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Click on this link to listen to the story of Alain Sauvage, the French farmer who went to live in Ukraine: The farmer's dream
Now find the answers to the questions below.
(Drag your mouse under the the question to see the answers.
The first one has been done for you.)
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1.32 |
Where did Alain Sauvage grow up? |
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| He grew up on a small family farm in Champagne, France. |
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1.48 |
What animals lived there? |
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There were horses, cows, pigs and poultry. |
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2.11 |
Why does he want go to Ukraine? |
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When he was little he was told that Ukraine had the best soil in the whole world. |
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2.17 |
Who started the the move to Ukraine off? |
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Alain's daughter, Cecile, bought the newspaper with an
article about Ukraine. |
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2.45 |
What other jobs has Alain done? |
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He has been in the furniture business. |
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2.59 |
How did the Sauvages go to Ukraine? |
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They drove their car across Europe. |
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3.04 |
Where did they go to? |
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They drove to the village of Krasivka, 200km west of Kiev. |
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3.27 |
How long did it take them to travel to their destination? |
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It took them 20 hours to drive to Krasivka. |
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4.23 |
Was his farm a big one? |
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Yes it was massive, it could receive 1000 cows. |
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5.18 |
How long have the French been there now? |
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The Sauvages have been in Krasivka for 3 years. |
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5.22 |
What happened when the Sauvages first arrived? |
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There was a village meeting and the villagers all agreed to let the Sauvages have the land. |
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What happened in the 1930s? |
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There was a great famine and millions of peasants perished. |
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6.20 |
How many deals did the Sauvages have to make for their land? |
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They had to make 600 deals to get the land they wanted. |
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7.45 |
Why is the village slowly dieing? |
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There is no work and people are looking for jobs elsewhere. |
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8.31 |
What happened at the end of collective farming? |
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The best of the villagers went to the towns leaving behind the old and people with drinking problems. |
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8.48 |
What career did Alain's son Cyril, leave behind? |
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He left behind a career in French motor racing. |
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10.08 |
How much did it cost the family to take their car to Ukraine? |
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It cost them 40,000 dollars to take their car to Ukraine. |
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10.55 |
What was the problem with the wholesaler? |
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The wholesaler paid them under half of what they should have been paid. |
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11.10 |
What happened in 2005? |
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Alain Sauvage got mental depression. |
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| Now try to complete the below sentences... |
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11.40 |
The Ukrainian people don't have the same ________________ as West European people. |
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mentality |
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12.12 |
The Sauvage family find Aleksander Zirojevic ________________ and call him Sasha. |
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a bit of a mouthfull |
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13.12 |
Sasha ________________ the claims of the suvages. |
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brushes away |
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13.18 |
I simply wish everybody and the French could be ________________ not to treat us as ________________. |
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closer to each other......
second class citizens |
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13.35 |
But maybe being well paid they ________________ working 12 hours a day. |
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don't mind |
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13.46 |
Most of Krasivka take their water in ________________ from village wells. |
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buckets |
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14.04 |
When I was coming back from the fields I would wash from a ________________. |
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pan of water |
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14.19 |
In France 50 years ago there was ________________ in villages, even a century ago. |
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running water |
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14.40 |
Most of the villagers here supported them ________________ . |
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wholeheartedly |
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| Decide if the following sentences are true or false... |
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14.55 |
Making the village pump work again was difficult because the machinery was too costly. |
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False. The permit to get the water pump working again was too costly. |
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15.36 |
The mayor was re-elected because the Ukrainian mentality is that it is better to have a bad guy than no-one at all. |
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True. |
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17.39 |
The Sauvages have helped local society by opening a French school. |
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False, they have funded the renovation and refurbishing of the local school and supplied the local nursery with toys but there is no mention of any connection to French. |
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The former farm manager thinks that making charity work a priority was a mistake. |
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True. |
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The Sauvage family are now receiving support from the Argentinean government. |
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False. They are selling the farm to some Argentinians. |
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| Find the words to match the following definitions... |
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Adjective
- not drunk or affected by alcohol:
E.g. Are you _ _ _ _ _ enough to drive, Jim? |
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sober |
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Adjective
- improving the quality of something by adding something else:
E.g. Knowing her is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ my life. |
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enriching |
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Noun [C or U]
- a confident feeling about what will happen in the future:
E.g. Is there any _ _ _ _ of getting financial support for the project? |
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hope |
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Adjective
- very large in size, amount or number:
E.g. They've got a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ house. |
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massive |
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Noun [C or U]
- when there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when this happens:
E.g. There were reports of refugees dying of _ _ _ _ _ _. |
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famine |
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Noun [C]
- a person who owns or rents a small piece of land and grows crops, keeps animals, etc. on it, especially one who has a low income, very little education and a low social position.
E.g. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ women with scarves around their heads were working in the fields. |
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peasant |
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Adjective
- bad or very unpleasant:
E.g. There's a _ _ _ _ _ smell in here. |
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nasty |
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Noun [C or U]
- a system of giving money, food or help free to those who are in need because they are ill, poor or homeless, or any organization which is established to provide money or help in this way:
E.g. She does a lot of work for _ _ _ _ _ _ _. |
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charity |
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Collocation
- to stop doing a regular activity or job:
E.g. We're going to _ _ _ _ / _ _ / _ / _ _ _ after this year. |
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call it a day |
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Adjective
- describes living conditions that are basic, unpleasant and uncomfortable:
E.g. Early settlers had to cope with very _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ living conditions. |
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primitive |
| Story courtesy of BBC World Service |
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