UNIT 4 - CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES
VOCABULARY:
- Call to action
- Claim
- Controversial
- Counterargument
- Credible support
- Evidence
POLITICAL TERMINOLOGY
- A government
- Politics
- A constitution
- A election
- Vote
- Campaing
- A democracy
- A monarchy
- A dictatorship
SOME CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES:
- Censorship of books and movies
- Compulsory military service
- Prohibiting smoking indoors
- Lowering the driving age
- Raising the voting age
HOW TO DEBATE AN ISSUES POLITELY
- That may be true, but
- I see what you mean, but
- Well on one hand... but in the other hand
- That´s one way to look at it, but
- NOT: The education is an important issue
- NOT: Educations is an important issue
- NOT: the news about the politics is always interesting
- NOT: the news about the politcs are always interesting
El infinitivo "to" y la forma "-ing" (el participio presente) pueden utilizarse después de ciertos verbos. Los verbos que van seguidos del infinitivo to son: agree, arrange,
attempt, choose, decide, fail, hope, learn, manage, offer, plan, seem.
- I agreed to help Shona with her homework.
- The driver attempted to remove the flat tyre.
- I hope to see you again at the next meeting.
Verbs
followed by an object + the to infinitive include: advise, allow, command,
forbid, force, invite, order, persuade, remind, teach, tell.
- Peter advised Ron to call the police.
- Esther reminded her teacher to set some revision.
Los verbos que pueden ir seguidos directamente por el to infinitive o por un abject + el to infinitive incluyen: ask, expect, help, intend, like, love, hate, mean, prefer,
want, wish.
- I certainly intended to go to the party.
- We really expected Sally to pass the exam.
Observe esta diferencia:
I want to
have a cat = It will be my cat.
I want her
to have a cat = It will be her cat.
Dad likes
to wash the car = Dad washes the car.
Dad likes
John to wash the car = John washes the car.
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