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You are going to listen to a brainstorming on ways to encourage people to walk more. kezdjen tanulni
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Why people don't walk as much nowadays and what can be done to encourage people to walk more.
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Complete the phrases with two words. kezdjen tanulni
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Then listen and check your ideas.
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How (?) feel about this idea? kezdjen tanulni
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How do you feel about this idea?
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Would (?) the opposite idea of scaring people into it? kezdjen tanulni
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Would you consider the opposite idea of scaring people into it?
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How does the idea of closing public transport (?)? kezdjen tanulni
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How does the idea of closing public transport strike you?
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I think it (?) be great if we (?) get celebrities to promote walking generally. kezdjen tanulni
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I think it would be great if we could get celebrities to promote walking generally.
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I think we should (?) the feet idea. kezdjen tanulni
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I think we should go with the feet idea.
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With that in mind, (?) try combining the two ideas? kezdjen tanulni
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With that in mind, suppose we try combining the two ideas?
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Listen again and say the suggestions at the same time, kezdjen tanulni
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copying the stress and intonation.
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The phrase starts on a high pitch and gradually falls. kezdjen tanulni
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using a higher pitch is important because it makes the speaker sound interested/polite whereas a low pitch can sound bored/rude.
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complete the responses to the suggestions. kezdjen tanulni
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Then check in audio script 5. 7 on page 169.
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It wouldn't be my first ch kezdjen tanulni
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It wouldn't be my first choice.
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I think we're on the wrong tr here. kezdjen tanulni
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I think we're on the wrong track here.
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That's not a bad i at all. kezdjen tanulni
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That's not a bad idea at all.
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I'm t between the video and the celebrity. kezdjen tanulni
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I'm torn between the video and the celebrity.
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a reservation in this context is a feeling of doubt about an idea kezdjen tanulni
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Cross the negative comments and tick the one that is neutral.
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it wouldn't be my first choice kezdjen tanulni
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I don't think that would be effective kezdjen tanulni
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at the moment I'm torn between the video and the celebrity. kezdjen tanulni
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and write the missing words/phrases in comments 1-5 above.
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(?), that could be a problem kezdjen tanulni
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Actually, that could be a problem.
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(?), it wouldn't be my first choice kezdjen tanulni
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To be honest, it wouldn't be my first choice.
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(?), I don't think that would be effective kezdjen tanulni
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Frankly, I don't think that would be effective.
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To put it bluntly, it wouldn't work. used for telling someone that you are going to be honest even if this upsets them To put it bluntly, their demands are unreasonable.
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(?), at the moment I'm torn between the video and the celebrity. kezdjen tanulni
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I have to say, at the moment I'm torn between the video and the celebrity.
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Which two phrases you wrote signal a very negative comment? kezdjen tanulni
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Frankly, to put it bluntly bluntly in an uncompromisingly forthright way. "a colleague bluntly told him that he had no business asking for the status report"
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We often use short phrases to prepare someone for a negative comment. to be honest, actually, I have to say kezdjen tanulni
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Some phrases can also signal a positive or neutral comment, depending on the intonation and context. to be honest, actually, I have to say
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INTONATION: showing reservations read out aloud the negative comments without the missing phrases. What effect they have? kezdjen tanulni
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Does each one signal a positive or negative comment? they sound very direct and could offend the person who made the suggestion
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