Упр.1 Юнит 5 Урок 5 ГДЗ English Кузовлев 10-11 класс
Say which of these opinions are:
a) in favour of the welfare state,
b) against the welfare state,
c) neither for nor against the welfare state.
(reading/listening for the main idea)
In a welfare state you don’t have to be poor in order to receive your pension or your dole money or your child benefit. This blanket distribution of benefits should be modified. Only those people who really need benefits should get them. There are some other problems.
- Some people who are entitled to various benefits do not receive them, because they don’t understand the complicated system and they are not able to fill in all the forms.
- Some other people do not know what they are entitled to receive. The poor simply don’t know about their rights to receive particular benefits and sometimes don’t claim them.
- Others may be too proud to apply, so they refuse to accept help.
I think the welfare state is ineffective. First of all, it is a waste of money. Besides, it is not selective! What else? The provision of benefits weakens the family. If there was less provision by the state, families would have to cope and this would make the family stronger. Above all, the provision of benefits deprives individuals of their desire to look after themselves. There is no need to help the unemployed or the homeless. They are to be guilty for their being unemployed and homeless and nobody else. People should be responsible for what they do and have. I personally believe that anyone who is willing to work can find a job. The welfare state should help only those who cannot help themselves.
In the welfare state, most benefits are available to everybody who is entitled to them and it’s very good. In the welfare state, nobody is allowed to live in poverty. Everybody is to have proper health care and education regardless of their income. The welfare state helps the disabled, people who are unable to work to earn money on their own. The welfare state system provides the elderly with an income that allows them to live to some degree of dignity. Without financial help, many people would have been reduced to begging.
Read again what people say about the welfare state and answer the questions below each opinion.
(reading for specific information)
What is one of the most important disadvantages of the welfare state according to Mr Reed?
What does he suggest?
Do all people who are entitled to benefits receive them?
Why is Mr Green against the welfare state?
What are the main disadvantages of this system?
Where should people get help from according to Mr Green?
Why is Mrs Hope for the welfare state?
Who does the welfare state help?
What benefits is Mrs Hope for exactly?
What would happen in case people didn’t get their benefits?
Mr Reed is against the welfare state.
His main disadvantage: the system gives benefits to too many people and is not selective.
What he suggests: benefits should be given only to people who really need them.
Do all entitled people receive benefits? No, they do not. Some people do not get them because they do not understand the system, cannot fill in the forms, do not know their rights, or are too proud to apply.
Mr Green is also against the welfare state.
Main disadvantages: it is a waste of money, it weakens the family, and it makes people less willing to look after themselves.
Where should people get help from? From themselves and from their families. He thinks the state should help only those who cannot help themselves.
Mrs Hope is for the welfare state.
Who does it help? Everybody who is entitled to benefits, especially the disabled, the unemployed, the homeless, and the elderly.
What benefits is she for? Proper health care, education, income support, and other social benefits.
What would happen without benefits? Many people would be reduced to begging and would live in poverty.
