1) Reteling (sample:) This text is devoted
to one of the main social problems. I mean people’s indifference.
The elderly and the
homeless feel marginalized.
To find out what it’s
really like to be in someone else’s shoes, two reporters went undercover,
Tracey as an 80-year-old and Sam as a homeless person. The results were
eye-opening.
People didn’t want to
talk to a chatty senior citizen and couldn’t wait to get rid of her. Tracy felt
incredibly embarrassed, as if she was invisible and unwanted by the society.
Sam says people
avoided looking at him and angrily asked him to leave public places. He found
out that people ended up on the streets because of terrible debts or family
break-ups. The homeless can’t get off the streets because they have no official
identity. Also, you can’t be employed without an address and ID.
Both the elderly and
the homeless need our help but not accusation (judgement). We mustn’t be
indifferent!
2) Modals (make sure you know them very well)
1. Ability (can/be
able to)
2. Possibility (could/may/might/be
likely to)
3. Probability (will/should=ought
to)
4. Permission (can/could/may/might)
5. Necessity (must/have
to/need to)
6. Lack of necessity
(don’t have to/don’t need to/needn’t)
7. Advice (should/ought
to)
8. Prohibition (mustn’t/can’t)
9. Suggestion (shall
we / can/could/why don’t we)
10. Offer (can I/Shall I/Would
you like me to..?)