اللغة الإنجليزية11 فصل ثاني

1 Read the message board. Which suggestions do you agree or disagree with? Say why.

Its Noura added a question                                                                 Jul 19

I’m curious, is there any behaviour you feel is unacceptable today? For example, people shouldn’t play loud music on public transport.

Ranagirl added an answer                                                                  Jul 19

I’ve got loads of ideas: I’d like to talk about queue jumping and why people do it.

SamarS added an answer                                                                    Jul 20

Personally, I think we should do more to protect animals. I think hunting for sport is really cruel.

2 7.12 Listen to Noura, Rana and Samar. Make notes about their opinions.

 

Law discussed	Noura’s opinion	Rana’s opinion	Samar’s opinion
1 Playing loud music
2 Queue jumping
3 Hunting

1. Noura. This should be a law, but maybe it's not practical. Rana. It's not practical. Who would enforce the law? Samar. Thinks the bus driver could enforce the law.

2. Noura……………Rana: ……………Samar:

3. Noura: Hurting animals is always wrong. Rana, People should decide for themselves.

Samar. Hunting should be banned, but maybe not fishing as fish don't feel pain

 

3 7.12 Study the Speaking box. Listen again and complete the phrases.

 

concerned   debatable   entitled   expert    frankly     goes    inclined   principle      saying     see      shadow     tend

 

 

Expressing opinions

 

7.13 Listen to three pairs of sentences. Which speaker in each pair sounds as if they have a strong (S) opinion? Which speaker sounds more tentative (T)? Say why.

Speaker 1 (S):(She uses highly, which makes her sound more sure of her opinion.)

Speaker 2 (T): (He uses Well, a common way of making something sound less direct. He uses a a question tag to invite agreement. The intonation also expresses a much less decided view.)

Speaker 1 (T) (She uses Well and probably. The intonation is also more tentative.)

Speaker 2 (S) (The utterance is very plain, with no qualifying phrases, adverbs, etc. which makes it more direct and stronger.)

Speaker 1 (S) (The utterance is very plain, which makes it more direct and stronger.)

Speaker 2 (T) (He uses Well, and probably. He uses a question tag to invite agreement. The intonation is also tentative.

 

SPEAKING In groups, discuss the questions. Try to use some of the phrases from the Speaking box.

1. What do you think about the behaviour mentioned in the message board discussion?

2. Are there any other kinds of behaviour that you find annoying? Say what and why.