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          Children Mining Diamonds in Liberia

            From VOA learning English. Many children in Liberia are leaving school to work in diamond mine. Half of students dropped out this year to work in there. Although, working in the diamond mine is difficult and dangerous, they also work in there since they can earn much money. It’s well known that children under 18 years old cannot work but they do. It seems that they are illegal. It isn’t good for children to leave the school and work in the diamond mine. The important for them to do now is study because knowledge can help them to have a good work.

Vocabulary	Pronunciation	Meaning		Sentence
		Thai	English
employ <v.>	/ ɪmˈplɔɪ /	จ้างทำงาน	To give sb a job to do for payment	How many people does the company employ?
mine <n.>	/ maɪn / .	เหมืองแร่	a deep hole or holes under the ground where minerals such as coal, gold, etc. are dug	The troops are slowly clearing the mines.
estimate <n.>	/ ˈestɪmeɪt  /	การคาดเดา	a judgment that you make without having the exact details or figures about the size, amount, cost, etc. of sth	I can give you a rough estimate of the amount of wood you will need.
hire<v.>	/ ˈhaɪə(r) /	จ้าง	to give sb a job	He does the hiring and firing in our company.
tight <adj.>	/ taɪt /	แน่น	held or fixed in position firmly; difficult to move or undo	He kept a tight grip on her arm.