SPEAKING SESSION. UNIT 1.
1 Smokers should be allowed to smoke in public places.
2 In the past people lived healthier lives.
3 Fast-food restaurants should be forced to sell healthier food.
4 It's healthier to be a vegetarian.
Now I want you to give me your opinion and some reasons for these statements. Follow these instructions:
- Prepare an opinion and a reason for each statement. I will ask you two out of four so... Be ready!
- Make use of some of the following useful expressions:
- In my opinion...
- If you ask me...
- I think / I believe...
- As far as I am concerned...
- Personally...
- It seems to me that...
- Try to use some connector of cause and result.
- Connectors of cause: Because of / As a result of / Due to
- Connectors of result: Consequently / Therefore / So