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International Awareness Semester 1 Final Exam Review
Listenings:

mp3New Zealand from 'Cocolo'.

mp3Brazil from 'Cocolo'

mp3 Child Labor

mp3Things on test and 'Keywords' from 'Child Labor'. ( read below )


Things on the test:

1) Cocoro 'Brazil' (Marcio) text.
   Listen to it! Read it!
2) Cocoro 'New Zealand' (Alec) text.
   Listen to it! Read it!
3) Essay:
   Choose one topic:' Child Labor', or 'Deforestation' (at least 100 words)
4) Keywords from 'Child Labor'
   Read it again! Can you understand the definitions of the words in English?

Globalization:
  (Different countries buying and selling more with eachÅ@other. One country's company makes a factory in another country. This is happening more often these days.)
Child labor:
  (Young people working.)
Typical:
  (adj.) (The kind of thing that fits the usual image everybody has about a thing.)
Sweatshops:
  (Factories where the work is long and the pay is low.)
Factory
  (A place where people make, or produce things, usually a big place.)
A demonstration:
  (When people gather in public and complain about a problem.)
Public opinion:
  (The general way people think about an issue.Å@It can change the world.)
The People Tree:Å@
  (The name of a clothing company that treats workers fairly.)
A fair trade company:
  (A type of company that respects workers, and the rights of people in developing countries.)
Awareness:
  (To know about something. To be conscious of something.)
To march
  (Many people walking together, like in a demonstration.)