1. Társadalom A1C2 (167) – altémák

1. Ország, társadalom (46) 2. Társadalmi rétegek, csoportok (43) 3. Szabadság, demokrácia (25) 4. Szegénység, segélyezés (26) 5. Szervezetek, egyesületek (27)

beg verb /beg/ [I or T] (-gg-) 2 koldul

There are more and more homeless people begging on the streets these days.

She had to beg for money and food for her children.

collect verb /kəˈlekt/ 4 másoktól pénzt gyűjt [I or T]

I'm collecting for Children in Need.

We're collecting (money) for the homeless.

donate verb /dəʊˈneɪt/ [I or T] 1 adományoz (pénzt, javakat)

An anonymous businesswoman donated one million dollars to the charity.

Please donate generously.

starve verb /stɑːv/ [I or T] éhezik; éhen hal; éheztet;

Many people have starved to death in parts of Africa.

aid noun /eɪd/ 1 segély (pénz, élelmiszer, stb.) [U]

Emergency aid was sent to the flood victims.

aid workers

charity noun /ˈtʃær.ə.ti/ 1 jótékony célú intézmény [C or U]

UNICEF is an international charity.

She does a lot of work for charity.

She does a lot of charity work.

People tend to give to charity at Christmas time.

Money from the sale of these cards will go to local charities.

donation noun /dəʊˈneɪ.ʃən/ [C or U] adomány (pénz, stb.)

donations of food and money

I'd like to make a small donation in my mother's name.

donor noun /ˈdəʊ.nər/ [C] 2 adományozó (pl. pénzt)

Ten thousand dollars was given by an anonymous donor.

famine noun /ˈfæm.ɪn/ [C or U] éhínség

The floods were followed by a terrible famine.

grant noun /grɑːnt/ [C] állami támogatás

a student/research grant

homelessness noun /ˈhəʊm.ləs.nəs/ [U] hajléktalanság

The government is trying to tackle homelessness.

hunger noun /ˈhʌŋ.gər/ 2 éhezés (élelemhiány) [U]

All over the world, people die of hunger every day.

plight noun /plaɪt/ [no plural] (formal) keserves helyzet, balsors (szegényeké, betegeké, stb.)

the plight of the sick and the poor

poverty noun /ˈpɒv.ə.ti/ [U] szegénység

Two million people in the city live in poverty.

We need an effective strategy to fight poverty.

relief noun /rɪˈliːf/ 3 segély (pénz-, élelem-, ruha-, stb.) [U]

an international relief operation

starvation noun /stɑːˈveɪ.ʃən/ [U] éhezés; éhhalál

These people are dying of starvation.

subsidy noun /ˈsʌb.sɪ.di/ [C] (anyagi) támogatás

housing subsidies for the poor

welfare noun /ˈwel.feər/ [U] 2 jóléti/szociális gondoskodás/ellátás

She works in child welfare.

The country's welfare bill is massive.

deprived adjective /dɪˈpraɪvd/ hátrányos helyzetű (anyagilag, társadalmilag)

children from deprived backgrounds

disadvantaged adjective /ˌdɪs.ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒd/ hátrányos helyzetű (társadalmilag, anyagilag)

economically disadvantaged children

homeless adjective /ˈhəʊm.ləs/ hajléktalan

10,000 people were made homeless by the floods.

humanitarian adjective /hjuːˌmæn.ɪˈteə.ri.ən/ emberbaráti, humanitárius

The UN is sending humanitarian aid to the refugees.

inhuman adjective /ɪnˈhjuː.mən/ embertelen, kegyetlen (körülmény, bánásmód, stb.); nem emberi (hang, lény, stb.)

the inhuman treatment of prisoners

starving adjective /ˈstɑːv.ɪŋ/ 1 éhínségben szenvedő; halálra éhező

starving people

Phrases and idioms:

in aid of sb/sth támogatására vkinek/vminek

a concert in aid of famine relief

the homeless a hajléktalanok

They're opening a new shelter for the homeless.

8. lecke (A1) – 21. lecke (A2) – 47. lecke (B1) – 78. lecke (B2) – 97. lecke (C1) – 117. lecke (C2)