant
rare species
drilling sites
tribes
pipeline
terminal