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language learning center · C1 · Lesson 10

Moderating complex discussions

Practice this topic in Spanish: Moderating complex discussions.

Understand and learn

Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.

Lucía

Antes de continuar, resumiré los desacuerdos que siguen abiertos.

Before continuing, I will summarise the disagreements that remain open.

Mateo

Parece haber consenso sobre el objetivo, pero no sobre los criterios.

There seems to be consensus on the objective, but not on the criteria.

Lucía

Invito a cada persona a responder a la misma pregunta.

I invite each person to answer the same question.

Mateo

Intentemos distinguir una objeción de principio de una dificultad práctica.

Let us try to distinguish an objection of principle from a practical difficulty.

Notice, try, and speak

Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.

Useful words and phrases

These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.

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  • Antes de continuar, resumiré los desacuerdos que siguen abiertos.

    Before continuing, I will summarise the disagreements that remain open.

    Antes de continuar, resumiré los desacuerdos que siguen abiertos.

  • Parece haber consenso sobre el objetivo, pero no sobre los criterios.

    There seems to be consensus on the objective, but not on the criteria.

    Parece haber consenso sobre el objetivo, pero no sobre los criterios.

  • Invito a cada persona a responder a la misma pregunta.

    I invite each person to answer the same question.

    Invito a cada persona a responder a la misma pregunta.

  • Intentemos distinguir una objeción de principio de una dificultad práctica.

    Let us try to distinguish an objection of principle from a practical difficulty.

    Intentemos distinguir una objeción de principio de una dificultad práctica.

  • ¿Podemos acordar qué información necesitamos antes de decidir?

    Can we agree on what information we need before deciding?

    ¿Podemos acordar qué información necesitamos antes de decidir?

Notice, try, and speak

Which Spanish sentence has this meaning: “Before continuing, I will summarise the disagreements that remain open.”

Which Spanish sentence has this meaning: “Before continuing, I will summarise the disagreements that remain open.”

Make it yours

Say the five Spanish turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.

Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.

Use it with someone

Use this Spanish in a real conversation

  1. 1. Antes de continuar, resumiré los desacuerdos que siguen abiertos.
  2. 2. Parece haber consenso sobre el objetivo, pero no sobre los criterios.
  3. 3. Invito a cada persona a responder a la misma pregunta.
  4. 4. Intentemos distinguir una objeción de principio de una dificultad práctica.
  5. 5. ¿Podemos acordar qué información necesitamos antes de decidir?
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