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Dima: Hi, welcome to this edition of 6 Minute English with me, Dima Kostenko
Kate: and me, Kate Colin. I am going to be your language guide over the next 6
minutes, and we're talking about a protest by an Indian tribe whose historical
land - the Niyamgiri Mountain range - is about to be used for industrial mining.
But before we look at the story, I thought it might be a good idea to go through
some of today's vocabulary.
Dima: OK, shall we do it now?
Kate: Yeah, sure. First, the adjective 'indigenous'. We use this word when we talk
about people or sometimes things that have always naturally lived in a place,
rather than arriving from elsewhere. Secondly, the verb 'to displace', meaning
to force people to leave the place where they normally live. And finally,
another verb: 'to worship' - that's to have deep faith in someone or something,
to be fully devoted to them and to treat them as divine.
Dima: That's 'to worship', 'to displace' and 'indigenous' Well, the latest protest by the
indigenous tribal people in India, known as the Kondh, was given a fresh start
last week. It was then that demonstrators in London protested outside the
headquarters of Vedanta, a company that looks set to mine around 250 square
kilometres of the Kondh land for the bauxite.
Kate: Bauxite, that's another name for the world's main type of aluminium ore. And
aluminium of course is a light metal which is silver in colour and is used in
many different ways, especially for making cooking equipment and aircraft
parts.
Dima: In a moment we'll hear from Dr Bratindi Jenna, an activist who works with the
community. Dr Jenna says the 8,000 people who live in the mountains
completely rely on their surroundings for everything: food, water, livelihood
and, importantly, faith. And here comes this week's question for you Kate.
What or who do you think many indigenous people in the world often worship?
Is it their tribal chief (because of his position)? Is it church? Or is it nature?
Kate: Answers
Dima: You'll hear the answer in Dr Bratindi Jenna's words - let's listen and check if
you got it right:
Clip 1 0'22"
Indigenous people across the world worship nature. They worship something which has
contributed to their existence for generations. That's their lifeline. It has river, it has food, it
has everything. Indigenous people are the owner of the land - and first of all we displace them
and we give them some job which has no meaning for them.
Kate: Dr Jenna says indigenous people across the world worship nature. Which
means I was right/wrong with my earlier guess…
Dima: And how does she explain this devotion to nature Kate?
Kate: Well she says that's because nature has given them the land they live and feed
on for many generations, from parents to children. Dr Jenna doesn't believe in
displacing people because for them, she says, things can simply lose their
meaning.
Dima: So that's what last week's protests in London were all about. But
understandably perhaps, the mining company sees the situation differently.
Let's listen to Vedanta's Chief Executive, M. S. Mehta. He says on the whole
India's systems balance well the economic and social development.
Kate: This is a good word to know and use: 'to balance', meaning to give several
things equal amounts of importance, time or money so that a situation is
successful. And another expression I wanted to mention is 'a final stamp of
approval', or 'a final seal of approval'. This phrase is used when it has been
officially decided that something should definitely happen.
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