news bulletin – answers

Kenyan village celebrates Obama

questions

1. Where is the excitement? in the air (meaning you can sense it)
2. Where is this village situated? Western Kenya
3. What is significant about the village? it is the birthplace of Barack Obama’s father
4. How do the local people regard Barack Obama? as one of their own
5. How do they show their pride in him? by naming their babies after him and featuring him in their pop songs
6. Why did his father leave the village? he won scholarships to study in the US
7. What do the local people hope? that their area will develop into a tourist destination
8. Who else hopes this presidency will help their cause? the UN
9. What aspects of their work do they expect to benefit? their Millennium Development Goals
10. What do they expect the US to do? lead them in these goals
11. What 3 things are they fighting? hunger, poverty and disease
12. Where is Obama’s grandmother? in Washington for the inauguration