英语口语话题与范例

1 A person I love The person I love is my mother She is kind and caring The mother s love is warm and great She gave birth to me and brought me up She is always standing behind me in all that I do I grew up lean on my mother she is my first teacher she taught how to read how to write how to get along with other people how to be a positive and honest person She does everything she can to make me happy and never asks for anything in return Mother is a best friend as well When we stay together we just like my sister If I have some problems I ll ask her for help And she will give me many advices She is always there to encourage me to do the things I want to do She is a good listener She taught me the meaning of love She will comfort when I m sad love me when I m mad pick me up when I m down encourage me when I need a shove 2 The differences between motherly love and fatherly love if there are any According to my personal experiences mother loves the newborn infant Both their love are unconditional and unselfish But I can feel motherly love is direct she may talk about some trifle again and again Most is about the weather the food And she always nag at me In the mother s eyes we are always is a group of children Let us feel warm Fatherly love is deep but indirect Father may not good at showing their loves or cares They are annoyed angry and disappointed because they are too worried about our life and future Let us feel safe at ease I think it maybe because female are perceptual while male are rational 3 What do you think makes a good heart To be kind thoughtful forgiving caring and generous honest Control one s temper esay to get get along with other and be a good listener Keep a calm attitude A person with a good heart should be able to treat others equally no matter what she or he is how she or he looks or what they are doing And always be brave to face the difficult in life and love life 4 The different attitudes of people towards disabled people what s your attitude Some people look down upon disabled people thinking they bring many troubles Some people they are poor felt much sympathy for them The social attitudes towards disabled people are often too protection thinking they are granted unconditionally protection My attitude is that we can t look down upon disabled people just treat them with the attitude towards ordinary people we also need to fight for our right when conflict with them We must face the problem 5 What are the benefits of keeping pets And what are the troubles P23 Good in your lonely time it will accompany you It will always be with you It will always stay by your side except dead It is a good listener bad if pets are not often bathed they may become dirty and smelled Pets can be infected easily Pets mess is another trouble Sometimes it is too noisy to keep a dog 6 Make a short summary of the article Speaking Different Languages P45 Man and women languages had the same words but different meaning depending on the way they were used Woman would tend to exaggerate the factors and men react in an unsupportive manner because they mistakenly take these expressions literally It is important to rethink or translate what people have heard 7 Find as many differences as you can between men and women Give some examples Man and women seldom mean the same thing even when they use the same words Gender difference 性别差异 Man and women languages had the same words but different meaning depending on the way they were used There expressions were similar but they had different connotations 含义 or emotional emphasis Example I feel like you never listen Using the word never is just a way of expressing the frustration Woman would tend to exaggerate the factor men mistakenly take these expressions literally react in an unsupportive manner Men use speech as a means of conveying only facts and information Example woman we never go out Men respond we went out last week 8 What are the causes of misunderstandings in human communication Give some examples Reasons pronunciation Cultural difference Character outgoing introvert 性格差异 Gender difference Emotion nervous excited Communication Skill gesture Situation1 英国人对家人的帮忙会说谢谢 而中国人认为帮助家里人是一种义务 所以无需言谢 Interactions help between family members Conventions politeness Chinese Conventions one s own obligation no need to thank or be thanked British and American Conventions Expect polite expressions like please thank you etc Situation2 外国人觉得中国人对待他们是十分友好的 但是有时候会问出一些令 他们感到尴尬的问题 比如问他们的年龄和工资 Interactions conversation between people meeting for the first time Conventions conversational topics privacy taboo openness directness Chinese Conventions Many Chinese people tend to ask about age marital status and even salary when first meeting one another To them these are open conversational topics Knowing a person s age helps them use appropriate terms of address such as Lao Wang Xiao Li or kin terms such as uncle or aunt etc And Chinese people pay a lot of attention to family life so naturally talk of family members features as a common topic As to salary since there is a national system of salaries people usually don t consider it a secret and they talk about it openly British and American Conventions In Britain weather and sports are common topics Some taboo questions age marriage and salary These are considered too private or too personal to talk about when first meeting someone Situation3 中国人结伴出游的时候 如果买什么东西 去买的人一般都会按照人 头购买 即便有人客气地说不要 和外国人结伴出游 如果你客气地 推说不需要某样东西 那么对方真的就不会给你买 Interactions offering refreshments or drinks Conventions politeness individual decision Chinese Conventions When a Chinese offers refreshments or drinks to his colleague his colleague often declines the offer politely because he doesn t want to trouble the person who offers and it also shows his politeness Normally the person who offers still prepares or buys refreshments or drinks and this will be expected by his colleague Sharing food and drink when going out together is common among colleagues and friends British and American Conventions Respect one s own decision yes means one wants it no means one doesn t politeness is usually shown by the expression thank you or please 9 What are the important factors for successful communications Speak clearly Be confident Organize well and put more focus on main idea Pay attention to the different speaking habit of different sex education and cultural background 10 What are the ways to avoid misunderstandings P66 do not use words with different meanings Express and pronounce clearly Put focus on main point of your view Do not pretend to understand Ask when not sure about something Understand the sex education and cultural background difference during communication It is important to rethink or translate what people have heard 11 How do people define winning What does winning mean to you The wealthy man Got the achievement Make big contribution Achieve one s goals in life Overcome some problems or weakness Career wealth fame or post and power Enjoy oneself Enjoy my life live happily and to realize my dream 12 Who do you think is a winner in your eye Why Some one can overcome his weakness and restart after e g Disabled athletes 张海迪 Cruel fate has challenge in front he did not depressed and destruction but the life is full of confidence with great tenacity and perseverance combating disease suffered severe tests Self study university English and Japanese and German many English translation 13 Do you regard yourself as a winner or loser Why It s hard to say I think we are all on the way to be a winner we are not prefect in our quality but we are attempting 14 What characteristics of winners or losers have Preparedness promptness 及时 perseverance 锲而不舍 politeness Squash gossip criticism indifference Love one another be faithful be loyal be unselfish be truthful Turn up a new idea turn up with the determination to do a better job Sb is intelligence independent have good capability to do sth Sb is flexibility 15 Say something about Sir Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln p91 16 The psychology in our daily life by giving examples Psychology plays an important role in our daily life If we master some basic rules of it we can more deeply understand and better our life For instance 1 the psychology of money some guys would rather spend than save while some tend to parsimony 2 the psychology in ads Companies use psychology to increase business 3 The psychology of shopping As long as the prices of some goods come down an increasing number of people will buy it 4 The psychology in hospital A patient will feel better after taking placebo 17 should we tall the truth to a cancer patient Give your reasons An optimistic attitude may have something to do with one s health A sound mind in a sound body The truth may break down the patient As the psychology of patient think less of his disease may leave longer 18 mak a summary of the text the psychology of money Our individual money habits not only show our beliefs and values but also stem from past problems For many people money is an important symbol of strength and influence Thus some people can be addicted to money These people can be divided into two groups that is compulsive spenders and compulsive bargain hunters To solve these problems psychologists often use a method called behavior therapy 19 John often gets angry with his son who does poorly in school even though he works hard Give John some advice Maybe John s son is not a learning material but he had worked hard 1 encourage him to keep on studying in stead of getting angry 2 praise him for every little progress 3 tell him his father is always proud of him and no matter what happen father may stand behind him 4 develop his other interest 20 what can dream tell according to what you have learned in this unit Which do you agree with predict the future warn you of health dangers provide an answer to a problem stimulate powerful physical response in the body present a work of art to a creative mind make you feel good make you feel bad point out personality flaws show you real feeling of something I side with the last one If you meet something scared you or exciting you you may dream about it at night 21 why do people dream according to the text a simple physical cause inner fears that are instantly recognized 22 share with your classmates any of your dreams which is happy sad horrible weird or funny Once I went travelling with my parents we settled down in a hotel That night I have a horrible dream that when we crossed a narrow bridge I tripped over a stone and fell into the lake I woke up and broke out in a sweat The next day we went to the park I was so exciting that I forgot what happened last night I didn t remember the dream until I really fell into a lake Luckily the water was only to my waist But it s so weird that I still remember today 23 What do you like dislike to eat and drink Give your reasons Vegetable I like potato onion cucumber pumpkin celery I don t like carrot though I know it s healthy And I don t like parsley because I can t bear the smell I even hate eating broccoli because when I was a little child I was forced to drink the soup made of the broccoli Fruit I like almost every kind of fruit get a lot of vitamins from it Meat pork beef chicken especially the sea food because I lived near the sea help to build our body Cereal rice and noodles give us a lot of energy rapidly Drink when I was a child I like coke juice sprite Gradually I grew up I ve learn about that these soft drinks is disadvantageous So I change to drink mineral water milk yoghourt 24 What are the factors that help to develop one s eating habit Give some examples The taste many people don t like eating vegetables The differences of region students from north like noodles and dumplings while south people like rice people brought up near the sea enjoy seafood while people from the west like beef and lamb The figure some girl are on a diet to keep a slim figure The conception of health some foods are bad to eat the nutrition The family poor rich The culture the taboo different religions 25 What are your reactions when you see somebody eat things that you don t like Give some example People from one culture often think the food s that people from another culture eat are disgusting or nauseating It seems stranger to me I may become sick when I see somebody eat things that you don t like for example the insects spider mouse the brain of monkey 26 Where do you prefer to eat to celebrate your birthday In a campus cafeteria a fast food restaurant an expensive restaurant or at home Why At home It is the place where I live many years My mom and dad are also there I think it is the most comfortable and sweet place I will invite my grandparents and my best friends to come to my home 27 Make a summary of Cooking and cuisine P211 28 Explain the Italian proverb When in Rome do as Romans do Talk about the importance of knowing different cultural by give some examples 引文 When in Rome do as the Romans do means that when you are visiting a new place you should try to do as the people do who are from the place It is a very good advice to tourists and visitors People from different places have different ways of acting so it is important to try to do things the way local people do Because this will make the local people feel more comfortable with you around also you will feel closer to their culture So imitating the local ways you will learn more about their culture and tradition also you will be able to make many new friends Also it could be fun The traditions of the place you are visiting might be different and interesting at the same time If you do as the Romans do you will do a lot of things that you wouldn t normally do Who knows Maybe you will discover some new talents in you 29 What characteristics come to mind when you think about Chinese American and British people British is traditional introverted cautious British people is not easy for a personal relationship with each other not easily trusting depend on others once established friendship with the British they will cherish what long term trust you Business is also very harmonious Chinese conservative introverted modesty tolerate Lack of creativity Americans treat the enthusiasm optimistic and easy easy to approach when you first make an American he will be to you and make you even talking freely feeling Practical they like everything yourself the size of the things can solve Extra value of success the important value of my talent and ability 30 Talk about the dining customs in America and China p237 China Be a little time earlier The Chinese eat food with chopsticks America Be on time When a prayer is being offered keep silent with bowed head Use one hand whenever possible and keep the other one on the lap Between bites put the fork on the plate while drinking coffee or buttering bread Put a spoon where it will lie flat Do not use silverware for eating bread If you want to leave the table during the meal say to the host would you please excuse me for a while Stay for two or three hours after the meal 31 Find some taboos in China concerning gift giving dressing eating language gestures etc Do not say the words die or the words with the same or similar pronunciation to others Do not send a friends an umbrella since it has a same pronunciation to the word 散 which means separation Do not divide a pair into pieces It has a similar pronunciation to the word 分离 which means parting Do not pat on others head it is impolite Do not write to your friend in a red pen Which has a connotation of breaking up the relationship 32 do you agree that money is the root of all evil why or why not I want to be evil if it means I can have all the money No actually I agree that the love of money is the root of all evil Money is neither good nor bad it is just a tool for us to use However the love of money may cause people to do many awful things Money is the cause of all sorts of evil lying stealing cheating robbery and even murder Money is not evil in of itself Only how do you get it and how do you spend it could be 33 do you agree that money is the source of happiness why or why not Even rich people complain that they are unhappy They have no aim and they feel confused and hopeless Happiness is not a commodity You cann t be happy all the time just because you owe money It seems that a majority of the rich cities suffer a high criminal rate Only if you can plow your money back into some investments you may feel happy 34 what do you think are the most important 3 things in life Why Family My family may always stand behind me when things tend to go wrong Everyone may abandon you but never your family Friends My friends may comfort me when I m sad love me when I m mad pick me up when I m down and encourage me when I need a shove We share happiness and sorrow together Rivals We all need rivals though sometimes we may hate them A near rival makes me work hard and make more progresses Without a rival I may become proud and stop to work on 35 should children be paid for doing housework Why or why not No As one of the family members it s children s duty to do housework as well Children may form an attitude that the housework is not their business and no money no housework Children should learn to do housework since they may live on themselves one day 36 retell briefly the story a letter to god A famer called Lencho send a letter to God for help after the farm damaged by the hail Lencho hope God can give him 100 pesos to resow the field Seeing this letter the postmaster was moved He tried his best and gathered together 70 pesos A letter with the money was sent back to lencho When lencho got the money he got angry He thought the post office employee are a bunch of crooks and asked God for the other 30 pesos 37 do you agree or disagree that money is merely a raw material give your reasons Absolutely yes Money is just a tool for us to change for good