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Comprehension check
Match the beginnings and the endings to make sentences about the text.
1. The diamond industry is worried because
2. The diamond industry doesn’t buy conflict diamonds because
3. There is a lot of
diamond smuggling because
4. The Kalahari Bushmen are angry because
5. The diamond industry is important in Botswana because
6. The diamond industry has
started a website because
a.
it wants to fight negative publicity from the film.
b.
they lost their land because of diamond mining.
c.
the film
Blood Diamond might bring negative publicity.
d.
the control systems aren’t strong enough.
e.
25% of jobs are linked to the diamond industry.
f.
it doesn’t want the money to be used to buy arms.
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Vocabulary
Collocations
Find 6 words in the text that follow the word diamond.
Hollywood caught in gem warfare
Level 1
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Elementary
diamond
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