I can write an essay ona global issue. An essay 4. Read Cathy's essay. Which global issues does she mention? 1 the arms trade OD femine Ci disease racism 1 homelessness LZ. global warming (5 endangered species (terrorism If Truled the world. by Cathy If I ruled the worl, the first thing I'd do is, prevent famine and disease in the developing ‘world. In my opinion, that’s one of the most serious problems we face. I'd make sure that poor farmers could sell their food to the rest of the world. I’d also make more medicines available to people in poor countries. I believe ‘we could save millions of lives by vaccinating children, so I'd make drugs companies do that, ‘The next thing 'd do is make governments invest in wind, water and solar power. In my view, we need to stop global warming, so 'd also make petrol-driven cars illegal. ‘There are some less serious things I'd do too. Ta ban rep music because I think it's terrible and I'd reduee the number of sports programmes on television. Finslly, I'd make my brother change his sooks every day ‘because they smell awful. 2 Answer the questions. 1 How would Cathy help farmers in the developing world? 2 What would she make drugs companies do? 3. Why would she make petrol-driven cars illegal? 4 What would she ban? 5 What kind of TV programme doesn’t she like? 6 What would she make her brother do? 3 Read the writing tip. How many of the phrases can you find in the essay? Underline them. Translate all the phrases. We can use these phrases for expressing opinion 1 think (thad 1 don’t think (thad) Ibelieve (that)... | don’t believe (that) .. In my view, In my opinion, .. I'm convinced that... As see it, Find examples of these structures in the essay. 1 make somebody do something 2. make somebody/something + adjective 3. make sure that .. Complete the sentences with the verbs and adjectives in the box. found smaller illegal optional pickup reduce stop was 1 I'd make all drugs 2. I'd make sure that the govemment every homeless person. 3 I'd make factories a home for the amount of pollution they produce. 4 I'd make cars and cleaner. 5 I'd make people their own litter 6 I'd make sure that clean water available to everyone in the world, 7 1'd make school instead of compulsory. 8 I'd make smokers smoking. Dott ing task. Include some serious and some less serious ideas, and use some of the phrases and structures in ‘exercises 3 and 4. Follow the writing plan below. ‘Write an essay about what you'd do if you ruled the world. Write 130-150 words. The first thing I'd do is Vd also The next thing I'd do is .. There are some less serious things I'd do too. Finally, [E) used phrases for expressing opinions? 1 used expressions with make correctly? written 130-150 words? (1 checked your spelling, punctuation and grammar?