In my opinion…

Nesta lição, o objetivo é você aprender a expor a sua opinião do modo mais apropriado para cada situação!

1 . Você ouvirá cinco pessoas darem opiniões sobre diferentes assuntos. Relacione cada pessoa com uma ilustração abaixo.

2 . Você concorda ou discorda das pessoas da gravação? Ou não tem uma opinião formada sobre o assunto?

3 . Cada uma das frases abaixo contém uma pergunta que alguém faz para saber sua opinião sobre um assunto. Reordene as palavras em itálico para formar as perguntas.

1 think do about you what global warming?

2 are views on your what learning English?

3 about how feel do you drug testing in sport?

4 is what your on opinion smoking in public places?

5 views you do on any have the benefits of public transport?

Ouça a gravação para conferir suas respostas.

4 . Você ouvirá várias pessoas responderem às perguntas do exercício 3. Ouça com atenção e complete as respostas abaixo com as frases que elas usam. As palavras importantes estão no quadro.

view | opinion | personally | concerned | point

1 ……………………………… , it’s a serious problem.

2 ……………………………… it’s quite a difficult language to learn.

3 ……………………………………… , it’s important to test sportsmen and women.

4 ……………………………………… , I think people should not be allowed to smoke in public.

5 ……………………………… , people use their cars too much.

5 . Ouça a gravação do exercício 1 novamente e escreva frases que demonstrem sua opinião. Use as expressões do exercício 4.

20 minutes+

Relacione as perguntas (1-5) com as respostas (a-e).

1 How do you feel about flying?

2 What do you think about vegetarian food?

3 Do you have any views on our latest advertising campaign?

4 What did you think of the film last night?

5 What’s your opinion on the quality of school education?

a) In my opinion, it’s healthy and delicious.

b) Personally I feel that it’s been very successful. Sales have increased by about 200%.

c) If you ask me, it was terrible. It was not at all funny, and it was much too long.

d) As far as I’m concerned, it’s better than it was twenty years ago. Exam pass rates are up, and children are learning more practical skills.

e) Well, I must say I love being up above the clouds, looking down on the world. It’s great!

Word Bank

campaign (substantivo) = campanha

concerned (adjetivo) = interessado

either/or (pronome) = ou/ou (uma coisa ou outra)

environment (substantivo) = meio ambiente

global warming (substantivo) = aquecimento global

neither/nor (pronome) = nem/nem (nem uma coisa nem outra)

personally (advérbio) = pessoalmente

pollution (substantivo) = poluição

Respostas:

Exercício 1

1 D

2 A

3 C

4 E

5 B

Exercício 2

Individual answers

Exercício 3

1 What do you think about global warming?

2 What are your views on learning English?

3 How do you feel about drug testing in sport?

4 What is your opinion on smoking in public places?

5 Do you have any views on the benefits of public transport?

Exercício 4

1 In my opinion…

2 Personally, I feel that…

3 As far as I’m concerned…

4 From my point of view…

5 If you ask me…

Exercício 5

Individual answers

20 minutes+

1 e

2 a

3 b

4 c

5 d