On judging and assessing...

Linking Words And Phrases 1

Personal opinion: In my opinion/view, To my mind, To my way of thinking, I am convinced that, It strikes me that, It is my firm belief that, I am inclined to believe that, It seems to me that. As far as I am concerned, I think that the economic recession of the previous decade was foreseeable. To list advantages and disadvantages: One advantage of, Another advantage of, One other advantage of, A further advantage of, The main advantage of, The greatest advantage of. The first advantage of riding a motorbike in a large metropolis is that of not getting caught in major congestion. To list points: Firstly, First of all, In the first place, Secondly, Thirdly, Finally. To start/begin with, we have to address the inadequacies within the education system before we can tackle unemployment fully. To add more points to the same topic: What is more, Furthermore, Apart from this/that, In addition (to this), Moreover, Besides (this),… not to mention the fact that your choice of career is a fundamental decision which will influence the rest of your life. Not only is your choice of career a fundamental decision, but it is also one that will influence the rest of your life.Your choice of career is both a fundamental decision and something that will influence the rest of your life. To refer to other sources: With reference to, According to the latest scientific research, the use of mobile phones can be damaging to one's health in the long run. To emphasise a point: Indeed, Naturally, Clearly, Obviously, Of course, Needless to say, the scheme was hound to fail due to insufficient funds. To give examples: For instance, For example, by establishing day-care centres across the country, working mothers can he encouraged to resume their careers. By providing incentives such as, like day-care centres working mothers are encouraged to resume their careers. If working mothers are to resume their careers then the provision of incentives particularly, in particular, especially day-care centres is essential. To state other people's opinion: It is popularly believed that, People often claim that, It is often alleged that, Some people argue that, Many argue that, Most people feel that, Some people point out that wealth will bring happiness. Contrary to popular belief, wealth does not necessarily bring happiness. To conclude: Finally, Lastly, All in all, Taking everything into account/consideration, On the whole, All things considered, In conclusion, On balance, For the above mentioned reasons, Therefore I feel that, To sum up, it is unlikely that there will be peace in all the countries of the world concurrently. Summarising: In short, Briefly. To put it briefly, his performance on stage was fantastic!

ENIGMA & DILEMMA

 Read the text and find all the Greek words.

The tragedy of the seven astronauts over the Atlantic Ocean emphasized once again the basic characteristic of Eric Dawson’s theory. Eric Dawson is a historian of Technology in the School of Aeolian Energy and Aeronautics and for almost a decade now he has criticized the phenomenon of an illogical enthusiasm for those gigantic astroprogrammes which are based on a myth rather than a systematic policy. For Eric Dawson, the dilemma of our period should not be the crisis of technology but the tyranny of it. For him our planet has now a plethora of the characteristic symptoms of a Biblical catastrophe. We are now before a logical enigma: is Dawson’s diagnosis a prophecy or the systematic analysis of a theoretician?

As...as...

Describing the similarity of two items

Use 'as...as' to  compare equivalent aspects of quality (adjective) or of manner (adverb) of two items.

I'm as good in maths as in science.

This book is not as exciting as the last one.

It doesn't work as well as we had hoped.

It doesn't work as well as we'd hoped

Listen to the song 'Everything at once' and fill in the gaps with  the correct word from the list.

bee -wolf - fox - day - sugar - line - sea - whale - day - road

Music From Grey's Anatomy Season 7, Episode 14
Melodia din reclama Orange Romania, toamna 2011
The song from Windows 8 commercial

As sly as a _____, as strong as an ox
As fast as a hare, as brave as a bear
As free as a bird, as neat as a word
As quite as a _____, as big as a house

All I wanna be, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything

As mean as a _____, as sharp as a tooth
As deep as a bite, as dark as the night
As sweet as a song, as right as a wrong
As long as a _____, as ugly as a toad

As pretty as a picture hanging from a fixture
Strong like a family, strong as I wanna be
Bright as _____, as light as play
As hard as nails, as grand as a _____

All I wanna be, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything

As warm as the, the sun, as silly as fun
As cool as a tree, as scary as the _____
As hot as fire, cold as ice
Sweet as _____ and everything nice

As old as time, as straight as a _____
As royal as a queen, as buzzed as a _____
Stealth as a tiger, smooth as a glide
Pure as a melody, pure as I wanna be

All I wanna be, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything

 Try to explain the meaning of the 'as...as' phrases.