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1、英语辩论资料英语辩论资料最牛英语口语培训模式：躺在家里练口语，全程外教一对一，三个月畅谈无阻！太平洋英语，免费体验全部外教一对一课程： Oral Functions Bank 1. How to agree strongly with an opinion I couldnt agree more! Thats absolutely true! Absolutely! I take your point. Id go along with you there. Im with you on that. Thats just what I was thinking Thats exactly w

2、hat I think Thats good point Thats just how I see it. Thats exactly my opinion.2. How to half agree with an opinion. Yes, perhaps. Well, yes. Yes, in a way Mum, possibly Yes, I agree up to a point Well, youve got a point there. Theres something in that, I suppose E guess you could be right Yes, I su

3、ppose so. Thats worth thinking about.3. How to disagree politely with an opinion I am not so sure really. Do you think so? Well. It depends. Im not so certain. Well. It dont know. Well, Im not so sure about that. Mmm, Im not really sure youre right. Im inclined to disagree with that. No, I dont thin

4、k so really.4. How to disagree strongly with an opinion I disagree. I disagree with you entirely. Im afraid I dont agree. Im afraid you are wrong there. I really cant agree. I wouldnt accept that for one minute. You cant really mean that. I wouldnt go along with you there. You cant be serious. You m

5、ust be joking. Note that you need to be very polite when disagreeing with someone in English, even someone you know quite well. With someone you know very well, you can disagree more directly. 5. How to present both sides of an argument On the one hand. on the other hand. Although its true to say th

6、at. its also true to say that. Lesson 1 Does Television Play a Positive or Negative Role in the Modern Society? TextDo the Advantages of Television Outweigh the Disadvantages? Television is now playing a very important part in our life. But television, like other things, has both advantages and disa

7、dvantages. Do the former outweigh the latter? In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparatively cheap one. For a family of four, for example, it is more convenient as well as cheaper to sit comfortably at home, with almost unlimited entertainme

8、nt available, than to go out in search of amusement elsewhere(1). They do not have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre, the cinema, or the opera, only to discover, perhaps, that the show is disappointing (2). All they have to do is press a button, and they can see plays, films, operas, and sho

9、ws of every kind, not to mention political discussions and the latest exciting football match. Some people, however, maintain that this is precisely where the danger lies. The television viewer takes no initiative(3). He makes no choice and exercises no judgment to him without any effort on his part

10、. Television, it is often said, keeps one informed about current events, allows one to follow the latest developments in science and politics, and offers and endless series of programmes which are both instructive and entertaining. The most distant countries and the strangest customs are brought rig

11、ht into ones sitting-room. (4) It could be argued that the radio performs this service just as well; but on television everything is much more living, much more real. Yet here again there is a danger. We get so used to looking at it, so dependent on its flickering pictures(5), that it begins to domi

12、nate our lives. There are many other arguments for and against television. The poor quality of its programmes is often criticized. But it is undoubtedly a great comport to many lonely elderly people. and does it corrupt or instruct our children? I think we must realize that television in itself is n

13、either good nor had. It is the uses to which it is put that determine its value to society.I. Listen Listen to the text with the help of the following notes. 1. it is more convenient .in search of amusement elsewhere: (对四口之家来说)舒服地坐在家里，有着包罗万象的娱乐节目供选择，当然比外出到别的地方寻找娱乐活动更为方便，更合算了。 2. only to discover. di

14、sappointing: 最终发现演出是那样令人失望。此处only 表示出乎意料。 3. takes no initiative: 没有任何主动性。 4. The most distant countries.into ones sitting -room: 最遥远的国度、最奇异的风俗了情被直接送到人们起居室。 5. flickering pictures: 闪烁为定的图像。II. Read Read the following passages. Underline the important viewpoints while reading. 1. Why Watch Television

15、? Matthew: Television is undoubtedly a great invention, but one of the main criticisms of it is that people just arent selective enough. Lesley, youve got a television; how do you pick out the sorts of programmes you want to watch? Lesley: I try and look at the programmes that are on to decide which

16、 particular ones interest me, rather than you turning it on at seven oclock and you leaving it on until half-past eleven when the programmes finish. Matthew: Do you think of television though as a great time-waster? Lesley: Un. I think it can be a time-waster and it depends on how particular people

17、are about what they want to see.Mm, it can just be a sort of total amusement for someone and totally consuming without really considering what it is theyre watching. Matthew: Aha, but how do you prevent it coming into your life and taking over your evenings and at the same time perhaps get. get out

18、of the television some of the sort of best things. best programmes that . that undoubtedly are on television? Lesley: Well, I suppose one of the problems is. will depend on what a persons life style is, and that if he has other outside interests which are equally important to him as television, he w

19、ill then, you know, mm. be more careful about which programmes he wants to watch because he has time which he wants to use for other things. Matthew: Do you think though that . that in. in a sense television has killed peoples own er.sort of, creativity or their ability to entertain themselves becau

20、se if theyre bored all they do is just turn on the television? Lesley: Yes, I think that is a danger, and I think that. in fact is what is happening to a lot of people who use it as their . their main . um field of amusement and . because they dont have other outside interests and even when people c

21、ome round theyll leave the television on and not be, you know, particularly interested in talking to them, you know the television will be the main thing in the room. Matthew: Peter, have you a television? Peter: I have, in fact Ive got two televisions. Matthew: Do you watch them a lot? Peter: Er.no

22、 I .I watch very seldom er. In fact, I find that I watch television most when Im working which requires nothing of me, then I watch television a lot. When Ive got more energy left.um .in my own private time, then I find I do more different things. I do things like um reading, or going out, or workin

23、g on anything .my hobbies. Matthew: Do you think though that people can live a perfectly happy life if they havent got a television? Peter: Oh yes, I think people who dont have a television or people who dont watch television can be expected to be more happy. You can assume I think if they never wat

24、ch television they are happier people than the people who watch a lot of television, because I think that television goes with the kind of life which leaves you with nothing to spare, nothing left, you have to be given potted, passive entertainment. Matthew: But in that case you.you seem as though y

25、oure completely against television, is that true? Peter: No, its not. I .I have a television in fact, I have two as I said, but er I . I . I think theres a dilemma, a difficult situation. Television in itself is very good; a . a lot of the information and a lot of the programmes are very instructive

26、, they introduce you to things you may never have though of before or never have hard about before. But in watching, it makes you very passive; you sit for hour after hour and you get very receptive and very unquestioning and it seems to me the important thing in life is to be active, to . to do thi

27、ngs, to think things and to be as creative as possible, and television prevents this. 2. Children and Television Housewife: What do I think of television? Um, um, well, um, it keeps the family at home, the kids dont go out at night so much now, they come straight in from school most of them, they ru

28、n in and straight, well the televisions on when they come in, I watch it myself during the afternoon. Er, well its company really and, er, well, then the kids come home, they eat their tea, I have no trouble with them eating their tea because they just.well, they dont even look at what they eat, the

29、y eat, they just sit down and, erm, they eat it and they like the programmes and , and it keeps them quiet while Im cooking the tea for their dad when he comes in, and, er and the news is on or perhaps the football match or something, er, they have to be quiet then, theyre not very interested in tha

30、t themselves, they like the cartoons and things but, em, yeah, well, I think televisions great, er, we get on much better in the house now, um, well, weve got things to talk about, erm, you know, if I miss a programme, er if Im cooking or something in the kitchen, I miss a bit of whats going on, I m

31、ean I have the door open so I can hear, but if I miss a bit then they will tell me, and then perhaps later or perhaps the next day well have a chat abut it, you know. It gives us something to talk about really. Um, I dont think it hurts the kids, I dont think its a problem, you know, like, er, it st

32、ops them, makes their eyes go funny or something, I dont think its a problem like that. I dont think its a problem at all. Theyve. theyve learned a lot from television, I think, theyre always piping up with questions and learning a lot from the television. 3. Television Is Doing Irreparable Harm Yes, but what did we use to do be