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Today's expression is great.
To make a stand. To make a stand.
M -A -K -E make a stand.
S -T -A -N -D. What does it mean to make a stand?
It means to strongly say yes or no.
To give a strong opinion.
This is bad this is good okay.
So for example one topic might be abortion A B O R T I O N so are you do you think abortion is okay or do you think abortion is not okay.
If you say yes it's okay you're making a stand.
If you say no it's It's not okay.
You're making a stand.
If you say, well, you know, sometimes you're not making a stand.
And some you know what, sometimes it's not easy making a stand.
Right? It isn't. I mean, depending on the topic, depending on the thing, depending on the subject, it's not that easy to make a stand.
But one thing that most of us like is a leader, a leader who makes a stand.
Yeah, we don't want our leaders to be like, well, nah, no, that's not a good thing.
Sometimes we need to make a stand.
Check out the dialogue.
So how do you feel about illegal immigration?
Well, our country was built on immigrants, so illegal immigration is okay.
Well, I didn't say that.
This guy never makes a stand on anything.
When I was a kid, well, I decided this, up until the age of 30, I'm gonna try to be open to many different things.
You know, is this okay, is this not okay?
Well, let me try and you know, listen to both sides.
And I tried to keep myself neutral, in the middle.
And I told myself, after the age of 30, after I have some life experience, then I'll start making a stand.
I think I did a pretty good job.
And politically and in other areas, I probably didn't really start making a stand until I was about 45 once I was 45 then I had a much better understanding of How I believed in things and I started to make a stand What about you?
Do you like making a stand or are you more comfortable in the middle?
Do you like to make a stand or?
Do you want to stay in the middle?
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Let's master English So how do you feel about illegal immigration well our country was built on immigrants So illegal immigration is okay.
Well, I didn't say that Argh, this guy never makes a stand on anything.
So how do you feel about illegal immigration?
Well, our country was built on immigrants.
So illegal immigration is OK?
Well, I didn't say that.
Argh, this guy never makes a stand on anything.