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Poverty & Homelessness

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La Pobreza y Los "Sin Techo" - Poverty and Homeless People

Key vocab

Key vocab

  • La pobreza - poverty.
  • Los "sin techo" - homeless people.
  • Un ladrón, una ladrona - a thief.
  • La desigualdad - inequality.
  • El gamberro - hooligan.
  • La ONG - NGO.
  • El vertedero - rubbish dump.
Los "sin techo"

Los "sin techo"

  • Muchas personas creen que los "sin techo" son ladrones porque tienen que robar para comer.
    • A lot of people think that the homeless people are thieves because they have to steal so that they can eat.
  • Necesitamos más ambición y más decisión para resolver la desigualdad.
    • We need to be more ambitious and decisive to resolve inequality.
Aspectos del problema

Aspectos del problema

  • ¿Qué aspectos del problema de la pobreza y de los "sin techo" te preocupan más?
    • What aspects of the the problem of poverty and homelessness worry you most?
  • Me preocupa que haya demasiado paro. Para resolver este problema se necesitan más empleos..
    • It worries me that there is a lot of unemployment. To solve this issue we need more jobs.
Una solución

Una solución

  • ¿Hay alguna solución?
    • Can you see any solution?
  • Me gustaría decir que sí, veo una solución, pero la realidad es que no puedo ver una porque hay mucha gente a quien le da igual.
    • I would like to say that I can see a solution, but the reality is that I can't see one because there are a lot of people who don't care.

How to Use 'Se'

'Se' is only used with verbs in the 'él/ella' form. It is often translated as 'one can, you can, they can'. It is formed like this: 'Se' + 'él/ella' form of a verb (puede) + Infinitive. Here are the two commonly used verbs:

Poder - to be able to

Poder - to be able to

  • Se puede concluir que...
    • One can conclude that...
  • Como se puede ver.
    • As you can see.
  • Se puede llegar a una solución.
    • They can come to a solution.
Deber - to ought to, to must

Deber - to ought to, to must

  • Se debe hacer más.
    • You must do more.
  • Se debe tener en cuenta el contexto.
    • One must take the context into account.
  • Se debe trabajar duro.
    • You must work hard.
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Time Expressions - Listening

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Technology in Everyday Life - Listening

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Extra Grammar

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Negatives

9.3

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9.4

Asking Questions

9.5

Adjectives

9.6

Adverbs

9.7

Conjunctions

9.8

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9.9

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Verbs

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