A)
In the picture, I can see a beggar. She is holding a paper cup and waiting for people to give her some money. She has got dark-brown hair and dark eyes. She is wearing a purple jacket and green dress with white stripes on it. She's probably sitting on a blue backpack or some bag. People are passing by. They don't seem to care about the homeless woman. She's sitting on a street. In the background, I can see some tall buildings. There's a huge tower that looks like Big Ben. There are some cars parked on the street, there are traffic lights. That's all.
B)
In the picture, I can see two people : a young man and an old lady. The boy has got short, brown hair and dark eyes. He is wearing a striped T-shirt and blue jeans. The old lady has got short, grey hair. She is wearing a green vest and blue dress, I guess. She's also got a white wristwatch. The picture illustrates the misbehaviour of this young man. He doesn't show any respect towards the lady. If he wasn't ill-mannered, he'd let her sit down. That's all.
C)
In the picture, I can see someone, or should I say, an arm, dropping litter on the grass. Someone is littering while driving a red car. The person is environmentally unfriendly as he or she does something which destroys the environment. It is probably illegal waste-dumping. That's it.
Exercise 1
1) What social issues do the photos show?
a) poverty and homelessness
b) unkindness, I think
c) environmental destruction
2) I live in a town. Well, I sometimes witness a beggar woman on a street next to the store I shop in, so yeah. Environmental destruction is a problem almost everyone witnesses nowadays. I can see people dropping litter almost everywhere. We all see unkind people, bad people and their awful behaviour towards others - unkindness is also visible to the naked eye.
3) Do you think there's a moral dilemma in any of these photos? What is it?
Nah, I don't think so.
Exercise 2
PHOTO 2
1) What would you do in this situation?
I would ask the old lady if she wants to sit on my place.
2) Have you ever been in a situation like this? What happened?
Well, yes. It happened some time ago. On the bus, I saw an old lady - she was really, really old. I just came up to her and asked if she wanted to have a sit. She thanked me and that felt very nice.
3) How do you think the people in photos A and B feel? Why?
A) I think that the woman in the photo A feels ignored, because no one seems interested in her.
B) The man in the photo B looks kinda proud. He doesn't care about the old lady at all. I think that the woman in the photo B also feels ignored.
Hope this helps a bit.
