Oral Topics(口语话题 1. Learning english e many difficulties, but most rewarding exercises; be active in cls,Swer questions possible; make full use of spare time, try to get every opportunity to start conversations with foreigners; listen to records; listen to English broadcasting over radio; online learning also helpful; learn the value of hard work; gain more social experiences; give them insight of other culture, promote friendship 2. Part-time Job College students, part-time jobs, private tutors; salesmen; waitress, shop assistance both advantages and disadvantages; interfere with their study; unable to concentrate their minds; fall asleep in class; do not have enough time to finish their homework, fail in examinations, unhealthy interest in money and personal profit; become selfish; earn money to support themselves: help gain social experiences; reduce the parents financial burden demonstrate their ability; put what they have learned from books into practice; helpful to their future career; my opinion; provide students with more chances of social interaction; keep a balance between study and the job 3. Pollution A serious problem; air pollution; noise pollution; water pollution; trees, crops are destroyed; fish die of poisonous water; respiratory disease, problems in hearing ability release of harmful substances into the environment; too many private cars, factories and the use of insecticides; release polluted water into rivers, destroy ozone layer; cause greenhouse effect make the earth become warmer and warmer; man can control the pollution building rubbish recycling plants; provide cars with pollution-control devices; purify water before released most important; to educate people: the importance of environment protection; create a clean orld 4. Population problems in countries with a large population, problems in countries with a small population, ways to control population growth, ways to solve the problems faced by countries with a small populationpopulation growth, population explosion, population decreasing, family planning, one-child family, cities expanding, decreasing of farm land, food inadequacy, education problems, 5. Hobbies different kinds of hobbies, advantages and disadvantages of each hobby, hobbies for different age groups, indoor hobbies, outdoor hobbies, leisure time, spare-time activities, ways to relax, ways to kill time, beneficial both physically and mentally, different sports, painting, stamp-collecting, do-it-yourself activities, raising flowers, keeping pets 6. Smoking What are the bad effects on people's health? How does smoking do harm to people' s health? What
1 Oral Topics （口语话题） 1. Learning English many difficulties; but most rewarding exercises; be active in class; answer questions eagerly; listen to the teacher attentively; practice more after class; speak English whenever possible; make full use of spare time; try to get every opportunity to start conversations with foreigners; listen to records; listen to English broadcasting over radio; online learning also helpful; learn the value of hard work; gain more social experiences; give them insight of other culture; promote friendship 2. Part-time Job College students; part-time jobs; private tutors; salesmen; waitress; shop assistance; both advantages and disadvantages; interfere with their study; unable to concentrate their minds; fall asleep in class; do not have enough time to finish their homework; fail in examinations; unhealthy interest in money and personal profit; become selfish; earn money to support themselves; help gain social experiences; reduce the parents financial burden; demonstrate their ability; put what they have learned from books into practice; helpful to their future career; my opinion; provide students with more chances of social interaction; keep a balance between study and the job 3. Pollution A serious problem; air pollution; noise pollution; water pollution; trees, crops are destroyed; fish die of poisonous water; respiratory disease; problems in hearing ability; release of harmful substances into the environment; too many private cars, factories and the use of insecticides; release polluted water into rivers; destroy ozone layer; cause greenhouse effect; make the earth become warmer and warmer; man can control the pollution; building rubbish recycling plants; provide cars with pollution-control devices; purify water before released; most important; to educate people; the importance of environment protection; create a clean world 4. Population problems in countries with a large population, problems in countries with a small population, ways to control population growth, ways to solve the problems faced by countries with a small population; population growth, population explosion, population decreasing, family planning, one-child family, cities expanding, decreasing of farm land, food inadequacy, education problems, economic problems, unemployment, 5. Hobbies different kinds of hobbies, advantages and disadvantages of each hobby, hobbies for different age groups, indoor hobbies, outdoor hobbies, leisure time, spare-time activities, ways to relax, ways to kill time, beneficial both physically and mentally, different sports, painting, stamp-collecting, do-it-yourself activities, raising flowers, keeping pets, 6. Smoking What are the bad effects on people’s health? How does smoking do harm to people’s health? What
measures should be taken to protect people from being harmed by cigarette smoking? have bad effects on, respiratory disease; lung disease, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, poisonous substances, nicotine, fall into bad habits, get rid of a bad habit, give up smoking, ban smoking in public places, prohibit, non-smoking area, 7. Internet Advances in telecommunication technologies internet abundance of information Surf news net pal get in touch with email chat share information image music video movies online learning remote education video meeting work at home e-books globe village disadvantage time-consuming get addicted to mistake the virtual world for reality indulge in computer violence distinguish unhealthy information crime privacy copyright plagiarize hacker 8. Mobile phone Convenient anytime/anywhere urgent multifunctional take pictures record radio Tv program play music/games newspaper email surf the internet banking purchase book hotel room/restaurant ables/air tickets disadvantage pay attention to mobile etiquette ring interrupt conversation/lecture/meeting/concert/theatre speak too loudly in public places use on planes endanger the flights electromagnetic radiation do harm to one's health long time enlarge the distance among people seldom meet/write to friends lack face to face communication 9. Spor A great variety of sports spare time pastime hobbies keep healthy develop character refreshing ith others team work benefit in lif Basketball badminton tennis table tennis volleyball football saucer snooker chess Chinese chess checkers poker roller skating dancing swimming journey climbing mountains rafting jogging jumping ropes shuttlecock disadvantage indulge in distraction from one's study worn out tired fatigue accidents injuries 10. Shopping Habits Supermarket abundant all kinds of everything we need choose by ourselves have a careful look at the goods with price tags attached to them displayed on shelves spacious not too crowded Department store conversation with salesperson guarantee quality after sale service Grocery store friendly conversation with the shopkeeper near neighbors easy atmosphere Street stands enjoy bargaining cheap good bargain risk poor quality fake commodities 11. Mon Money is everything, become rich, happiness will naturally follow, a happy family life, get what you want, house, car, even love, enjoy delicious food, do what you like, good education, health, travel, entertainment, leisure; root of all evils, dishonest means to get money, piracy, cheating, stealing, robbing, drug trafficking, smuggling, kidnapping, blackmail, bribery, even murder; money is not the answer to all problems, money is a very good thing, can't do anything without money in this society. Necessary for people. But my opinion, we should just have the money we need indeed, an Angel and also a damn, make you succeed or fail immediately. So treat it in a right way. With money you can buy a house but not a home; buy a clock but not time buy a bed but not sleep; can buy a book, but not knowledge. So can buy whatever you want, but no 2
2 measures should be taken to protect people from being harmed by cigarette smoking? have bad effects on , respiratory disease; lung disease, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, poisonous substances, nicotine, fall into bad habits, get rid of a bad habit, give up smoking, ban smoking in public places, prohibit, non-smoking area, 7. Internet Advances in telecommunication technologies internet abundance of information Surf news net pal get in touch with email chat share information image music video movies online learning remote education video meeting work at home e-books globe village disadvantage time-consuming get addicted to mistake the virtual world for reality indulge in computer games violence distinguish unhealthy information crime privacy copyright plagiarize hacker 8. Mobile phone Convenient anytime/anywhere urgent multifunctional take pictures record radio TV program play music/games newspaper email surf the internet banking purchase book hotel room/restaurant tables/air tickets disadvantage pay attention to mobile etiquette ring interrupt conversation/lecture/meeting/concert/theatre speak too loudly in public places use on planes endanger the flights electromagnetic radiation do harm to one’s health long time enlarge the distance among people seldom meet/write to friends lack face to face communication 9. Sports A great variety of sports spare time pastime hobbies keep healthy develop character refreshing energetic cooperate with others team work benefit in life make friends morning exercise Basketball badminton tennis table tennis volleyball football saucer snooker chess Chinese chess checkers poker roller skating dancing swimming journey climbing mountains rafting jogging jumping ropes shuttlecock disadvantage indulge in distraction from one’s study worn out tired fatigue accidents injuries 10. Shopping Habits Supermarket abundant all kinds of everything we need choose by ourselves have a careful look at the goods with price tags attached to them displayed on shelves spacious not too crowded Department store conversation with salesperson guarantee quality after sale service Grocery store friendly conversation with the shopkeeper near neighbors easy atmosphere Street stands enjoy bargaining cheap good bargain risk poor quality fake commodities 11. Money Money is everything, become rich, happiness will naturally follow, a happy family life, get what you want, house, car , even love, enjoy delicious food, do what you like, good education, health, travel, entertainment, leisure; root of all evils, dishonest means to get money, piracy, cheating, stealing, robbing, drug trafficking, smuggling, kidnapping, blackmail, bribery, even murder; money is not the answer to all problems, money is a very good thing, can’t do anything without money in this society. Necessary for people. But my opinion, we should just have the money we need indeed, an Angel and also a damn, make you succeed or fail immediately. So treat it in a right way. With money you can buy a house but not a home ; buy a clock ,but not time ; buy a bed but not sleep ; can buy a book ,but not knowledge...So can buy whatever you want ,but not
feel happy because not buy substance of life 12. Ideal Job Most people have their ideal jobs because of different interests, abilities or goals, working in a big company, full of challenges; doctor, relieve patients from their pains; policeman, fight against and eliminate crimes, keep people safe, help people in trouble; teachers, likes to study, likes to stay with students to stay young mentally, impart knowledge, long vacation; actors/actress/movie stars, TV/radio show host /hostess, talk show host/variety show host, musician, earn more money and be famous; air hostess, high pay and travel around the world, gain insight into another culture businessman, challenges, successful and rich; reporters, reflect social problems, report latest news: photographer, record and keep the beautiful and valuable things through camera; model, high pay, try on all kinds of beautiful dresses, show her/his own glamour; financial adviser, help other people manage their money, more income; lawyer, maintain social justice; technicians, solve problems in production; dietitian, give advice on a healthy and balanced diet My ideal job is 13. Boyfriend/Girlfriend Many people are strongly against making boyfriends girlfriends on campus: influenc feelings/mood because of too much focus on each other's interaction with other boys or girls, interfere with study, increase in expense-thus heavy financial burden on parents, less participation in class activities, cohabit, pregnant, do harm to both feeling and body . say goodbye after graduation Other people think it acceptable that students have boyfriends/girlfriends: comparatively pure, omantic and happy that you are together, get rid of the feeling of loneliness, help and encourage each other In my opinion, 14. Advertisements Advertisements can be seen everywhere: television, radio, magazine street, difficult to resist the attraction of colorful advertisements; a lot to be said in favor of advertisements: provide ns receive financial Ising provide entertainment, gain artistic enjoyment, the slogans are witty, the situations are funny misleading, encourage people to buy what they do not need, be cheated by false advertisement, should be alert for the deceptive words of advertisement, be interrupted by commercials when atching, but whether like or not, part of our life 15. the Olympics Games/Olympics The Olympic Games. every four years in a different city in the world, an international sports event,Athletes. compete in a variety of sports: track and field events- high jump, long jump, discus throwing, javelin throwing, 100-metre run, relay race, football, volleyball, basketball, badminton, table tennis; swimming, diving, gymnastics .. Winter Olymp Olympic Games. The Olympic Games take place in the first year of a four-year period known as an Olympiad. began in Greece more than 2 700 years ago. The first recorded Olympic competition .. in 776B. C, in an outdoor stadium and about forty thousand people watched the event. The first thirteen Olympics.. only one race: running. The games had been held regularly for about 1200 years. Then, in the year 397 the Olympics were prohibited by the Roman Emperor. It was not until 1896 that the first Olympics of modern times were held in Athens. From
3 feel happy , because not buy substance of life . 12. Ideal Job Most people have their ideal jobs because of different interests, abilities or goals, working in a big company, full of challenges; doctor, relieve patients from their pains; policeman, fight against and eliminate crimes, keep people safe, help people in trouble; teachers, likes to study, likes to stay with students to stay young mentally, impart knowledge, long vacation; actors/actress/movie stars, TV/radio show host /hostess, talk show host/variety show host, musician, earn more money and be famous; air hostess, high pay and travel around the world, gain insight into another culture; businessman, challenges, successful and rich; reporters, reflect social problems, report latest news; photographer, record and keep the beautiful and valuable things through camera; model, high pay, try on all kinds of beautiful dresses, show her/his own glamour; financial adviser, help other people manage their money, more income; lawyer, maintain social justice; technicians, solve problems in production; dietitian, give advice on a healthy and balanced diet… My ideal job is…… 13. Boyfriend/Girlfriend Many people are strongly against making boyfriends / girlfriends on campus: influence feelings/mood because of too much focus on each other’s interaction with other boys or girls, interfere with study, increase in expense—thus heavy financial burden on parents, less participation in class activities, cohabit, pregnant, do harm to both feeling and body…say goodbye after graduation… Other people think it acceptable that students have boyfriends/girlfriends: comparatively pure, romantic and happy that you are together, get rid of the feeling of loneliness , help and encourage each other, In my opinion, … 14. Advertisements Advertisements can be seen everywhere: television, radio, magazine street, difficult to resist the attraction of colorful advertisements; a lot to be said in favor of advertisements: provide information, a lot of activities and institutions receive financial support through advertising, provide entertainment, gain artistic enjoyment, the slogans are witty, the situations are funny; misleading, encourage people to buy what they do not need, be cheated by false advertisement, should be alert for the deceptive words of advertisement, be interrupted by commercials when watching , but whether like or not, part of our life. 15. the Olympics Games/Olympics The Olympic Games…every four years in a different city in the world, an international sports event, Athletes …compete in a variety of sports: track and field events – high jump, long jump, discus throwing, javelin throwing, 100-metre run, relay race; football, volleyball, basketball, badminton, table tennis; swimming, diving, gymnastics…. Winter Olympic Games and summer Olympic Games. The Olympic Games take place in the first year of a four-year period known as an Olympiad. began in Greece more than 2 700 years ago. The first recorded Olympic competition … in 776 B. C. , in an outdoor stadium and about forty thousand people watched the event. The first thirteen Olympics …only one race: running. The games had been held regularly for about 1200 years. Then, in the year 397 the Olympics were prohibited by the Roman Emperor. It was not until 1896 that the first Olympics of modern times were held in Athens. From
then on the games are held every four years regularly. The Olympics have become the worlds most important athletic events and a symbol of sporting friendship of all the people of the world The first Winter Olympic Games. in 1924 The Games of the 29th Olympiad in 2008 are awarded to the city of Beijing. The International Olympic Committee selected the Chinese capital as the 2008 host in 2001 vote during Juan Antonio Samaranch last IOC session as president. Beijing defeated four other bidding cities, including Toronto and Paris, to secure the country's first-ever Olympics. Osaka was the first city to go out, and it only took one more round for Beijing to win the Olympic race. The announcement, read out by the 81-year-old Samaranch, was answered with wild joy from the Chinese delegation in Moscow, and with fireworks in Beijing. Beijing stage a great Olympic Games, promise to host a Green Olympics, a Hi-tech Olympics and the People's Olympics. The Chinese government has pledged to spend 20 billion U.S. dollars building sports complexes and improving the Beijing infrastructure Beijing, the capital of China, a history of over 3, 000 years.. many places of historic interest in Beijing. Now a big modem city and displayed its new look to the world. During the past 20 years, Beijing has changed a lot. People in Beijing love sports and take an active part in sports. trying their best to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games. will be held successfully 16. Cheating in Exams 1)What kind of cheating methods do students usually take in exams? 2)In your opinion, what's the effect of cheating on exams? 3)What kinds of suggestions can you give to stop cheating on exams? 4)What kind of academic evaluation you value most? Why? 5)Do you believe hard work will be rewarded with high marks? Language focus Copy from each others /take out textbooks or reference books to copy copy from small pieces of paper prepared for the exam /use the modern communication tool BP /mobile phone/cell phone to cheat on exams It results in an unfair competition will destroy the creativity of those bright brilliant /top students It will ruin the students'self-confidence /make students'self-confidence lost in the long run Society needs honest people/people who have the real academic knowledg The students who cheat on exams will not be the one who can meet the need of society A severe punishment should be put into effect /carried out / implemented to prevent student from cheating Great effort should be made to make students understand what kind of people does society need society needs honest people who have the real talents The academic evaluation I prefer value is exams/study performance Exams enable /can make students find clearly know their deficiency in the knowledge subjects they learned Study performance can reflect the true level students have in their study /the result of one exam means nothing Yes, I believe. No pains, no gains No, I dont. I studied English very hard /I am so committed to learning English, but I can not get high marks in exams
4 then on the games are held every four years regularly. The Olympics have become the worlds most important athletic events and a symbol of sporting friendship of all the people of the world. The first Winter Olympic Games …in 1924 The Games of the 29th Olympiad in 2008 are awarded to the city of Beijing. The International Olympic Committee selected the Chinese capital as the 2008 host in 2001 vote during Juan Antonio Samaranch last IOC session as president. Beijing defeated four other bidding cities, including Toronto and Paris, to secure the country’s first-ever Olympics. Osaka was the first city to go out, and it only took one more round for Beijing to win the Olympic race. The announcement, read out by the 81-year-old Samaranch, was answered with wild joy from the Chinese delegation in Moscow, and with fireworks in Beijing. Beijing stage a great Olympic Games, promise to host a Green Olympics, a Hi-tech Olympics and the People’s Olympics. The Chinese government has pledged to spend 20 billion U.S. dollars building sports complexes and improving the Beijing infrastructure. Beijing, the capital of China, a history of over 3, 000 years… many places of historic interest in Beijing. Now a big modem city and displayed its new look to the world. During the past 20 years, Beijing has changed a lot. People in Beijing love sports and take an active part in sports…trying their best to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games…will be held successfully. 16. Cheating in Exams 1) What kind of cheating methods do students usually take in exams? 2) In your opinion, what’s the effect of cheating on exams? 3) What kinds of suggestions can you give to stop cheating on exams? 4) What kind of academic evaluation you value most? Why? 5) Do you believe hard work will be rewarded with high marks? Language Focus Copy from each others / take out textbooks or reference books to copy / copy from small pieces of paper prepared for the exam / use the modern communication tool / BP / mobile phone / cell phone to cheat on exams It results in an unfair competition / will destroy the creativity of those bright / brilliant / top students It will ruin the students’self-confidence / make students’self-confidence lost in the long run Society needs honest people / people who have the real academic knowledge / The students who cheat on exams will not be the one who can meet the need of society A severe punishment should be put into effect / carried out / implemented to prevent students from cheating Great effort should be made to make students understand what kind of people does society need / society needs honest people who have the real talents The academic evaluation I prefer / value is exams / study performance Exams enable / can make students find / clearly know / their deficiency in the knowledge / subjects they learned Study performance can reflect the true level students have in their study / the result of one exam means nothing Yes, I believe. No pains, no gains No, I don’t. I studied English very hard / I am so committed to learning English, but I can not get high marks in exams
17. Star-worship 1)What is star-worship 2)What kind of people can be called an"idol"to others? what do they do? 3)Are you an idolater or fan of someone? What do fans usually do? 4)Who is your favorite star? In which way does he or she attract you? 5)How do superstars influence you in your daily life? 6)What is your opinion about the "media"? Do you think it plays an important role in star-worship'"? Why or why not? 7) How do stars influence the society? Do you think it is good? anguage Focus There are a lot of fans and idolaters blindly and fanatically admire and or even worship perstans. Most of the fans are young people with immature minds. It's easy for them to go to extremes Fans seem to be quite fascinated by movie and television celebrities, fashion models professional athletes, and even comic book and cartoon characters Superstars are always celebrated for their wealth and glamour rather than their achievements and moral strength of character Fans who worshipped Beckham engrave Beckhams name on the face, and also some spent 300 Yuan to make a small Beckham's hairstyle, or ask for his autograph and always pays special attention on his trifles collected by paparazzo The commercialized entertainment circle has produced shining and attractive stars for fans. The mass media has exaggerated the glory and social influence of stars. -Influenced by media reports, some young fans indulge in their distorted love toward stars and sometimes go to excessive extremes More and more people to step onto imitate star's path, they imitate star's attire and the appearance constantly, and even some weird manners and languages The vogue superstars represent the fashion front, so some use their social influence of their own image and bring the very great well-knowingness and enough sales volume to the product, the business have obtained huge commercial profit, promote the social economy's development Greatness must be prepared and Rome was not built in a day. No one can succeed for nothing Success --including the success of popular stars, is always the result of hard work and sacrifice 18. Pets Questions for discussion 1)Do you like pets? Why 2)Are you keeping pet(s) at your home now? What is it/are they? 3)If you dont have a pet, what kind of animal(s)would you like to choose as your pet? 4)What attracts you to choose it(them)? 5)What are the advantages to have a pet/ pets? 6)What are the disadvantages? Language focus Here are some useful sentences and structures that you might find handy in discussing the above I like /love /am interested in pets very much. They are people's friends I don't like / am crazy about pets. They are noisy
5 17 .Star-worship 1) What is star-worship? 2) What kind of people can be called an “idol” to others? What do they do? 3) Are you an idolater or fan of someone? What do fans usually do? 4) Who is your favorite star? In which way does he or she attract you? 5) How do superstars influence you in your daily life? 6) What is your opinion about the “media”? Do you think it plays an important role in “star-worship”? Why or why not? 7) How do stars influence the society? Do you think it is good? Language Focus There are a lot of fans and idolaters blindly and fanatically admire and or even worship superstars. Most of the fans are young people with immature minds. It's easy for them to go to extremes. Fans seem to be quite fascinated by movie and television celebrities, fashion models, professional athletes, and even comic book and cartoon characters. Superstars are always celebrated for their wealth and glamour rather than their achievements and moral strength of character. Fans who worshipped Beckham engrave Beckham's name on the face, and also some spent 300 Yuan to make a small Beckham's hairstyle, or ask for his autograph and always pays special attention on his trifles collected by paparazzos. The commercialized entertainment circle has produced shining and attractive stars for fans. The mass media has exaggerated the glory and social influence of stars. ~~Influenced by media reports, some young fans indulge in their distorted love toward stars and sometimes go to excessive extremes. More and more people to step onto imitate star's path, they imitate star's attire and the appearance constantly, and even some weird manners and languages. The vogue superstars represent the fashion front, so some use their social influence of their own image and bring the very great well-knowingness and enough sales volume to the product, the business have obtained huge commercial profit, promote the social economy's development. Greatness must be prepared and Rome was not built in a day. No one can succeed for nothing. Success --including the success of popular stars, is always the result of hard work and sacrifice. 18. Pets Questions for discussion 1) Do you like pets? Why? 2) Are you keeping pet(s) at your home now? What is it / are they? 3) If you don’t have a pet, what kind of animal(s) would you like to choose as your pet? 4) What attracts you to choose it (them)? 5) What are the advantages to have a pet/ pets? 6) What are the disadvantages? Language focus Here are some useful sentences and structures that you might find handy in discussing the above questions: I like / love / am interested in pets very much. They are people’s friends. I don’t like / am crazy about pets. They are noisy
Yes, I have / My family owns pets, for example, a dog /a cat/ a parrot /a tortoise /several fishes/ a rabbit I really like dogs/cats/birds /fishes, so I will keep one if I got the chance I think dogs are very loyal to human /cats are clever and cute birds sing beautiful /fishes are quiet and colorful I think that pets are our friends We will have fun when we play with pets and look after them a good relationship between people and pets can be very comfortable Dogs could keep the house safely /Cats would catch mice Companionship is another reason for keeping pets Pets can bring us happiness Children will learn to concern for others. foster their love of nature/ animals. sense of Old people may feel lonely isolated after retired, pets will relieve their loneliness and isolation But pets sometimes are dangerous Sometimes, pets might damage the environment Most pets are dirty and they have a lot of diseases with them which will make us ill Pets shed(a E)everywhere, this is a burden to housewife 19. Western and Chinese films When did color film come into being How many kinds of films are there? What are they Comparing former films and modern high-tech films, which kind do you like better and why? Which films do you think are worth watching? Why? will you please introduce the brief of them? Can you tell a Chinese film which leaves you the deepest impression? Why it impresses you so much? Why do young people like to watch westem films? What do you think is the biggest difference between Chinese films and western films? Language focus More commercial cinemas will be opened in big cities. In Beijing, for example, the number of cinema theaters will increase by 26 to 100 by the end of 2007 Digital cinemas with smaller screens will be established in medium-sized cities. "Lower ticket will attract people in these places to the digital cinemas, "said Han in rural areas use to watch films for free, in accordance with government policy. But film companies have not shown much interest in nonprofit projects. In the future, each film shown in a rural area will feature 10-minute ads, which is expected to change corporate attitudes Many of Chinese films have no plots or story lines nowadays. The directors have lost patience to tell a complete story, and they call this fashion. Some so-called grand works(Dapian) cost tens of millions of RMB to be made, but it seems to common audience that they are only aimed to excite the director himself. Among these, Wuji, directed by Chen Kaige is a typical example 20. Chinese festivals and western festivals 1)Can you find some common things / similarities between Chinese festivals and western festivals? 2)Do you think culture has some influences on their festivals? 3)Which festivals would you prefer to observe nowadays-Chinese festivals or western festivals?
6 Yes, I have / My family owns pets, for example, a dog / a cat / a parrot / a tortoise / several fishes / a rabbit. I really like dogs / cats / birds / fishes, so I will keep one if I got the chance. I think dogs are very loyal to human / cats are clever and cute / birds sing beautiful / fishes are quiet and colorful. I think that pets are our friends. We will have fun when we play with pets and look after them. A good relationship between people and pets can be very comfortable. Dogs could keep the house safely / Cats would catch mice. Companionship is another reason for keeping pets. Pets can bring us happiness. Children will learn to concern for others, foster their love of nature/ animals, sense of responsibility. Old people may feel lonely & isolated after retired, pets will relieve their loneliness and isolation. But pets sometimes are dangerous. Sometimes, pets might damage the environment. Most pets are dirty and they have a lot of diseases with them which will make us ill. Pets shed (掉毛) everywhere, this is a burden to housewife. 19. Western and Chinese films When did color film come into being? How many kinds of films are there? What are they? Comparing former films and modern high-tech films, which kind do you like better and why? Which films do you think are worth watching? Why? Will you please introduce the brief of them? Can you tell a Chinese film which leaves you the deepest impression? Why it impresses you so much? Why do young people like to watch western films? What do you think is the biggest difference between Chinese films and western films? Language focus More commercial cinemas will be opened in big cities. In Beijing, for example, the number of cinema theaters will increase by 26 to 100 by the end of 2007. Digital cinemas with smaller screens will be established in medium-sized cities. "Lower ticket prices will attract people in these places to the digital cinemas," said Han. Those in rural areas use to watch films for free, in accordance with government policy. But film companies have not shown much interest in nonprofit projects. In the future, each film shown in a rural area will feature 10-minute ads, which is expected to change corporate attitudes. Many of Chinese films have no plots or story lines nowadays. The directors have lost patience to tell a complete story, and they call this fashion. Some so-called grand works (Dapian) cost tens of millions of RMB to be made, but it seems to common audience that they are only aimed to excite the director himself. Among these, Wuji, directed by Chen Kaige is a typical example. 20. Chinese festivals and western festivals 1) Can you find some common things / similarities between Chinese festivals and western festivals? 2) Do you think culture has some influences on their festivals? 3) Which festivals would you prefer to observe nowadays—Chinese festivals or western festivals?
Why? 4)Which western festival is the most popular one in China, according to your opinion? Why? List out the reasons why it is popular.) 5)Do you think it's good or bad for youth in China to celebrate some western festivals? Why? 6)List out some western festivals. Can you say something about their customs? 1)There are many /few things in common between Chinese festivals and western festivals 2)Culture really has a great impact /influence on its festivals 3)Family reunion is given much attention in both Chinese festivals and western festivals 4)I prefer observing Chinese /western festivals to western/Chinese festivals 5)Christmas, esp. Christmas Eve attracts more attention in China nowadays 6)Valentine's Day is my favorite western festival because it is very romantic and full of roses and chocolate 7) From my point of view, it is isn't a good phenomenon for youth in China to celebrate western festivals 8)Celebration of western festivals in China means a lot in enlarging cross-culture 常用口语表达用语 3. How are you doin 4. Hows everything 5. Hows it going? 6. I've been looking forward to meeting you I have heard so much /a lot about you 8. Glad/ Nice to meet/see you 9. Fancy meeting you here! 10. Long time no see 11. You look great today 12. Give me a hug 2. Introduction 13. I would like to introduce myself. I'm 14 15. Allow me to introduce 16. May I have your name 17. John, mat I introduce Mary to you 18. Id like you to meet mary 19. This is my friend John 20. Can I have you business card?
7 Why? 4) Which western festival is the most popular one in China, according to your opinion? Why? ( List out the reasons why it is popular.) 5) Do you think it’s good or bad for youth in China to celebrate some western festivals? Why? 6) List out some western festivals. Can you say something about their customs? Language Focus: 1) There are many / few things in common between Chinese festivals and western festivals. 2) Culture really has a great impact / influence on its festivals. 3) Family reunion is given much attention in both Chinese festivals and western festivals. 4) I prefer observing Chinese / western festivals to western / Chinese festivals. 5) Christmas, esp. Christmas Eve attracts more attention in China nowadays. 6) Valentine’s Day is my favorite western festival because it is very romantic and full of roses and chocolate. 7) From my point of view, it is / isn’t a good phenomenon for youth in China to celebrate western festivals. 8) Celebration of western festivals in China means a lot in enlarging cross-culture communications. 常用口语表达用语 1. Greetings 1. How are you? 2. How do you do? 3. How are you doing? 4. How’s everything? 5. How’s it going? 6. I’ve been looking forward to meeting you. 7. I have heard so much / a lot about you. 8. Glad / Nice to meet / see you! 9. Fancy meeting you here! 10. Long time no see. 11. You look great today. 12. Give me a hug. 2. Introduction 13. I would like to introduce myself. I’m ……. 14. Mary, let me introduce ….. 15. Allow me to introduce …… 16. May I have your name? 17. John, mat I introduce Mary to you ? 18. I’d like you to meet Mary. 19. This is my friend John. 20. Can I have you business card?
21. Here is my business card 22. Melinda, this is Roger. Roger, This is Melinda 23. Sorry I didnt catch your name 3. Farewells 24. See you(later) 26. See you tomorrow /next year 27. So long 28. Hope to see you again 29. I am afraid that i must be leaving 30. I am sorry but I have t go now got to ge 32. Have a pleasant journey. 33. Have a good journey, and all the best 34. Take care of yourself and don't forget to keep in touch 35. I am looking forward to swing you again 36. Remember the good times we shared 4. Thanks 37. Many thanks 38. I' m much obliged to you 39. Thanks a lot 40. Thanks ever so much 41. I can never thank you enoug 42. Thank you for all you' ve done for me. 43. Thanks for the trouble you have taken for me 44.I 45. I'm truly grateful for your help 46. I couldnt have done it without you 47. You save my 48 You're one in a million 49. I'm really sorry 50. I apologize 51. Please accept my heartfelt apology 52. I beg your forgivenes 53. I feel really bad sorry about 54. I'm really sorry for not keeping my promise 55. I'm not sure how to put it, but I'm sorry that I have done something wrong to you 56. It must have been very embarrassing to 57. I'll never forgive myself. 58. Will you ever forgive me?
8 21. Here is my business card. 22. Melinda, this is Roger. Roger, This is Melinda. 23. Sorry I didn’t catch your name. 3. Farewells 24. See you (later). 25. See you soon. 26. See you tomorrow / next year! 27. So long. 28. Hope to see you again. 29. I am afraid that I must be leaving. 30. I am sorry but I have t go now. 31. I’ve got to go now. 32. Have a pleasant journey. 33. Have a good journey, and all the best. 34. Take care of yourself and don’t forget to keep in touch. 35. I am looking forward to swing you again. 36. Remember the good times we shared! 4. Thanks 37. Many thanks. 38. I’m much obliged to you 39. Thanks a lot. 40. Thanks ever so much. 41. I can never thank you enough. 42. Thank you for all you’ve done for me. 43. Thanks for the trouble you have taken for me. 44. I appreciate your help. 45. I’m truly grateful for your help. 46. I couldn’t have done it without you. 47. You save my life. 48. You’re one in a million. 5. Apologies 49. I’m really sorry. 50. I apologize for …… 51. Please accept my heartfelt apology. 52. I beg your forgiveness. 53. I feel really bad / sorry about …… 54. I’m really sorry for not keeping my promise. 55. I’m not sure how to put it, but I’m sorry that I have done something wrong to you. 56. It must have been very embarrassing to …… 57. I’ll never forgive myself. 58. Will you ever forgive me?
59. How could i be so thoughtless? 60. It's all my fault 61.I didnt mean it 6. Invitation 62. Would you like to join .... 63. I was wondering if you' d like to go to the 64. I'll be happy if you can come to the 65. I'd like to have dinner with you next Tuesday 66. I wonder if you two would like to come to 67. Let's go and have something 68. We should be delighted if you could 69. Would you be free to a concert on Sunday> 70. What about going to ... 71. Why not join… 72. Why don t you come on a holiday with us? 7. Asking for permission 73. Is it all right ifI.? 74. Do you mind my doing......? 75. Would you mind my doing 76. Can I possibly have the book for moment? 77. Do you have any objection to my doing... 78. Am i allowed to male a suggestion? 79. Would I be in a position to express my opinion on this? 80. Would it be possible for me to put off the work a little later day? 81. I wonder whether I could take it away? 82. Id like to make a phone call here, if you permit me 8. Wishes and Congratulations 83. Wish you every success 84. Good luck to you 85. Wishing you good luck(forever 86. Wishing you peace and happiness( during the holidays) 87. Let me wish you the best of everything 88. May you success at whatever you try 89. May all your wishes come true 90. I wish you every fortune and every success 91. May your Christmas be filled with joy and warmth 92. Hope the holidays find you happy and healthy 93. If only I had more time, I could do it. 94. Keep my fingers crossed that I'll win the first prize 95. I'm sure you' ll be happy together 96. You make a great couple
9 59. How could I be so thoughtless? 60. It’s all my fault. 61. I didn’t mean it. 6. Invitation 62. Would you like to join ……? 63. I was wondering if you’d like to go to the …… 64. I’ll be happy if you can come to the …… 65. I’d like to have dinner with you next Tuesday. 66. I wonder if you two would like to come to ……? 67. Let’s go and have something. 68. We should be delighted if you could …… 69. Would you be free to a concert on Sunday> 70. What about going to ……? 71. Why not join ……? 72. Why don’t you come on a holiday with us? 7. Asking for Permission 73. Is it all right if I ……? 74. Do you mind my doing ……? 75. Would you mind my doing ……? 76. Can I possibly have the book for moment? 77. Do you have any objection to my doing ……? 78. Am I allowed to male a suggestion? 79. Would I be in a position to express my opinion on this? 80. Would it be possible for me to put off the work a little later day? 81. I wonder whether I could take it away? 82. I’d like to make a phone call here, if you permit me. 8. Wishes and Congratulations 83. Wish you every success! 84. Good luck to you. 85. Wishing you good luck (forever)> 86. Wishing you peace and happiness (during the holidays)> 87. Let me wish you the best of everything. 88. May you success at whatever you try. 89. May all your wishes come true. 90. I wish you every fortune and every success. 91. May your Christmas be filled with joy and warmth! 92. Hope the holidays find you happy and healthy. 93. If only I had more time, I could do it. 94. Keep my fingers crossed that I’ll win the first prize. 95. I’m sure you’ll be happy together. 96. You make a great couple
97. Congratulations! I knew you'd pass it with flying colors 98. I want to ith all my heart 99. I think no one deserves it more than you! 100. Please send him my congratulations 101. What marvelous news! 9. Offering or Asking for Help 103. Is there anything I can do for you? 104. Let me help you with 105. Let me give you a hand 106. Dont worry. I'll do it for you 107. Why dont you use my 108. I'll give you a lift if you like 109. Id like to help if I can 110. Would you please… Ill. Could you do me a favor? 10. Making Appointments 1 12. What time is convenient for you 113. What's the best place to meet? 114. What about Saturday evening? 115. Would tomorrow morning suit you? 116. May I expect you at five? 117. I was wondering if you'd like to go to a movie with me? 118. I'm going to see the film with a group of my friends. Would you like to join us? 119. Im afraid I wont be able to see you tod 120. Im awfully sorry that I have to postpone my appointment with the dentist on Saturday 121. Something urgent happened. I'd like to change our appointment to the day after tomorrow 122. I really want to, but I have got hundreds of things to do 123. Count me in if you are to meet on Sunday 124. Glad you could make it 11. Making Telephone calls. 25. May I speak to 127 Is Roger there? 128.Y 129. Hi, my hands are tired. I'll get back to you in a minute 130. Can I have your name and telephone number? 132. I have to take your number and call you back 133. Can you connect me with...? 134. I'm afraid you've got the wrong number
10 97. Congratulations! I knew you’d pass it with flying colors. 98. I want to congratulate you with all my heart. 99. I think no one deserves it more than you!. 100. Please send him my congratulations. 101. What marvelous news! 9. Offering or Asking for Help 102. What can I do for you? 103. Is there anything I can do for you? 104. Let me help you with …… 105. Let me give you a hand. 106. Don’t worry. I’ll do it for you. 107. Why don’t you use my …….? 108. I’ll give you a lift if you like. 109. I’d like to help if I can. 110. Would you please ……? 111. Could you do me a favor? 10. Making Appointments 112. What time is convenient for you? 113. What’s the best place to meet? 114. What about Saturday evening? 115. Would tomorrow morning suit you? 116. May I expect you at five? 117. I was wondering if you’d like to go to a movie with me? 118. I’m going to see the film with a group of my friends. Would you like to join us? 119. I’m afraid I won’t be able to see you today. 120. I’m awfully sorry that I have to postpone my appointment with the dentist on Saturday. 121. Something urgent happened. I’d like to change our appointment to the day after tomorrow. 122. I really want to, but I have got hundreds of things to do. 123. Count me in if you are to meet on Sunday. 124. Glad you could make it. 11. Making Telephone Calls. 125. May I speak to ……? 126. Speaking. 127. Is Roger there? 128. Yes, speaking. 129. Hi, my hands are tired. I’ll get back to you in a minute. 130. Can I have your name and telephone number? 131. Can I call back? Something has come up. 132. I have to take your number and call you back. 133. Can you connect me with ……? 134. I’m afraid you’ve got the wrong number
