Preserve an argument in retelling and defend a position

Retell an argument exactly

• A speaking task plays: expert专家zhuān jiāto think / believe认为rèn wéi，city城市chéng shìshould应该yīng gāito restrict限制xiàn zhìprivate car私家车sī jiā chē，because因为yīn wèipublic transport公共交通gōng gòng jiāo tōngmore更gèngenvironmental protection环保huán bǎo；but不过bú guò，at / in在zàipublic transport公共交通gōng gòng jiāo tōngnot不bùwell-developed发达fā dá(modifier / structural particle)的delocal地区dì qū，this这个zhè gepolicy政策zhèng cèmaybe / possible可能kě néngcan / will会huìto / for / give给gěiresident居民jū mínto bring带来dài láiinconvenient不便bù biàn。 You retell it, then defend your own position.
• The retelling must keep the scope (in which places) and the causal link (why), including the speaker's qualification.

Keep scope and causes

• Claim: cities should limit private cars. Reason: public transport is greener. Qualification: in areas with poor public transport, it may cause problems.
• Faithful: expert专家zhuān jiāto think / believe认为rèn wéicity城市chéng shìshould应该yīng gāito restrict限制xiàn zhìprivate car私家车sī jiā chē，because因为yīn wèipublic transport公共交通gōng gòng jiāo tōngmore更gèngenvironmental protection环保huán bǎo，but但dànat / in在zàipublic transport公共交通gōng gòng jiāo tōngnot不bùwell-developed发达fā dá(modifier / structural particle)的dearea地方dì fāngmaybe / possible可能kě néngnot不bùconvenient方便fāng biàn。

the expert专家zhuān jiābelieves认为rèn wéicities城市chéng shìshould应该yīng gāilimit限制xiàn zhìprivate cars私家车sī jiā chē。

Observation versus interpretation

• In a picture response, separate what you see (一个yí gèold man or woman老人lǎo rénat / in在zàisubway station地铁站dì tiě zhànto see看kànmap地图dì tú) from what you infer (he / him他tāmaybe / possible可能kě néngnot不bùto be familiar with熟悉shú xīhere这里zhè lǐ).
• Mark inferences: maybe / possible可能kě néng, seemingly看起来kàn qǐ lái, as if好像hǎo xiàng.

Defend your position

• State your view, give a reason and an example, then answer a likely objection: someone有人yǒu réncan / will会huìvariant of 说说shuōto restrict限制xiàn zhìprivate car私家车sī jiā chēnot不bùconvenient方便fāng biàn，but但是dàn shìif如果rú guǒto raise增加zēng jiā公交线路gōng jiāo xiàn lù，this这个zhè gequestion问题wèn tícan / may可以kě yǐto solve解决jiě jué。
• Answering an objection shows you have considered the other side.

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