Brazilian troops deployed to battle Amazon fire
Brazilian troops have started to be deployed in the Amazon in an attempt to fight a record number of forest fires.
Forty-four thousand soldiers will be deployed in what the government are calling "unprecedented" operations to get on top of a crisis which has provoked anti-government protests and pressure from leading world powers.
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Vocabulary/Expressions:
1.
- forest fire - a fire burning in an area of land with many trees, that is difficult to control and sometimes spreads quickly
2.
- obstruct - to prevent or hinder from passage, action, or operation
3.
- deploy - move (troops or equipment) into position for military action
Questions:
1. Describe the Amazon forest at the moment. Cite the impacts of the fire.
2. Enumerate the accusations against the president of Brazil.
3. State the effects of the forest fire to Sao Paulo residents. How come they couldn't quite belive it reached their area?
4. Spill your views on the efforts exerted to put the fires out, were you satisfied? Explain.
5. How could this catastrophe affect the whole world?
