# PTE Listening FIB #1: Conditional Cash Transfer...

Listening: Fill in the Blanks #1 - Level 1 - Feeds Listening

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In Mexico and Brazil, they have developed Conditional Cash Transfer programs. They are what they say on the tin--cash is given to women of low income, but there are conditions: children have to be taken to ____ and health clinics, and older children have to remain in school. In Brazil, the result has been great ____ in poverty and inequality, ____ in school attendance (especially of girls), and health improvements. Questions have been raised as to whether the ____ is needed.

## Answer

1. nutrition
2. reductions
3. improvements
4. conditionality

## Explanation

Listen for the plural -s in "reductions" and "improvements." Both follow "great" and describe more than one change. "Conditionality" is long, and the -ity ending goes by fast. The word "conditions" earlier in the passage confirms it. "Nutrition" pairs with "health clinics" as a place children are taken.

## Hints

- Focus on the specific nouns used to describe the positive changes in Brazil.
- Listen for the speaker's mention of health clinics and the overall impact on poverty.

## Transcript

In Mexico and Brazil, they have developed conditional cash transfer programs. They are what they say on the tin. Cash is given to women of low income, but there are conditions. Children have to be taken to nutrition and health clinics. Older children have to remain in school. In Brazil, the result has been great reductions in poverty and inequality, improvements in school attendance, especially of girls, and health improvements. Questions have been raised as to whether the conditionality is needed.

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