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The Nobel Peace Prize has been jointly awarded to Professor Muha ad !unus fro "an#ladesh and The Gra een "an$ he started% The prize was #i&en for their wor$ in lendin# &ery s all a ounts of oney to poor people to set up businesses' especially wo en in the countryside% This year(s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded in )slo to the "an#ladeshi ban$er Muha ad !unus and the Gra een "an$% *nnouncin# the winner' the chair an of the Norwe#ian Nobel +o ittee said Muha ad !unus had shown hi self to be a leader who had ana#ed to #i&e hope to illions of people% Mister !unus is the founder of the concept of , icro credit(' which is the extension of s all loans to entrepreneurs too poor to -ualify for traditional ban$ loans% The award ca e as a surprise to any here who had tipped so eone in&ol&ed in peace tal$s as winner this year% Mr !unus hi self told national Norwe#ian tele&ision he was deli#hted with the prize soon after the announce ent was ade% The winner is expected to recei&e the award and .%/ illion dollars in prize oney durin# a cere ony here in 0ece ber% 1ars "e&an#er' ""+ News' )slo 2*/ +)MP3E4ENS5)N/5NTE3P3ET*T5)N6 .% The text is about7 a8 "an$ ana#e ent in "an#ladesh b8 Nobel Prize for anti8po&erty wor$ Tic$ the ri#ht answer% 9% Say whether the followin# state ents are true or false' accordin# to the text% a8 The Nobel Prize was #i&en to Pr Muha ad !unus alone% b8 The Nobel Peace Prize announce ent was ade in Norway c8 ,Micro credit( consists in lendin# oney to wealthy entrepreneurs to set up businesses :% *nswer the followin# -uestions accordin# to the text a8 ;hat was the Nobel Peace Price awarded for< b8 ;hy did the award co e as a surprise< c8 ;hat will happen in )slo in 0ece ber< /% This text is7 a8 a newspaper article b8 a radio news report =% This text is7 a8 descripti&e b8 narrati&e

>% a8 ?ind in the text a word which eans 7 -uantities 2@.6 b8 ?ind in the text a word whose definition is7 oney lent to so eone 2@96 c8 ?ind in the text an opposite to7 unhappy 2@:6 d8 ;rite a sentence usin# only one of the three words you ha&e found in the text% 2"/ TEAT EAP1)3*T5)N6 B% +o plete the followin# table N)CNS DE3"S *0EE+T5DES Peace AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FFFFF ;inner FFFFFFFFFFF% AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA ?ounder FFFFFFFFFF%% AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA FFFFF To translate AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA G% +o bine the followin# state ents usin# the connector #i&en in brac$ets !unus lent oney to the poor% They were able to set up businesses% 2so that6 H% *s$ -uestions on the underlined word Mister !unus is the founder of the concept of , icro credit(% .I% Cnderline the silent letters 8 tal$s / 8 deli#hted ..% Cnderline the content words in the followin# The prize was #i&en for their wor$% .9% This is a con&ersation between !unus and a reporter% 5 a#ine what !unus says 3eporter7 +on#ratulations Mr !unusJ May 5 as$ you so e -uestions < !unus7 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF%% 3eporter7 ;hat are your feelin#s now that you ha&e won the Nobel Peace Prize < !unus7 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF%% 3eporter7 4ow did the idea of lendin# oney to the poor co e to you < !unus7 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF%% 3eporter7 "ut lendin# oney to the poor is so ehow ris$y' isn(t it < !unus7 FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF%% 3eporter7 Than$ you' Mr !unus% PART T'O ((5 points) Choose one o" the "o$$o)ing topi!s .% 5 a#ine a dialo#ue in which Pr !unus explains to a radio reporter how , icro credit( can result in the creation of social conditions for peace% Explain in particular how the lendin# of oney to poor people can help7 - #enerate wealth - create jobs - pre&ent cri inality a$e people ore hopefulF% 9% ;rite a letter to the chair an of the Nobel Prize +o ittee to propose a candidate for next year(s prize% Support your proposal by #i&in# a coherent account of the proble s she / he has sol&ed for the benefit of hu anity% 2

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