How to use

Useful Expressions
Use some of theuseful expressions,
if you like.

TAGAKI Advanced 3 SDGs: Problems and Solutions
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Thinking

Reading

Listening

Learn about one of the SDGs byreading the comic and the fact box.
Listen to the audio.

2

Please note that theaudio recording of
this book contains
pronunciations of somewords as commonly
spoken by users ofAmerican English.

NO POVERTY

End poverty in all its forms everywhere

Goal 1

Thinking

3

Writing

Check your understanding by answering
five questions.
(Sample answers are on page 76-79)

Thinking

Reading

4

Listening

Read the sample sentences to find out what
one country is doing to reach the goal.
Listen to the audio.

Step 1 Find out about the goal by reading the comic and the fact box.

Thinking

SearchingUse one of the topics from the possible
research topics, or think of something else.
Search about your own country.

Possible Research Topics

Step 4 Research something to do with theFACT BOX①According to the World Bank, 3.4 billion people (almost half the world’s population)①
still do not have enough money for simple things like food and clothes.
②About 10% of the world’s population still lives in extreme poverty (less than $1.90 perday).
③55% of the world’s population has no social protection.

topic. Write around 150 words. Use
some of the useful expressions, ifyou like.

Step 3 Read the sample sentences to get some ideas

Hints

for writing.

In my country

Sample Sentences Overseas
Title

The rich and the poor

Writing□ The rich and the poor
□ Fair-trade products□ Low wages□ Homeless people

Title

Step 2 Check your understanding by answering the questions.

Q‫٭‬AIntroduction

We must end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

ProblemAccording to one expert, ending worldwide poverty in 20 years

Q1: What fraction of the world’s population lives in poverty?

would cost about $175 billion per year. This sounds like a lot, but it

Introduction

Problemis less than one percent of the income of the world’s richest
countries. Twenty-seven of the 28 poorest countries in the world arein Africa.

Q2: What is “social protection”?

Solution

Village Enterprise is an American company that was formed in 1987.
They help East Africans start small, sustainable businesses such asSolutionrestaurants, tailors, farms, and small shops by providing training andstart-up money. By 2019, Village Enterprise had transformed one
FACT BOX

Q3: What does “extreme poverty” mean?

million people’s lives.
Reaction

I was surprised to find out that we could end poverty if we wanted
Reactionto.
FACT BOX

Actions

Q4: What percentage of the world’s population has no social
protection?

I can find out more about the causes and effects of poverty aroundthe world. I can give food or water to people begging on the street.

Actions

I can learn about fair-trade products and try to buy them when I can.

Q5: Do you think your country has a problem with poverty?

Reference

VOCABULARY BOX
1 billion 2 causes 3 deserves 4 effects 5 ensure 6 enterprise 7 equal
8 fair-trade products 9 forms 10 health care 11 labor 12 opportunities 13 population
14 poverty 15 prosper 16 protection 17 sustainable 18 technology 19 transformed
20 unemployment

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How to write your own version
Title

Use the research topic you chose as a title.

Step 5 After writing, share your ideas with your friends.

1011This box gives you vocabulary that helps you
to understand the goal.
Try to use some of these when you write.

Listen to the sample sentences
the way they are spoken withcontractions.

Write at least one sentence to introduce your opinion.

Introduction If you can’t think of an original introduction, you can copy the one in the sample.

4ProblemUse your research to write about the problem in your country.

Solution

Use your research to write about what people are trying to do to solve thisproblem in your country.

Reaction

Write what you think about the problem and/or solution.

Actions

Write what actions you can take in your own life to help reach the goal.

5Writing

Write a reference to the sourceof your data.

6SpeakingPresent what you wrote by reading it out loud,or even better, memorize it, then present it.

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