Aprenda inglés en el Foro Económico Mundial

La brecha entre pobres y ricos es uno de los grandes temas del Foro Económico Mundial en Davos, Suiza. Vea el video y aprenda nuevo vocabulario.

Transcripción en inglés

The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer.

That’s what world leaders who are gathering for the start of the World Economic Forum are being told this week.

The charity Oxfam says that by 2015, 50 percent of the world’s wealth will be owned by the richest one percent of the population.

They say urgent action is needed to narrow the gap between the global elite and the other 99 percent.

Vocabulario

world leaders

presidents, prime ministers and other important people

charity an organisation that helps people in need

urgent action

serious steps that need to be taken to solve a problem

narrow the gap

to bring two things closer together

global elite

the small group of people with the most power and money around the world

Ejercicios

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports. Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

global elite / world leaders / narrow the gap / charity / urgent action

1. Growing scientific evidence of accelerating greenhouse gas emissions, melting icecaps and the shrinking capacity of "sinks" to absorb emissions means we need bold, __________ by government to drive down emissions to zero.

2. “We also recognise the importance of helping the lagging regions __________ in growth rates.”

3. While __________ were formulating an international response to modern climate change,archaeologists were discussing a serious shift in climate that happened 2,500 years ago.

4. Stephen Sackur asks "is it time we challenged the power of the __________?"

5. Filmmakers and __________ workers are joining forces to raise awareness of the dangers of childbirth in Bangladesh.

Respuestas

1. Growing scientific evidence of accelerating greenhouse gas emissions, melting icecaps and the shrinking capacity of "sinks" to absorb emissions means we need bold, urgent action by government to drive down emissions to zero.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Green movement forgets its politics</caption><url href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7385615.stm" platform="highweb"/></link>

2. “We also recognise the importance of helping the lagging regions narrow the gap in growth rates.”

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Labour 'fails on North-South gap'</caption><url href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6932551.stm" platform="highweb"/></link>

3. While world leaders were formulating an international response to modern climate change,archaeologists were discussing a serious shift in climate that happened 2,500 years ago.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> The year 2014 in archaeology</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30520025" platform="highweb"/></link>

4. Stephen Sackur asks "is it time we challenged the power of the global elite?"

Source: <link type="page"><caption> The Power of the Global Elite</caption><url href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/7699497.stm" platform="highweb"/></link>

5. Filmmakers and charity workers are joining forces to raise awareness of the dangers of childbirth in Bangladesh.

Source: <link type="page"><caption> Bangladesh drama breaks childbirth taboo</caption><url href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-30859792" platform="highweb"/></link>