The document asks the reader to compare two pictures, one showing a homeless woman on the street and the other showing people dining in a luxury restaurant. It poses several questions about the similarities and differences between the subjects, who is better off, why the woman became homeless, how she spends her time and where she sleeps, how she could get help, and whether she could dine in such a restaurant. It also includes a word bank with terms related to poverty, wealth, and associated behaviors and experiences.
The document asks the reader to compare two pictures, one showing a homeless woman on the street and the other showing people dining in a luxury restaurant. It poses several questions about the similarities and differences between the subjects, who is better off, why the woman became homeless, how she spends her time and where she sleeps, how she could get help, and whether she could dine in such a restaurant. It also includes a word bank with terms related to poverty, wealth, and associated behaviors and experiences.
The document asks the reader to compare two pictures, one showing a homeless woman on the street and the other showing people dining in a luxury restaurant. It poses several questions about the similarities and differences between the subjects, who is better off, why the woman became homeless, how she spends her time and where she sleeps, how she could get help, and whether she could dine in such a restaurant. It also includes a word bank with terms related to poverty, wealth, and associated behaviors and experiences.
you name? Which person is better/ cleverer: the homeless woman or any of the diners? Why do you think the woman on the left has become poor and homeless? Who is responsible for this? How does she spend her day? Where does she spend the night? How could she get help? Do you think she will ever have dinner in a luxury restaurant? Why/ why not? How much do you think a meal in this restaurant may cost? Can you imagine any of the diners as homeless? Why/why not?
Word Bank
poverty: poor, poverty-stricken, beggar,
be caught in the poverty trap, live below the poverty line, unemployed, victim of domestic violence/a natural disaster/war, runaway, substance abuser sleep rough, live in a cardboard box/a sleeping bag/underground tunnels, stay the night at shelters, eat leftovers, get food/clothes from charity shops/ organizations, poor health, suffer injuries, lack regular medical care, malnutrition, sell street newspapers, busk, beg for money, shoplift, wealth: be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth, come into/inherit a fortune, make big money/big bucks, have deep pockets, have money to burn, rags to riches, come across buried treasure, win the lottery, launder money, donate one’s riches to charity, they charge the Earth for a cup of tea, pay good money for sg, afford luxury goods/cars/homes, no expense is spared, stay at a deluxe hotel, look down on the poor