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1. What opportunities does the development bring according to the first report?

Not only will the hotel need local workers but there are sure to be other jobs in tourism when the hotel guests start to arrive.

2. What other things will be built as well as the hotel?

The developers have promised a new road with wide pavements to and from the beach and replacement of the sad old beach restaurants which have been there for years.

3. Why does the second report think the development won’t be good?

Because locals who work at the old restaurants will probably lose their jobs

4. What do the protesters want to happen?

The protesters want a suspension of the building work until they know exactly how many jobs will go to local people.


أسئلة خارجية

1. According to the first report, describe how people in the city felt when developers issued a statement that they would build a new luxury hotel on the local beach? 

Everyone in the town was very excited. 

2. Why was everyone in town so excited upon hearing that contractors had issued a statement that they would be building a new luxury hotel on the local beach? 

Because the hotel will need local workers and provide other jobs in tourism when the hotel guests start to arrive. 

3. According to the first report, the contractors promised to build things rather than the hotel. Mention them? 

The developers have promised a new road with wide pavements to and from the beach and a replacement of the sad old beach restaurants which have been there for years. 

4. What is the illegal obstruction that the writer mentioned that was an example of some people's rejection of the project? 

Some activists tried to stop lorries from entering the beach to start building work. 

5. What accusation was made against the writer by local residents? 

The accusation was that he is working to promote the hotel company. 

6. Explain the opinion of the writer of the first report regarding the construction of the new hotel? 

He says that the hotel will solve many of the problems in their area, and he supports it one 100%. 

7. What was people's reaction to the construction of a new hotel on the local beach in both reports? 

Many local people were pleased and thought that the development could give us job security. 

8. What changed the writer’s opinion from a supporter of building the hotel to an opponent? 

When he put in a request to find out more about the developers on the internet, he quickly changed his mind. 

9. What does the underlined pronouns “I, my, me” in the text, refer to? 

The writer of the text. 

10. According to the opinion of the writer in the second article, what will be the result of the construction of replacing the traditional restaurants on the beach with new, upscale restaurants? 

Locals who work at the old restaurants will probably lose their jobs. 

11. How does the author of the article think that the plan to build several new roads leading to the beach would be bad and harmful? 

He says that it will affect bird and animal life in a sensitive nature area. 

12. What is the author of the second report planning, and why? 

He plans to join the other protesters who want a suspension of the building work until they know exactly how many jobs will go to local people. 

13. According to the opinion of the second author, the tension will continue, as will the demonstrators, until one thing is done? What is this thing? 

Tension will also continue until the plans for new roads are moved away from the sensitive nature areas. 

14. Why did the writer change his opinion from a supporter of building the hotel to an opponent? Mention the two reasons that made the writer changehis mind in supporting the construction of the hotel? 

Because he knew that the hotel is an international company and in all its branches, it employs an international staff. It also uses the same building contractors for all its hotels, and none of them are from our area.


ACTIVE READING | Recognising bias

Very few texts are completely balanced or objective, but there are some key indicators that a text is more strongly biased.

• facts are missing or exaggerated
• there are overgeneralisations
• there is little respect for different opinions
• there are quotation marks to indicate that the writer does not agree with a different opinion.


Find examples of nouns in the news reports with the suffixes in the table.

Suffixes

Nouns

-ment

statement, improvement, pavement, development. replacement

-tion

Information, solution, investigation

-sion

tension, suspension

-er/-or

worker, developers, protesters contactors

-ity

Opportunity, security

-hood

neighbourhood

-dom

Freedom

Complete the sentences with the correct noun forms of the (verbs) from the box. 

allege

Improve

replace

solve

1. The two sides need to sit down and find a(n) ....solution.... 
2. It will be difficult to find a suitable...
replacement... for Laila when she leaves her post.
3.The ...
allegations...against him are shocking, but he denies all of them. |
4.There has been a(n)...
improvement... in the standard of living in my country.


Complete the collocations from the articles with the correct verbs from the box. Then check your answers in the text.

come up with

refute

release

report

 

1. The accident was bad enough for them …report… the incident to the police.
2. Locals living on the street ...
refuted... the allegation that they did anything illegal. 
3. Perhaps they can try to ...
come up with...a solution. 
4. The developers ....
Released...a statement about their ‘improvement’ scheme.