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Child Labor
Child Labor
Most of us would be horrified to support a business that exploits children. But you may have done just that on your last shopping trip.
Perhaps you spent your money on a handcrafted carpet, without knowing it was made by a seven-year-old child laborer from India, where children are forced to work for 12 hours a day for very little pay.
Maybe you just bought a soccer ball for your son or daughter, without realizing your present was produced by five-year-old hands inside a dark and silent factory in Pakistan.
Around the world today, some 250 million boys and girls between the ages of five and fourteen are exploited in dangerous conditions, according to the International
Labor Organization - ILO.
Labor Organization - ILO.
Adapted from: U.S. Fund for Unicef. Unicef calls for an end to child labor. 1998.
http://www.unicefusa.org/issues97/jan97/labor.html
Answer questions 1 to 3 according to the text.
1. After reading the text we can say that:
a) boys and girls aged between five and fourteen are the only ones who benefit from
exploitative labor.
b) child labor isn’t a serious problem in some areas of the world.
c) developed countries eliminated child labor a long time ago.
d) 250 million adolescents work under dangerous conditions.
e) the exploitation of children is a global problem.
2. Which question below can be answered according to the ideas contained in the text?
a) Why is child labor expanding?
b) How much did the carpet cost?
c) Was the ball a birthday present?
d) Where do children work for almost no payment?
e) Are soccer balls produced only for children in Pakistan?
3. Na frase“… But you MAY HAVE DONE JUST THAT on your last shopping trip.”, as palavras em destaque indicam:
http://www.unicefusa.org/issues97/jan97/labor.html
Answer questions 1 to 3 according to the text.
1. After reading the text we can say that:
a) boys and girls aged between five and fourteen are the only ones who benefit from
exploitative labor.
b) child labor isn’t a serious problem in some areas of the world.
c) developed countries eliminated child labor a long time ago.
d) 250 million adolescents work under dangerous conditions.
e) the exploitation of children is a global problem.
2. Which question below can be answered according to the ideas contained in the text?
a) Why is child labor expanding?
b) How much did the carpet cost?
c) Was the ball a birthday present?
d) Where do children work for almost no payment?
e) Are soccer balls produced only for children in Pakistan?
3. Na frase“… But you MAY HAVE DONE JUST THAT on your last shopping trip.”, as palavras em destaque indicam:
a) unintentional participation in the promotion of a business that exploits children.
b) involuntary help to incite public opinion against child exploitation.
c) intentional contribution to a campaign against child labor.
d) accidental visit to a country that condemns child abuse.
e) voluntary assistance to child laborers.
LEARN MORE AT:
b) involuntary help to incite public opinion against child exploitation.
c) intentional contribution to a campaign against child labor.
d) accidental visit to a country that condemns child abuse.
e) voluntary assistance to child laborers.
LEARN MORE AT:
ANSWERS:
1. E
2. D
3. A
that's all foks,
Teacher Pyta
