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KEY VOCABULARY
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Nouns
Social issues
AIDS
alcohol abuse
child/day care
downsizing
ethnic conflict
gun control
health care
homelessness
illiteracy
street crime
Other
bill
cafeteria
CD-ROM
consumption
criminal
employer
fur
gambling
hamburger
handgun
(health) insurance
rent
sale
security alarm
son
sugar
(sales) tax
telemarketing
threat
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Adjectives
affordable
disposable
entertaining
exhausted
fur
handgun
high-rise
off (= free)
run-down
Verbs
abolish
allow
disturb
go off
make (ends meet)
pass
permit
Adverbs
anymore
next door
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EXPRESSIONS
Making a recommendation
People ought to/should be required to . . . .
People shouldn't be allowed to . . . .
Something has to be done to . . . .
A rule has to be made to . . . .
Laws must be passed to . . . .
People mustn't be permitted to . . . .
Giving an opinion
I feel that . . . .
I don' t think that . . . .
In my opinion, . . . .
Saying you already know something
Tell me about it.
Acknowledging an opinion and offering a different one
That sounds interesting, but I think . . . .
That's not a bad idea. On the other hand, I feel that . . . .
You may have a point. Nevertheless, I think . . . .
Asking for and giving reasons
Do you? Why?/Don't you? Why not?
Well, because . . . . And another thing . . . .
Why do you say that?
Because I think that . . . .
Talking about the past
. . . used to . . . when I . . . .
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