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| The Best Citizen / Лучший гражданин |
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Once a year the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, chooses two outstanding citizens. These two citizens receive the "Best Citizen of Philadelphia" award. To receive this award a citizen first must help another person in the city. Then the citizen is nominated for the "Best Citizen" Award. Finally, the Philadelphia City Council looks at the nominations and chooses the two citizens to receive the award.
You are members of the Philadelphia City Council. This year you received 613 nominations. Last week you chose six finalists. Today you will choose the two winners.
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Citizen: Darrell Lombardo, age 11, elementary student. On the morning of April 2, Darrell was playing in Columbus Park. He saw a group of young boys. They were beating up an old man. First, Darrell threw rocks at the boys. Then he ran to a nearby policeman and told him. The policeman caught the boys and saved the old man.
Reasons to give (or not give) Lombardo the Award:
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Citizen: Sherry Handel, age 33, policewoman, unmarried. Ms. Handel is the leader of an anticocaine police group. This year her group arrested more than 50 drug dealers and seized more than 5000 pounds of cocaine. As a result, the number of cocaine users in Philadelphia decreased by 28% this year.
Reasons to give (or not give) Lombardo the Award:
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Citizen: Evelyn Hertz, age 91, social worker, widow (one child). Mrs. Hertz’s husband was a very rich businessman. She always works hard to raise money for the poor people of Philadelphia. Also she tries to give the city important buildings. With her own money, she built the Hertz Opera Center (1976), the Hertz Free Medical Clinic (1985), and the Hertz Convention Center (1990).
Reasons to give (or not give) Lombardo the Award:
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Citizen: Jun Sawada, age 65, accountant, married (five children). Mr. Sawa-da works for the city of Philadelphia. During the last year, he discovered his boss was stealing city money. His boss fired Mr. Sawada, but Sawada told the mayor. As a result, Mr. Sawada got his job back, his boss lost his job, and the citizens of Philadelphia saved $500,000.
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Citizen: Sofia Kolotrios, age 23, school bus driver, married (one child). On the rainy morning of October 29, Mrs. Kolotrios was driving her bus with 34 children to school. When the bus went down a hill, its brakes failed. With no way to stop the bus, Mrs. Kolotrios drove the bus into a telephone pole on the side of the street. This stopped the bus and saved the children. Mrs. Kolotrios died in the accident.
Reasons to give (or not give) Lombardo the Award:
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Citizen: Louis Martinez, age 31, unemployed, unmarried. On the night of October 5, Mr. Martinez (homeless) was sleeping on Jackson Street. A fire started in one of the apartment buildings there. Mr. Martinez ran into the building and personally carried seven children to safety. Thirty people died in the fire.
Reasons to give (or not give) Lombardo the Award:
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1. Should people receive awards because they help other people?
2. Would you die to save another person? to save your parents? your brothers and sisters? your aunts and uncles? your best friend? your teacher? Did you ever save another person?
3. Should rich people give their money to help poor people? If yes, how much? If no, why not?
4. Write a definition of a good citizen. Compare your definitions with those of your classmates / partner / teacher.
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