Text Interpretation Activity, Speech by the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annanem, on October 24, 2005. The activity allows for the improvement of different reading skills, as well as reflection on the challenges of humanity.
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Today, as we celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations, we must recognize that today's world is very different from the one its founders knew.
The UN must reflect this new era and respond to its challenges, including, first and foremost, the fact that hundreds of millions of people find themselves helpless in the face of hunger, disease and environmental degradation, despite the fact that the world has the means to worth.
Last month, leaders from around the world gathered in New York to try to forge a common response to these challenges.
Both the leaders of rich and poor countries have pledged to adopt policies that, if applied in their entirety, they could cut hunger and poverty by half in the next ten years old.
They decided to create new UN bodies to promote respect for human rights and build lasting peace in war-torn countries.
They promised to fight terrorism in all its forms and to take collective action, when necessary, to save populations from genocide and other heinous crimes.
And they decided to introduce important reforms to the United Nations Secretariat. But with regard to climate change and the reform of the Security Council, they limited themselves to making feeble statements. And on nuclear proliferation and disarmament they failed to reach any agreement.
So they left us a lot of work to do. Today, when we celebrate the 60th anniversary of our indispensable institution, I promise you that I will do my part. And I trust that you, as citizens of the world, will fulfill your…
UN Regional Information Center in Brussels – RUNIC. Press release.
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Question 1 - According to the text, what is the main challenge facing the UN in the current world context?
Question 2 - There is a record of opinion in the ticket:
a) “[…] the fact that hundreds of millions of people are helpless in the face of hunger […]”
b) “Last month, leaders from all over the world met in New York […]”
c) “[…] fight terrorism in all its forms and adopt collective measures […]”
d) “[…] to the reform of the Security Council, they limited themselves to making feeble statements.”
Question 3 - In all excerpts, one can see the direct dialogue between the author of the text and the reader, except in:
a) “[…] we must recognize that the current world is very different from yours […]”
b) “The UN must reflect this new era and respond to its challenges […]”
c) “[…] I promise you that I will fulfill my part.”
d) “And I trust that you, as citizens of the world, will fulfill your…”
Question 4 – In “They left us, therefore, a lot of work to do.”, the highlighted conjunction establishes an idea of:
a) cause
b) opposition
c) condition
d) conclusion
Question 5 - In “[…] to save populations from genocide and other heinous crimes.”, the underlined adjective could be replaced by:
a) despicable
b) insignificant
c) commonplace
d) controversial
Question 6 – In the segment “[…] the fact that hundreds of millions of people meet indefenses against hunger […]”, the underlined prefix indicates:
a) removal
b) denial
c) backward movement
d) lower position
Question 7 – “Both the leaders of the rich countries and those of the poor countries have pledged to adopt policies that […]”. Identify the term omitted in this passage of text:
By Denyse Lage Fonseca – Graduated in Languages and specialist in distance education.
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