"A life in the streets"

Living in the streets

Module 5 А

Homeless people

Why do you think these

people have no home?

What causes the homelessness

• Unfortunate circumstances
• Unemployment
• Low income
• Bad habits
• Family problems
• Imprisonment
• Laziness

Your feelings about the homeless people

1 I’m sincerely sorry for the people that are left without home.

2. I really have a pity on such people.

3. It’s painful to watch them asking for money.

4. My attitude towards the homelessness is sharply negative.

5. The most important thing is that we should treat the homeless as people.

6. If I had a chance to make their lives at least a bit easier I would definitely do that.

Ways of solving the problem - help

• If you are passing by such people buy them at least some meal, they would be very grateful.
• When you walk past throw them a coin to show that you’re not indifferent to them.
• You can donate food or money in the canteens and open charities.
• You can bring clothes in special items.
• Of course, it is not the solution. But perhaps this is a good start. But only the beginning, nothing more.

We need necessary changes in legislation.

The state should help: provide with work, housing, work, food, treatment.

I believe that all people should be treated first and foremost like human beings.

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Open up

Раскрываться

Foster

Приёмный

Couch

Кушетка

Shiver with cold

Дрожать от холода

Через ночь, случайная ночь

Odd night

Cramped

Тесный

Наркоман

Drug addict

Грязный

Filthy

Choke

Задыхаться

Сводить концы с концами

Make ends meet

Toss

Швырять

Posh

Шикарный

Dignity

Достоинство

Порочный круг

Vicious circle

Self-esteem

Самоуважение

Match the words and explanations

• shiver with cold
• couch
• choke
• foster
• toss
• filthy
• odd night
• dignity
• vicious circle
• self-esteem
• drug addict
• posh
• make ends meet
• cramped

a) official care by the government

c

b) a long soft seat

b

c) be very cold

h

d) occasional night

a

e) lot of people on the small space

j

f) dependant on drugs

g

g) very dirty

d

h) lose the ability to breath

l

i) just cover living expenses

n

j) throw

m

k) expensive

f

l) person’s sense of value

k

m) how you feel about yourself

i

e

n)a problem that creates other problems

Capital city

Historic city

Cosmopolitan

city

Overcrowded street

Market street

Industrial city

Shanty street

New city

Boom city

Fill in the gaps with

Shanty, new, cosmopolitan, market, industrial, capital, boom, overcrowded, historic

industrial

• Living in an _________ city is not healthy.
• I am tired of ____________ Moscow streets.
• Rome is a _______ city.
• Paris is a very ____________ city for people

of many cultures live there.

5. In the 19 th century Dowson was a _______ city because gold was found nearby.

• My granny prefers to buy vegetables in the

__________.

7. Svetly is a relatively_______ town founded in 1970.

8. Though Washington is a _______ city, it is not big.

9. Nobody lives in this _______ district.

overcrowded

historic

cosmopolitan

boom

market

new

capital

shanty

Use these words to describe the pictures

Squat – приют, ночлежка

Disused - вышедший из употребления

Fully-furnished –

полностью меблирована

Run-down - жалкий

Well-lit –

хорошо освещенный

Residential - жилой

Rough - неспокойный

Pedestrianized - пешеходный

Abandoned – заброшенный

Posh - шикарный

8

a) учреждение

1. well-lit

2. run-down

3. fully-furnished

4. posh

5. abandoned

6. disused

7. squat

8. office

9. residential

10. pedestrianised

11. rough

5

b) заброшенный

c) приют, ночлежка

7

d) пешеходный

10

e) жилой

9

f) хорошо освещенный

1

3

g) полностью меблированный

h) неспокойный, опасный

11

4

i) роскошный

6

j) вышедший из употребления

2

k) обветшалый, негодный

ex 5 p 85

Underline the correct item.  1 Stonehenge is a well-known residential/historic site in Salisbury, England.  2 Cosmopolitan/industrial cities offer many cultural events for tourists in the summer.  3 These flats have been overcrowded/abandoned since the tragic fire.  4 Brian felt safe jogging along the rough/well-lit path after dark.  5 There are many statues and large gardens outside the posh/run-down houses of Beverly Hills. 6 Canberra is the capital/boom city of Australia.  7 Before entering the city, we passed a shanty/new town where many poor families lived in rough huts. 

make ends meet, boom, squat, office, pedestrianised,

self-esteem, cramped, market  

1 They live in a ……. without electricity or running water.  2 Children can play safely in …… areas since there is no need for parents to worry about passing vehicles.  3 Sally has to work two jobs just to ……..  4 Losing your job can have a very bad effect on your ……. 5 In the past, farmers used to travel to …… towns to sell their vegetables.  6 The …… building he works in was once an old warehouse.  7 It became a ……… town when oil was discovered in the cornfields nearby.  8 They are living in very …….. conditions. They need to find a bigger house.