Lesson 1

Vocabulary

1. Complete the sentences with the correct words.

1. Around 30% of Egyptians work in farming and agriculture.
2. It is not sustainable to use petrol in cars, as one day, we will have no more oil.
3. My uncle keeps livestock on his farm, such as sheep and goats.
4. The weather has been very good for the cotton cropo this year.
5. Food production went up after the company bought new equipment for its factory.
6. Technological innovation means that we can now make seawater safe to drink.
7. The variety of crops grown on that farm is huge.

2. Match the numbers and the words.

1. 10,000,000, c. ten million
2. 10,000,000,000, e. ten billion
3. 70 %,, b. seventy percent
4. 2,050, d. two thousand and fifty
5. 2050, a. twenty fifty

Listening and reading

3. Listen and complete the sentences with a number or amount.

The population of Egypt is growing by nearly 1 two percent a year.
That means that there are 2 one million more people living in its cities every six months.
This is a problem in a country where 3 95 percent of its population live on about 4 four percent of its land.
It is thought that the population of Egypt will be around 5 128 million by 6 2030.
So what are the solutions to these problems? One plan is to invest 7 billions of pounds in a new capital city outside Cairo.
This is one of the big projects that will help the 8 700,000 young people who start looking for work each year.