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英语口语话题练习
英语口语是英语学习中不可或缺的一部分。本张思维导图整理了八个话题包供读者参考。每个话题包有三个问题、一个附加问题和一个讨论话题。
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Package 1 How we behave is who we are
1) What kind of behavior in public places gets on your nerves?
I get nervous when I meet someone walking a dog, especially a big dog.Because the dog is a threatening animal, I can't judge whether a strange dog is friendly or not.
2) What good or bad manners did you experience recently?
Some days ago, when it rained, some people threw water when they finished using their umbrellas, and they would accidentally throw water on others. However, the good behavior I see is that all of them put their umbrellas outside the classroom in order to avoid getting the classroom wet.
3) What do you usually do when you see someone behave inappropriately in public places?
I usually dissuade and help them correct their bad behavior. For example, sometimes when someone litters, I will remind him to pick it up. If he insists on not picking it up, I will also take the initiative to pick it up for the beautiful environment.
Additional question: Do you think people’s attitude towards behavior changes as they get older? Why or why not?
Discussion topic:Factors affecting behaviors: A new study found that youngsters who feel they have empathic support from their parents and caregivers are less likely to misbehave. Discuss some more factors that can influence and shape people’s behaviors.
Genetic factors can not be ignored. Genetic factors are the natural basis for the formation of personality, and their influence on personality is very important. Education is also one of the influencing factors.
A person's education will largely determine his behavior. For example, people with higher education are more likely to abide by social norms and be polite to others.
Living environment also has a great influence on people's life. For example, living in different nationalities will have different national customs and norms, which will deeply affect a person's life.
Package 2 Getting older, getting wiser?
1) What are you looking forward to in the pursuit of your professional career in the future?
I'm looking forward to having a job I love and I can lead a team to try our best to run after a goal in a long term.
2) If you are going to do one thing to make your life healthier, what would it be? Why?
Yes, for the healthy life, I will definitely do so. Because everyone's life is only once, I think we should cherish every minute of life, and make our life healthier in order to harvest a happier life.
3) If you believe there is a secret to a longer life, what would it be? Why?
I think the secret to a longer life must be optimism. Because when people are optimistic in the face of life, they can always keep happy, and it can make their bodies in a healthier state.
Additional question: What is the one thing that you will definitely do over the next year?
Discussion topic:Age discrimination: In America, tens of millions of Americans lost their jobs as part of the economic downturn resulted from the pandemic. Older workers are often some of the first to be let go and last to be hired. Discuss age discrimination from all aspects in modern society.
Age discrimination is a phenomenon that can not be ignored in today's society.
First of all, the creativity of older people is often much worse than that of young people. In many jobs with high mental activity intensity, younger people can do well.
Second, older people are less energetic than younger people. Whether it's physical or mental work, young people tend to be able to maintain high efficiency for a longer time, and enterprises need employees to pay more to get more profits.
Finally, older people often need to take more care of their families, while many young people are alone, do not have a family, and can devote themselves to work more wholeheartedly.
Package 3 Discovering your niche holiday
1) If you would be given a round-trip ticket to anywhere, where would you go? Why?
I will go to Qatar. Because the 2022 World Cup will be held in Qatar, I hope to watch a world high level football match on the spot.
2) If you were to choose two most meaningful leisure activities, what would you like to do? Why?
First, I will choose to listen to music, because listening to relaxing music can relax myself and make myself enjoyable.
Secondly, I will choose to watch a movie. Because when watching a movie, the whole person can be immersed in the movie, very comfortable.
3) How would you spend your free time differently if you had more time or money or opportunity? Why?
If I had more time or money or opportunity, I would eat a lot of delicious food that I have never eaten before, because I am busy with studying now, and I don't have enough energy and money to enjoy delicious food every day.
Additional question: In your opinion, what are the benefits to society of giving people more down time or more holidays?
Discussion topic:Overseas summer programs: Overseas summer programs have grown in popularity in recent years due to its mutual intention of study and holiday. Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of this kind of program.
First of all, overseas summer programs are a good opportunity to broaden our horizons. When you go abroad, you can meet different people and understand different cultures.
In addition, overseas summer program can let those who want to study abroad learn about life abroad in advance, and prepare for their future life while on holiday.
But there are also some bad things about overseas summer programs. For example, the cost of overseas summer programs is generally very high, which is a great burden for many people.
Secondly, overseas summer projects often arrange a lot of things in a short period of time, so it is difficult to achieve the purpose of holiday relaxation.
Package 4 Solving problems and seeking happiness
1) How would you define happiness?
Happiness is that people are mentally comfortable in a period of time. When people are happy, they are often full of hope for their life.
2) What is the happiest thing that has happened to you recently?
One of the happiest things for me recently is that I won the Philippines in the national football match last night, which makes the hope of the national football team entering the world cup increase a lot.
3) What is the relationship between health and happiness?
Health is the foundation of happiness, just as the body is the capital of revolution. If you don't have a healthy body, you will live in pain and all the happiness will be gone. Happiness is based on health, so we should first focus on physical health, and then to pursue happiness.
Additional question: What do you think is the relationship between money and happiness?
Discussion topic:Involution on campus: With the fierce academic competition, students are inevitable to be involved in involution on campus. Discuss your opinions on this phenomenon and strategies to deal with this problem.
Campus involution is an inevitable trend. Because academic resources are always limited, when people are in the pursuit of more resources, involution will occur.
When the inner volume is not very serious, the inner volume will stimulate people's fighting spirit to a certain extent, encourage people to work hard for their dreams and achieve their goals. But when the introvert is too much, people's energy will be consumed in endless competition for no reason, forming a vicious circle, which is a very bad situation.
In order to solve the problem of campus involution, I think we can start from the following points.
First of all, schools should create more resources for students to use, so that students can more easily achieve their goals.
Secondly, teachers should guide students to go their own way, not to follow the trend, causing many people to constantly compete for the same thing.
Finally, students should calm down and learn to create value by themselves when they fail to achieve their goals.
Package 8 Everybody has a story to tell
1) What is your favorite book? Why do you like it?
I like the Great Gatsby best. This book tells the story of a young man named Gatsby's struggle to enter the upper class. Although this book tells a tragic story, I am still moved by the hero Gatsby's spirit of refusing to lose and not giving up.
2) Has a book ever changed your life? In which way? Illustrate your points with your personal experience.
Zeng Guofan said that this book had changed my life. Through reading Zeng Guofan's life story, I realized that everyone will make mistakes more or less, but people should have a heart to be better at any time. So in my daily life, I always pay attention to my words and behavior, and strive to become a more perfect person.
3) What factors are important to you when choosing a book to read?
First of all, the influencing factor is others' evaluation of the book. Before reading a book, I will ask others' opinions and comments on the book. If everyone thinks it is worth reading, I will read it immediately.
Secondly, I will get to know the author of this book, the popularity of the author and other works of the author.
Finally, the type of this book is also an important factor. For example, I prefer to read books of Humanities and social sciences.
Additional question: How well have you done the out-of-class autonomous reading this semester? If given another opportunity, what would you do?
Discussion topic:Huawei’s “Genius Youth” project: Since December 2019, three HUST students Zuo Pengfei, Zhang Ji and Yao Ting have been selected for Huawei’s "Genius Youth" project. This program aims to support the work of talented researchers in mathematics and theoretical physics, at the beginning of their career. Discuss the keys leading to their success.
There are many factors for their success, the most important of which is their efforts. They work hard to overcome difficulties and reach a realm that others can't reach.
Secondly, they are characterized by perseverance. They have gone further, persisted longer and suffered more than others on the road of scientific research. And all this can't be done without strong will.
Finally, they are also very modest. When they encounter something they don't understand, they actively ask their tutors, exchange opinions with their peers, and humbly accept the correct views of others, which enables them to make continuous progress.
Package 7 Trouble in modern times
1) We are faced with various social problems in modern times. Can you list some? Which problem do you think is the most urgent? Why?
The current social problems mainly include population, ecological environment and aging. I think the most urgent problem is the aging problem, because the aging of the population in today's society is very fast. The aging of the population will lead to the shortage of labor force, the change of the population structure, and the increasing burden of social pension.
2) What fear or phobia would be the most troublesome in the modern world? Why?
I think social phobia is the most troublesome. Because in the modern world, people are increasingly connected. Many things need to be completed by the power of teamwork. But social fear will greatly reduce the communication between people and society, so the individual's talents can not be fully displayed.
3) Stress is everywhere. How do you cope with stress in everyday life? Use your personal experience to illustrate your points.
When I feel stressed, I usually listen to music to relax myself or communicate with others. When I was in senior three, I had a lot of homework to do every day. At the same time, I was facing a lot of test pressure. At that time, I would listen to half an hour of music every night when I went home. Then I would communicate with my parents about my recent learning status, and then I would eat some fruit and go to bed. Every night is the most relaxing time for me.
Additional question: We are facing the aging issue in modern times. How can we provide better care for the elderly?
Discussion topic:Community group buying: Community group buying is the latest big e-commerce trend to hit China, with consumers ordering fresh food via a few swipes on their mobile phone. The rural farmers are finding it more difficult to sell their vegetables and fruits. Discuss the effective ways to help those rural farmers survive from the big changes.
First of all, we should implement the rural revitalization plan, and let more educated young people stay in the countryside, so that they can make positive contributions to the revitalization of rural areas and the improvement of rural people's lives.
Secondly, villagers can unite to set up cooperatives and sell agricultural products in a unified way, which not only saves manpower, but also improves the competitiveness of agricultural products.
Finally, we can also let the township government to carry out unified procurement, and let the township government organize people to deal with agricultural products in a unified way, so as to ensure that every farmer can reap from his efforts.
Package 6 Mass media: 24/7 coverage
1) Do you think the media has too much power? Why?
Yes, I think today′s media has too much power, and all kinds of media news are full of people′s lives, so that people can only see one aspect of things, which is easy to mislead people to make wrong judgments.
2) What function do you think mass media performs in an individual’s life in society?
On the one hand, mass media can increase the amount of information that the public get, and improve the speed of the public access to information. But on the other hand, the mass media is also easy to cause the wide spread of false information, resulting in bad social impact.
3) Which type of mass media do you prefer? Why?
I prefer the mass media of newspaper type. Because the news newspaper on the one hand has a strong timeliness, on the other hand can ensure the accuracy of information, will not cause the wide spread of false information.
Additional question: Do you think that the Internet will replace other kinds of mass media completely?
Discussion topic:Media violence: A woman who recently tested positive for COVID-19 in the southwestern city of Chengdu has been targeted with relentless insults and trolling after her personal details were leaked online. Many social media users slammed the woman, surnamed Zhao, for visiting multiple nightlife venues, arguing this may have led to her spreading the virus. Share your opinions about the impacts of media violence.
Media violence is an immoral and uncivilized behavior. In serious cases, it may even constitute a crime. Media violence comes from people's anger, but it can cause great harm to others. On the one hand, the victim's information is made public, resulting in the leakage of personal privacy; on the other hand, the victim is known by the public, and the normal life will be seriously affected. We should firmly resist media violence.
Package 5 Art expands horizons
1) What famous painters do you know? What are they famous for?
I know that Van Gogh's sunflowers and Picasso's Guernica are very good. The former shows a very vigorous vitality and brings hope to people, while the latter shows the suffering of disaster victims and criticizes the fascist atrocities.
2) What art museums have you visited? Which do you like the best? Why?
I have been to the Palace Museum, where there is a famous riverside map of Qingming Festival. At the same time, there are many treasures left by our ancestors in the museum, such as 兰亭序，千里江山图 and so on.
3) Who is the most famous artist in your country? What kind of art does he/she do?
Mei Lanfang is one of the most famous artists in China. He is a famous Peking Opera performer in China. He has performed Peking Opera in many countries, which has improved the influence of Peking Opera in the world.
Additional question: Can you describe one thing that, in your eyes, is full of artistic beauty?
Discussion topic:Contrasting art works: Describe two pieces of artwork by Qi Baishi and Xu Beihong in detail and focus on two or three specific points of contrast. Explain how the perspective, technique, and compositional features of each painting help create contrasting rhetorical effects.
Qi Baishi's works include ink shrimp and lotus.
Xu Beihong's works include running horses and horses.
Qi Baishi's paintings often use the perspective of overlooking, the composition is simple and clear, and the technique pays attention to the vividness of the painting, so the charm is full.
Xu Beihong's paintings are from the perspective of head up, full of composition and heavy color, so his paintings give people a strong sense of visual impact.