Pronunciation Exercise 4 Listen to three sentences.
Choose the correct meaning,a, b or c, according to the way each sentence is stressed.
1 The man at the back in the blue jacket.
2 There's no doubt that is will help us to cure all sorts of illnesses.
3 By the year 2020,over twenty percent of the population will be over eighty.
Speaking: Exercise 1 Listen to two people discussing genetic engineering.
How would you describe Tom and Jan's opinions on the subject: strongly in favour? strongly against?or in favour but with reservations?
Tom, did you see that programme on TV last night?The debate about cloning?
No, I was out.Anyway, Jan, I'm totally against all that.For starters,
we've got to ban those experiments, I think.
Well,it's true there are dangers with cloning, but there are lots of possibilities too.
I think the possibilities for using cloning to save lives are really interesting.
Let's face it.From the word go, those big medical companies have just been after big money.
They don't care about saving lives, do they? Of course they want to make money, but that's a bit unfair.I think you would like it if it saved your life.
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