Page 85 - Vargo Mari. - Speak Now 4 Student's Book

. Asking for opinions
What's your opinion? about issues

. Politely giving opinions

L Vocabulary

A Check the issues that you think your city should spend money on. Add two of your own ideas.

My city should...
1. reduce crime. 5. repair city buildings

- increase the number of schools - 6. increase the budget for parks

-2. 3. repair potholes in the streets - . control overcrowding
- 4. improve the downtown area -7 B. provide cost-effective housing

- -
B P&**€ Aq$#ffi${ Share your answers from part A above. Give reasons for your answers.

2 Conversatirxm

coz @ R Listen. What does Citizen 1 want the city to spend money on? What does Citizen 2 want the city to
spend money on?

?L

News announcer: We're here News announcer: Good News announcer: One of
in front of City Hall today evening. City officials are -your fellow citizens believes
where citizens are waiting talking about spending more that the city should spend
to join a town meeting money on repairing the more money on public
about next year's budget. roads next year. What's your transportation rather than
Everyone here has an opinion on that? on the roads next year.
opinion about what the city Citizen 1: The way I see it, What are your thoughts on
should be spending money the city should spend that issue?
on. Some want more money money on improving public
for schools. Others want transportation before fixing Citizen 2: I wonder if we
better roads. the potholes. I tend to think should spend any money
that people should drive on roads or transportation
less, and they can't do at all next year. lt seems to
that without good public me that the city's biggest
tra nsportati on. problem right now is crime.

@ e p&!ffi w*x*{ Practice the conversation.
cD2 (D C Listen. Write the three extra sentences you hear in the conversation. Practice the new conversation.

78 pair with vocABULARY WORKSHEET 32