Agreement and Disagreement - раздел Образование, Higher Education in Belarus 1. Study The Expressions Useful To Get Someone’S Opinions About The Subjec...
1. Study the expressions useful to get someone’s opinions about the subject being discussed.
Agreeing with someone
Agreeing to something
1.Agreement
Strong:
I fully/totally agree….
I completely/absolutely agree with you about/on....
I'm in total agreement with you
Yes, definitely.
Exactly!
Precisely.
Neutral:
I agree with ...
You're right there
I think you are right
Strong:
I totally accept that...
I fully agree to that...
I'm all in favour of ...
Yes, definitely
Exactly
Precisely.
Neutral:
I support...
I agree to ...
That's true/right
2. Partial agreement
I agree with you up to a point/to a certain extent but...
I'd agree with you, but....
You may have something there, but …
You could/may be right, but ...
I suppose you are right but ....
Maybe, but...
I agree to that up to a point/to a certain extent.... I'd accept that, but...
That could/may be so, but.... That may/might be right, but
I see your point but ...
3. Disagreement
Strong:
I completely/absolutely disagree with you ...
On the contrary ...
Of course not.
Neutral:
(I'm afraid) I can't agree with you....
I don't agree/disagree...
I think you are wrong....
Strong:
I fully/totally disagree to that That's out of the question. That's ridiculous.
Neutral:
(I'm afraid) I can't accept that ...
I don't accept that...
That's not how I see it.
I wouldn't say that.
2. Here are some people's opinions. Make notes on what you'd say in response to them, using the phrases given below. If you disagree, explain your reasons for disagreeing.
1) “If you want to go to university, you usually apply during your last year at school, when you are 17.”
2) “University students usually live away from home.”
3) “tudents get a grant or a loan from the government to study.”
4) ’Some students don’t want to go straight from school to university, so they take a year out to work’.
5) ’The commercials on TV are usually more entertaining than the programmes.’
6) ’Shops should all be open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.’
7) ’There's no point in buying expensive clothes. It's a waste of money.’
8)’Clothes in bright colours like red and yellow are becoming fashionable.’
9)’People spend too much money buying things they don't really need.’
10)’Everything is cheaper in a supermarket than in a street market.’
That's true. And I also think that . . .
I agree with you. And I also think that
That's a good point. Don’t you also think that…?
I see what you mean, but …
Well, personally I think that ...
I don't really agree because…
I don't quite agree because…
That's an interesting point of view, but I think...
3. Working with another student, take turns to respond to each opinion. Make sure you say more than just a few words in response.
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GETTING STARTED
1. Read the following passage and comment on the following quotation: Knowledge is the highest privilege of the day.
Education is among the national prioritie
USEFUL VOCABULARY
Make sure that you know the following English words and word combinations.
public education—народное образование
universal education—всео
READING
1. Read the text “Higher education in Belarus” and sum up what the text says about
· education and knowledge
· system of higher education in Belarus
DEVELOPING VOCABULARY
1. Give words defined by the following:
1) a person with authority to maintain discipline, the head of a department of studies;
2) charge or payment for professional advic
DISCOVERING LANGUAGE
1. Divide the following nouns into countable and uncountable:
choice
decision
datum
formula
information
knowledge
law
network
path
rig
How to learn vocabulary
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SPEAKING
1. Discuss the following question:
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2) What improvements should be made to our country’s educati
LISTENING
1. Work in small groups and discuss the following questions.
a) At what age do you think you should ...
- stop listening to parents and teachers and do what you feel is rig
DEVELOPING VOCABULARY
1.Match the following words with their definitions:
a) diploma
b) study session
c) tutorials
d) register
e) degree
f) graduate
g) curriculum
h) semi
FOCUS ON FUNCTION
’Knowing and understanding’
1. Study the idioms useful to say that you know or don’t know something or make conclusion.
A. Knowing and not knowing
SPEAKING
1. Imagine a friend is going away to University. Give him or her some advice by completing these sentences. The first one has been done as an example:
1) In the firs
Meждународные связи
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o прием на учебу иностранных граждан на контрактной основе и в рамка
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