Language use: talking about social AD) Listen to this porson taking part in a debate and explaining why she agrees with this statement. Check the points she makes that support her argument. ‘A fair society helps its poorer members. 1 1 Everyone should have enough to eat. 21 ach of us could be poor one day. 3 C1 Wermay know some poor people personally. Vocabulary: social justice. Replace each phrase in italics with a word or phrase in the box which the speaker in Exercise A actually used, 1 They don’t lace enougt money to buy food for thete families, 2 The government should provicle money forthe por so that no one goes hungey: UT 3 We should all be allow to eat 4 Some people manage o survive with very little maney every day. 5 Anyone can lose their job and become ou of work, 6 We all have a obligation to help the next generation, © © Complete each sentence with a phrase from Exercise B in the correct form. 1 Weshould all 12.0 1/5 1141 ___ to freedom and a good standard of ving, 2 Many people who are 10" 010} don't seem to want to work, 3 Unfortunately life is expensive and we — 0805) cane for ‘weaker members of society 4 Tim shocked that some people 1 almost no money. 5 The 10 _ you getavhen you are out of work make life little easier 6 Doyouagreewe 20 1 tothelp other people if we can? D Work in pairs. Read the statement and the toxt about unemployment benefits below. Your teacher will tell you whether you are for or against the statement, Think of three reasons for your opinion and make notes. “People who are unemployed should not get benefite” Unemployment benefits are payments made by the government to assist unemployed workers temporarily. In onder to qualily for benefits, people must meet certain requirements, They must have worked for a minimum ‘amount of time in the 12 months preceding their unemployment, an they’ must be able to prove that they are ‘unemployed through no fault of their own. Unemployment rates have been rising worldwide in recent years for example, in the U'S. they almost doubled from ansary 2008 to January 2010. information sources: napiaets bs. gow, ww nighbor [il tncependent speaking Explain your opinion to your partner. Speak for at least 90 seconds. After you have both spoken, say whether your partner has convinced you to reconsider your opinion 4] We shoutd give children a good chance in life Wi fi 5 at= Ee Grammar: noun clauses as subjects J V A Language in context Listen to the conversation. What J Getta ne agrees yore roe \ Young pape ar unemployed. What we ned moro, s Dai agree. Lots of young people can afford to ive around here What the government boul set progam el ta Alace: What do you mean? Devt Well what they've dann oer areas crete work programs, tote oft sivng prope Benefits, Young People earn ne skis to help them jobs, ‘Wat you'r suggesting sa great des onder why there arn any programs ke at her. tt What we shoul discon the mayor's ocean ask Good ide! B Notice Read the conversation again and complete the table with examples from Exercise A. For emphasis, we can start sentences witha clause beginning with What In this type of clause, What means The thing(s) whieh Po ‘+ Whet we should do This whol the sentence Taper Et Cee i |sheip poor people. What we need is more Jobs. —— [nat + noury/pronoun + verb] + be + the rest ofthe sentence a I [What + noun/pronoun + moda + do J+ be | What the government shout do is stato program + the rest ofthe sentence 2) © Practice Rewrite each sentence beginning with What. 1 People need more opportunites. What v 2 Lworry about the economy. What Tsong 3 Most people want security for their family. What 1621p 4 We should create more jobs for people. What 5 Twouldl make sure everyone had enough tolive on. What 6 We could make people work for benetits. What DEJ Now you do it Work in pairs, Explain what you would do to help poor people in your area it you had the chance. Co What our area needs is. What | woud os. What we cout ois bTAL Gee QUIDATIONMiriting: sentence variety (GREn choose different grammatical structures to express an idea. Using 2 wider will make your writing more interesting. ts exec Wt proton does tha wetar a CLMEIEMRG Ey cause? IG Giving ic o countries that are facing economic probiems seers Ike i tenetps peopte ina tine of crisis, [1 ws important to contin people in the world. [] if we continue to provide aid without thinking abou ‘hough, we run the risk of creating more problems than we solve, [1G wnat we need to avoid is supporting governments that ae causing the prot the fist place. [2] Providing them with money, food, oF ether aid may actually make the problems worse. [2] whan a government has alts problems solved by Intemational i, its easy foritto ignore he problems, L_] if no aid were proved they right bo forcod o solve ho problams themselves. B Read the extract again. Find and underline examples of the following grammatical structures. Label teach one with the number of the structure. Some sentences have more than one structure. u 1 regular subject—verb—object sentence structure 5 conditional 2 noun clause as subject 6 relative clause 43 gorund as subject 7 causative (haceget something done or re someone U 4 It's + adjective + infinitive slojet some to da srneting) © Rewrite each sentence starting with the words given. Use some of the grammatical structures in Exercise B. 1 Tis not right to provide aid to countries which are at wat Providingaid 10 co Toe yc) 2 We should provide aid or people will suffer we : LY v0 cl ido oi. poepo, i 3 We should make people work forthe aid they receive What we 4 Giving suffering people. little money or food is fair. W's fair 5 The government should inerease the sizeof aid payments We should get tro quoynivpiit “lo ipeyooce “yo eyo of oid poral | 6 We provide aid to many countries. It has both advantages and disadvantages, Ald, whic we pJdo. “to tors couiiyies bos Wollh odunilogs avd dicoduntons } 5 D Write two or three paragraphs explaining your opinion of international ald. Use different grammatical structures in your sentences. You might want to write about: * how important you think international aid is and who you think should receive it + whether you think international aid should be increased or decreased