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Mónica Ramos Caballero ha dit...

THESE ARE THE CORRECTIONS OF YOUR WORK. WELL DONE.

Group 2 - Victor Cabrera, Karen Lopez, Emmanuel Vera, Adria Bartoli



1 – Guatemala is a country in Central America, his capital is Guatemala City.



- Guatemala map

- Santa Apolonia map



2 – Mario and Stefanie ARE 11 years old



3 – I like tortillas of Guatemala, theY are round and cooked from the flour. Guatemala haS a expensive collection of Maya artefacts, and some museums such as the Ixchel.



4 - Her dad died three years ago, and her mum recently HAD an accident and can’t walk any more. She had to give up her shop and now she hasn’t got a job to give money for HER family



5 - Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person or structure stand at a certain distance from the ground.
Maize is a vegetable that a lot of people grind to make flour that is cooked to make round, flat pancakes and tortillas.



6 – Stefanie dreamED that she will live in the United States and work as a doctor, because She doesn’t like TO stay in Guatemala City.



7 – Mario every morning getS up early, to help feed and water his cow and his pigs. Mario haS to grow enough food to eat. His mum was in a group called ADEMI, and she received money FROM this grOup. She bought a cow with the money, and later bought a pig and clothes for Mario. Mario doesn’t live very well, but his mum EARNS a little money.



8 – Mario earnED 1,66 € (20 quetzales) TO sell a rabbit.



9 – The Mario'S KITCHEN is very empty. He hasn’t GOT light and electricity and THEY do the washing up and the cooking in dirty laundries.



10 – ADEMI is a group that giveS money to poor families, like Mario’s family.

ADEMI is important to Mario’s familiy because THEY give money to BE ABLE TO BUY cowS, grow and EARN money to buy for his family and for him.







WRITING



- Hi, Mario’s mother. This is aN interview for the Washington Post, can you explain

how DID you and your family survive?



We receiveD help from a group called ADEMI. With this money I BOUGHT food and clothes for me and my family, and also we BOUGHT a cow and pigs. MY children AND I also grow maize.









- How is your house?



Our house isn’t very big, the kitchen is a small room with an earth floor with a

fire burning underneath. At the end of the house there is a toilet, a chicken coop and a wood store







Vocabulary



Surrounded -> rodeado



Grow -> crecer



Crowded -> lleno



Peacefully -> pacífico



Need -> necesidad



Raise -> levantar



Barrowed -> prestar o dejar



Calf –> ternero



Halfway -> a medio camino



wonder off -> alejarse, extraviar



Maize -> maíz



Sheds -> cobertizo



Wardrobes -> armarios



Middle -> medio