This exercise practices several useful conversational structures
about giving opinions. Listen and repeat after each expression
trying to imitate the speakers.
Esta actividad presenta varias estructuras conversacionales de suma
utilidad para dar opiniones. Escucha y repite cada expresión
tratando de imitar a los profesores.
Giving an opinion
Accepting an opinion and
offering a different one
I feel that ...
That sounds interesting. But I
think ...
Siento que ...
Eso suena interesante. Pero pienso (que) ...
I don't think that ...
That's not a bad idea. On the other hand, I
feel that ...
No pienso que ...
No es mala idea. Por otra parte siento que ...
In my opinion ...
You may have a point. Nevertheless, I think
...
En mi opinión ...
Puede que tengas razón. Sin embargo, pienso (que) ...
Asking for reasons
Giving reasons
Do you? Why?
Well, because
...
¿En serio? ¿Por qué?
Bueno, porque ...
Don't you? Why not?
And another thing ...
¿En serio? ¿Por qué no?
Y otra cosa ...
Why do you say that?
Because I think that ...
¿Por qué dices eso?
Porque pienso que ...
Activity 96:
Basándote en las estructuras que acabas de escuchar,
completa estas mini-conversaciones con las opciones más adecuadas del
cuadro. Verifica luego las respuestas correctas.
A.
I agree with
B.
In my opinion
C.
Do you? I don't think
D. That's not a bad
idea. On the other hand, I feel
E.
You may have a point there. Nevertheless, I feel
1
PAUL: Public
transportation should be provided free of charge.
RICK:
that the public transportation wouldn't be as well kept.
2
RAY: I think all
plastic containers should be banned.
LIZA:
plastic
containers are clean and easy to recycle.
3
SUSAN: I think
having a pet makes you more relaxed.
GEORGE:
that pets
are too messy in a house.
4
MIKE: I'm sure that
having a car is almost a necessity nowadays.
KENY:
I need a
car. I walk everywhere I go.
5
MARY: Chinese is a
very useful language to learn.
PAUL:
you
because there are millions of Chinese-speaking people.
En la próxima página encontrarás la segunda conversación de esta
lección.
