Unit 5: Listening Tasks: Suggested Answers

I. Interview About Debating Tips

1. Keeping issues and personalities seperate is important.
   It's essential to keep opinions about topics seperate from opinions about people.
   Tape Recording: supports this viewpoint.
   
   
2. Studying an issue before debating it is good.
   Learn about a topic before you bebate it.
   Tape Recording: supports this viewpoint.
   
   
3. To learn about different views has little value.
   Opposing opinions are really worth studying.
   Tape Recording: opposes this viewpoint.
   
   
4. It is essential to make sure your ideas are well organized.
   Presenting your opinions in good order is very important.
   Tape Recording: supports this viewpoint.
   
   
5. At the beginning and end of a debate the main ideas should mentioned.
   The most important points of a debate should be stated first and last.
   Tape Recording: supports this viewpoint.
   
   
6. Thinking about what you want to say before saying it is seldom important.
   You seldom need to consider your ideas before you debate them.
   Tape Recording: opposes this viewpoint.
   
   
7. Your voice and body have little impact on a debate.
   What gestures you use and how you say things doesn't matter much when debating.
   Tape Recording: opposes this viewpoint.
   
   
8. When debating, you should avoid pauses.
   You should not pause when you debate.
   Tape Recording: opposes this viewpoint.