23.7 Carnival
Reading
1. How often does the Carnival take place ?
2. Why do you think some people wanted it banned ?
3. Who are the National Front, and what is their policy ?
4. a) What do you think happened at the Carnival before the violence started ?
b) How exactly did the violence start ?
5. What did the following groups do after that ?
a) the police
b) the youths
c) the National Front
6. What opinion does each of the four speakers have about what happened ?
Discussion
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in your opinion, was most to blame for the violence?
the Carnival organisers
the black community
the white community
the National Front
youths from outside the area
the police
Say what you think each group should/shouldn’t have done, and why.
Writing
Write a letter to a newspaper expressing your views on who was to blame for the violence. Take any point of view you like.
23.8 Whose fault? Free practice
Work in groups.
Think of either a recent disaster (e.g. an air crash)
or a social or economic problem (e.g. unemployment)
or a recent violent incident (e.g. football hooliganism).
Discuss why it happened, whose fault it is, and how it could have been avoided.
Unit 23 Summary of language
In this unit you have learnt how to:
key points
1. Should/shouldn’t He should keep his cafe cleaner. You shouldn’t be working so hard. She should have stayed in bed. You shouldn’t have been driving so fast.
2. If+ Past tense If he cleaned his cafe, he would get more customers. If you didn’t watch TV so much, you’d have more time for work.
3. If+ had(n’t) done/had(n’t) been doing If she’d stayed in bed, her temperature would have gone down. If you hadn’t shouted at him, he wouldn’t have walked out. If he’d been watching the toast, it wouldn’t have burnt. If you hadn’t been driving so fast, you wouldn’t have skidded.
4. Keeps doing/is always doing He’s a bore – he keeps talking about himself. Mary’s so absent-minded - she’s always forgetting things.
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Unit 24 Explanations