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5E
Rights and wrongs 65
writing guide
Task
Write a letter to the newspaper expressing
your views on the proposed scheme below.
Plan
Decide which ideas you are going to use and
match them to these paragraphs:
Paragraph 1:
Say why you are writing and express your
opinion on dispersal zones.
Paragraph 2:
Explain the reason for your opinion and
show you understand the problem and
its cause.
Paragraph 3:
Present the first suggestion and result.
Paragraph 4:
Make another suggestion and a possible
result.
Paragraph 5:
Add a final point.
Write
Write your letter. Use the paragraph plan to
help you.
Check
Check the following points:
Have you included all the information from your
notes?
Have you used a variety of phrases for making
suggestions and expressing results?
Have you checked grammar, vocabulary, spelling
and punctuation?
should
and
ought to
We use
should
and
ought to
when we want to say that something is right or the best thing to do. They
express a mild obligation.
Ought to
is more formal than
should
.
Reference and practice 5.3
Workbook page 113
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SPEAKING
Work in pairs. Discuss the possible results of the alternatives to the curfew
scheme below. Use the expressions for making suggestions and expressing results.
have regular discussions between young people, the council and the police
set up sports activities and arts programmes
install more security cameras and employ people to watch them
have more police officers on the streets
The local council is planning to create ‘dispersal zones’ in
certain areas of the city to try to reduce street fighting.
Under this scheme, if the police see a group of more
than two young people in the street, they can ask them
to separate and move. They can also remove people
who do not live in the area and arrest them if they return
within 24 hours.
Ideas
Make notes about:
1
How you feel about the proposed scheme. Do you
agree or disagree with it?
2
Things you want to include. Think about:
the causes of street violence.
alternatives to the dispersal zones.
possible results.
what should happen to people that do not live in
the area.
Dear Sir / Madam,
I am writing to express my views on the proposed curfew
scheme reported in your newspaper last week. I am
strongly against this scheme and I believe it will cause
more harm than good.
Police say that the scheme will help to protect teenagers
and also reduce crime. But what about those teenagers
who never get into trouble? A curfew would punish us and
some could react in a negative way, which would make the
problem worse.
1
I recommend that they focus on the people that commit
crime, rather than all teenagers.
2
This would mean that a
lot of innocent teenagers would not feel like they are being
punished for things they have not done.
3
Another good idea would be to talk with us and our
families. Many young offenders have difficult home lives or
parents who do not look after them properly. Social services
should give these families more support.
4
In this way, they
would be able to identify the reasons some teenagers break
the law and deal with the root of the problem.
5
If they did
this, it would help to solve the problem in the long term.
6
Another suggestion would be to organize activities for us,
rather than lock us up at home.
7
If we had more worthwhile
things to do, we would not be causing problems. Nobody
can deny that there is nothing for us to do in our town,
except hang out on the streets. The local council ought to
provide some places for us to meet.
8
Perhaps they could
offer free activities for us to do in the afternoons and at
weekends.
I look forward to hearing the opinions of your other
readers.
Yours faithfully,
Jon Rogers