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Online Meeting Worksheet 2
Online Meeting Worksheet 2
Objective: The purpose of this practice is to describe some of the ways people have to
solve some of the challenges our world has nowadays.
Practice: Listening and discussion about the audio “Plastic-eating worm could remove the
world's waste”
Audio:
Steps:
Before our online meeting:
1. Listen to the audio about a natural solution to the plastic waste and highlight the
correct word:
2. Read the following ways to solve some problems. Analyze the challenges, their
solutions, how the solutions work, what are the causes of the problems. Then,
analyze your own solution, how it works, what the problem is and what its cause
is.
Assumes Cause of
Solution How It Works Challenge
Problem is
Take Remove source of One thing or Fire bad teachers, get rid of
something problem person causing poor textbooks
away problem
Make laws or Create a new law Current rules School dress code revised to
rules or rule, or reform don't solve require uniforms
existing rules problem
Enforce laws Provide a way to Current rules are School calls parents if students
or rules enforce or else adequate but don't adhere to dress code
provide more aren't enforced
resources (like
Assumes Cause of
Solution How It Works Challenge
Problem is
more police or
money for
regulators) to
enforce existing
rules or laws
Change Change the way Something isn't Change meeting time from
method or something is done being done the Tuesday morning to Saturday
procedure or organized right way to get more people to come
Build Give new facilities More buildings or Build a new football stadium
something or organization a new to encourage fan support
new organization is
needed because
nothing currently
existing will solve
problem
Work out a Get opposing sides Problem is mostly Trade agreement talks
compromise together to work lack of agreement between countries
out a mutual
agreement
It is your turn…
Assumes Cause of
Solution How It Works Challenge
Problem is
Have more Create a death Punishment policies Corruption
competent penalty for are very weak
politicians corruption
Not legalize, but a regularization Illegality creates a Drug trafficking
regularize drugs creates low black- very profitable
market profitability black market
and government tax
revenue.
References
https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1704/170430-plastic-eating-waxworm.html
https://owlcation.com/academia/How-to-Write-a-Propose-a-Solution-Essay