Read the texts and enact them either in the form of interviews or as role plays enlarging on the words of each speaker.
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Use the conversational formulas of encouraging people to speak (see Unit 4, Conv. and Disc. II. l.(a) and the following formulas of persuading:
You'd better; Wouldn't it be a good idea to... ? You really must try to; You could always; Do listening to our reasoning; Why should you be so obstinate? I still hope we can persuade 
you to; If I were you I'd
Pollution 
загрязнение
Situation
For 30 years the Crowchester 
Chemical 
Company has got rid of its waste by dumping сваливая it in the River Crow or by burning it. Most of the people living in Crowchester work for the company, so there have been few complaints 
жалоб. Recently, however, doctors at the local hospital found that cases of throat глотки cancer in Crowchester were 20 times higher than the national average and tests proved that air and water pollution were responsible ответственны.
Characters
Mabel Bloxford, the wife of a former employee 
of the Crowchester Chemical Company who is suffering from throat cancer. Leonard Miles, editor of the local newspaper Henry Murdoch, the president of Crowchester Chemical Co. Brian Thatcher, a lawyer representing local cancer victims Veronica Wade, a Member of Parliament 
Ted Sherwood, a university professor
Mrs Mabel Bloxford
Last year when my husband found out that he had cancer, the doctor advised us to leave Crowchester . We planned to buy a farm 50 miles away. But before we could save enough money for the deposit 
задаток, he lost his job. Now we'll never be able to get away from here.
Leonard Miles
For the last 30 years, Crowchester Chemical Company has not only blackened our skies and polluted 
our rivers, it has been slowly and surely poisoning 
us in our own homes. Other big companies treat обрабатывают
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their chemical waste. Not Crowchester Chemical Company. They think that money is more important than our comfort 
and our health. And the suffering страдания of Crowchester cannot be measured in terms of pounds and pence. 37 people are seriously ill. Hundreds more are living in misery. The Crow River will never again be fit for drinking water. Crowchester Chemical Company must compensate 
us all for the trouble and the suffering they have brought among us.
Henry Murdoch
I do not accept that my company is responsible. We can't be held responsible. If people choose to work here or live nearby, they must accept the risks. We did not bring the company to the town. The town grew up round the chemical factory. And part of the reason the town is such a thriving бурно развивающаяся community today, is because of my company. Of course, there is a little pollution загрязнение. There is always pollution in the chemical industry. It can't be helped because this country needs chemicals 
химическая продукция. Crowchester needs chemicals too — without this company 3,000 people would be jobless.
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Brian Thatcher
We are suing 
возбуждаем иск for over a million pounds in compensation, and we're also asking for a court order to close the factory. I'm confident that we shall win. What worries me is that it's impossible to stop this kind of thing until it's too late. The Government should have introduced strict pollution загрязнение controls long ago.
Veronica Wade
Already many towns are worse than Crowchester . If we don't act soon, this country will become uninhabitable 
непригодна для проживания. Pollution is a crime against society and must be punished. I propose to fix strict limits for discharge 
слива of pollution. All companies which exceed превзошли these limits negligently 
халатно will pay heavy fines штрафы. All companies which exceed the limits deliberately 
will be closed and their managers will go to prison.
Ted Sherwood
Pollution загрязнение from factories is not the only problem. Motor 
vehicles 
транспортные средства and aircraft pollute 
загрязнять the air. Oil tankers 
pollute the sea. Many city govern-
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ments discharge сливают sewage 
нечистоты into their rivers and leave mountains of garbage мусора in the countryside. Man is a dirty and wasteful creature. Yet all of this could be avoided, with a little imagination. There are engines which don't cause air pollution загрязнение. Garbage can be recycled переработаны для вторичного использования and sewage can be converted to energy. Private 
персональные companies won't make the necessary investments инвестиции. This money really does have to come from Government.
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Litter
Situation
Last weekend Nick West was jogging along a popular path when he stumbled on a broken bottle and injured his leg. He wrote a letter to the editor of the local newspaper complaining 
выражая недовольство about litter.
Characters
Nick West
Ann Scott, a housewife with two children
Linda Mitchell, a member of a local anti-litter group
Nina Haines, a journalist of the local newspaper
Fred Hurst, a representative of the local council 
совета
Reg Giles, a local policeman
Albert Greaves, the manager of a soft drinks company
Nick West
People who leave litter behind them are anti-social. They spoil the countryside and create all sorts of danger for other people. Broken bottles and rusty ржавые cans cause serious injuries, especially to children. Old magazines and empty packages help to start fires when fools throw away matches and cigarette butts окурки. Why can't people be more careful?
Ann Scott
Dropping litter is a disgusting habit 
. If you don't do it in your own house why should you do it anywhere else? I never drop litter and I don't allow my children to. Unfortunately, most parents these days don't bring their children up properly как следует. It's a mother's duty to teach her children how to behave and to set a good example herself.
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Linda Mitchell
I belong to an anti-litter group. Recently we cleaned up a beach. We collected over 150 tons of garbage. We burned half of it and we sold the rest to scrap dealers торговцам утилём for $ 100. We spent that money on litter cans мусорные бачки which we placed at regular intervals along the beach. Every local government ought to do the same thing.
Nina Haines
The problem of litter reflects a lack of responsibility on all sides. The local government has a duty to provide litter cans and the citizens have a duty to use them. The police have a duty to report 
people who litter public places and the courts have a duty to punish such people. Last, but not least, the companies which manufacture throw- away products should stop using materials which can't be burned or recycled.
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Fred Hurst
There's not much we can do. There are a thousand square 
miles of countryside around this town. We can't afford to supply a million litter cans to empty them regularly. Why should local taxpayers be responsible for litter left by holiday visitors from other towns?
Reg Giles
Littering is a crime and carries a heavy penalty 
наказание. But the police are too busy preventing serious crime to worry about litter. If someone drops a ton of poisonous 
chemical waste in the forest, we'll try to catch him, but we can't arrest everyone who leaves a few empty cans around after a picnic. We're policemen, not babysitters.
Albert Greaves
We used to sell drinks in glass bottles and we refunded получаем компенсацию a little money when empty bottles were returned to us, because we could wash them and use them again. But glass is heavy and breaks easily, so we changed to plastic. It's cheap, light, strong and unbreakable. Of course, we don't collect empty bottles because it's cheaper to make new ones. Empty bottles should be thrown in the litter cans,
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but a few untidy people don't bother 
беспокойся. That's, nothing to do with us,. We aren't responsible for their bad habits .
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