8.4 Look back at the slide titles in 6.1. Write a short essay of around 750 words on one of the topics using the following structure. Remember to provide evidence for claims you make, and pay particular attention to using an academic style in your writing. Introduction: Describe the main problem(s) and briefly outline two or more possible solutions that have been suggested. Body: Present these possible solutions in more detail and evaluate them. Conclusion: Give your own position.

a Read the slides from the endings of four presentations on the topic, Facing the future: the need for change. Match the titles (1-4) to the slides (A-D). 1 Air pollution: the need for change 3 World poverty: the need for change 2 The future of oil: the need for change 4 Our working lifetime: the need for change . sufficient supplies until 2040 . increasing proportion of population new supplies will be found; sufficient for elderly 100 years main reasons: longer life & declining demand increases rapidly; exceeds birth rates supply by 2025 . huge pressures on health services & care -> need to reduce use and develop new -> need to change work patterns; energy sources longer working lifetime increasing rapidly as countries . too little aid to developing countries industrialise insufficient spending on health and . damages environment education impact on human health current trade arrangements disadvantage poorer countries need for tighter regulation and use of > need to change focus of our approach new technologies b )71) Listen and check your answers