Thursday, August 26, 2010

L.G. Alexander - 'For and Against: An Oral Practice Book for Advanced Students of English'

1. ’It’s high time men ceased to regard women as second-class citizens’
2 ‘World governments should conduct serious campaigns against smoking’
3 ‘Television is doing irreparable harm’


4 ‘Any form of education other than co-education is simply unthinkable’
5 ‘Camping is the ideal way of spending a holiday’
6 ‘New fashions in clothing are created solely for the commercial exploitation of women’
7 ‘We should all grow fat and be happy’
8 ‘The younger generation knows best’
9 ‘Only stricter traffic laws can prevent accidents’
10 ‘Parents are too permissive with their children nowadays’
11 ‘Advertisers perform a useful service to the community’
12 ‘Pop stars certainly earn their money’
13 ‘Vicious and dangerous sports should be banned by law’
14 ‘Transistor radios should be prohibited in public places’
15 ‘The only thing people are interested in today is earning more money’
16 ‘Compulsory military service should be abolished in all countries’
17 ’Childhood is certainly not the happiest time of your life’
18 ‘Untidy people are not nice to know’
19 ‘The only way to travel is on foot’
20 ‘Examinations exert a pernicious influence on education’
21 ‘Books, plays and films should be censored’
22 ‘People should be rewarded according to ability, not according to age and experience’
23 ‘The tourist trade contributes absolutely nothing to increasing understanding between nations’
24 ‘Only a madman would choose to live in a large modern city’
25 ‘Equality of opportunity in the twentieth century has not destroyed the class system’
26 ‘No one wants to live to be a hundred’
27 ‘Capital punishment is the only way to deter criminals’
28 ‘The space race is the world’s biggest money waster’
29 ‘Violence can do nothing to diminish race prejudice’
30 ‘The most important of all human qualities is a sense of humour’



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