Tunisia Sets New Prices for Bottled Water and Poultry
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The Ministry of Trade in Tunisia has set new prices.
These prices are for bottled mineral water and poultry.
Poultry means chicken and other birds people eat.
The ministry wants to control how much sellers can charge.
This news comes at the same time as a water problem in Tunisia.
There is not enough drinking water and mineral water for people.
Some people say this is a short problem.
Other people say it is a bigger, long-term problem.
A long-term problem is called a structural problem.
The government wants to help people get water at a fair price.
Many families in Tunisia buy bottled water every day.
They need it because tap water is sometimes not enough.
The new prices should help control the market.
People are waiting to see if the water problem gets better.
Vocabulary15 words
- bottled
- put into a bottle to sell
- poultry
- chicken and other birds we eat
- structural
- about the basic and long-term system
- ministry
- a big government department
- supply
- the amount of something people can get
- price
- how much money something costs
- market
- the buying and selling of things
- drinking water
- clean water safe for people to drink
- mineral water
- natural water with minerals from the ground
- government
- the group of people who run a country
- control
- to manage or direct something
- crisis
- a very bad or difficult situation
- short-term
- lasting only a little time
- long-term
- lasting for a long time
- fair
- right and equal for everyone
Quiz
Answer key
1. Bottled mineral water and poultry 2. — 3. False, people disagree if it is short-term or long-term
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The Ministry of Trade in Tunisia has set new _____.
These prices are for bottled _____ water and _____.
The ministry wants to control how much _____ can charge.
This news comes with a _____ problem in Tunisia.
There is not enough _____ water and mineral water for people.
Some people say this is a _____ problem.
Other people say it is a bigger, _____ problem.
The government wants to help people get water at a _____ price.
Many families in Tunisia buy bottled water every _____.
The new prices should help control the _____.