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Activity 28 (continues)
Activity 29
• Tell students to contrast their
points of view and to make a
chart comparing them. For each
point of view in favor, there
should be another one against.
• Ask students to organize them
according to the order they
want to present them in
the discussion.
• Go through the example
Points of view • Look at the example below regarding the discussion of
with them and answer any
questions that might arise.
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Continue Activity 28 below
• Provide examples so the interlocutors can fully understand your point of view.
• Think about which opinions were common sense and elaborate or adjust them.
Statement Points of view Examples
• Buses are quite old Most people would think this only happens in big cities; but I
In India and in and contribute to air have seen several old trucks in my hometown that emit too
much carbon monoxide.
pollution.
Mexico, there
are vehicles • People prefer driving I have read a couple of articles about this topic. They all agree on
that pollute
a car to using public
the fact that air pollution directly affects people’s well-being, as
the air. transportation. it stresses them out, they suffer from irritated eyes and it gives
them headaches, among other illnesses.
• Look at the example below.
• Include the examples you wrote in previous activities.
For our discussion
stuck (adj.):
29. Make a chart comparing the points of view in favor and against.
• Remember to include what you think about all the behaviors
portrayed in the comic you selected.
atorado
well- being
(n.): bienestar
Panel 4 of My Trip to India.
Against
In favor Vs. » Most buses are too old and emit
» Public transportation is necessary,
» We all know that public transportation Vs. » Everybody wants to buy a car,
carbon monoxide. This happens
without it lots of people could not
everywhere:
commute from home to work. Besides,
in big cities and small towns.
not all of it pollutes the air.
serves a very specific purpose: to
comfortable. People prefer to
transport people from one place as public transportation is not
be stuck in traffic and polluting
to another on a daily basis without the environment rather than
charging much. If more people used it, commuting with other people.
there wouldn’t be so many cars on the
street and air pollution would decrease. » Public transportation contributes to air
» Not everyone can afford to buy a car Vs. pollution. Studies show that air pollution
and they rely on public transportation. directly affects people’s well-being,
as it stresses them out, they suffer
from irritated eyes and it gives them
headaches, among other illnesses.