Exercise 2: Protest 2

 Protest 2

2Watch the video. Look at the statements the people in the video make. Match the statements to the speakers. 

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• the City of London is corrupt
• I've made films to raise awareness
• the government needs to control the banks
• hopefully we will see the end of investment banking
• the demonstrators don't have a plan
• this protest has worked
• this isn't a big historical event
• you just have to do things and see what comes of the action

Speaker 1 says

Speaker 2 says

Speaker 3 says

Speaker 4 says

Exercise 3: Inequality

 

Discuss the questions. Think about social and economic inequalities in your own country. Are there big differences between the rich and the poor where you come from? Where can you see these differences the most? Which groups are affected? What can be done to close the divide between the rich and the poor?

Exercise 1: Protest 1

 Protest 1

1Watch the video and choose the correct answer. 

• 1The 'Occupy London' encampment is a

  violent protest organisation.peaceful protest movement.youth protest movement.

• 2What happened to St Paul's Cathedral due to the protest?

  it was closed.it was damaged.the inside was used to hold lectures.

• 3The 'Occupy London' protest ended when the protesters

  got cold.relocated to the Stock Exchange.were evicted by the police.

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Exercise 1: An opinion essay

 

Write an opinion essay.   Tasks: Write an essay arguing that we should take more individual responsibility to prevent global warming.    Ideas: Think about the following suggestions to protect the environment. alternatives to using cars consuming less in general supporting environmental charities participating in campaigns to raise awareness   Plan: Decide which ideas you are going to use and match them to these paragraphs. Make notes. Paragraph 1: Write an introduction and state your opinion Paragraph 2,3 and 4: Write an argument for your opinion in each paragraph, giving support and examples. Include an opposing viewpoint sometimes. Paragraph 5: Conclude by restating your opinion and summarizing the reasons for it.   Write: Write your essay.   Check: Check the following points. Do your paragraphs contain separate points? Have you used phrases for introducing arguments and giving opinions? Have you check grammar, vocabulary, spelling and punctuation?

1.  Write your task in another program (e.g. Word).
2.  Save the file to your computer.
3.  Upload your file.
4.  If you want to add a note to your teacher, write it in the Comments box.
5.  Select Submit to Dropbox to send your work to your teacher.

Exercise 1: Asking for and expressing opinions

 

Look at the picture and answer the questions. Record your answers. Speak for no longer than one minute. What can you see in the picture? What do you think they are they discussing? Do you think they agree with each other? Why? Why not? Describe their body language and expressions. Use phrases from the unit to express the opinion of one of the people in the photo. Then use phrases for reacting to opinions and suggestions. Record what you say.

1.  Select Record Audio to record yourself.
2.  If you want to add a note to your teacher, write it in the Comments box.
3.  Select Submit to dropbox to send the recording to your teacher.

Exercise 2: Listening for more detailed understanding

 Listening for more detailed understanding

2Play the recording and listen. Then choose all the sentences that are true. 

• Thirty years ago …

  1 you got to Langkawi by ferry.

  2 there were thirty hotels on the island.

  3 there were a few restaurants.

  4 it was very busy.

• Today …

  5you can fly direct from Europe.

  6there are thirty hotels on the island.

  7the food is wonderful.

  8there are lots of tourists.

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Exercise 1: Identifying facts, opinions and speculation

 Identifying facts, opinions and speculation

1Decide if the sentences below are Fact, Speculation or Opinion. 

• 1There was no airport.

  FactSpeculationOpinion

• 2There were only three hotels.

  FactSpeculationOpinion

• 3I think there are over 60 hotels.

  FactSpeculationOpinion

• 4I believe it's really busy.

  FactSpeculationOpinion

• 5It may still be difficult to get to.

  FactSpeculationOpinion

• 6I don't think there are any direct flights from Europe.

  FactSpeculationOpinion

• 7You'd probably have a great time.

  FactSpeculationOpinion

• 8The food is wonderful.

  FactSpeculationOpinion

• 9It would probably ruin all my memories.

  FactSpeculationOpinion