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e.g. 11people were encouraged touse
[]]] there would be fewer cars on the roads public transport. there would he
c:::::::m the streets would be cleaner fewer cars 011 the roads.
c::rn the air would no longer be dangerous to breathe We should provide more litter
em children would have somewhere safe to play bins. If we did this, the streets
ern people would be able to move around more easily would be cleaner.
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Unil14b Providing Solutions10Problems
4 Read the sentences and use the words/phrases in brackets to fill in 6 Use topic sentences (A-D) to
the blanks, as in the exa mple. complete the paragraphs(I-4).
"How to
avoid stress 1 .
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motorbikes which disturb the peace would decrease.
4 .
An educational magazine has
asked its readers to submit
articles discussing violence on
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TV and ways to stop this
Animals living in a protected having negative effects on
environment have a much better young people.
chance ofsurvival. Moreover, national
How many hoursofTY doyou watch
parks could provide programmes to
every day? Do you watch violent
help the animaJs breed. programmes on TV? In what ways
do you think they are harmful?
7 Use the prompts below and appropriate linkingwords/phrases towrite 2 Which of the following suggestions
supportingsentences for the paragraphs that follow, as in theexample. would you make? Tick (/")-
A throw out your TV set D
A • keep I outside of I house I well-lit I at night
B complain to yourlocalTYstation
• install / alarm system about unacceptable programmes
• avoid I making I house I look I glamorous and the hours they are shownD
C rent action-packed videos for
To begin withwe should make sure that our houses are not burglar friendly. your children to watch. D
Forexample a useful suggestion would be tokeep the outside of the house well-lit
D look at the TV guide and choose
at night .
programmes which are suitable
• workingout I three times I week I definitely
fo r children D
/ help/ lose / weight / keep fit E put a TV set in their
• follow I healthy diet / stop / eat / junk food
bedroom D
3 Now match the suggestions (A-E)
Secondly, it would be a good idea to joina to their results below.
gym . ITO your children would watch
only educational and non-
violent programmes
[II] TV stations could be
C • use I environmentally-friendly products I help reduce I water pollution convinced to air certain
• plant more trees I so that I there I be I more oxygen I fewer floods programmes late at night.
4 In which paragraph should you
Finally, steps should be taken to help save our planet. . state what the problem is? What
useful vocabulary could you use to
introduce suggestions? In wh ich
D • put up / signs I inform I public I if I they I paragraph should you summarise
litter I they / be fined your opinion?
• organise / clean-up days / once a week
A useful suggestion to keep our beaches 9 Read the rubric in Ex. 8 again
clean would be to provide plenty of rubbish bins and write your article (120·180
alongthem . words). Use Jour an swers from
Ex. 8 to help you. Use the
article in Ex. 3a as a model.
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