Lawyer Pierpaolo Bottini Considered for Justice Ministry
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Lula is the president of Brazil.
He is thinking about a new minister.
A minister is an important job in government.
The job is for the Ministry of Justice.
This ministry works with law and crime in Brazil.
Lula may choose Pierpaolo Bottini for this job.
Bottini is a criminal lawyer.
A criminal lawyer helps people in court.
Bottini worked before as a lawyer for Vorcaro.
Vorcaro is a person from a different case.
Lula has not made a final decision yet.
People are talking about this possible choice.
This news comes from a report in Brazil.
Many people want to know who will get the job.
We will learn more soon.
Vocabulary15 words
- minister
- an important person who leads a part of government
- Ministry of Justice
- the government department for law and crime
- criminal lawyer
- a lawyer who works on crime cases
- lawyer
- a person who helps people with the law
- decision
- a choice someone makes
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- president
- the top leader of a country
- job
- work that a person does
- choose
- to pick one thing or person
- report
- a piece of news information
- case
- a problem or situation in law
- court
- a place where law problems are solved
- crime
- something bad or illegal a person does
- law
- rules that people must follow
- final
- the last one; no more changes
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1. Minister of Justice 2. Criminal lawyer 3. No, not yet
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Lula is the president of _____.
He is thinking about a new _____.
The job is for the Ministry of _____.
Lula may choose Pierpaolo _____ for this job.
Bottini is a criminal _____.
A criminal lawyer helps people in _____.
Bottini worked before as a lawyer for _____.
Lula has not made a final _____ yet.
People are talking about this possible _____.
This news comes from a _____ in Brazil.
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