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1 World problems
Present continuous and present perfect
passive tenses
▪ How could we reduce the waste of each of these items?
▪ What do you throw away? What do you tend to recycle?

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 Perspectives – Clean up our city!

▪ Which of these problems affect your city? Can you give specific examples?
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 The mechanic is repairing my car. My car is being repaired by the mechanic.

GRAMMAR FOCUS
(Passive with prepositions)

PRESENT CONTINUOUS PASSIVE

The air is being polluted by fumes from cars and trucks.
City streets are being damaged as a result of heavy traffic.
Potholes aren’t being repaired due to a lack of funding.

PRESENT PERFECT PASSIVE

Many parks have been lost through overbuilding.
The homeless have been displaced because of overcrowding in city shelters.

My father has painted the wall. The wall has been painted by my father. 6
Create and match!

The health of people in urban areas is being threatened by air pollution

Soil and underground water have been contaminated because of livestock farms
Statues and buildings have been eroded as a result of acid rain
Birds , fish and other marine life are being harmed through oil spills.
Huge amount of farmland has been eaten up due to the growth of suburbs.
the extinction of plants and wildlife is being accelerated by the destruction of
rain forest.

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2 Solving problems
Infinitive clauses and phrases
Listening section!

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CONVERSATION – What can we do?

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INFINITIVE CLAUSES AND PHRASES

One way to change things is to talk to the company’s management.

Another way to stop them is to get a TV station to run a story.
The best ways to fight cancer are to do more research and educate people.

Find one or more solutions for each problem.

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What can be done ...?
1. to stop drug trafficking
2. to improve children’s health
3. to keep our parks clean
4. to reduce unemployment

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Thanks!
What did we learn today?

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