2011年11月5、6日口语机经

Part One:

*Hometown（澳洲，深圳，上海，南昌，西安，北京，武汉）

Where is your hometown?

Do you think your hometown a good place for young people to live?

What is your hometown famous for?

How is the transport system in your hometown?

Is your hometown a nice place for elderly people or young people to live in?

*Job（上海，北京，悉尼，广州）

Are you working?

What is your job?

Do you enjoy your job or not?

Would you keep doing this job? Why?

Is it easy for young people to find work after graduation?

What kinds of jobs attract you?

In what way do you find your job interesting?

*Study (成都，北京，西安，黑龙江，广州)

Are you working or are you studying?

Which school are you studying in?

Why did you choose this school?

What is your major?

Why do you choose it?

What do you plan to do after you graduate?

Is your major popular in China? Why?

*School（成都，重庆）

Can you remember the first school you went to? 第二部分卡片提前

What is your first school?

What do you like most about this school?

How many types of schools have you been to?

Which type of school do you like best? Why?

What type of school will you recommend to your children in the future?

*Food（北京）

What kind of food is popular in China?

Do families often eat together?

Do you think it is necessary for family to eat together? Why?

 

 

 

 

*House/apartment（广州，上海，南京，北京）

Do you live in a house or a flat?

Which part/room of your house/apartment you like best?

What change do you want to make to your house/apartment?

Who would you like to invite to your home?

How do you decorate your home?

What colour wouldn’t you decorate your home with?

*Weather（南昌，上海）

What is your favourite weather?

What kind of weather is suitable for work?

*Noise（深圳）

*Car/ Driving（西安）

Do you have a driver license? Why/ why not?

*Colour（南昌，北京，广州，黑龙江）

Do you consider the factor of colour when you shop?

What colours do children like?

Do you like bright colours or dark colours?

What colour do you like? Why?

What colour of clothes do you like best? Why?

What is your favourite colour when you shop?

What meanings do colours have in your country?

Flower（南昌）八月份题

What kind of flowers do you like when you were a child?

*Dancing（澳洲，石家庄，北京）

Have you ever learnt dancing? Why/Why not？

What do you think of dancing？

Why do many people like dancing？

When do people dance?

Email/letter（上海，长春）

*Computer/internet（上海，北京，黑龙江，石家庄，青岛）

What do you usually do with your computer?

What other computer skills do you want to learn?

Do you believe all information from the internet?

Can you work or live as well without the internet?

*TV program（成都）

*Bird（黑龙江，成都）

Do people in your country like birds?

What measures do they take to protect birds?

Are their many birds in your city?

What kinds of birds do you like? Why?

 

 

 

*Photography（广州，长春，悉尼，西安）

Do you like taking photos? Why?

Is photo taking popular in your country?

Would you rather take pictures or buy postcards when travel to a new place?

*Family（青岛，海南，西安）

Do you like to spend time with your family or your friends?

What are the advantages of cooking?

*Birthday（北京）

*Happiness

Does money mean happiness?

Is it always a bad thing to be unhappy?

What do you think of happiness?

Is happiness important to people?

*Child（澳洲，深圳，西安，北京）

What kind of child were you?

What did you like doing when you were a child?

What is the difference between children now and in the past?

*Mobile phone（武汉，青岛）

Do you like making phone calls or sending messages?

In what situations do you make phone calls?

Will you use mobile phones more in the future?

When do people use mobile phones more often?

*Handicrafts（南京）

Do you like making handicrafts?

What kind of handicrafts do you like?

What handicrafts did you make as a child?

Do you think making handicrafts is important for children?

*Holiday/travel（上海）

What do you like to do in your holidays?

Whom would you like to go travelling with?

*Weekend（重庆）

What do you usually do at weekends?

What are you going to do next weekend?

 

 

Part Two and Three:

*A good friend of yours（哈尔滨，北京）

Describe a friend of yours

You should say

Who he/she is

How you got to know him/her

How often you see each other

What you talk about

What kinds of people are easy to make friends?

How do we maintain friendship?

Do you think people will lose their old friends?

 

*Two people from the same family（深圳，北京）

Describe two people from the same family.

You should say

How they are similar

What relation they have

What you think of them

How you like them

 

What is the family life like in China?

Do children like their parents in China? Why?

How do you choose friends?

Do you choose friends who are similar to you?

If a person share different characters from you, will you choose him/her as your friend?

 

*A person who has a healthy lifestyle（成都）

Describe someone who has a healthy lifestyle.

You should say

What he/she looks like

How you know about him/her

What lifestyle he/ she has

And explain the reason why you think his or her lifestyle is healthy

 

What kind of food is healthy?

How do we make fast food healthier?

How do healthy lifestyles make people healthier?

Why are some poeple concern about health?

What kinds of food are not healthy?

 

*A good leader you admire（长春）

Describe a leader you admire

You should say

Who he/she is

When you met him/her

What is the behaviour of others toward him/ her

And explain the reason why you think he/she is a leader

 

What are the leaders like in China?

Are they good role models?

 

 

*A person in the news you would like to meet（南昌，西安）

Describe a person in the news you would like to meet

You should say

     Who he/she is

     When you want to meet him/her

How you heard about him/her
       why this person has been in the news
       what kind of person he or she is

And explain the reason why you would like to meet him/her

 

What kinds of people usually appear on news?

What kind of news do you like watching?

What celebrities did you see on TV recently?

What influence does gossip have on people’s life?

Is all news authentic?

What is the difference of the news that people like to watch now and in the past?

Is it necessary for us to watch international news?

What do you think of the accurate news?

Do you think people take news seriously or just see news as entertainment?

 

*A leisure centre

Describe a popular leisure centre near your place.

You should say

What this leisure centre is

Where it is

What you do in there

And explain the reason why you think this place is popular

 

What meanings do leisure activities have?

What different opinions do males and females hold towards leisure activities?

How different are leisure activities compared now and the past?

 

*An open place for relaxation（青岛）

Describe a place where you can relax.

   You should say

      Where it is

      How often you go there

      What you usually do there

   And explain the reason you like going there.

 

Will you recomand this place to other poeple?
Why do you think some poeple take sport activites as a means of relaxation?
Why do you think some poeple find tavel stressful?
In what way are old people different from young people in relaxing?

*A shop/shopping mall（上海，西安）

Describe a shop you know

You should say

Where it is

What it sells

How you know this shop

And explain the reason why you think it important

 

What is the difference of shopping habits between males and females?

Are there any special shops in the place you live?

How have shops changed now compared to the past?

Do you think shops will change in the future?

 

*A restaurant（石家庄，西安）

Describe a restaurant you like

You should say

     What kind of restaurant it is

     What it looks like

     What the characteristics of the restaurant are

     What you ate there

     How is the food in the restaurant

     With whom you go to the restaurant

And explain the reason why you like going there

 

Do people like going to restaurants?

Is it good for people to eat in restaurants a lot?

 

*A walk you regularly take（南京）

Describe a walk you usually take

You should say

     Where you take it

     With whom you take it

     What you can see

And explain the reason why you like it

 

What professions require a lot of walking?

 

*An ideal house

 

*A place you would like to travel to（广州）

Describe a place you would like to travel to

You should say

     Where you would like to go

     How you get there

     With whom you would go there

And explain the reason why you like it

 

Do you prefer a long vacation or many short vacations? Why?

Do men and women spend their vacations in the same way?

Why do you think people need vacations?

Have you ever traveled with your friends?

What kinds of people like travelling?

What is the advantage of travelling alone?

 

A correct decision you made新题

Describe a correct decision you made.

  You should say

     What it was

     When you made it

     Why you made it

     How you fulfilled it

     What the result was

 

What changes have happened to the workplace?

 

A journey/trip in your childhood（澳洲，上海）3-day travelling的变种卡

Describe a journey in your childhood.

  You should say

      Where you went to

      When you took it

      With whom you went to

      How you felt of it

   And explain the reason why you still remember it so well.

 

What is the difference between the traffic system in the city and that in the countryside?

What do you think the traffic system will be like in the future?

 

Public facilities（上海）新题

Describe a kind of public facilities.

  You should say

     What it is

     How you use it

     How popular it is

     How you like it

   And explain the reason why you choose it to say.

What are the features of public facilities?

Who invent in the building of public facilities in your country?

 

*A wedding（西安，北京，重庆，武汉）

Describe a wedding you attended

You should say

When it was held

Where it was held

Who attended the wedding

How you felt of it

 

What different roles do males and females play in families?

What gifts do people give to newly married couples?

Is it a good idea to send money as gifts on a wedding?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of holding a big wedding and a small one?

What is the difference between weddings in China and in foreign countries?

Why do people hold ceremonies like weddings?

 

*A family event（广州）

Describe a family event.

You should say

When it was held

Where it was held

What family members attended

How you celebrated it

And explain the reason why you think is special/ you want to talk about it

 

What welfare do elderly people get from society?

What can families teach their children?

 

*An enjoyable phone conversation（黑龙江）

Describe an enjoyable conversation on the phone

You should say

Who you called

What you talked about

How long it lasted

And explain the reason why you enjoyed it

 

Are mobile phones popular in China?

What do people use mobile phones for?

What is the between in using mobile phones between young people and old people?

Is it a good for children to use mobile phones?

What advantages do mobile phones have in other aspects?

What disadvantages do mobile phones have?

*Musical event（广州，海南，长春）

Describe a musical event you have attended or on TV

You should say

What the musical is

How you knew about it

Why you went to see it

And explain the reason why you liked it

 

Do many parents send their children to learn musical instrument in China?

Do you think it necessary for children to learn musical instrument from a very young age?

Do you think children nowadays have more opportunities to listen to concerts than in the past?

Is foreign music popular in China?

What influence does foreign music have on China?

Is Chinese music popular?

How music has changed compared in the past and now?

Should we include musical education into elementary education?

Did you learn music?

Do you agree that you can learn about a country by listening its music?

 

*A sports competition you watched or attended（上海）

Describe a sports competition you watched or attended

You should say

What it is

When it was held

Where it was held

What the result was

What impressed you the most

What you like/dislike about it

 

What are the differences between individual sports and team sports? Which one is better?

Do you think it right or wrong that there is descrimination in sport matches?

 

*A good personality of yours（南京）

Describe your personality

You should say

What it is

How it affects your life

What influence it has on your life

How you maintain it

How this personality is formed

 

 

 

Do you think culture influences your personalities? How?

What do you think is the most important character in people’s life?

What personality do most people in your country have?

What different personalities do men and women have?

 

*A positive change in your life（海南）

Describe a change in your life

You should say

     What it is

When it happened

     Why it happened

     What positive influence it brought

 

What are the advantages and disadvantages of technology development?

 

*A TV program you like（北京，广州）

Describe a TV program you like

You should say

    When you watch it

    What it is about

    What you can learn from it

And explain the reason why you like it

 

What kinds of dance do Chinese people like?

When do people usually dance?

What is the importance of watching TV?

Why are people who show up on TV easier to become famous?

Do you think the public interested in the private life of famous figures?

 

*An advertisement（北京）

Describe a piece of advertisement.

You should say

What it was about

Where you saw it

When you saw it

And explain the reason why you remember it

 

What effects do advertisements have on children?

 

*A foreign movie（悉尼）

Describe a foreign movie.

You should say

What it is

When you watched it

What you like and dislike about it

   And explain the reason why you saw it.

 

What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a star?

Do you think foreign movies are more popular than Chinese movies?

What is missing in Chinese movies compaired to foreign movies?

 

*A job which can help to make a better world（成都）

Describe a job which can make the world a better place

You should say

What it is

What kind of people fit in this job

How you got to know about this job

Whether you would take this job or not

 

Does it require people with good qualities to do this job?

What makes a comfortable job?

Do you know someone who is a policeman? How do policemen ensure public security?

What industry contributes to the pollution in your country?

 

*Something you would like to succeed in（北京）

Describe something you would like to succeed in

You should say

     What it is

     How you achieve it

     What difficulties you will encounter

How you will overcome these difficulties

And explain the reason why would you like to do it

 

How do employers define a good employee?

How do parents praise/award a child who has succeeded in something?

How do employers praise/award employees who has succeeded in something?

 

*A style of clothes you like to wear（上海）

  You should say

     What it is like

     Where you buy it

     Who do you buy it with

     How often you buy it

  And explain the reason why you like it.

 

 

 

 

What is the relationship between quality and prices?

What is the relationship between a person’s characters and the clothes he/she wears?

Do you judge a person by his/her appearance? Why?

What do you think of the dressing style of young people nowadays?

 

*A wild animal in your country or your city（北京）

Describe an interesting animal you like.

  You should say

     What it is

     How you like it

     How popular it is in your country

  And explain the reason why you like it.

 

What do Chinese people think of wild animals?

Should we protect animals?

What we have done to protect animals?

Do people living in the city and in the countryside have the same views about animals?

What has the government done to protect animals?

In what aspect should the government invent its money?

 

Something interesting or unusual you did in the past（北京）新题

Describe something interesting/ unusual you did in the past.

  You should say

     What it was

     When you did it

     Why you did it

     What the result was

   And explain the reason why you think it is interesting/ unusual.

 

What do people like to ddo in their spare time?

Who have more leisure time, women or men?

What do elderly like doing?

Why do people think that they are smarter than they used to be?