way2go! 6, Schulbuch

120 UniT 09 | Make a change! If you were the mayor of your town, what would you change and why? Write down three changes and find good arguments why they should be made. Then get together with another student and discuss your ideas. Agree on one change you would both like to see. Read the information below, then discuss it with a partner. What do you think of this idea? SPEAKING 9 M p. 50 LISTENING 10 M p. 49 You are going to listen to an FM4 interview with Benjamin Barber. Write down three questions you have about his ideas. Then listen to the interview. Does he answer any of them? What does he say? You are going to listen to the interview again. First, study the task below. Then, while listening, answer the questions (1–8) using a maximum of four words. Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. After listening, take some time to check your answers. 11 a 22 b Collect Barber’s ideas on the board and discuss them in class. Do you think a class from a school that is in a different area of Austria – a city or the countryside – would agree with you? Do you agree that cities and their mayors should have more influence in politics? Write a PEEL paragraph of around 100 words on your opinion.  See PEEL revisited , p. 93. SPEAKING 12 WRITING 13 0 What part of the world’s population lives in cities? the majority 1 Why can’t mayors solve the big problems now? 2 What are mayors like, in Barber’s opinion? 3 Which group of people do mayors have to work with? (Give one answer.) 4 What does Barber say the world is like today? 5 What percentage of the US population lives in cities? 6 What should cities fight for? 7 What percentage of the US population are white people? 8 Who controls the world, in Barber’s opinion? US political scientist Benjamin Barber has a radical idea. He says that today’s problems, such as climate change, terrorism and poverty, cannot be solved by politicians of nation states or traditional international organisations. He argues that cities and the mayors who run them are much more likely to succeed if they can work together and take responsibility for the larger issues. Barber proposes a ‘World Parliament of Mayors’ in which the world’s cities work together to improve the situation for everyone. Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv