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28 Digital jungle 02 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE EXTRAS Look at the highlighted expressions 1–7 in the blog comment. Which can you use to: a state your intention? b state your main arguments? c refer to other people’s views? d state your conclusion or final thought? a 30 Add these expressions to the groups a–d above. b In groups, read each other’s comments on the three topics. What are the most convincing arguments in each one? Do you agree? Talk together. 32 Can you think of more expressions for each group? Read the blog posts 1–3 and decide which one you will argue against. Think about:   what arguments to present (facts, your own ideas and experiences, other people’s views).   how to organise your arguments (starting, ending, grouping ideas into paragraphs). Choose the language you’ll need to express the things in 30a. Write around 250 words.  Writing guide, Blog , p. 178. c JayC 5 October 5, 23.16 So what? There’s nothing wrong with file-sharing. Everyone does it – and if everyone does it and the police haven’t stopped it, then it must be OK. 1 31 SeoulMan 9 October 5, 14.10 Thanks, but no thanks. Live concerts are awful. They’re too crowded, you can’t see anything and the audience is incredibly noisy. It’s better to buy CDs or download albums of music produced in the studio. 2 ModelCitizen 11 October 5, 16.43 What a waste! The government’s just spent half a million dollars on a sculpture for the park. What’s it good for? Nothing! Basically, public art is a waste of taxpayers’ money. 3 1 But consider this for a moment. 2 At the end of the day, … 3 What you might not know is that … 4 I’d like to reply to … 5 Experts say that … 6 Don’t forget that … 7 To sum up, I believe that … 8 I’d like to have my say about this. 9 A lot of people have found that … Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv