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JUST DESSERTS FILL THE GAPS WITH THE WORDS IN THE BOX BECAUSE ITS BEEN JOBS FOR PEOPLE FROM PROJECT IN SOLUTION INCLUDE NEW _ July 1992, the Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream shop opened _ business in _ July 1992, the Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream shop opened _ business in Harlem, New York This was no ordinary ice-cream shop _ it had opened in one of Harlem, New York This was no ordinary ice-cream shop _ it had opened in one of New York’s toughest neighbourhoods and its employees were previously homeless people New York’s toughest neighbourhoods and its employees were previously homeless people Ben & Jerry’s is a unique experiment that, so far, has _ a great success Ben & Jerry’s is a unique experiment that, so far, has _ a great success The owner of Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream chain believes that offering _ to the less The owner of Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream chain believes that offering _ to the less fortunate among us is a practical way of demonstrating their support for the community fortunate among us is a practical way of demonstrating their support for the community Employees _ ex-convicts, ex-drug addicts, the mentally and physically handicapped Employees _ ex-convicts, ex-drug addicts, the mentally and physically handicapped and the poor and homeless In Harlem, _ example, the employees live in a shelter and the poor and homeless In Harlem, _ example, the employees live in a shelter that also serves as a drug-crisis centre It is financed with the profits _ the icethat also serves as a drug-crisis centre It is financed with the profits _ the icecream shop The shop is part of a community _ to reach those people whom society cream shop The shop is part of a community _ to reach those people whom society has failed to reach by helping them get back on their feet has failed to reach by helping them get back on their feet The shelter offers a home, a job-training programme and employment in the ice-cream The shelter offers a home, a job-training programme and employment in the ice-cream shop For 10 _ employees, this is the first chance they have ever had of rebuilding shop For 10 _ employees, this is the first chance they have ever had of rebuilding their lives By buying ice-cream, the community supports the shop, and by offering jobs to their lives By buying ice-cream, the community supports the shop, and by offering jobs to the homeless, the shop supports the community; it’s a two-way street Ice-cream is the homeless, the shop supports the community; it’s a two-way street Ice-cream is providing a novel 11 _ to the problem of homeless 12 _ providing a novel 11 _ to the problem of homeless 12 _ ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS By Charo Díez 1.- What is unusual about Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream shop? 2.- Name three kinds of less fortunate people who work for the Ben & Jerry’s shops _ 3.- What kind of neighbourhood is Harlem? _ 4.- How they get the money for the shelter? _ 5.- How does the community support the ice-cream shop? _ ARE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS TRUE OR FALSE? 1.- Harlem is a very peaceful neighbourhood 2.- The ice-cream shop workers have a place to live now _ 3.- Ben & Jerry have more than one shop _ 4.- Drug-addicts aren’t allowed in the shelter _ 5.- This has been a successful project _ FIND SYNONYMS 1.- before _ 3.- prisoners _ WRITING What’s your opinion of Ben & Jerry’s project? By Charo Díez FILL THE GAPS In new Because Been Jobs Include For From Project 10 Its 11 Solution 12 People ANSWER THE QUESTIONS What is unusual about Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream shop is that it opened in one of New York’s toughest neighbourhoods and its employees were previously homeless people Ex-convicts, ex-drug addicts, the mentally and physically handicapped and the poor and homeless Harlem is one of the toughest neighbourhoods in New York They get the money for the shelter from the icecream shop profits The community support the ice-cream shop buying ice-cream TRUE OR FALSE? False True True true true FIND SYNONYMS By Charo Díez previously demonstrating convicts profits By Charo Díez