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Let pairs of students talk to each other about leaving the country. One student repeats Ajit’s statement. The other gives a reason for not agreeing with Ajit. The sentence openings given below should be used.


● If I leave this country, I’ll miss _______.


● There are some things which you can get only here, for example _______.


● There are some special days I’ll miss, particularly _______.


● Most of all I’ll miss _______ because _______.


● I think it’s impossible for me to leave my country because _______.


● How can you leave your own country except when _______?


● Depends on one’s intention. I can’t leave for good because _______.


● Maybe for a couple of years _______.


● If I leave this country, I’ll miss the food.


● There are some things which you can get only here, for example pickled lemons.


● There are some special days I’ll miss, particularly Holi.


● Most of all I’ll miss my home because I grew up there.


● I think it’s impossible for me to leave my country because I cannot live without my family.


● How can you leave your own country except when there is threat to one’s life?


● Depends on one’s intention. I can’t leave for good because I belong here.


● Maybe for a couple of years I will go abroad to study and then come back here to work.


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