Algerian Cooking Oil Makers Say Production Is Normal
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Some people in Algeria could not find cooking oil in shops.
People asked why there was less oil on the shelves.
Big companies make most of the cooking oil in Algeria.
Three big companies are Cevital, SIM, and La Belle.
These companies say they still make a lot of oil.
They say they work at full capacity. This means they make as much as they can.
The companies want to help the market. A market is where people buy and sell things.
They say there will be enough oil for everyone.
They want to stop the shortage. A shortage means there is not enough of something.
The companies say the supply of oil will be normal soon.
Supply means the amount of a thing that is available.
People in Algeria are watching to see if this is true.
Vocabulary15 words
- cooking oil
- oil used to cook food
- shelves
- flat parts in a shop where things are put
- full capacity
- the most that something can produce or do
- market
- a place where people buy and sell things
- shortage
- not having enough of something
- supply
- the amount of something that is available
- industrial groups
- big companies that make products
- product
- a thing that is made to be sold
- normal
- usual; not different
- reasons
- why something happens
- available
- able to be bought or used
- companies
- businesses that make or sell things
- produce
- to make something
- guarantee
- to promise something will happen
- disponibility
- being able to be found or bought
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Answer key
1. Cooking oil 2. Making oil at full capacity 3. False
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Some people in Algeria could not find _____ in shops.
People asked why there was less oil on the _____.
Big companies make most of the cooking oil in _____.
Three big companies are Cevital, SIM, and _____.
These companies say they still make a lot of _____.
They say they work at full _____.
The companies want to help the _____.
They say there will be enough oil for _____.
They want to stop the _____.
The companies say the _____ of oil will be normal soon.
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