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UNIT 4 - "SOCIETY" - - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The government has made a huge difference since they came to power. They have done a lot to help the poor!
    - - There is too much bureaucracy. Businesses spend half their time dealing with official paperwork!
    - - There is a recession. The economy is in a total mess!
    - - The government is soft on drugs. They should introduce stricter penalties!
    - - A lot of companies have gone bankrupt recently, so unemployment is going up!
    - - The economy is booming! Lots of new businesses are starting up and plenty of new jobs are being created.
    - - With so little rain, there are a lot of water shortages
    - - The government`s policies for the protection of the environment have boosted our reputation in the world
    - - Their policies areundermining national unity. They have created divisions and made society less stable.
    - - People are really struggling because wages are so low and the cost of living is so high.
  - - - Whenever I see him on TV, he comes across as being fairly well-intentioned.
    - - He has done just nothing to people like me!
    - - In fact, he has just put up tuition fees for students.
    - - I am going to be so far in debt by the time I graduate, I will be paying it back for years!
    - - Can`t you vote for them?
    - - They have been so concerned about supposedly "Green laws"
    - - The opposition are so busy fighting among themselves...
    - - They have done actually a lot to cut back on bureaucracy too.
    - - The government is really desperate for people.
  - - - The government is so worried about its falling popularity...
      - Food prices have gone up so quickly...
    - - Most people have to work such long hours...
      - The police made such a mess of the investigation.
  - - - I know!
        
        The pace of life is so fast here...
        
        I know! It is so exhausting! I feel like I spend my life just rushing around...
      - Tell me about it!
        
        I do not know how people can make ends meet...
        
        Tell me about it! I can only just get buy and I have got a good job!
    - - I know what you mean, but...
        
        They have done nothing to boost tourism!
        
        I know, what you mean, but look what they have done to improve poor areas. It is just great!
      - Yeah, maybe. Mind you...
        
        -There is so much crime, you can`t go out at night!
        -Yeah, maybe. Mind you, it is not like that everywhere. If you avoid cartain areas, it is perfectly safe!
- - - - The government will today launch a new initiative aimed at getting vulnerable young people off the streets and into hostels.
    - - A senior executive at one of the country's leading law firms is today almost half a million euros richer after winning her case against her employers.
    - - Judith Fenton had claimed she was denied promotion as a direct result of telling colleagues she was pregnant.
    - - Police are today conducting investigations after a young Asian student was attacked near the city centre by a group of white youths late last night.
    - - The nineteen-year-old victim is, stil being treated in hospital and Is believed to have suffered several broken bones.
    - - Tiny pressure group has claimed victory over one of the country’s richest men.
    - - The group Save Our Seaside took legal action to prevent what they claimed would amount to ‘vandalism on a huge scale’ — a claim that was yesterday upheld in court.
    - - A woman from East Sussex last week became the country’s youngest grandmother.
  - - - It`s a difficult issue (=it is a difficult issue)
    - - That is the behaviour that society expects from its government (its = possessive form)
- - - - a campaign / a discussion / elections
    - - a law / a system / a change
    - - an intrest in / seriously / responsibility for
    - - the same opinions / enthusiasm for / responsibility for
    - - people into a process / people together / up an issue
    - - the possibility of / doing / people views