Exercise 1. Discuss the following questions with your partner, your group, or your class.

Exercise 1. Discuss the following questions with your partner, your group, or your class.
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.

Which
Which age
age groups
groups are
are worst
worst affected
affected by
by unemployment
unemployment in
in your
your country?
country?
Do
you
know
people
who
have
recently
lost
their
jobs?
How
Do you know people who have recently lost their jobs? How do
do they
they get
get by?
by?
Do
people
leave
your
country
to
find
work
in
other
countries?
Where
Do people leave your country to find work in other countries? Where do
do they
they go?
go? What
What
sort
sort of
of jobs
jobs do
do they
they get?
get?
4.
4. Are
Are there
there many
many immigrant
immigrant workers
workers in
in your
your country?
country? What
What sort
sort of
of jobs
jobs do
do they
they do?
do?
5.
Do
you
know
what
the
expression
run
for
the
hills
means?
5. Do you know what the expression run for the hills means?
Exercise
Exercise2.2.Read
Readthe
thearticle
articleand
andfill
fillininthe
themissing
missinginformation
informationininthe
thetable
tablebelow.
below.

Exercise 3. Answer the following questions from the text.

Exercise 3. Answer the following questions from the text.
1.
1. How
How do
do the
the Greeks
Greeks feel
feel about
about their
their governments
governments efforts
efforts to
to reduce
reduce the
the countrys
countrys debt?
debt?

2.
2. The
The financial
financial crisis
crisis could
could also
also have
have aa positive
positive effect
effect according
according to
to Evi
Evi Papadimitriou.
Papadimitriou.
What
is
that?
What
is
that?
Name
Ag Previous Job /
Present Job
Moved
Moved

e
Studies
from
to

Giannis
3.
3. What
What countries
countries or
or regions
regions are
are many
many young
young Greeks
Greeks now
now trying
trying to
to emigrate
emigrate to?
to?
Pantoulis

Evi

Papadimitriou
4.
4. When
When was
was the
the last
last time
time aa large
large number
number of
of Greeks
Greeks left
left their
their country?
country? What
What kind
kind of
of jobs
jobs
Evgenia
did
they
mostly
do
abroad?
did they mostly do abroad?
Tsakili

5.
5. How
How many
many Greeks
Greeks posted
posted their
their resumes
resumes with
with Europass
Europass last
last September?
September?

6.
6. What
What types
types of
of professionals
professionals are
are most
most in
in demand
demand by
by the
the United
United Kingdom
Kingdom and
and Germany?
Germany?

Exercise 4. Match the underlined words in the text with the definitions below and solve
Exercise 4. Match the underlined words in the text with the definitions below and solve

the crossword.
the crossword.
Across
Across
3.
3.
5.
5.
8.
8.
9.
9.
10.
10.

to
to give
give someone
someone too
too much
much to
to deal
deal with
with at
at one
one time
time (v)
(v)
to
to leave
leave your
your country
country in
in order
order to
to live
live in
in another
another country
country (v)
(v)
not
not happening
happening often
often or
or regularly
regularly (adj)
(adj)
making
making money
money (adj)
(adj)
aa short
document
short document describing
describing your
your education,
education, previous
previous
jobs,
etc.,
that
you
give
an
employer
when
jobs, etc., that you give an employer when you
you are
are
applying
applying for
for aa job
job (n)
(n)

Down
Down
1.
not
1.
not true
true or
or real
real (adj)
(adj)
2.
to
2.
to persuade
persuade someone
someone to
to do
do something
something or
or go
go somewhere
somewhere
by
by offering
offering them
them something
something exciting
exciting (v)
(v)
3.
someone
3.
someone whose
whose job
job is
is to
to buy
buy and
and sell
sell shares
shares in
in
companies
for
other
people
(n)
companies for other people (n)
4.
the
4.
the act
act of
of saving
saving or
or rescuing
rescuing something
something (such
(such as
as aa
business)
business) from
from money
money problems
problems (n)
(n)
6.
to
6.
to increase
increase faster
faster and
and faster
faster (v)
(v)
7.
to
7.
to change
change the
the direction
direction of
of something
something to
to its
its opposite
opposite (v)
(v)

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Stockbroker Giannis
Pantoulis never imagined
himself crouching in the
dirt tending to grapevines
in a small town in central
Greece. But that, he says,
was before the financial
crisis caused
unemployment to spiral
and major cities such as
Athens to descend into
chaos with daily protests
and increased violence. "I
could foresee that the
massive bubble of fake
growth, prosperity and
wealth would one day burst
and I wanted to get out
before it happened," said
Pantoulis, 40. Two years
ago, he packed his wife,
their two children and all
their possessions into a
truck and made the 50kilometre trip from the
northern port city of
Thessaloniki to Katerini.
Looking down at his winestained hands, Pantoulis
admits the journey has not
been easy and the business
will take years to become
profitable. But he does
not regret the move.
"Initially everyone thought I
was crazy to move back to
my father's town and take
up winemaking, but now
they too are seeing that the

big cities have nothing to

offer," said Pantoulis. "Our
politicians have failed us,"
he said. "I am not the only
one who has had enough -others are also looking to
leave." Pantoulis is part of a
growing number of Greeks
returning to their ancestral
villages to take up farming,
as the country struggles
with its most serious
economic crisis since World
War II.

what crops grow the best in

a given area," he said.

Evi Papadimitriou, 30, is

among the estimated
60,000 Greeks who have
joined the farming
community in the past two
years, reversing the trend
of migration to the cities.
Papadimitriou struggled to
make ends meet after
studying marketing in
Athens, working at odd
jobs unrelated to her field,
The government's efforts to before deciding to return to
reduce Greece's massive
her parent's town of Arta,
debt and qualify for
in north-western Greece, to
international bailout loans start her own snail farm
have been met with anger
business. "I could no longer
and disappointment as
afford to stay in Athens ...
Greeks endure cuts to
so I took the risk if I make
salaries, pensions and
just enough to cover what I
benefits amid rising costs.
need to live on I will be
happy," said Papadimitriou.
"As more and more people She believes the economic
lose their jobs they are
crisis may turn out to be a
looking for a stable line of
good thing as more and
work and cheaper
more young people will be
lifestyle ... something which forced to move to the
will put food on the table,
countryside, bringing
and farming offers this,"
abandoned villages and
said Dimitris Michaelidis
towns back to life.
from the Young Farmers
Association of Greece. "We Many educated, young
are having a hard time
Greeks are now also
keeping up with all the
seeking to emigrate to the
requests for information
United States, Australia,
from people asking about
other parts of the Europe or

the Middle East. More than

five decades ago, hundreds
of thousands of poor
farmers and blue-collar
workers left Greece to seek
a better life abroad, most of
them working in factories
or restaurants.

between 30-35 years old

who are unemployed,
seeking our advice and
help about working in
Germany," Giorgos
Amarantidis from the
council said in a phone
interview. He estimates
that 4,000 people have
During the prosperous
emigrated to Germany in
1980s and 1990s, a large
the last three months, the
number opted to return.
majority without finding
Others were lured back by An October seminar on
work. "Greek doctors are
Greece's economic success Australia's migration policy being lured to the United
after joining the euro and
and visa procedures
Kingdom and Germany is
jobs opening up as Athens
organized by its embassy in asking for technical
prepared to host the 2004
Athens caused its website
professionals such as
Olympic Games.
to be backlogged with
engineers," said
thousands of applications.
Amarantidis, who
According to Europass,
emigrated to Germany in
which provides employers
In Frankfurt, officials at the the mid-1980s. "Young
and employment agencies
World Council of Hellenes
Greek people are coming
with resumes of mainly
Abroad, a group that
here terrorized by the state
young people from all over represents and assists the
that Greece is in and for
Europe, 13,300 Greeks sent Greek diaspora, said they
their future," he said. "They
in their resumes in
have been swamped with tell us that they have no
September, compared to
requests for information on trust in the country's
2,200 the same month in
employment in Germany.
system and that they will
2008. More than 63 per
"Every day we get calls, the not go back."
cent where under the age
majority of which are young
of 30.
professional people
ATHENS, Oct 31, 2011
"I could not get a job here
and I just do not see things
getting any better for
several more years to
come," said biologist
Evgenia Tsakili, 27, who
found work as a laboratory
researcher on the eastern
Mediterranean island of
Cyprus.

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ANSWER
Exercise KEY
1. Discuss the following questions with your partner, your group, or your class.
Exercise 1. Discuss the following questions with your partner, your group, or your class.
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.

Which
Which age
age groups
groups are
are worst
worst affected
affected by
by unemployment
unemployment in
in your
your country?
country?
Do
Do you
you know
know people
people who
who have
have recently
recently lost
lost their
their jobs?
jobs? How
How do
do they
they get
get by?
by?
Do
people
leave
your
country
to
find
work
in
other
countries?
Where
do
they
Do people leave your country to find work in other countries? Where do they go?
go? What
What
sort
of
jobs
do
they
get?
sort of jobs do they get?
4.
4. Are
Are there
there many
many immigrant
immigrant workers
workers in
in your
your country?
country? What
What sort
sort of
of jobs
jobs do
do they
they do?
do?
5.
5. Do
Do you
you know
know what
what the
the expression
expression run
run for
for the
the hills
hills means?
means?
Exercise
Exercise2.2.Read
Readthe
thearticle
articleand
andfill
fillininthe
themissing
missinginformation
informationininthe
thetable
tablebelow.
below.

Name

Ag
e

Previous Job /
Studies

Present Job

Moved
from

Moved
to

Giannis
Pantoulis
Evi
Papadimitriou
Evgenia
Tsakili

40

stockbroker

30

marketing

27

biologist

winemaking
business
snail farm
business
laboratory
researcher

Thessaloniki

Katerini

Athens

Arta

Cyprus

Exercise 3. Answer the following questions from the text.

1. How do the Greeks feel about their governments efforts to reduce the countrys debt?
They feel angry and disappointed as they endure cuts to salaries, pensions and
benefits amid rising costs.
2. The financial crisis could also have a positive effect according to Evi Papadimitriou.
What is that?
More and more young people will be forced to move to the countryside, bringing
abandoned villages and towns back to life.
3. What countries or regions are many young Greeks now trying to emigrate to?
The United States, Australia, other parts of the Europe (such as the UK, Germany) or
the Middle East.
4. When was the last time a large number of Greeks left their country? What kind of jobs
did
they 4.
mostly
abroad?
Exercise
Matchdo
the
underlined words in the text with the definitions below and solve
Exercise 4. Match the underlined words in the text with the definitions below and solve
More
than
five
decades
ago. They mostly worked in factories or restaurants.
the crossword.
the crossword.
5. How many Greeks posted their resumes with Europass last September?
1
2
Across
Across
13,300
F
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3.
3.
5.
5.
8.
8.
9.
9.
10.
10.

to
to give
give someone
someone too
too much
much to
to deal
deal with
with at
at one
one time
time (v)
(v) 3
to
S W A M P
to leave
leave your
your country
country in
in order
order to
to live
live in
in another
another country
country (v)
(v)
4
not
not happening
happening often
often or
or regularly
regularly (adj)
(adj)
T
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B
making
making money
money (adj)
(adj)
5
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short document
document describing
describing your
your education,
education, previous
previous O
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jobs,
jobs, etc.,
etc., that
that you
you give
give an
an employer
employer when
when you
you are
are
C
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applying
applying for
for aa job
job (n)
(n)
6

Down
Down
B
1.
not
1.
not true
true or
or real
real (adj)
(adj)
2.
to
2.
to persuade
persuade someone
someone to
to do
do something
something or
or go
go somewhere
somewhere
R
by
by offering
offering them
them something
something exciting
exciting (v)
(v)
3.
someone
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3.
someone whose
whose job
job is
is to
to buy
buy and
and sell
sell shares
shares in
in
companies
companies for
for other
other people
people (n)
(n)
K
4.
the
4.
the act
act of
of saving
saving or
or rescuing
rescuing something
something (such
(such as
as aa
business)
business) from
from money
money problems
problems (n)
(n)
E
6.
to
increase
faster
6.
to increase faster and
and faster
faster (v)
(v)
7.
to
7.
to change
change the
the direction
direction of
of something
something to
to its
its opposite
opposite (v)
(v) R

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