dateline: 25 May 2016
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Cuba To Legalize Small and Medium Businesses
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- stimulate: to encourage development
- reform (verb): to make a significant change
- reform (noun): a significant change
- entrepreneur: a person who takes risks to begin a business
- import: to bring in from another country
- export: to send to another nation for sale
- supplies: materials used to create or fix things
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Cuba To Legalize Small and Medium Businesses
Comprehension Questions
- What change did the Cuban government announce?
- What do business owners hope will come along with this reform?
- How long might it take for this reform to become law?
Discussion Questions: Do you believe Raul Castro, the president of Cuba, will go through with this plan? How important is this reform for Cuba?
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Written and recorded by Tara Benwell for EnglishClub
2 comments
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maria says:
Nothing in Cuba could be legalize. The government is the only proprietary.
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qingwen says:
I think the president of Cuba should go through the law. The reform bring more chance for people to pursue what they want to do.