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Discussing a reading
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Understand agreement and disagreement in an academic discussion.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- argument
- A reason or set of reasons for an opinion.
- convincing
- Making you believe something is true.
- evidence
- Facts that show something is true.
Answer key
- Did you find the author's argument convincing?The ’s in “author’s” shows possession.
- Not really, she didn't provide much evidence.The t of “didn’t” is hardly heard.
- I thought the examples in the second section were strong.“Thought” starts with an unvoiced th; “the” starts with a voiced th.
- Maybe, but they all came from a single country.“Came from a” runs together.
- That's a fair point, so let's mention it in our discussion.“A fair point” means a reasonable idea.