6 PM TABLE NOTES

1. Do you think her son should be told the truth or should she make some excuse? 2. How would you handle the situation if your husband or your wife were found guilty of drunk driving and sent to jail?

VOCABULARY 1. WHITE LIE - a lie about a small or unimportant matter that someone tells to avoid hurting another person 2. VIOLENT CRIME - crime of violence or crime of a violent nature is a crime in which an offender or perpetrator uses or threatens to use harmful force upon a victim

1. Do you think she made the right decision? 2. Do you think $10, 000 is enough for a surrogate mother? 3. Would you be willing to be a surrogate mother if you were well paid? 4. What would you say if your wife were willing to be a surrogate mother? 5. Who do you think has more right to the baby if the surrogate doesn't give up the child, the surrogate mother or the natural parents? 6. Who do you think is most responsible if the child is less than perfect?

WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS 1. SURROGATE MOTHER - a woman who bears a child on behalf of another person or a couple, typically via artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization 2. LOSE YOUR MIND - To become insane or mentally unsound; to become extremely foolish or foolhardy.

1. Would you breast freed your baby in public if he is crying for milk? 2. When you see other women breastfeeding their babies, how do you feel?

Vocabulary 1. LOONY PEOPLE - informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

VOCABULARY 1. WRECK - something, especially a vehicle or building, that has been badly damaged or destroyed. 2. SHOPLIFTING - the criminal action of stealing goods from a store while pretending to be a customer.

1. Do you think the signs which say customers are being observed should be posted? 2. Do you think the signs would discourage shoplifting ? 3. Do you think the chain’s denying the daughter the right to shop there is fair? Or is it too harsh? 4. Do you think there should be a difference in punishment between first timers or ex convicts?

1. RESERVATION - the action of reserving something, doubt.

1. Whose right do you think is more important, smokers or non-smokers? 2. When their rights conflict, what is the best way to solve the problem?

1. Do you think this scientific research - extending life expectancy - is worth continuing? 2. Do you think the research of prolonging child - bearing age is against God's will? 3. What do you think are the most important areas of research in modern medicine?