source: Dương Thu Thuỷ / Pearson Education, INC 2015年3月3日
* social language: state an opinion; disagree politely about controversial issues; discuss politics
* grammar: non-count nouns for abstract ideas; verbs followed by objects and infinitives
# video script
(Marie, Paul, and Bob continue to express
their political and social beliefs, while Cheryl stays above the fray.)
Marie:
Paul, I never knew you were so conservative.
Paul:
I’m not conservative.
Marie:
Sure you are. You always seem to want things to be just like they used to be.
Paul: That’s not conservative. That’s just smart. (to Cheryl) Thanks.
Marie:
That’s the definition of conservative.
Paul:
Really? Well, I didn’t know you were so radical.
Marie:
What makes you think I’m radical?
Paul:
You always want to change everything.
Marie:
No, I don’t. I just want our government to realize that it’s the twenty-first century
and they need new ways to doing things. (to Cheryl) Thank you.
Paul:
That sounds radical to me.
Marie:
Bob, tell him I’m not a radical.
Bob:
She’s not a radical. She’s a liberal. Like me.
Marie:
I wouldn’t call you a liberal.
Bob:
Oh, really?
Marie:
I’d say you’re more of a moderate. You’re always in the middle.
Bob:
If I want to be a liberal, I’ll be a liberal. (to Cheryl) Thank you, honey.
Marie:
You can be whatever you want, you just can’t be one thing and call it something
else.
Paul:
Listen to you. You’re like a little dictator.
Marie:
I studied politics in school. I know something about the definitions of
political beliefs.
Paul:
Id that so? So what is Cheryl? A radical? Moderate? Conservative?
Marie:
Who knows? She’s not saying.
Paul:
Cheryl, what are you? Would you mind telling us that much?
Cheryl:
OK. You want to know what I believe? I believe ... I believe ... I believe
these are the best chips I have ever tasted.
