Social Issues

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                                                     Social Issues

There seems to be so many social issues these days. I’m sure the list of issues is ten times bigger than it was a few years ago. I just Google ‘social issues’ and found a list of 33 different issues. I suppose that’s not a huge amount. One thing that surprised me looking at the list is how common they are. Pretty much all of them appear on the news most days. A few of them weren't really in the news when I was growing up. I can’t remember hearing about drug abuse, pollution and immigration years ago. I hope that the number of social issues on this list goes down and not up, although I suspect there will more problems in the future. I think there’ll be problems about things we don’t even know about today. Vocabulary     social issues =   A social issue (also called a social problem or a social ill)       is  an issue that relates to society's perception of people's personal lives.      growing up=   Ageing, growing older or psychology, maturity  Discussion        1. What do you think of the article?           2. Are there social issues you can think of now? What are they?            3. What are the current social issues in your country?                 Drug Abuse                 Pollution                 Immigration                 Marriage                 gun                 school bullying                  suicide                 child abuse                 political scandals                 sex scandal                 Population           4. Does the government give solution to these issues?                  (choose from the listed issues above)           5. What do you think of  social issues in other countries? Your Turn !        Make your own question.      1. _________________________      2. _________________________