Speaking – Paired activity: An ethical dilemma You and your partner run a small animal shelter that has been struggling financially. Recently, a local car dealer has offered to donate a van worth £20,000 to your shelter. However, there’s a catch: the dealer wants you to report to the financial authorities that they have donated a van worth £40,000 to evade paying taxes. This van is crucial for transporting animals, but accepting it under these conditions poses an ethical dilemma. You have eight minutes to discuss with your partner the ethical implications and potential consequences of this offer. Consider the pros and cons of the following options: • accept the van and falsely report its value, benefiting your animal shelter but participating in tax evasion • politely decline the van due to the unethical condition attached to it • report the dealer to the authorities for attempting tax evasion • one more idea Writing: A blog comment on Operation Homeless Camps You have read the report on a questionable police operation in a blog about the town where you live. by M. Kelsay Sheriff Dennis Kucinich admits that it is not a crime to be homeless in Thurston County. Still, on Monday morning he spearheaded a campaign to break up 20 homeless camps along Lakeridge Drive. For five and a half hours, approximately 70 officers from nine agencies, including a private helicopter, forced the homeless off public lands. Law enforcement officers say that they were reacting to the recent rape of a 15-year-old girl who was attacked on the greenway on May 4. You have decided to comment on this blog post. In your blog comment you should • argue for respect for any human being, • discuss prejudices against homeless people, • suggest sensible steps to deal with the problem. Write around 200 words. Simple and progressive forms Fill in the verbs in the text below. Pay extra attention to which tense is needed in each gap. I … 1 animals ever since I was a kid, and while I was growing up we had lots of pets. But my parents were really worried when they realised my love of animals … 2 the not-so cuddly animals, too. At one point I really … 3 my own snake – a python. “Erin, you … 4 to get on my nerves with this python idea,” my mum would say. “I don’t want to come home one day and find that your “friend” … 5 from its terrarium! How about getting a job at a pet shop?” The owner of the local pet shop didn’t have a job for me – but he had an idea: “What about the animal shelter? They … 6 a lot of problems with exotic snakes lately. The shelter … 7 more calls in the past six months than in the previous six years. They can’t pay you, though. It would be volunteer work. But remember: Volunteering … 8 good on a CV!” I … 9 at the shelter for over two years now, and I love it. 2 ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ I can make my opinions and reactions understood as regards possible solutions or the question of what to do next, giving brief reasons and explanations. (B1) 3 ➀ ➁ ➂ ➃ ➄ I can summarise, report and give my opinion about accumulated factual information on familiar routine and non-routine matters within my field with some confidence. (B1) 4 got included has escaped have been volunteering looks have loved wanted have had are starting 59 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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