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49 Listen to part of the FM4 interview with Benjamin Barber again and fill in the missing words. LISTENING 4 41 xv5p4s Right now, the problem is, a lot of people in the city, they (1) in ways that have nothing to do with their residence and citizenship in the cities. Of course, we can have national (2) that are progressive or liberal. All we have to do is have the majority of (3) who vote and live in cities vote for them. It’s not like it’s a tiny (4) , the question is the opposite: how does 20% of the American (5) , old, white, rural Republican men, control a country which is a (6) people of color and young people, and so on. That’s not because (7) is working, it’s because democracy is not working. So, I don’t think it’s unrealistic. I think what’s unrealistic is how we live in a world controlled by the countryside when the city is in the (8)  . How we live in a world controlled by monoculture when the world is multicultural. And I see it just the opposite: realism means in time (9)  , mixed race, mixed religion will come to control the world, because they will be the majority, and what is democracy but the rule of the majority? ACROSS 2 caring 6 emotional 7 respectful DOWN 1 strong 3 decisive 4 self-confident ( self- …) 5 open-minded (… -minded ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The qualities of a leader Fill in the opposites of the adjectives. LANGUAGE 5 Articles Complete the gaps with a / an , the or – (no article). LANGUAGE 6 1 soup kitchen helps kids by giving them free tuition, because education is important if you want to get good job. 2 pet shop where Lizzie works does lot to raise environmental awareness. They organise workshops and cleanups for kids there. Lizzie worked with group of kids one day. She told them how rubbish pollutes environment. But she had to go to hospital because she stepped into hole and hurt her leg. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv