6 月 8 日 口语点题班

1. 400-0123-267 6月8日口语点题班 Sarah Feung sarahorsarah@icloud.com

2. 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....

3. 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…

4. People • Describe a special friend in your childhood. Explain why this friend is special toyou? • A place you enjoy visiting/shopping… • An important letter

5. 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…

6. People • Describe your favorite teacher. Explain why you like him or her. • Adj. • Creative/humorous/intelligent

7. 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…

8. People • Is it easier to be a teacher than to be a student? • Student • Homework: eg. TOEFL preparation

9. 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?

10. 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…

11. People • Talk about an actor or musician you like. • Singer • Music to help us relax, etc, my favorite song and my favorite singer…

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. Place • Do you prefer to cook by yourself or eat in a restaurant? • Eat in a restaurant. • Convenient/time saving

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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。。。

19. 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…

20. 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

21. 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…

22. 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?

23. 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

24. 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…

25. 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…

26. 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…

27. Activity • Should government spend money on encouraging citizens to lead a healthy lifestyle. • Agree-smoking area: HK, US... • -excercisingfacilities • Disagree: spend the money on other meaningful things

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. Activity • What do you do to keep yourself healthy? Explains why it is important for you. • Teamwork spirit • Make more friends • Eg. soccer

33. 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

34. Activity • What's your favorite toy or game in your childhood? • Soccer/basketball

35. 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

36. 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。。。

37. 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

38. 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

39. 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

40. 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____.

41. 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…

42. 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____.)

43. 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)]

44. 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_____.

45. 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

46. 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。