Global Issues and Volunteering

This lesson extends the social and environmental topics to a global scale, covering international issues, humanitarian work and volunteering. These topics appear in higher-tier reading and listening materials and are useful for demonstrating range in writing and speaking.

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1. Global Issues (Los problemas mundiales)

Spanish	English
la guerra	war
la paz	peace
el terrorismo	terrorism
los refugiados	refugees
la pobreza extrema	extreme poverty
el hambre en el mundo	world hunger
la falta de agua potable	lack of clean drinking water
las enfermedades	diseases
la educación	education
la desigualdad entre países	inequality between countries
los países en vías de desarrollo	developing countries
los países desarrollados	developed countries
la ayuda humanitaria	humanitarian aid
la cooperación internacional	international cooperation
los derechos de los niños	children's rights

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2. Volunteering (El voluntariado)