EVIDENCE: WOULD YOU CHANGE IF YOUR LOVED ONES ASKED YOU TO? UNID 4 ENGLISH 5

Learning activity 4

Evidence: Would you change if your loved ones asked you to?

During the contextualization of this learning activity, Richard and Caroline made a presentation about the future of food. By the end of the presentation, Richard asked this question:

Would you change your current behavior if your grandchildren asked you to?

For this evidence, you need to, first, read a letter written by a child who lives in the future and, then, write a response to him. Let’s begin!

Part A

Fuente: SENA

This is Cameron. He lives in the year 2050. He wrote an open letter to the people who lived on Earth by the year 2000. He is 12 years old and he has a few things to say about the experiences he has lived so far. Read his letter. You will find it below.

Dear fellow citizens of the Earth in 2000,

My name is Cameron Cahill. I live in Mexico City. I’m writing this letter from the future. I know you might be a little surprised to hear that, but a few friends and I had the idea of writing to our ancestors. I chose to write to you, the people who lived in Earth by 2000. I hope my words help you decide if the future is good for you. In case it is not, you can still change it!

There are great things about the future. We have flying boards to move around. They are very helpful for getting to school, for example. We can go very fast and the best thing about them is that they don’t need to be charged. They use solar energy, so my board charges by itself while I’m moving around. Actually, none of the devices we use every day has to be charged using wires. My grandma has told me that when she was young, she used to have a mobile phone charger with her at all times! I don’t even have chargers because all my devices get their energy directly from the sunlight. Dad says this is one of the greatest advances of science. He says that using the solar technology massively was not easy, but when it happened, our future changed.

There are some other interesting things about future, for example, we use very funny swimsuits to go to the beach. I’ve seen some photos of people from the past wearing nice bikinis and shorts at the beach. Our swimsuits are horrible! We have to be all covered when we get into the sea. My biology teacher explained to me that there is an overpopulation of jellyfish all around the world. She says that the oceans used to be a balanced ecosystem but now, many marine species have gone extinct. For that reason, fish like the jellyfish have increased in numbers and it is not safe to swim without protection because if one of these touches you can get very sick.

About the future I can also tell you about our food. We eat very healthy and delicious dishes. For example, we have a soup made out of spirulina. Spirulina is a super food because it has a lot of protein in it. When I was little I used to eat spirulina in capsules but now my mom has learned to make a spirulina soup, which I think is very tasty. I have heard that you used to eat a lot of beef and hamburgers by 2000. I love hamburgers! I think they are great but I don’t get to eat them very often because they are incredibly expensive!

I have told you a few things about the future. What do you think of it? Do you like it? I enjoy things very much, actually. Just one little thing, remember that the future is in your hands now. You can leave it the same, make it worse or make it much better. I hope you have lots of great years ahead.

Take care,

Cameron.

Part B

Now that you have read Cameron’s letter write a response to him. Be as creative as possible and remember, you need to include some conditional phrases to talk about any hypothetical situations that may be relevant.

SOLUTION:

Hi dear Cameron,

Thank you for your letter…

I see that their future is very interesting, since the technology has advanced radically, a future that to go to school have flight tables and see how you use solar energy to the fullest for everything is very good.

According to what I read in your letter, what I would do to improve the future would be:

Recycle; Recycling is vital not only helps to need less resources but also avoids polluting the environment with waste left over. It would help to encourage people not to cut down trees, not to pollute the water, to care for animals both animals that are in danger of extinction and the others, and if I could create a strong law to punish people who do not respect the life of animals.

If I had enough resources, I would implement photobolic systems in my parents' house, as well as inciting my acquaintances to do this too.

We must take care of all animals whether marine or terrestrial if we want a balanced and harmonious ecosystem.

If we cut trees less, the environment will not be so polluted.

It would be respectful with nature and take care of it. I would not throw garbage either on the streets or in the rivers.

I would plant trees; I would join the tree planting campaigns and help with the work to reforest the areas that are losing their trees.

Thanks have a nice day.

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Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the learning guide in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to develop them and deliver them correctly.

Criterios de evaluación

Comparte información personal para hablar de posibilidades teniendo en cuenta la estructura gramatical y el vocabulario requerido. Intercambia información personal sobre consecuencias reales e imaginarias teniendo en cuenta la estructura gramatical y el vocabulario requerido. Usa el vocabulario relacionado con animales y especies en vía de extinción teniendo en cuenta el contexto requerido.