Question 1:
a. Read these phrases a - h and put them into groups.
a. What do you think ...?
b. I'm sorry, I don't agree.
c. What about you, (Nick)?
d. Yes, definitely.
e. I agree (with this / Nick).
I. Do you agree (with that)?
g. I don't agree (with this / Nick).
h. No, definitely not.
Answer:
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Asking for opinions: a, c, i
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Expressing agreement: d, e
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Expressing disagreement: g, h
b. Complete the conversation with these phrases. Then practise the conversation with your friends.
a. I'm sorry, I don't agree
b. No, definitely not
c. Do you agree with that
d. What about you
e. I agree with
Duy: I don't think we should have robots In our lives.
Nick: (1) ______ Robots are helping us a lot in industry, education, and even In our house. (2)______, Duy?
Duy: (3) ______ They're a complete waste of time and money. They're making everybody lacy. In the future robots will take over the world. I saw a film about that once. (4)_______ Phong?
Phong: Oh, (5)_______ Nick. Robots are never smarter than humans. But in the future, they will be very useful because they will do almost everything instead of us.
Answer:
1-e 2-d 3.-a 4-c 5-b
Question 3: Do you agree or disagree with these statements? Use the phrases in 1.
1. We shouldn't have robots in our lives. - I agree (with this)/ I don't agree (with this).
2. Living In the city is better than living In the countryside. - Yes, definitely.
3. Driving a car is more convenient than riding a motorbike. - No, definitely not.
4. Learning a foreign language Is a waste of time. - I don't agree with this.
5. We must wear our uniforms in school every day. - I agree with this.
Answer:
1. We shouldn't have robots in our lives. I don't agree with this.
2. Living In the city is better than living In the countryside.
3. Driving a car is more convenient than riding a motorbike.
4. Learning a foreign language Is a waste of time.
5. We must wear our uniforms in school every day.
Question 3: Tick (v) what you think robots can do.
- play tennis ❑
- look after children or old people ❑
- repair broken machines in our house ❑
- talk to people ❑
- talk to other machines in our house ❑
- work as guards in our house ❑
- find and repair problems in our bodies ❑
- understand what we think ❑
Answer:
I think robots can:
- look after children or old people
- repair broken machines in our house
- talk to people
- work as guards in our house.