6 月 8 日 口语点题班 sarah feung [email protected] 400-0123-267
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Task1+Task2
1 Topic sentence to state your opinion
2 Reason to support your opinion
3 Specific examples or detail to support your idea/reason
观点表达：
In my opinion/as far as I’m concerned/I believe/personally speaking/from my perspective...
原因表达：
For one thing...for another...moreover.../on the one hand...on the other hand...what is more....
People
Describe one of your friends. Explain how you met and become friends.
Name: George
Experience: studied together in a library/met with each other in a shopping mall/visiting/played sports together: soccer or basketball…
People
Describe a special friend in your childhood. Explain why this friend is special toyou?
A place you enjoy visiting/shopping…
An important letter
People
Some people prefer to be a leader in a group project, while others prefer to be a supporting member in a group project. Which do you prefer and why?
My friend ， George, a real big shot in his company…
People
Describe your favorite teacher. Explain why you like him or her.
Adj.
Creative/humorous/intelligent
People
Some people prefer to make decisions quickly. Others prefer to take their time. Which do you prefer and why?
My friend ， George, a real big shot in his company…
People
Is it easier to be a teacher than to be a student?
Student
Homework: eg. TOEFL preparation
People
Your friend often feels nervous when speaking in front of a large group of people. What suggestions would you give to your friend to overcome this fear?
Experience: interview
Maybe Sheldon?
People
artist+musician 对社会的作用
Relax, relieve my pressure
Singer
Music to help us relax, etc, my favorite song and my favorite singer…
People
Talk about an actor or musician you like.
Singer
Music to help us relax, etc, my favorite song and my favorite singer…
Place
如果你有机会去外太空（ moon ），你去还是不去，理由。
point: no
-reason 1: expensive
maybe a few millions of dollars, use the money to do other things
-reason 2: dangerous
life at risk, technology is not advanced enough, I might die in outer space
Place
有一块地方，请问是建一个图书馆 (library) 好呢还是建一个社区公园 (community park) 好
library: good for study...more efficient
book resources--prepare for an exam or graduation paper
community park: relax, make friends
equipped with exercising facilities, good for health; get to know a lot people, I knew my best friend George there...讲一个你们的小故事
Place
Some people prefer to do shopping in large grocery stores or department stores. Others prefer to do shopping in small grocery stores. Which do you prefer and why?
Large one
More choices/convenient/cheap
Place
Do you prefer to cook by yourself or eat in a restaurant?
Eat in a restaurant.
Convenient/time saving
Place/Activity
Some students prefer to go to universities or colleges in their hometown. Others prefer to go to universities or colleges in new cities or towns. Which do you prefer and why?
Another town
Broaden my horizon and make friends
How to be independent
Place
Where do you enjoy shopping?
Name of the shopping mall: bloomingdale’s
1 ：种类多
各种东西：衣服，鞋子，包包，化妆品，电子产品。。。
2 ：便宜
同款物品比价
Study and Eat
Advantage and disadvantage of eating in class
好处：可以再比较好的状态下学习，不会饿肚子。 efficient and time-saving
eg. 10 mins break between each class, no time for lunch
坏处：同桌吃东西可能会比较 noisy 或者 distracts my attention
举例说明：比如昨天的那节历史课。。。
Object
有些大学要把 paper books or magazines 卖掉，取而代之的是 e-books ，问你意下如何
point: agree
reason 1: environmental friendly--no tree cuttings, cause paper books are made from trees
reason 2: convenient and time-saving, cause it's a lot faster and easier to search for information on our school database…
Object
What kind of food you'd recommend to add to food menu on campus cafeteria?
point: 选一个好讲又健康的吧 sandwich
reason1: healthy--vegetables, salami
reason2: time saving and money saving--there is only a 10-min break between each class, Subway, only costs me 3 dollars
Object
Some people like collecting old things such as newspaper. How about you, explain.
你喜欢收集的东西，比如说 postcards, I have 50
-as souvenirs: every city/country I go, I buy postcards, (name the places)
-friends: best friend, George, he now is studying in New York, he sends me cards in Thanksgiving, Christmas, new year…
Object
What kind of gift do you like to send to others and why?
Buy gift/make gift
An experience of your own: what is that gift? What brings you by that gift? Relationship gets closer?
Object
What are some important effects of the worldwide availability of Internet on modern people’s life? Use specific details and examples to support your response.
Internet: news, socialize
Study efficiency: get to have a chance go over the English paper written by famous people in US
Object
Type of movie you do not like.
Types: action, romantic, comedy, tragedy,…
The reason I don’t like it is that it makes me feel super sad when I already got a lot of pressure from work and study.
Compare to the kind of movie I like, which is comedy/romantic movie, eg. Ice Age/Notebook, brings me good mood…….
However, tragedy won’t be bringing me those feelings…
Object
你认为 cell phone 是否大大提高人类生活
Agree
Contact: QQ, Skype, WeChat…
Internet: micro blog, facebook, news…
Relax: music, movie, games…
Object
Describe a subject that you think is very important, but you are not interested in.
Math: hard-so many equations to remember, and textbook and class are boring
Important: daily basis, calculation…
Activity
Should government spend money on encouraging citizens to lead a healthy lifestyle.
Agree-smoking area: HK, US...
-excercising facilities
Disagree: spend the money on other meaningful things
Activity
Describe an activity that you enjoy doing together with your family.
Visiting/traveling different places: A place enjoy visiting.
South Africa: unusual way of sitting inside a cage van to take a look at the wildlife in African Savannah…
Beautiful scenery
Activity
Describe an activity that you enjoyed doing together with your family in your childhood. Explain why it was enjoyable to do this activity with your family.
Visiting/traveling different places: A place enjoy visiting.
South Africa: unusual way of sitting inside a cage van to take a look at the wildlife in African Savannah…
Beautiful scenery
Activity
What skill (such as playing a sport, playing a musical instrument and speaking a foreign language) would you like to learn the most?
speaking a foreign language: English, global language, good for toefl
Eg. TOEFL-trying to study in the US-a good school, communicate
Activity
Some people prefer to attend team sports. Others prefer to do individual sports. Which do you prefer and why?
Teamwork spirit
Make more friends
Eg. soccer
Activity
What do you do to keep yourself healthy? Explains why it is important for you.
Teamwork spirit
Make more friends
Eg. soccer
Activity
Some people prefer to celebrate their birthdays or holidays with a large group of people in a party. Others prefer to celebrate their birthdays or holidays alone and quietly. Which do you prefer and why?
Teamwork spirit-help each other organize: buy stuff
Make more friends
Eg. An experience of party
Activity
What's your favorite toy or game in your childhood?
Soccer/basketball
Activity
Describe a special experience that has changed you in life. give reasons why it changed you with examples/details.
Volunteer work: planting more trees
Helped the environment
Met my best friend George
Activity
Agree or disagree: students should do part-time job before attending college.
1 ：挣钱
可以买东西，比如：包包。。。
2 ：经验
写在简历里面，今后找工作有好处。。。
Activity
你想做什么样的志愿者 volunteer work:
Planting more trees:
Protect the environment: city I live in, air pollution-car gas, industrial pollutants
Make friends: George
Activity
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children should be required to help with household tasks as soon as they are old enough to do so.
Yes-cuz mom and dad are busy, I should help them-experience of you cooking or washing dishes
No-I’m busy with TOEFL preparation-experience of you having a lot of pressure and work to do
Activity
说一件你在不久未来会去做的 activity.
Sports: soccer
Visiting/Traveling: France/South Africa
Going to study in US
Task 3
UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCEMENT In the reading passage, the university plans to____, because____, and _____.
STUDENT PROPOSAL (In the reading passage, the student proposes to_____, because first____, and second_____.)
In the listening passage, the man/woman agrees/disagrees with the plan/policy/announcement/the student proposal. He/ she believes so firstly because____, he/she thinks it’s a good/bad idea also because____.
Task 3
1. In this set of materials, the reading passage describes an announcement about...and the listening passage is a discussion by two students on this announcement.
2. According to the reading passage, the notice explains the school's decision on...
3. In the listening passage, the students discussed the notice. The man/woman agrees/disagrees with the announcement and thinks that…
Task 4
The reading passage introduces ____, which means____( 定义的内容 )
In the lecture, the professor gives one/two examples/reasons in his speech. The first one is that____. (The other one is that____.)
Task 5
1 In the conversation, the male/female speaker is facing a problem that____.
2 The male/female speaker provides him/her with 2 possible solutions. The first one is____, and the second one is____.
3 Personally speaking, the first/second one is a better choice. Because____ 你的选择的好处 + 你不选的那个 solution 的坏处并加以细节 or [personal experience(optional)]
Task 6
In the lecture, the professor is talking about____(the topic).
The first one is that____, professor gives an example, _____.
Another one is that____, another example is_____.
Attention
提前准备话题： 4 大类题目
结合自身的经历用一切办法证明原因合理
对自己自信，跟自己讲话。
对着镜子看自己练习。
45 秒大约 85-95 个词匀速，说不完没关系，重点在于可以在 45 秒内展现自己的英语水平。