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The Bank of Canada's governor Mark Carney apologised on Monday for the way the bank changed its new $100 bill. The new design for the banknote initially had an "Asian-looking" woman on it. However, a group of white Canadians complained, so the bank did a U-turn. It replaced the South Asian woman with an Anglo-American-looking face. In his apology, Mr Carney said: "I apologize to those who were offended. The Bank's handling of this issue did not meet the standards Canadians justifiably expect of us."
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The bank has come under fire from ethnic groups who say the banknotes should show people from non-white races. They say Canada is a multi-ethnic society, so publicly used things like $100 bills should represent the nation's diversity. A spokeswoman for Chinese Canadians, May Lui, demanded the bank change its policies. She asked: "What's this 'apology' for? For the appearance of the Asian-looking individual…or for the final image that appears on the note that we see today?"
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Match the following phrases from the article.
Paragraph 1
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The Bank of Canada's |
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offended |
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an Asian- |
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a U-turn |
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the bank did |
c. |
the standards |
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I apologize to those who were |
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of this issue |
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The Bank's handling |
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governor |
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meet |
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looking woman |
Paragraph 2
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The bank has come under |
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nation's diversity |
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people from non- |
b. |
on the note |
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a multi- |
c. |
fire from ethnic groups |
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represent the |
d. |
white races |
5. |
change its |
e. |
ethnic society |
6. |
the final image that appears |
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policies |
The Bank of Canada's governor Mark Carney apologised on Monday (1) ______________________ changed its new $100 bill. The new design for the (2) ______________________ an "Asian-looking" woman on it. However, a group of white Canadians complained, so the (3) ______________________. It replaced the South Asian woman with (4) ___________________ face. In his apology, Mr Carney said: "(5) ___________________ were offended. The Bank's (6) ______________________ did not meet the standards Canadians justifiably expect of us."
The bank (7) ______________________ from ethnic groups who say the banknotes should show (8) ______________________ races. They say Canada is (9) ______________________, so publicly used things like $100 bills (10) ____________________ nation's diversity. A spokeswoman for Chinese Canadians, May Lui, demanded the bank (11) ______________________. She asked: "What's this 'apology' for? For the appearance of the Asian-looking individual…or for (12) ______________________ appears on the note that we see today?"
The Bank of Canada's governor Mark Carney apologised on Monday (1) ____ the way the bank changed its new $100 bill. The new design for the banknote (2) ____ had an "Asian-(3) ____ " woman on it. However, a group of white Canadians complained, so the bank (4) ____ a U-turn. It replaced the South Asian woman with an Anglo-American-looking face. In his apology, Mr Carney said: "I apologize to (5) ____ who were offended. The Bank's handling of this issue did not (6) ____ the standards Canadians justifiably expect of us."
The bank has come (7) ____ fire from ethnic groups who say the banknotes should show people from (8) ____ -white races. They say Canada is a (9) ____ -ethnic society, so publicly used things like $100 bills should represent the nation's (10) ____. A spokeswoman for Chinese Canadians, May Lui, demanded the bank change (11) ____ policies. She asked: "What's this 'apology' for? For the appearance of the Asian-looking individual…or for the final image that appears on the note that we (12) ____ today?"
Put the correct words from this table into the article.
1. |
(a) |
for |
(b) |
how |
(c) |
as |
2. |
(a) |
initial |
(b) |
initials |
(c) |
initially |
3. |
(a) |
watching |
(b) |
looking |
(c) |
seeing |
4. |
(a) |
did |
(b) |
was |
(c) |
gave |
5. |
(a) |
them |
(b) |
those |
(c) |
they |
6. |
(a) |
stick |
(b) |
write |
(c) |
meet |
7. |
(a) |
under |
(b) |
over |
(c) |
in |
8. |
(a) |
non |
(b) |
not |
(c) |
no |
9. |
(a) |
maxi |
(b) |
multi |
(c) |
mini |
10. |
(a) |
university |
(b) |
obesity |
(c) |
diversity |
11. |
(a) |
it's |
(b) |
its |
(c) |
it |
12 |
(a) |
watch |
(b) |
look |
(c) |
see |
Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
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The Bank of Canada's erovongr |
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The new segdin |
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Canadians pademoicln |
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those who were oendffed |
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this ieuss |
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did not meet the dnatsdrsa |
Paragraph 2 |
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under fire from hnicet groups |
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non-ihwte races |
9. |
the nation's tisyvdrei |
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change its ciieplso |
11. |
What's this gylpooa for? |
12. |
the final image that arapspe on the note |
Number these lines in the correct order.
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way the bank changed its new $100 bill. The new design for the banknote initially |
( ) |
for the final image that appears on the note that we see today?" |
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people from non-white races. They say Canada is a multi-ethnic society, so publicly used |
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of this issue did not meet the standards Canadians justifiably expect of us." |
( ) |
Canadians, May Lui, demanded the bank change its policies. She asked: |
( 1 ) |
The Bank of Canada's governor Mark Carney apologised on Monday for the |
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"What's this 'apology' for? For the appearance of the Asian-looking individual…or |
( ) |
things like $100 bills should represent the nation's diversity. A spokeswoman for Chinese |
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face. In his apology, Mr Carney said: "I apologize to those who were offended. The Bank's handling |
( ) |
so the bank did a U-turn. It replaced the South Asian woman with an Anglo-American-looking |
( ) |
The bank has come under fire from ethnic groups who say the banknotes should show |
( ) |
had an "Asian-looking" woman on it. However, a group of white Canadians complained, |
With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
bank bill . the way The $100 new its changed |
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initially had an "Asian-looking" woman The banknote. |
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group white complained A of Canadians. |
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to apologize I offended were who those. |
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issue The handling this Bank's of. |
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bank under ethnic The come from has fire groups. |
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show non races should from white Banknotes people -. |
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ethnic They is - Canada multi society say a. |
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the $100 nation's bills diversity should represent. |
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final the image note that appears The on. |
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1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. RACE: Search the Internet and find more information about this story. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about making a new banknote. Include an imaginary interview with a banknote designer. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
4. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
5. LETTER: Write a letter to a Canada expert. Ask him/her three questions about Canada. Give him/her three of your opinions on the country. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Your partner will answer the questions you asked.
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