How can I help?

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2 World problems

Are these problems natural disasters or man-made problems (or both)?

Helpful phrases
It’s not a simple problem.
There are many factors.

3 Grammar: Present perfect simple and past simple

Present perfect Past simple
They have worked in Lebanon and Kosovo. They worked in Kobe in 1995.
They have brought laughter to the townships of They went to Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina.
South Africa.
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3a Tick the sentences that are true for you.

Remember, you’re thinking about the whole of your life so far.
1 I’ve been to a circus or seen clowns in a street performance.
2 I’ve been in an earthquake, hurricane or other natural disaster.
3 I’ve travelled in a poor country.
4 I’ve done voluntary work.
5 I’ve lived, studied or worked in another country.
6 I’ve achieved one of my big aims in life.

3b Read one of your ticked sentences to a partner.

Then give more details about where, when, who with, why, etc. (using the past simple).
Your partner can ask you for more information.

When did you do that?

How did that happen?
How did you feel about that?
Why did you go there?
Which countries did you visit?

3c From the un-ticked sentences in exercise 3a, tell the class one thing that you’ve never done.

I’ve never lived in another country.

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