Pre-reading questions:
- Do you think money is important? Please explain.
- How do you save money?
Vocabulary:
- limited /LIM-i-tid/
- donation /doh-NEY-shuhn/
- lower /LOH-er/
- send /send/
- poor /poor/
[adjective] kept within a particular size, range, time etc.
Time during examinations is limited.
[noun] when money or goods are given to help a person or organization
My family sent a donation to the animal shelter.
[verb] to make something smaller in size, amount, or price
They lowered the price of milk in convenience stores.
[verb] to cause something to go from one place to another
I sent a letter to my aunt this morning.
[adjective] having very little money or few things
The poor people living in the streets were rescued.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) will have limited money starting July 2018. United States (U.S.) donations to UNRWA has lowered to only $60 million this year. Other countries like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), and Qatar sent about $50 million to help UNRWA. UNRWA helps poor Palestinians in Gaza and Syria.
True or False:
- UNRWA is a United Nations agency.
- UNRWA helps poor people in the Middle East.
- The U.S. donated $50 million to UNRWA.
- UNRWA will have limited money starting June 2018.
- UNRWA stands for ‘United National Relief and Works Agency’.
Vocabulary Check:
Complete the sentences by using the words in the box.
| donation | lower | limited | poor | send |
- The number of melon bread in the store is _______.
- The _______ for the public school was from the mayor.
- The _______ man went to the police station to ask for help.
- Keiko had to _______ the documents through mail.
- There is a _______ amount of sugar in a diet coke.