The Guardian | Anneke

This morning I took some time to scroll through the Guardian app on my tablet while enjoying a nice cuppa. Firstly, I read the headlines and wrote down words I didn't master yet and searched for their significance. Secondly, I read an article and did the same thing. The article I read was named "Creating child poverty for a whole new generation. Take a bow, Theresa May". I choose to read this article, because it sounded shockingly and therefore interesting.

Summary of the article:

The government is increasing the rent in the city of Wirral. As a result, 88.000 families across Britain won't be able to pay their rent anymore. Because of this, they are pushed into poverty and afraid of facing homelessness. Consequently, people are anxious about the fact that their children might be taken away from them. This mostly affects single parents. Families who are most hit are the people who live in low-rent areas. Where can these people go when they can’t even afford the cheapest houses anymore? The article says emergency accommodations for displaced families or on the streets leaving 500.00 children homeless.

To conclude, we truly life in a mad world. But, on the other hand, it's the Guardian who's talking.

I decided to summarize the article to see if could understand the main point of it. When writing the summary I changed verbs into others with the same meaning to see how far my vocabulary has extended. Also, I tried to put as much transitional words in there as possible. By doing so, I've practiced reading, writing and vocabulary.

The words I wrote down + meaning:

Memoir: memorial, essay, transaction

Liability: obligation

Bribes: buy, corrupt

Volatile: fleeting, casual, featherheaded

Contagion: infection

Eviction: expansion, ejectment (uitzetting)

Hard up: slecht bij kas

Amid: among, amidst

Frenzy: rage

Breach: violation

Borough: city, town

Shortfall: lack of