新托福口語(yǔ)練習(xí)材料——關(guān)于電視的討論(1)
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1.Howtoagreestronglywithanopinion
Icouldn’tagreemore!
That’sabsolutelytrue!
Absolutely!
Itakeyourpoint.
I’dgoalongwithyouthere.
I’mwithyouonthat.
That’sjustwhatIwasthinking
That’sexactlywhatIthink
That’sgoodpoint
That’sjusthowIseeit.
That’sexactlymyopinion.
2.Howtohalfagreewithanopinion.
Yes,perhaps.
Well,yes.
Yes,inaway
Mum,possibly
Yes,Iagreeuptoapoint
Well,you’vegotapointthere.
There’ssomethinginthat,Isuppose
Eguessyoucouldberight
Yes,Isupposeso.
That’sworththinkingabout.
3.Howtodisagreepolitelywithanopinion
Iamnotsosurereally.
Doyouthinkso?
Well.Itdepends.
I’mnotsocertain.
Well.Itdon’tknow.
Well,I’mnotsosureaboutthat.
Mmm,I’mnotreallysureyou’reright.
I’minclinedtodisagreewiththat.
No,Idon’tthinksoreally.
4.Howtodisagreestronglywithanopinion
Idisagree.
Idisagreewithyouentirely.
I’mafraidIdon’tagree.
I’mafraidyouarewrongthere.
Ireallycan’tagree.
Iwouldn’tacceptthatforoneminute.
Youcan’treallymeanthat.
Iwouldn’tgoalongwithyouthere.
Youcan’tbeserious.
Youmustbejoking.
NotethatyouneedtobeverypolitewhendisagreeingwithsomeoneinEnglish,evensomeoneyouknowquitewell.Withsomeoneyouknowverywell,youcandisagreemoredirectly.
5.Howtopresentbothsidesofanargument
Ontheonehand...ontheotherhand...
Althoughit’struetosaythat...it’salsotruetosaythat...
Lesson1
DoesTelevisionPlayaPositiveorNegativeRoleintheModernSociety?
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DotheAdvantagesofTelevisionOutweightheDisadvantages?
Televisionisnowplayingaveryimportantpartinourlife.Buttelevision,likeotherthings,hasbothadvantagesanddisadvantages.Dotheformeroutweighthelatter?
Inthefirstplace,televisionisnotonlyaconvenientsourceofentertainment,butalsoacomparativelycheapone.Forafamilyoffour,forexample,itismoreconvenientaswellascheapertositcomfortablyathome,withalmostunlimitedentertainmentavailable,thantogooutinsearchofamusementelsewhere(1).Theydonothavetopayforexpensiveseatsatthetheatre,thecinema,ortheopera,onlytodiscover,perhaps,thattheshowisdisappointing(2).Alltheyhavetodoispressabutton,andtheycanseeplays,films,operas,andshowsofeverykind,nottomentionpoliticaldiscussionsandthelatestexcitingfootballmatch.Somepeople,however,maintainthatthisispreciselywherethedangerlies.Thetelevisionviewertakesnoinitiative(3).Hemakesnochoiceandexercisesnojudgmenttohimwithoutanyeffortonhispart.
Television,itisoftensaid,keepsoneinformedaboutcurrentevents,allowsonetofollowthelatestdevelopmentsinscienceandpolitics,andoffersandendlessseriesofprogrammeswhicharebothinstructiveandentertaining.Themostdistantcountriesandthestrangestcustomsarebroughtrightintoone’ssitting-room.(4)Itcouldbearguedthattheradioperformsthisservicejustaswell;butontelevisioneverythingismuchmoreliving,muchmorereal.Yethereagainthereisadanger.Wegetsousedtolookingatit,sodependentonitsflickeringpictures(5),thatitbeginstodominateourlives.
Therearemanyotherargumentsforandagainsttelevision.Thepoorqualityofitsprogrammesisoftencriticized.Butitisundoubtedlyagreatcomporttomanylonelyelderlypeople.anddoesitcorruptorinstructourchildren?Ithinkwemustrealizethattelevisioninitselfisneithergoodnorhad.Itistheusestowhichitisputthatdetermineitsvaluetosociety.
