Sample scripts

C) Compare your ideas with your partner.

Words and phrases to express a problem and its solution

B) Use the information you brainstormed above and make up sentences which are true for your essay.

A) Study the useful language for writing an essay suggesting solutions to the problem.

1) Introduce the theme using an opening phrase to write that there are problems:

Obviously there are quite a lot of dangers with regard to + N / NP.

It’s universally accepted that there are a few hazards involved in + N / NP.

The issue of + N / NP is weighed down with a few problems.

2) Highlight the main problem:

At the outset, the most crucial predicament is that +complement clause.

One major worry is probably that +complement clause.

Essentially, one fundamental concern is probably that +complement clause.

3) Extend the problem above by adding a sentence:

This is clearly alarming because +sub-clause.

This needs to be seen / regarded as a sensitive matter because +sub-clause.

4) Introduce the second problem and extend it:

Additionally, another major cause for concern is the fact that +relative clause.

Equally worrying is the problem that +relative clause.

Another matter which causes uneasiness is that + complement clause.

5) Introduce the theme concerning the solution to the problems above:

In my view there is a number of actions that could be taken.

I honestly believe that there are a few ways to tackle these problems.

6) Suggest a solution to the first problem:

When dealing with the first problem, the easiest way to work it out would be to + V_inf.

In reaction to the initial issue, the most effective way to get to the root of the problem is that + complement clause.

7) Add a sentence to show a possible effect of the suggested activity above:

As a result, N / NP could / might / would + V_inf.

N / NP could / might / would result in + N / NP / V_ing.

N / NP could / might / would lead to +N / NP / V_ing.

8) Suggest a solution to the second problem:

Now, taking into account the second challenge, the only way to get to the bottom of this dilemma would be to + V_inf.

As for the second problem, the most successful way to confront it would be that + complement clause.

9) Add a sentence to show a possible effect of the suggested activity above (see Step 7).

29. a) Which of the following paragraphs is preferable? Why?

AMy home town is Rubezhnoe. It is a small industrial town. It is polluted very much. People suffer from air and water pollution. The chemical factory “Zarya” emits a wide range of pollutants such as organic acids, particles containing lead and other metals in the air. It has lead to health problems. City dwellers dump rubbish into the lakes. It smells. You can hardly swim in it in summer. All over Rubezhnoe trees are cut down for lumber, firewood to make room for spreading human settlement.

BMy home town is Rubezhnoe, a small industrial town, which is polluted very much. As a consequence, people suffer from air and water pollution. In fact, the chemical factory “Zarya” emits a wide range of pollutants such as organic acids, particles containing lead and other metals in the air and it has lead to health problems. As well as that, city dwellers dump rubbish into the lake. Therefore, it smells and you can hardly swim in it in summer. Besides this, all over Rubezhnoe trees are cut down for lumber and firewood or just to make room for spreading human settlement.

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