Air in cans
(Level: Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate //  B1 to B2  // ** to ***)

Chen Guangbiao, a Chinese tycoon, has recently launched a line of canned air as China has a huge air pollution problem with big cities being dangerously smoggy.

Watch the report and answer the following questions.

1. What is Chen aiming at by selling his cans?
2. Is this a means for him to become even richer?

Vocabulary
far-flung: very distant
pristine: not spoiled or damaged in any way
ongoing: continuing...
a stunt: something that is done to attract people's attention, especially in advertising or politics
a footage: a (...) film showing a particular event
yuan: the standard unit of money in China   (Note: one euro =  +/- 8.30 yuans)
charity: organization that gives money, goods or help to people who are poor, sick...
(The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English)

When you're finished, check your answers.
1. Comme Pékin est en proie à un smog sans précédent, Chen a voulu attirer l'attention de tous de l'absolue nécessité d'enfin se mettre à protéger l'environnement, sinon, dans 10 ans, nos descendants devront porter des masques à gaz.
2. Non, les bénéfices engrangés lors des ventes sont destinés à des associations caritatives.