People want drivers to park cars on roads

The Reading / Listening - Level 0

Over 70% of people want a ban on pavement parking. One town makes people pay $115 if they park on the pavement. Some people don't care about the money. They park where they want. People with baby cars and people in wheelchairs are afraid to walk on busy roads. They might have an accident.

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Sources

http://www.courier.co.uk/cars-pavement/story-20877627-detail/story.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-26806722

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The Activities

MATCHING

PARAGRAPH ONE:

1.	People are	a.	blind people
2.	They cannot walk	b.	their way
3.	They have to walk into	c.	see
4.	difficult and dangerous for	d.	the road
5.	Cars block	e.	angry
6.	scary for people to walk	f.	traffic
7.	It is more dangerous when you cannot	g.	safely
8.	oncoming	h.	on the road

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PARAGRAPH TWO:

1.	Over 70%	a.	about the money
2.	a ban	b.	baby cars
3.	One town makes	c.	on pavement parking
4.	Some people don't care	d.	where they want
5.	They park	e.	wheelchairs
6.	People with	f.	of people
7.	people in	g.	an accident
8.	They might have	h.	people pay $115

LISTEN AND FILL IN THE GAPS

People (1) ___________________ cars on pavements. They (2) ___________________. They have to (3) ___________________. This is difficult and dangerous (4) ___________________. Cars block their way. (5) ___________________ people to walk on the road. It is more dangerous (6) ___________________ see the oncoming traffic."

Over (7) ___________________ want a ban on pavement parking. One town (8) ___________________ $115 if they park on the pavement. Some people (9) ___________________ the money. They park (10) ___________________. People with baby (11) ___________________ wheelchairs are afraid to walk on busy roads. They might (12) ___________________.

PUT A SLASH ( / )WHERE THE SPACES ARE

Peopleareangryaboutcarsonpavements.Theycannotwalksafely.T
heyhavetowalkintotheroad.Thisisdifficultanddangerousforblindp
eople.Carsblocktheirway.Itisscaryforpeopletowalkontheroad.Iti
smoredangerouswhenyoucannotseetheoncomingtraffic."Over7
0%ofpeoplewantabanonpavementparking.Onetownmakespeopl
epay$115iftheyparkonthepavement.Somepeopledon'tcareabou
tthemoney.Theyparkwheretheywant.Peoplewithbabycarsandpe
opleinwheelchairsareafraidtowalkonbusyroads.Theymighthavea
naccident.

WRITE QUESTIONS & ASK YOUR PARTNER(S)

Student A: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________

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Student B: Do not show these to your speaking partner(s).

a)	________________________________________________________
b)	________________________________________________________
c)	________________________________________________________
d)	________________________________________________________
e)	________________________________________________________
f)	________________________________________________________

WRITING

Write about parking for 10 minutes. Read and talk about your partner's paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Answers

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