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Escuela Superior de Comercio
"Libertador Gral. San Martín"
Departamento de Lenguas
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community garden or cooking for the poor or the elderly in a shelter?
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Famous sports players, artisls and other very wealthy celebrities usually
give to charities or have their own charities. lt is very gener0us of them in
some cases, but in some others they do itbecause in this way they pay
fewer taxes to the government for their professional work.
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Surf the Net and find info about a famous charity in your city / country,
Bring the results of your research to class and share them with your
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this information so that you supply your followers with current issues. When you finish,
exchange information with another group and post comments on their blog.
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Recruiting soccer players in Argentina has always been a I concept. There are important
soccer clubs scatlered throughout diiferent provtnces and rS urlUuuute(lly the rlru5l
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popular sportin the country. As itis a passion and moslchilcJren "rrd l;jeri:; pritclice sccüer¡l _r:'
schoolwith their friends in ihe neighbourhood or atthe club, ilrs easy io iind new iaients just (t=
around the corner. However, the biggest clubs in the country usually send nlanagets l0 walch e
and testplayers in differentcities Iike Córdoba Santa Fe, Rosario. Mendoza and Juiuy to a
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has lowered the leveland the qualitf;of soccer in general. ln spile ol the huge rlutriber 0l
incredibly talented players we have, _0vfl$ad_0u.Sln0_0am9 and new players are
picked or admitted only if they are an ec0nomic promise for the club and its repressntatives,
if they have natural conditions to play in other markels and if they play a position in the field
thatis worth better contracts with European clubs in the future. Ihus we are leaving behind the
South American Drearn of being a s0ccer world power 0ur players are big stars shining in the
world premier leagues but the results of our National Team in the last five World Cups clearly
reflect the flaws of the management svstem in Argentina and, worst of all, exposes the dcqr-ly
entrenched corruption of our long-established and dated soccer authorittes.
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2 What is the main objective of the text? ChoosJone of the following
options and explain'the reason for your choice.
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Gender discrimination is among the mostnotorious, widespread, cruel and pathelic. The stats are outra0eous.
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The situation tends to be worse in some developing countries. The choice of work is restricted for women
because of cuitural mentalities or educational discrimination. Often women are notallowed lo work atall and
are conf ined to housekeeping, which obviously limits their development oppottunities
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b Mention five instances of gender discrimination in the world according to the text.
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civilised society. These are our everyday laws.
lf our personal life is influenced by law, we can imagine to whalextentbLlslllesses ancl
those who work for them are affected by it. Some large companies employ a leanr oJ
lawyers or a law firm and many people study Business Law.
The business world has special needs thatrequire special laws, business is conducted
by people and sometimes situations can become difficult. The Commercial Code
establishes the ways for solving these conflicts since itsets the principies thathelp to
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d Solne large cornpanies enploy lawyeLs
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5 ln groups discuss these ideas and share them with the class.
/ Do you buy CDs or download music? How do you think that music downloads
affect the muS¡c ¡ndustfy? Do downloadS result in lost sales? Do yoLt think that
the music industry benefits from music downloads? How?
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./ Are there laws for downloading music? Are they 0beyed in your country?
How can piracy be prevented?