ГДЗ по английскому языку 10 класс упражнение - 5 р. 58

The benefits of going to school

• Even in difficult conditions, going to school allows children to learn something, make friends, and have access to a teacher who can help them.
• Education teaches children how to learn and gives them important skills for the future.

 

The problems some children have

• Many countries lack enough schools and teachers; over 15 million teachers are needed worldwide.
• In some villages, one teacher has to teach 30 to 60 students of different ages in the same classroom.
• Only larger towns and cities have better schools, but many families cannot afford to send their children there.
• Many children around the world do not go to school at all.

 

Who can help and how

• The government, especially the Ministry of Education, must take responsibility to build more state schools and provide enough teachers and supplies.
• The media can help by informing the public, which might encourage fundraising or charity work.
• Students and citizens can take action by writing letters to officials or organizing events to support education.  

 

A: What’s up with you? 

B: I don’t feel like going to school today. 

A: You don’t know how lucky you are. Some kids want to go to school and can’t. Many kids don’t get much of an education at all and some don’t even have the chance to learn to read or write! 

B: You’re exaggerating! 

A: No. Really! A lot of countries don’t have enough schools or teachers. In fact, over 15 million teachers are needed all over the world. 

B: Wow! That’s terrible.  

A: I know! In many under-developed countries, all the children in a village go to the same school and share one teacher. There can be anything from 30 to 60 students in one class, and different age groups, too! That means a 6-year-old could be sharing the same classroom and teacher with a 12-year-old. 

B: How do they do that? It sounds practically impossible to me.

A: Well, some people have no choice. At least they learn something and make some friends and have access to a teacher, who can teach them how to learn and help them as much as they can in the circumstances. It’s better than nothing! Only larger towns and cities have better schools and not many families can afford to send their children there. There are many children around the world that don’t go to school at all. 

A: They have their siblings and other family members, I suppose. And maybe they know children in their neighbourhood. 

B: Isn’t anyone going to try and change all this? 

A: Only the government can really make a difference. Each country’s Ministry of Education needs to take responsibility and try and change this situation by creating more state schools with enough teachers and supplies to cater for all the children in every area. 

B: But we need to raise awareness too because a lot of people don’t know that many children are deprived of an education because of where they live. I didn’t. 

A: That’s right. If the media got involved, then more people would take interest and maybe start to raise money to help or set up a charity or something. Why don’t we start by writing a letter to our Minister of Education, explaining our concerns? Hopefully, they’ll be able to do something to help children who are less fortunate than us. 

B: That’s a great idea! I’ll get a pen and paper.