For and Against - An Oral Practice Book for Advanced Studients of English

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To the Teacher
1 It\'s high time men ceased to regard women as second-class citizens
2 World governments should conduct serious campaigns against smoking
3 Television is doing irreparable harm
4 Any form of education other than co-education is simply unthinkable
5 Camping is the ideal way of spending a holiday
6 New fashions in clothing are created solely for the commercial exploitation of women
7 We should all grow fat and be happy
8 The younger generation knows best
9 Only stricter traffic laws can prevent accidents
10 Parents are too permissive with their children nowadays
11 Advertisers perform a useful service to the community
12 Pop stars certainly earn their money
13 Vicious and dangerous sports should be banned by law
14 Transistor radios should be prohibited in public places
15 The only thing people are interested in today is earning more money
16 Compulsory military service should be abolished in all countries
17 Childhood is certainly not the happiest time of your life
18 Untidy people are not nice to know
19 The only way to travel is on foot
20 Examinations exert a pernicious influence on education
21 Books, plays and films should be censored
22 People should be rewarded according to ability, not according to age and experience
23 The tourist contributes absolutely nothing to increasing understanding between nations
24 Only a madman would choose to live in a large modern city
25 Equality of opportunity in the twentieth century has not destroyed the class system
26 No one wants to live to be a hundred
27 Capital punishment is the only way to deter criminals
28 The space race is the world\'s biggest money waster
29 Violence can do nothing to diminish race prejudice
30 The most important of all human qualities is a sense of humour
Forty additional topics
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