Reading Comprehension Resources & Practice Part 1

Shinzo Abe declares Japan’s first G20 a success, but the summit revealed deep divides.

Japan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, may have described the G20 summit as a success on Saturday afternoon, but the two days that the leaders of the world’s 20 richest economies spent in the rainy-season humidity of Osaka also magnified deep and potentially unbridgeable divides on everything from climate change to the future of western liberalism.

2. Magnified – Enhance/Enlarge/Boost

Usage: He always magnifies the problems and inconveniences of travel.

3. Unbridgeable – Problems too big to be solved/resolved

Usage: There is an unbridgeable divide between the country’s two main political parties.

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The G20 nations, Abe said, “have a responsibility to squarely face global problems and to come up with solutions through frank dialogue”. Their communique, which had looked in doubt 24 hours earlier as the EU and the US sparred over how to describe the climate crisis, went some way towards meeting his demands.

4. Squarely Face – Directly/In a straightforward or honest manner

Usage: We must face these problems squarely.

5. Communique – An official announcement made to the media/press release, bulletin

Usage: The company released a communique to the news outlet that explained why the former CEO resigned.

6. Sparred – Argue

Usage: We have had a long friendship, although recently we have sparred more than we have supported each other.

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Some Other Important Terms related to this Article

1. Bilateral – Involving two parties, especially countries (Bi=two)

2. Pull Asides – Private Conversations

3. Plurilaterals – Involving more than two countries or Parties but not too many

4. Multilateral – Many, especially several different countries

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Other Reading Comprehension Resources:

1. Forbes India
2. The Hindu
3. The Hindu BusinessLine
4. The Guardian

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