• An African Love Story
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  • 30.12.2024
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An Afri­can Love Story

1
Read the text on pages 50/51 in your text­book.
2
Write down all the words you don’t un­der­stand and in­clu­de them into your vo­ca­bu­la­ry sys­tem.
3
Do the exer­ci­ses  2-5 on page 52. These are ty­pi­cal exam tasks.

In case you'd like to work di­gi­tal you'll also find the tasks below.
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Exer­ci­se 2: In­for­ma­ti­on on the text
Give the lines in the text where you find the fol­lo­wing in­for­ma­ti­on.
  • The people of Bots­wa­na's first re­ac­tion to Ruth. - Line 
  • Un­fair tac­tics were used to try to make it im­pos­si­ble for Se­ret­se to live in his coun­try. - Line  .
  • The sad si­tu­a­ti­on in Bots­wa­na after years of Bri­tish rule. - Line  .
  • The re­a­son why go­vern­ments in se­ve­r­al coun­t­ries didn't want Bots­wa­na to suc­ceed as an in­de­pen­dent coun­try. - Line  .
  • The go­vern­ment stra­te­gy for ha­ving fewer pre­ju­di­ces bet­ween people from dif­fe­rent re­gi­o­nal groups. - Line  .
  • Many people in Bot­wa­na don't have a job. - Line 89-90.
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Exer­ci­se 3: Ruth and Se­ret­se
The text de­scri­bes Ruth and Se­ret­se's mar­ri­a­ge as po­li­ti­cal dy­na­mi­te. Ex­plain in your own words why that was so.

It was so­cial dy­na­mi­te be­cau­se ...
It was po­li­ti­cal dy­na­mi­te be­cau­se ...
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Exer­ci­se 3: Ruth and Se­ret­se
You can do this exer­ci­se in two dif­fe­rent le­vels.
Easy: page 52, exer­ci­se 4
Dif­fi­cult: page 89, exer­ci­se 4
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You own opi­ni­on
Read the state­ment below, then give three ar­gu­ments for or against it.

If I went on ho­li­day, I would choo­se Bots­wa­na.

Write about 60 words in all.
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