English Conversation Group-
Choices

Today's Topic: Choices

Vocabulary and Phrases:

off the beaten path pro-choice

crossroads in life pick and choose

catch-22 by default

a fork in the road second guess

dilemma hindsight is 20/20

"I had no choice"/ “I didn’t have a choice” “the road not taken”

Questions for Discussion:

1. Why did you choose to study here?

2. What is one of the most difficult choices you have ever made? What made it so difficult?

3. Have you ever gone "off the beaten path”? What was the result?

4. If you could see into the future, what would you like to find out? Would you like to be able to know the future? Why or why not?

5. Tell about a "road not taken" in your life.

6. In this city we are faced with choices everyday...which way to drive to the store, which brand of toothpaste to buy, which laundry detergent is the best for stains, which television show to watch, Do you find it more or less difficult to make decisions here than in your country? Why?

7. What kinds of choices are easy for you to make? What kinds are harder for you to make?