2. Read the text and answer the questions.

1. What are the arguments of hemp supporters?

2. What is the alternative point of view? What are the arguments of the opposition?

3. What party do you support? Give your reasons.

4. Is hemp grown in this country? What do you know about growing hemp in Ukraine?

WORD FORMATION

3. Complete the sentences using the word in capitals on the right to form a word that fits the space.

1. Some businesses behave ____ causing RESPOND

damage to the environment.

2. You should be____ to the issues concerning rain SENSE

forests.

3. Hemp is still considered to be a ____ raw VALUE

material.

4. Is there any ____point of view? ALTER

5. Is cultivation of hemp still ____ in Britain? LEGAL

6. ____ cars do not pollute our atmosphere. ELECTRICITY

7. There are a lot of _____in favour of recycling ARGUE

plastic bottles.

4. Read the article. Fill the spaces with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Use either the past simple or the present perfect tense.

B o d y s h o p

• The first branch of the Body Shop 1 opened (open) in 1976 in Brighton, England. We 2 have now grown (now grow) into a worldwide organisation with more than 1000 stores. Since the very beginning, we 3 ____(be) committed to activities that benefit communities on both a local and global scale.

• Employees of the Body Shop are encouraged to take a half day’s paid leave each month to participate in activities that benefit their local community. In 1991, we 4 _________(win) the UK Award for Employee Volunteering.

• We 5_____(run) 21 campaigns to date, ranging from Stop the Burning, to protest about the destruction of Brazilian Rainforests, to human rights campaigns, run in association with Amnesty International. In 1990, 2.6 million people 6_____(sign) our petitions against animal testing. In our Refill Recycle campaign in 1992, our customers 7____(bring) over 560,000 bottles back to our shops in the UK for refilling.

• In 1991, we 8___(fund) the launch of a newspaper, sold by homeless people. On the first day it 9_____(sell) 10, 000 copies. It 10____ now (progress) from a monthly to a weekly newspaper, with a circulation of 135,000 copies per week.

• We 11____(start) a Romanian Relief Drive in 1990 to help abandoned children. So far, our project team 12_____(renovate and refurbish) three orphanages and 13____(begin) care programs to improve the quality of the children’s lives. Since the start we 14_____(take care) to involve local people in our effort and teams of volunteers 15______(work) alongside Romanian staff. In 1993, we 16 _____(expand) our efforts with another hospital project in Albania.

Notes: to date – until now

orphanage - сиротинець

to refurbish – робити дрібний ремонт

5. Discuss the questions with your colleagues.

1. The article mentions four different sorts of activities that have helped communities. What are they?

2. The Body Shop’s social action program is highly unusual. What sort of corporate image do you think these activities create? Do you find it attractive?

3. The Body Shop prefers to invest in its social action program rather than expensive advertising and promotion campaigns for its products. The program benefits communities, but are there any commercial advantages?

4. Would you like your company to contribute to your local community or society in any way? If so, how?

5. Body Shop employees have taken part in a wide range of activities on their afternoons off, ranging from helping in local hospitals to cleaning up river banks. Would you like to be given time off to work in your local community? What sort of work would you do?