A2 listening
Helping refugees survive the winter
Put the following words in the text preceded by the verb ‘to be’ where necessary
clothing budgeting preparing reaching fleeing
The United Nations refugee agency _______________ to help hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees survive the winter. Officials said they ____________ $64m for fuel, food, shelter and ___________ for refugees in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon. The agency also says it hopes to help people who ______________ their homes but are now still inside Syria – but warns that the violence made ____________ them very difficult.
More than _______________ Syrians have already fled their country. But with two to three thousand ____________ the borders every day, the UN refugee agency expects that figure to double to 700,000 by the end of this __________ . Most of those fleeing arrive with nothing more than their clothes, many are young children, and now winter is ___________ : the hardest season for refugees, said the agency's chief_______________ , Melissa Fleming.
"It is awful to be a refugee, it's awful to live in a tent, it's even ____________ if you have to live in a tent when it's ___________ and windy and cold and wet outside, so we want to make sure that at least the situation is liveable for people who have no other choice… survival is their only option, ____________ across borders."
The refugee agency is _____________ stoves, fuel, blankets and warm clothing to camps in Jordan. In Lebanon, where there are no camps, some cash will be provided to help refugees pay rent. And pre-fabricated shelters are __________ considered for both Lebanon and Turkey. But the refugee agency says it has huge concerns for the estimated __________ million people displaced inside Syria – many without food or shelter. Although aid agencies are ___________ to reach some in urban areas, the UN admits only a fraction of those in need are _____________ help.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/10/121015_witn_syria_refugees.shtml