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Sample monologues: The outsider versus social order
You are to speak for approximately three minutes on each activity. In your answers you will be assessed on how well you:
- present and support a point of view
- demonstrate clarity of expression (pronunciation, intonation, stress)
- demonstrate accuracy and variety of vocabulary and sentence structures.
Activity 1
«Il est plus facile de faire la guerre que de faire la paix.» (Clémenceau)
Qu’en pensez-vous?
“It is easier to make war than to make peace”. (Clemenceau)
What is your opinion?
Activity 2
«Il n'est pas de bonheur possible pour celui dont les actes sont en désaccord avec ses convictions.» (Freya Stark )
Qu’en pensez-vous?
“There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do”. (Freya Stark)
What is your opinion?
Activity 3
«Les imbéciles se servent de préjugés en guise de raison»
(Voltaire). Êtes-vous d’accord?
“Prejudices are what fools use for reason”. (Voltaire)
Do you agree?
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