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Exercise A: Elsie, Amir and Jenna are discussing some controversial issues. Complete the chart with the issue they discuss. Then listen again and check FOR or AGAINST in the chart, according to their opinion.
Amir:
Look, there’s a table over there. This place is crowded!
Elsie: Oh, no! We can’t sit there. That woman over there is smoking, how inconsiderate. Let’s go to another place, my eyes are burning and I won’t be able to taste the food. I really think smoking should be outlawed in restaurants.
Amir:
I won’t even comment on that. You can be quite opinionated.
Jenna:
I totally agree.
Elsie:
Come on guys you have really strong opinions too. What about you being a pacifist?
Amir:
That’s not being opinionated, that’s having common sense! I am against wars, no matter what. I really think that governments would be less likely to go to war if they didn’t have so many soldiers. Most of them don’t even want to go into the army. We should change the laws so the government doesn’t have such a military force. …show more content…
I think it’s ridiculous that people can go to the army at eighteen, but they can’t vote until they are 21. So they can kill for their country but they can’t choose the person who is sending them to protect it?
Amir:
And don’t forget the things you can see on TV these days! Children shouldn’t be watching so much brutality and immoral behavior. Violence brings more violence. Can’t we stop the TV stations from showing such terrible conduct?
Jenna:
I don’t think we can. We are only fifteen and the law doesn’t think we are mature enough to drive cars, vote or have any active opinion in the laws we have to follow. It really gets on my
Class audio 68
Exercise A: Elsie, Amir and Jenna are discussing some controversial issues. Complete the chart with the issue they discuss. Then listen again and check FOR or AGAINST in the chart, according to their opinion.
Amir:
Look, there’s a table over there. This place is crowded!
Elsie: Oh, no! We can’t sit there. That woman over there is smoking, how inconsiderate. Let’s go to another place, my eyes are burning and I won’t be able to taste the food. I really think smoking should be outlawed in restaurants.
Amir:
I won’t even comment on that. You can be quite opinionated.
Jenna:
I totally agree.
Elsie:
Come on guys you have really strong opinions too. What about you being a pacifist?
Amir:
That’s not being opinionated, that’s having common sense! I am against wars, no matter what. I really think that governments would be less likely to go to war if they didn’t have so many soldiers. Most of them don’t even want to go into the army. We should change the laws so the government doesn’t have such a military force. …show more content…
I think it’s ridiculous that people can go to the army at eighteen, but they can’t vote until they are 21. So they can kill for their country but they can’t choose the person who is sending them to protect it?
Amir:
And don’t forget the things you can see on TV these days! Children shouldn’t be watching so much brutality and immoral behavior. Violence brings more violence. Can’t we stop the TV stations from showing such terrible conduct?
Jenna:
I don’t think we can. We are only fifteen and the law doesn’t think we are mature enough to drive cars, vote or have any active opinion in the laws we have to follow. It really gets on my