PARAGRAPH ONE:
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fast-food workers went |
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enough |
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They get paid the minimum |
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up |
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This is the same |
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on strike |
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They cannot live |
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rate |
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Prices have gone |
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wage |
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double their current |
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fight |
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It isn't |
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as 2009 |
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it's my right to |
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on that |
PARAGRAPH TWO:
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managers decide |
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more expensive burgers |
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Most of their restaurants |
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association |
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higher wages would mean |
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are independent |
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McDonald's profits were |
d. |
the minimum wage |
5. |
a restaurant |
e. |
about wages |
6. |
have little work |
f. |
timers |
7. |
Five per cent of fast-food workers get |
g. |
over $5.5 billion |
8. |
Most of those are part- |
h. |
experience |
LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS
American fast-food workers (1) ___________________ Thursday. They want more money. (2) ___________________ minimum wage of $7.25. This is the same as 2009. They cannot live on that. Prices (3) ___________________ but their wages have not. The workers want $15 an hour - (4) _______________ rate. A pizza restaurant worker told the BBC he (5) ________________. It isn't enough for himself and his daughter. He said: "I know (6) ___________________ job, but it's my right to fight for what I deserve."
McDonald's and Burger King said their restaurant managers (7) _________________. Most of their restaurants are independent. They (8) ___________________ would mean more expensive burgers. McDonald's (9) ___________________ $5.5 billion in 2011. A restaurant association said wages are low because the staff are young (10) ___________________ experience. (11) ___________________-food workers get the minimum wage. Most of (12) ___________________ and half are teenagers.
PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE
Americanfast-foodworkerswentonstrikeonThursday.Theywa
ntmoremoney.Theygetpaidtheminimumwageof$7.25.Thisisthesa
meas2009.Theycannotliveonthat.Priceshavegoneupbuttheirwag
eshavenot.Theworkerswant$15anhour-doubletheirc
urrentrate.ApizzarestaurantworkertoldtheBBChegot$9anhour.Iti
sn'tenoughforhimselfandhisdaughter.Hesaid:"IknowI'mriskingm
yjob,butit'smyrighttofightforwhatIdeserve."McDonald'sandBurge
rKingsaidtheirrestaurantmanagersdecideaboutwages.Mostofthei
rrestaurantsareindependent.Theysaidhigherwageswouldmeanm
oreexpensiveburgers.McDonald'sprofitswereover$5.5billionin20
11.Arestaurantassociationsaidwagesarelowbecausethestaffareyo
ungandhavelittleworkexperience.Fivepercentoffast-foodwork
ersgettheminimumwage.Mostofthosearepart-timersandha
lfareteenagers.
WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)
Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).
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WRITING
Write about wages / salary for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner's paper.
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