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being asked to explain the same information over and over again to different officials,
especially over the telephone
spending a long time getting a document in one country, then you discover that nobody is
interested in it when you arrive in another country
officials who act like policemen

Unit 84
CNNNBWNH conflict = strong disagreement
84.1 ally = friendly country
release = permit to go free
troops = large group of soldiers
invade = enter another country by force and in large numbers
wound = injure from fighting
territory = land controlled by a country

WON they will retreat 5 release them
84.2 Re ceasefire = stop fighting 4 mostly civilians
carry on fighting / continue to fight
run out of food

84.3 First mention repeated as ...
ordinary people civilians
sol diers troops
shelling firing
hit wounded
allow them to enter let anyone in
captured take control of
sol diers army

84.4 Possible answers
1 Terrorists use hostages for bargaining, e.g. they release hostages if governments give them
money or release political prisoners. Hostages also give the terrorists protection.
2 Some governments refuse on moral grounds, i.e. they believe it is wrong to bargain with
hostages. Some governments believe that if you agree to terrorists demands on one occasion,
terrorists will attack again.

Unit 85
85.1 1 the ozone layer 5 industrial or human waste
2 global warming 6 tropical rainforests
3 acid rain 7 a bottle bank
4 exhaust fumes 8 natural or human resources
83.2 Noun Verb Noun Adjective
waste waste damage damaging
protection protect environment environmental
destruction destroy harm harmful (# harmless)
pollution pollute danger dangerous
damage damage safety safe

85.3 1 plants and animals 4 carbon dioxide
2 smoke from factories 5 destroys the ozone layer
3 the earth

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