Richard MacAndrew, Ron Martinez-Taboos and Issues_ Photocopiable Lessons on Controversial Topics (LTP instant lessons)-Heinle ELT (2001)
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Language 1<br />
Use these words to complete the opini<strong>on</strong>s <strong>on</strong> guns<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> gun laws below:<br />
wedp<strong>on</strong> outlauted in self-defence<br />
illegal liues<br />
1. I think guns shor-rld be made<br />
2. If gr-rns were. .., then<strong>on</strong>ly criminals<br />
would have them.<br />
3. Guns d<strong>on</strong>'t take . . . . People do.<br />
4. Anything can be used as a lethal<br />
A gun is simply <strong>on</strong>e of them.<br />
5.1 think some<strong>on</strong>e is <strong>on</strong>ly justified in using a gun<br />
Circle the opini<strong>on</strong>s above that are most similar to<br />
your own. Do your classmates agree?<br />
Langua ge 2<br />
Look at this sentence from the text:<br />
People euen questi<strong>on</strong>ed whether shooting<br />
showld remain an Olympic sport.<br />
Even is used to emphasise a point you are adding.<br />
Use the correct ending for each sentence below:<br />
1. Anybody can buy a gun -<br />
2. Some teenagers carry guns around -<br />
3.1 wouldn't use a gun -<br />
4. Hardly anybody carries a gun in Britarn -<br />
5.I think guns should be banned completely -<br />
a. they euen take them to school.<br />
b. euen toy <strong>on</strong>es.<br />
c. euen kids can buy them.<br />
d. euen if I was attacked.<br />
e. not euen the police.<br />
Discussi<strong>on</strong><br />
Guns <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> you<br />
1. In which of the following situati<strong>on</strong>s would<br />
you use a gun?<br />
a. To defend myself against an intruder<br />
in my house.<br />
b. In self-defence against an attacker<br />
<strong>on</strong> the street.<br />
c. To hunt animals.<br />
d. For sport <strong>on</strong> a firing range.<br />
2. Do you know where you could buy a gun if<br />
you walnted <strong>on</strong>e?<br />
Guns <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> films<br />
Answer these questi<strong>on</strong>s in pairs or small groups:<br />
gtr<br />
ED<br />
trd<br />
"Gun c<strong>on</strong>trol? Ouer my dead body!"<br />
a. (iroups who want to ban guns say that it is impossible to think of three films<br />
in which a gun never appears. Can you prove them wr<strong>on</strong>g?<br />
b. Why do you think guns are so prominent in films?<br />
c. f)o you think that gun-violence in films has a direct effect <strong>on</strong> gun-related crime?<br />
Guns <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> kids<br />
Is it OK for children to play with toy guns? Did you do this when you were younger?<br />
Wor.rld you let your children play with toy guns?<br />
ls it all bad news?<br />
Do guns have any positive roles in society? Use the expressi<strong>on</strong>s below to help you express your ideas.<br />
If we didn't haue guns, we wouldn't haue ...<br />
It's becduse of guns that we ...<br />
r[/e baue guns to thank fo, ...<br />
['m not in fauour of guns, but I must admit ...<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>Taboos</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> /ssues Nobody needs a gun 17
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