
The Language for Stating Concurrence (同意) and
Expressing Rejection
1.You are going to listen to an instructor talking about stating concurrence
and expressing rejection. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks with the
missing words.
2.Respond to the following statements orally by using the expressions you
have learned in Ex. 1.
A. Having breakfast every morning is very important to young people.
B. I don’t think eating GMO food is so harmful to our health.
C. Humans shouldn’t eat GMOs, but we can feed animals with GMOs.
D. We need to be careful and check the labels when we buy processed food.
Stating Concurrence and Expressing Rejection
3.Listen to the following conversation twice and fill in the blanks with the
missing words. Getting to know the words and expression in the box below
first might be helpful.
Now listen to the conversation again and answer the following questions.
4.Listen to the following conversation twice and then complete the passage
according to what you’ve heard. Getting to know the words in the box
below first might be helpful.


Now listen to the conversation again and provide the missing parts below. After that, act it out in class.
5.Work in pairs to make up a conversation. Suppose you are two customers
in a supermarket. One customer is looking at the label of a bottle of
oil, and the other customer tries to persuade him/her not to buy the oil
because it is made of genetically modified soybean (大豆). Try to use the
expressions of concurrence and rejection you’ve learned in Ex. 1.
6.Watch a video clip and fill in the missing words. Then tell your classmates
your view about bioengineered foods. Getting to know the words and
expressions in the box below first might be helpful.

Listening Practice
7.Listen to people speaking and decide what they are talking about.
8.Listen to the following short dialogues and choose the appropriate
answers.
9.Listen to the following conversation twice and decide whether the
statements about it are true (T) or false (F). Getting to know the words
and expressions in the box below first might be helpful.

10.Listen to the following talk twice and fill in the blanks with the missing
words.
11.Listen to the talk again and then answer the following questions orally.
12.Discuss the topic printed below in bold with your classmates. Try to
participate in the discussion from different perspectives with the help of
the expressions provided around it.
