Students work in pairs to find more examples and then feed back to the class. Answers 1 They behave as if they own the streets …
2 They are the uniform of thugs and muggers …
3 So the decision by Bluewater shopping centre in Kent to ban the clothing …
4 … the hoodie has become a symbol for those we fear have taken control.
c Students complete the exercise individually and then check their answers in pairs. Answers They (CCTV cameras) record crimes as they (crimes) are happening but do not
prevent them (crimes) happening. In such an environment there is a feeling that
the streets and town centres do not properly belong to us (the reader / ‘ordinary
people’) and the hoodie has become a symbol for those (people) we (the reader /
‘ordinary people’) fear have taken control.