21 62 Famous speeches Working with synonyms a) Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right. 1. to exploit C A to arrange for sth. to take place later 2. to postpone B to be involved in 3. to dedicate to C to benefit unfairly by paying less than one should pay 4. to be engaged in D to come into view 5. to surrender E to devote time etc. to a cause 6. to persuade sb. F to be established firmly, to have one’s origin in 7. to underestimate G to give up 8. to emerge H to give up sth. 9. to be rooted in I to have the same qualities as 10. to make sacrifices J to make sb. do sth. by talking them into it 11. to resemble K to regard sb. or sth. as smaller/less important than they are b) Match the paragraphs on the right with the words on the left from task 3a and fill in the right forms. to be engaged in The cosmetics company was deeply involved in humanitarian activities. They are engaged in 1 educational projects in Africa. Everybody takes money for favours. This deeply 2 their local culture. The students gave up a lot of time to help underprivileged teenagers to learn how to read. They a considerable amount of their spare time 3 this project. After the fight he was stronger than before. He 4 as a real hero. Some Western companies profit from the fact that they think they do not need to pay workers in developing countries fairly. They 5 the workforce there. She gave up smoking to be able to save the money for her daughter’s education. She real 6 to help her daughter get a better education than she had. The children talked and talked to their parents until they gave up and allowed them to stay up late. It was surprising to see how they managed to 7 them. The author kept shifting the deadlines. He never finished at the arranged date. He was so disorganised that the publisher had to 8 the publication date. Peter and his sister look nearly the same. With their dark eyes and their dark hair they 9 each other. They could not go on fighting against the foreign forces and 10 quickly to save lives. Sometimes people do not take politics too seriously, but they should not 11 politicians because they can be very powerful. 3 ✔ Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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