Child traficking

READING:

Child trafficking

            Child trafficking is one of the world’s major problems. Every year 1.2 million children are trafficked by different agents. The traffickers bring children and engage them in factories, mills and brothels. It is a worst form of child labor as defined by ILO (International Labor Organization). Here the traffickers recruit, transport, transfer children for the purpose of exploitation.

            The agents involved in trafficking attract the child and his family under the guise of providing employment. They lure them with the promises of a lucrative job and comfortable lifestyle abroad and bring them to sell at a high amount of money. Then the child is engaged into begging, smuggling, drug trade, military and circuses, beer bars, factories as laborers. As such, the child has to face tremendous torture physically, sexually and mentally. There is a wide network of these cheats, often known as traffickers. Brokers, owners of brothels, family relatives, friends, the police, and political leaders may be connected with this network.

            To save individuals from human trafficking, effective legal agencies should be set up that work against traffickers and exploiters. Since the network of traffickers is interrelated, we need to take strict measures to save people from human trading. These include effective monitoring of trafficking, effective coordination between the ministries of tourism, labor and transport to fight against this socio-economic problem. This is an issue that needs to be dealt with an iron hand as it involves child abuse and the denial of basic human rights.

A/ COMPREHENSION:8 pts

1)      Write the letter that corresponds to the right answer.    1.5 pt

a-      - All the following are stages of victimization except for :

a- Transportation.                b- Recruitment.                 c- Escape.                d- Transfer.

b- The ILO described child trafficking as being a / an ………………………… kind of child labour.

a-      unpleasant                         b- best                           c- mild

c- To prevent child trafficking, ……………………… actions must be taken.

a-      moderate           b- drastic                       c- cautious

2)      Answer the following questions according to the text.  3 pts

a-      How do traffickers seduce/ persuade children and their parents?

b-      What measures should be taken to prevent child trafficking?

c-      Is child trafficking difficult to eradicate? Justify

3)      What or who do the following words refer to in the text?   1.5 pt

them(§1) : …………………………….

his (§ 2) : ……………………………….

This ( § 3) : ………………………………

4)      Copy the title you think is the most appropriate. ( The title to be omitted )       2 pts

a-      Child labour.

b-      Child bargain.

c-      Child exploitation in Europe.

B/ TEXT EXPLORATION:7 pts

1)      Find in the text words that are opposite in meaning to the following.     1.5 pt

a-      minor (§ 1) ≠ ………………………….

b-     reject (§ 2) ≠ …………………………

c-      flexible (§ 3) ≠………………….……..

2)      Divide the following words into roots and affixes.    1.5 pt

International – smuggling  - interrelated

Prefix	Root	Suffix

3) Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of the final “ed”.  2 pts

connected     -    involved    – trafficked      -    engaged.

/t/	/d/	/id/

4) Fill in the gaps in the following passage so that the text makes sense.    2 pts

               trafficking     -      exploitative     -      smuggling  -    crime

Human trafficking is different to people……………………… . People smuggling is a ……………….   against a country by illegally crossing borders, whereas trafficking is an …………………… crime against an individual.While people consent to being smuggled, …………………………… does not involve consent. People smuggling is always across borders, while this is not necessarily the case for trafficking. And whereas people smuggling has a final destination, trafficking involves ongoing exploitation.

II/ WRITTEN EXPRESSION:     5 pts

Using the following notes, write a composition of about 70 to 80 words

Topic1 : Human trafficking varies from country to country, but it usually preys on vulnerable situations.

            What are the root causes of human trafficking?

-          Many victims want to get out of their precarious situation.

-          Wars / armed conflicts can lead to massive forced displacements of people.

-          Many societies and cultures devalue, abuse and exploit women and girls.