Lidia Bouche Air pollution is one of the biggest problems in our city.

Several researches carry on - carried out by- to the local government has shown that one of the causes of this environmental issue is the increasing number of cars and motorcycles on the streets. As a result, the emissions of fuel are causing a serious hazard health, therefore the mayors office has been looking into which means investigating!- different alternatives to reduce the pollution. "ven though there have been a lot of initiatives in order to encourage people to use green transportation! like bicycles, these measures hasnt have not, do not use contractions in formal pieces of writingbeen enough so far. #n fact, one of the main goals of the city hall is to increase the number of electric cars, which had been a success in other places. As far as the citizens is concerned, last year they participated in an international eco-friendly cities congress that took place in $ondon, there they all decided to take part in campaigns in favor of to create creating- a better environment. %or this reason, the ne&t step will be to fight so that the city hall installs the first electric train in our city.

Writing exercise 5 Ana Mara Santorun Ardone Last Frida y, while reading a local newspaper, I found an interesting initiati e that the go ern !ent of the cit y is tr ying to carry on" i!ple !ent, carry out" # $arry on % ! eans to continue doing" & 'he proposal consists in" of " in iting the citi(ens to contact the )n iron!ental *ureau in order to share their ideas on what is to +e done to i!pro e our gardens, regarding its appearance and their sustaina+le ! anage!ent& I ha e +een tr ying to raise so!e reasona+le ideas and I find out that it ,s" do not use contractions in for !al writing" not easy +ecause there are too ! any factors to ha e into account& -f course, to grow nice gardens where we could play wi th our children or wi th our pets, and .eep the ! green, it ,s necessary to spend an i ! !ense /uantit y of wate r, as well as lots of" this word is too infor !al for this t ype of writing" che!ical fertili(ers and +oth are in conflict wi th eco"friendly en iron !ental ! easures&

-n t he other side" on the other hand #on the other side % i !plies a pysichal position& #-n t he other side of t he road you 0ll see a super !ar.et %, for exa!ple" , the ci il i!plication ! ust not +e li!ited to share ideas& Also the citi(ens I assu!e you are refering to all the citi(ens no ! at ter where" ha e to ta.e care of the co! !on spaces" the sa!e here1 all the co! !on spaces e ery citi(en share in the place they li e" tr ying to .eep the ! clean and cared" well preser ed" & 'hough, it ,s i !por tant to open the ! unicipal ser ices to t heir contri+ution& 'his exercise ! ay also help t he citi(ens to +e ! ore conscious of their role as # en iron !ent .eepers %& 2our co!position is really good, Ana Mara&

-ur citi(ens ha e a +ig pro+le !1 'he electric +ill is ery expensi e and ! ost of consu !ers are really angry wi th that situation& 'hree years ago, the co!pany changed all the electric syste !& 'hey put a ! odern energ ie" energy" efficient appliance for" to" reduce the en iron !ental da!age, +ut it wasn,t " was not " helpful to" for" t he citi(ens econo !y& For that reason, t he council started to thin. a+out news ideas for" to " reduce the energy +ill& -ur city is sunn y, with long s sunny days, so his" its" response was to propose to" no # to %" the" no # t he %" citi(ens to install solar panels in all the houses& 'he citi(ens was were" surprised for that idea, and in on" the other hand, they was were" scared and angry& 3ow ! uch was it4 'hree years ago, they had to pay for a new energ ie efficient appliance, and no w, they don,t t rust in" no # in %, t rust ta.es no preposition" new changes& *ut t he council, in ol ed wi th his" its" citi(ens, wrote up an announce!ent1 #) ery house which has solar panels, will +e aided fro !" +y" the go ern !ent& 'he +ill will +e reduce 556 o er the total price, for +e t his action good for this action to +e good " for the en iron !ent % 7o w, the citi(ens feel t hat this response is relia+le, and they are ! ore than t wo hundred people wi th solar panels and wi th a cheaper +ill& Mara 7a(aret Serrano Al+a&

Mara 7a(aret, you ha e so!e +asic ! ista.es such as the confussion wi th pronouns and the plural of er+ to +e& 8lease, re!e !+er that if in t he real exa! you ! a.e a few of the ! you ! ay not pass& 9o t hrough ! y notes and re iew your wea.est gra ! !ar points&

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-ur cit y can +e ! ore eco"friendly if all citi(ens do their part and t hey are deter !ined to ! a.e so!e easy changes& We ha e part of the solution in our own ho !e& I suggest1 " 'he waste has to ha e a proper +in& Loo. for a place in the house& Sure you ha e it& " ;eplace light +ul+s with lower"consu!ption lights& " If you want to change an electrical appliance, you will choose one energy" efficient" an energy efficient one" " 8lastic +ags ha e to disappear& :se your own shopping +ags& " Sa e water +y ta.ing a shower instead of a +ath& Fill t he washing ! achine and the dishwasher, and don,t no contractions" forget using to use, the er+ # forget % ta.es t he infiniti e" en iron !entally friendly cleaning products& 'he go ern !ent should regulate policies relating to the care and conser ation of the en iron !ent, such as planting gardens, funding renewa+le energy syste!s, electric pu+lic transport, supporting co! ! unit y pro<ects, etc& I t hin. that the first steep" step" could +e for ! a ci ic organi(ation in order to wor. for a ! ore eco"friendly city&

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