The United States already has a very special agreement for Greenland. Why isn’t that enough?
Warming Up
Use the internet for this assignment:
a Find out how Greenland got its name. Copy a short explanation. Add the source (the URL) where you found the information.
Your Reading Text:
Why does Trump actually want Greenland?
Read this article which sums up several reasons why Trump is so wild about owning Greenland.
Words
a Read the text. Find (and mark) the following words in the text:
by extension – territory – misconception – deflating – inevitably – equipment – tempting – defence – likely – to extract – to obtain – cooperation – threatening – to boast – self-determination
b Match the above words with their correct definitions.
- as is certain to happen
- a belief or an idea that is not based on correct information,
- as a consequence
- to get
- intimidating, bullying
- land that is under the control of a particular country or political leader
- letting out the air
- material
- probably
- to remove, for example by using an industrial or a chemical process
- the right of a country to be independent and to choose its own form of government
- situation in which people work together to do something
- to talk in a way that shows you are too proud of something that you have or can do
- things that countries do to protect themselves from enemies
- very attractive, so that you really want to have it
Questions About the Text
a What does the article say about the size of Greenland?
1 Greenland and Africa are more or less the same size.
2 In reality, Greenland is actually bigger than on most maps.
3 It is impossible to measure the exact size of Greenland.
4 On many maps, Greenland looks bigger than it actually is.
b What does the article say about Greenland’s metals and minerals? Choose all correct answers.
1 They could be one of the reasons why Trump wants Greenland.
2 They are extracted by the United States to make things like mobile phones.
3 They are not extracted by Greenland because they don’t have the technology for it.
4 They will definitely bring in a lot of money in the future.
c What is the real reason why Trump wants Greenland, according to de Carvalho?
1 Metals and minerals
2 Power and status
3 Security
4 The size of Greenland
Follow-up Task
a Find out more about Greenland on the internet.
Write down five serious facts about Greenland that you didn’t know about. For each fact, add the source of your information. (reading/writing)
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