4.

MAKE NOTES ON YOUR OPINIONS REGARDING

THESE TOPICS OR YOU OWN IDEA.
 Prisons
 Smoking
 Road Safety
 Alcohol
 I think that the Prisons are very important
because there are some people that break the laws
and they are dangerous for the society. But in my
country the prisioners go out worst. That place
must help to prisioners with rehab. Prison time is
a very severe punishment.
 Smoking is an addictive act practiced by a large
majority of people, this causes serious
environmental damage.
 Road safety plays a key role in society, because it
helps to keep us informed about the care and uses
we must practice if we have some kind of
transport.
 Alcohol is a vice, it is flexible for society, but in the
long run it damages parts of our body.

Las cárceles son importantes porque son lugares donde

se detiene gente abusiva, mala y dañina para la sociedad.
Fumar es un acto adictivo que practican gran mayoría de
personas, esto ocasiona serios daños ambientales.
La seguridad vial tiene un rol primordial en la sociedad,
porque ayuda a mantenernos informados sobre los
cuidados y usos que debemos practicar si tenemos algún
tipo de transporte.
El alcohol es un vicio, es flexible para la sociedad, pero a
la larga de su consumo daña partes de nuestro
organismo.
5. WRITE AN ESSAY, EXPRESSING AND SUPPORTING
YOUR OPINIONS ON THE ISSUE YOU CHOSE.
1) Decide what aspects of the issue to focus on.
2) Make notes on the laws regarding each aspect and
your opinion on each one.
3) Organise your notes into several paragraphs (i.e.
one paragraph for each aspect)
4) Think about how to express your ideas using:
 connecting words of condition
 impersonal reporting structures from the unit
 correct punctuation
The abuse of cigarette smoking is one of the biggest
problems in global health. The World Health
Organization, according to its statistics, describes
that every year 4 million people die from this
addiction.
The consequences of cigarette smoking are
contracted by different diseases such as lung
cancer, tongue cancer, pulmonary fibrosis and heart
disease.
It should be noted that not only smokers can suffer
the consequences, but also people who inhale
cigarette smoke. Therefore, this habit is considered
serious at the social level.
To try to persuade people not to consume abusively,
we must carry out campaigns or social projects
 where the high levels of severity that comes with
consuming cigarettes are reported.
El abuso de consumo de cigarrillo es uno de los
problemas más grandes en la salud mundial. La
Organización mundial de la salud, según sus
estadísticas, describe que cada año 4 millones de
personas mueren a causa de esta adicción.
Las consecuencias de fumar cigarrillo, son contraen
las diferentes enfermedades cómo: cáncer al
pulmón, cáncer a la lengua, fibrosis pulmonar y
enfermedades cardíacas.
Cabe resaltar que no sólo los fumadores pueden
sufrir las consecuencias, sino también las personas
que inhalan el humo del cigarrillo. Por ello, este
hábito es considerado grave a nivel social.
Para tratar de persuadir a la gente que no consuma
abusivamente, debemos realizar campañas o
proyectos sociales dónde se informe los altos niveles
de gravedad que conlleva consumir cigarrillo.
6. WORK IN GROUPS. READ EACH OTHER'S ESSAYS.
IS THE WRITER'S POINT OF VIEW CLEAR?
b. Discuss the issues in each essay. Do you agree or
disagree with the opinions raised?
c. Make suggestions for any improvements.