70 Read the blog post about palm oil. Some words are missing. Complete the text by writing one word for each gap (1–11) in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. LANGUAGE IN USE 1 FarisM My palm oil dilemma [ ] I am very interested in environmental issues, but until recently, I didn’t know anything about palm oil and the negative (0) it has on the environment. [ ] Palm oil is made from the fruit of oil palm trees. It is mainly produced in Indonesia and Malaysia. The problem is that palm oil (1) is responsible for deforestation. The rainforest is cut down to make (2) for plantations of oil palm trees, and, [ ] the rainforest is really important for the earth’s biodiversity because so many (3) of plants and animals live there. So, I decided to boycott all the products on supermarket (4) that contain palm oil. Sadly, this turned out to be extremely difficult because palm oil can basically be (5) everywhere: in hygiene products such as shampoo and soap, but also in (6) food such as instant noodles. [ ] the label often just says “vegetable oil” or “palmitic acid”. It’s really easy to buy palm oil by accident. When I was reading about palm oil production, I also started to worry about the farmers in developing countries who need palm oil as a source of (7) . Thanks to palm oil, they can now (8) a better standard of living than before. For example, they have running water in their houses and can (9) their children to school. [ ] it would be (10) if they lost all of that again. I think this problem is simply too complicated for consumers to (11) . In the future, big companies and the governments of the countries which produce palm oil will have to work together to find a solution that is good for the environment and for the poor farmers. [ ] 0 impact/influence/effect 6 1 7 2 8 3 9 4 10 5 11 Unit 05 Wild world Key Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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