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UNIT 6 •• RISK<br />
l!I Match these expressions from the meeting to the appropriate heading in the<br />
Useful language box below. (Some headings are not used.) Use the audio<br />
script on page 159 to check the context of each expression.<br />
1 Now, just to sum up, we've looked at ...<br />
2 ... I think it's a really great place ...<br />
3 So can we all agree, then, that we go with Florence?<br />
4 ... I think that most of the time we'll be spending indoors.<br />
5 Now, what about the activities?<br />
6 What did you come up with, Carol, for the actual workshops?<br />
7 I thought it might be a good idea to use role play ...<br />
8 I think some kind of interaction is a good idea ...<br />
9 OK, so we go with the workshops, then?<br />
10 Well, I don't know about role plays, though.<br />
11 ... I was thinking maybe something like, you know, a simple quiz ...<br />
12 Exactly.<br />
13 ... yeah, that's a brilliant idea ...<br />
II You are managers of a national newspaper. Consider this situation.<br />
One of your top foreign correspondents, Mike Harris, has been reporting on events in a<br />
country at war. To get his story, he went behind enemy lines and was kidnapped. In the<br />
operation to rescue him, one of the rescue team was killed and two were seriously injured.<br />
Harris is known to be one of the best foreign correspondents in the world. However, he has<br />
been widely criticised in the national press because of the 'unnecessary risks' he took to<br />
get his story. He had been advised by local officials that it was extremely unwise to go into<br />
such hostile territory, but he ignored their warning.<br />
Hold a meeting to decide:<br />
a) how to deal with the criticisms, which are harming your newspaper's image;<br />
b) whether to discipline Mike Harris for his behaviour.<br />
USEFUL LANGUAGE<br />
ASKING FOR OPINIONS<br />
How do you feel about this?<br />
Do you have strong feelings about this?<br />
What's your view on this?<br />
DISAGREEING<br />
Hold on now, don't you think ...<br />
I can't go along with that.<br />
Sorry, I can't agree with you.<br />
EMPHASISING<br />
I don't want to repeat myself, but ...<br />
I'm sorry to go on about this, but ...<br />
I do think this is really important.<br />
GIVING OPINIONS<br />
Well, I'm sorry to say, I think ...<br />
Well, unfortunately, we're going to<br />
have to ...<br />
I can't see what the problem is.<br />
AGREEING<br />
I think I agree with you there.<br />
I couldn't agree with you more.<br />
Absolutely!/Exactly!<br />
ADDING A CONDITION<br />
I agree, providing we can ...<br />
We can do that as long as ...<br />
That's OK if ...<br />
MAKING SUGGESTIONS<br />
What about if we ...<br />
How about ...<br />
I think we should / ought to ...<br />
SUMMARISING<br />
So, we've agreed that ...<br />
I'll just sum up what we've agreed.<br />
OK, let me recap ...<br />
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