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4b Take action

1 Warm-up a protest march a sit-down protest a hunger strike

Discuss the following questions.
• Have you ever seen people protest as shown in the pictures on
the right? What were they protesting against?
• If you wanted to protest which way would you choose?
a letter to an MP a petition

2 Read 
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A. Listen and read. Who isn’t very enthusiastic
about protesting?

Fay Hey you two, did you hear that they’re planning to turn
Fenstead woods into a car park?
Leo Get out of here! I thought that they were building a new car
park next to the town hall.
Fay It’s true. They are preparing the site this week.
Ian So what? The town needs extra car parks. It’s impossible to
find a parking space.
Fay What are you on about? You can’t just destroy a beautiful
place like that to put up a car park.
Leo Not to mention destroying the natural habitats of the
animals living there. B. Read the dialogue again and find sentences
Ian I’m just saying that a car park there would be really handy to prove the following.
for going to the shops. 1. Leo didn’t know where they were building
Fay Don’t you care about the environment at all? a new car park.
Ian Up to a point, yeah. But I can see why they’re doing it.
2. Parking is difficult where they live.
Leo We should do something to stop it. 3. The trees aren’t the only thing that they will
Ian Like what? have to destroy to make the car park.
Fay Leo’s right. We can’t let them get away with it. We should 4. Ian isn’t totally against the building of the car
round up kids from school and do a tree sit. park.
Ian A what?
Fay You know, make a tree house and stay in the trees for days, 5. Tree sitting is against the law.
weeks as long as it takes! 6. They haven’t got time to organise a protest
Leo Take it easy, Fay. Can I just remind you that that’s not march.
strictly legal? 7. Ian changes his mind in the end.
Fay Who cares? C. Look at the phrases/expressions a-h taken
Ian The construction workers will call the police, and you’ll from the dialogue. Match them with the
have to leave within a couple of hours, I bet you. phrases 1-6. There are two extra phrases
Fay But we have to do something. which you do not need to use.
Leo I was thinking more about informing the media or writing to
our local MP and letting him know how we feel. Maybe get a. Get out of here! 1. What do you mean?
some people to sign a petition or even organise a protest 2. I’m almost certain
march. b. What are you on
Fay That’ll take ages. They are cutting down trees as we speak. about? it will happen.
We need to take action, and now! c. Up to a point. 3. We have to accept it.
Ian I think you two are living in cloud-cuckoo-land. Let’s face it, d. Take it easy.
you’re never going to stop them from making that car park. e. Who cares? 4. I don’t believe you.
Fay We won’t know unless we try. Are you with me, Leo?
Leo You can count on me. Ian? f. I bet you. 5. It doesn’t matter.
Ian OK, count me in too, but I can’t promise too much. g. That’ll take ages. 6. Relax.
h. Let’s face it.

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