Speaker 1 Kevin is very quick to think negative things about people. Even when he talks about his best friend, he always tells you about his faults. And if somebody hasn’t got any faults, he invents them

Emily

Hi, Ewan!

Ewan

Hi, Emily. What are you doing this weekend?

Emily

I’m going to a meeting. The students’ 

organisation that I’m in is holding it. 

Ewan

And what’s it about?

Emily

Quite a few things. We’re planning to organise a

protest march about the lack of job 

opportunities and working conditions for young 

people. 

Ewan

It sounds interesting, but isn’t it a bit of a waste 

of time?

Emily

What do you mean?

Ewan

Well, don’t get me wrong, Emily. I mean, I 

walked through the streets of London against 

climate change, but afterwards I just thought, 

what difference does it make? The people in 

power don’t listen to us.

Emily

I don’t agree at all! Protest does work! We 

collected over 10,000 signatures about the 

council’s plans to build a shopping centre on the

park, and they changed it.

Ewan

OK, maybe it works at local level, but I don’t 

think a few thousand young people protesting is

going to make the government change its 

economic policies. And anyway, the world is 

interconnected today and it’s multinational 

companies, not the government, who often 

make the important decisions that affect 

people’s jobs, and they won’t listen to you.