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Look at the posters for a polítical party. What issues do you think this party campaigns For? Make a Ust of your ideas.
Are t h e s e n t e n c e s t r u e o r false? 1
in B r i t a i n , v o t i n g in e l e c t i o n s is m o r e p o p u l a r t h a n v o t i n g in TV s h o w s like Pop Idol f o r p e o p l e u n d e r 2 4 .
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The Green Party in t h e UK u s e d t o have a d i f f e r e n t ñ a m e .
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The Green Party h as b e e n m o r e successful in l o c a l a n d
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The Green Party is i n f a v o u r o f setentific e x p e r i m e n t s - o n
European e l e c t i o n s t h a n i n general e l e c t i o n s . a n i m á i s if t h e y are reatly necessary.
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5 The Green Party is i n f a v o u r o f p e o p l e u s i n g publíe t r a n s p o r t i n s t e a d o f t h e i r cars. 6
The Green Party is t h e o n l y p a r t y in Britain t h a t t a l k s a b o u t recyeling a n d r e n e w a b l e energy.
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Complete t h e p a r a g r a p h w i t h t h e h i g h ü g h t e d w o r d s i n t h e t e x t in exercise 2. In Britain,
Read the text. Does it mention any of your ideas from exercise 1?
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publish a manifestó which describes
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their most i m p o r t a n t
m 8'ritein today, more 18-24-year-oíds^feé in IV shows m ¡jwcwt éktihm.
to decide the
next g o v e r n m e n t . A f e w m o n t h s b e f o r e t h e e l e c t i o n , aü t h e main política!
like Pop idolthan
a t least once every five years,
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w h e n e v e r y b o d y aged 1 8 o r o l d e r can l
t h e y w i n . They t h e n
Al! política! ptfftié.
a n d says w h a t t h e y w i l l d o i f
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f o r p e o p i e ' s votes by d i s c u s s i n g
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t h e issues o n TV a n d radio. The c a n d i d a t e s w h o get t h e m o s t
are try'mg to encourage more young people to get ¡nvolved
votes w i n
m politks. This means ta\\ánq about the Issues that are
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important to them.
w h i c h is t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t
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part o f t h e B r i t i s h _
(The o t h e r p a r t is calied t h e H o u s e
of Lorcib.) There are oíten l o c a l e l e c t i o n s at t h e s a m e t i m e ,
The prst político! party td >iafce the envíronment an
when people choose their l o c a l
imporíant ísswé; vyeis The creen Party The party has existen in
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the UK for about 30 years. (For the first-tsn years, i t was calíed
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the Ecoíogy Party) The Greens do not have any seáis in the
about environmental issues. M a t c h each s p e a k e r ( 1 - 5 ) with
Hoirse of c o m m c m because m general elections most people
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vote for the three mam partks: Labowr, the Conservatives
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and the Liberal Democrats. However, they have several MEPs
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We s h o u i d use solar a n d w i n d p o w e r t o heat o u r w a t e r at h o m e .
(Members of the Europeas i ^ r t a m e n l } and many loeal
b We w o n ' t b e a b l e t o use l a n d - f i l l sites for m u c h longer.
fqüftdlí&ré aerase Bn'min They aíñípakjri on many issues,
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e We s h o u l d n ' t use cars f o r s h o r t j o u r n e y s .
• transport they want to reduce the amount of trafpc
g The g o v e r n m e n t s h o u i d b a n large, p o w e r f u i cars.
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and pollutioh by encoúraging people to waík and cyeie more sources of energy - wínd farms, wave and solar power • food and farm'mg: they are agQ¡n& GM (genettcally modífied) food and the use of cherhkQlsm\farm\ng Tweníy years ago, polítici^ns whowererit in the Creen Party hardíy ever talked about 'green' issues like recycling, renewabk energy and climate change. But today, ali polítical partles have 'greeri pojjcm. People are reaílslng that the earth •; is in dangér -.|f wedon't change-.oijrway oflife, the resulte will |
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We s h o u l d n ' t g o o n h o ü d a y t o d i s t a n t places.
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We s h o u l d n ' t repiace g a d g e t s a n d electrical a p p l i a n c e s unless t h e y are b r o k e n .
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The g o v e r n m e n t s h o u i d i n v e s t in r e n e w a b l e energy.
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d We s h o u i d use rockets t o s e n d r u b b i s h i n t o space.
• animal ñghts: they want to ban scíentífic experimente on animáis and improveconditíonsj^
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We s h o u i d a v o i d t r a v e l l i n g by p l a ñ e .
1 &o y^u agree or disagree with the opinions in exercise 5? Give reasons.
J¿yB Work in pairs. Think of three things the local councit or the p u b ü c shouid do to heip the environment where you live. Make notes. Then tell the class your opinions. Do they agree or disagree?