номер 2, страница 95 - гдз по английскому языку 5-11 класс учебник Latham-Koenig, Oxenden

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2 LOOKING AT LANGUAGE

Informal and vague language

George McGavin uses a lot of informal expressions, as well as vague language, which is common in colloquial English when we don't want to be too specific or precise. Vague language makes us sound more informal and chatty.

a Watch some extracts from the interview and complete the missing words in the highlighted phrases.

1 'And the sad truth is that although we are ________ sure there are eight million species of arthropods ________ there unknown,...'

2 '...and I think adults sometimes pass their fears on by, by ________ , 'Oh, what's that? Oh, it's a spider...''

3 '...but, but still there are ________ like seven million people in the United Kingdom who are terrified of spiders, and, and moths.'

4 '...however, if you have a cat and you don't control the fleas, are a ________ of a pest...'

5 'No, it, it isn't a flash in the pan, um, we will have to, to address this quite seriously in the next, you know, hundred or ________ years.'

6 '...lots of people say it's because insects are dirty or they look funny or ________ '

7 '...and the kids went wild! They, they ate the ________ lot.'

8 'I ________ , 'Yeah, and your point is?' She was ________ 'At home he doesn't even eat broccoli.''

b With a partner, say how you could express the highlighted phrases in more formal or neutral language.