Check these words before doing the reading
| Rights | Care |
| Way too | Harm |
| Proud | Get out of hand |
| Welfare | On the same page |
| Actually | Believe |
Choose Luis or Alejandro and practice this with a partner
- Luis: Hi, How are you doing ?
- Alejandro: I am doing fantastic
- Luis: Did you watch the debate last night?
- Alejandro: Of course I did
- Luis: Do you support Mauricio? They guy is way too conservative.
- Alejandro: Actually I do.
- Luis: So you don’t care about women rights?
- Alejandro: What do you mean exactly?
- Luis: Can women decide over the bodies and have the right for abortion?
- Alejandro: That’s complicated and sensitive topic.
- Luis: How about Marihuana Legalization?
- Alejandro: I think that can cause more harm than good
- Luis: Amazing, what about LGBTQ rights?
- Alejandro: I think things can get out of hand. I support traditional families
- Luis: Wow, Would you describe as a pretty conservative person?
- Alejandro: Yes and I am proud of it
- Luis: I thought you were kinda liberal.
- Alejandro: I believe in economic liberalism. do you?
- Luis: Nope, I believe in social welfare programs such as free education and healthcare.
- Alejandro: It seems that we are not on the same page.
- Luis: Definitely not.
- Alejandro: I gotta go , I have to continue writing a Python script.
Answer the following questions based on the dialogue
- How many controversial topics were discussed in the conversation?
- Do you think that we should have conversations like this at work?
- If you had been a third person listening attentively to this conversation, how would you have felt?
- As a third person , What follow – up question or comment would you have made?
- Can political views can divide people at work?
