TASK
Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is important to know about events happening around the world, even if it is unlikely that they will affect your daily life.
DISCUSSION.
Main aspects of the topic. important, know about events happening around the world, unlikely, affect your daily life
DISCUSSION POINTS. 1) Agree: a) Knowing about events happening around the world will enrich our knowledge and broaden our horizon. Besides, we can share our opinions on some current affairs with our friends, which will help us form a more comprehensive critical thinking. b) Some of the events happening around the world, such as some financial events, do exert influences on our daily life. For example, the 2008 financial crisis, the fate of the former digital giant Nokia, etc. has more or less brought changes to our daily life.
2) Disagree: a) Today's people suffer great pressure from work and daily lives, that's to say, they have to deal with various issues related to both their work and daily lives. Therefore, they have limited energy to focus on events happening around the world, especially when these events are unlikely to affect their daily life. b) Some of the events happening around the world, such as some political events in some countries, are none of our business. Even if we pay some attention to these political issues, we can do nothing to them. Therefore, why bother to know these events?