news bulletin – answers

Doubts over Myanmar aid plan

correct the statements

1. Myanmar is awake and receiving aid. in the wake of, i.e. after
2. $12 million has been given by doners. donors
3. Nobody is surprised that offers for help were accepted. people were surprised
4. Myanmar is approving visas for overseas aid workers. no, they are not doing this
5. The U.S. is reluctant to provide aid. they will do this subject to the approval of visas
6. "Burma has definitely accepted International aid." apparently
7. The French foreign minister is happy for the Burmese authorities to distribute the aid. he isn’t, ‘The International community does not trust them’
8. The number of dead is still rising although only a little. it is ‘sky-rocketing’, ring high and fast
9. 41,000 are missing according to International news sources. local state radio
10. The winds gusted at 119km p.h. and there was a tidal serge of 3.5m. 190km, tidal surge