Sánchez Explains Support for Morocco in Ceuta Crisis
Pedro Sánchez is the leader of Spain. He talked about the crisis in Ceuta. Ceuta is a Spanish city in Africa.
Many migrants came to Ceuta. Migrants are people who move to a new country.
Sánchez said Morocco is important. He said most migrants must go back to Morocco. Morocco is the country next to Ceuta.
Sánchez talked about this on a TV show called 'El Intermedio'. He spoke with a man named Wyoming.
Sánchez said the government needs more time. He thinks the situation will be calm by the end of the year.
He used the word 'stabilise'. This means to make something calm and stable again.
The government wants to control the number of people arriving. This is difficult work.
Vocabulary15 words
- Ceuta
- a small Spanish city in Africa, near Morocco
- migrants
- people who move to live in another country
- stabilise
- to make something calm and steady
- crisis
- a very bad and difficult situation
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- return
- to go back to a place
- defend
- to explain why something is right
- situation
- what is happening now
- interview
- when someone answers questions on TV or in a paper
- leader
- the person in charge
- arrive
- to come to a place
- country
- a nation with its own government
- control
- to manage or direct something
- important
- having big value or meaning
- explain
- to make something clear
Quiz
Answer key
1. The leader of Spain 2. They must return to Morocco 3. By the end of the year
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Pedro Sánchez is the _____ of Spain. He talked about the _____ in Ceuta.
Many _____ came to Ceuta.
Sánchez said Morocco is _____. He said most migrants must go back to Morocco.
Sánchez talked about this on a TV show called 'El Intermedio'. He spoke with a man named _____.
Sánchez said the _____ needs more time.
He used the word '_____'. This means to make something calm again.
The government wants to _____ the number of people arriving.