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Who he/she is
When did you became friends?
Why do you lie him/her or why do you thin that he/she is
important to you?
How he/she influences you
Discussion:
What are the differences between adults and children in terms of
maing friends?
Can adults mae friends with children?
What do you thin are the most important factors when maing
friends? What are the possible factors that cause the brea!up of
friendship?
Why is it difficult for adults to mae friends?
What will the friendship become lie when getting old?
3. Describe a person whom you like to work or study with.
You should say:
Who is he/she?
When did you wor/study together?
What do you often do together? Why do you lie to wor with
him/her?/ What can you learn from him/her?
Why is he/she particular?
Discussion:
Do you lie to wor alone or with a partner?
What do you thin of teamwor and team spirit?
What ind of people are good to wor with?
Do you lie group wor or group learning?
What is your opinion on efficiency?
What are the advantages of studying by yourself? What do you
thin of efficiency?
Describing places (! test items)
1. Describe a restaurant or a cafe.
You should say:
Where it is What it loos lie
What ind of services are provided
What ind of food you lie there/ What ind of food is famous?
Why you lie it
Discussion:
Do you lie cooing?
Will you coo for your friends when they visit you?
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Who coos in a Chinese family?
What do you thin of the advantages and disadvantages of fast
food?
Why is fast food so popular?
Where would Chinese go when they eat out?
What changes would tae place in terms of Chinese eating
habits?
What food is popular?
What is the difference between fresh food and canned food?
What can we do to solve the problem of food shortage?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of family food?
!. Describe an interesting building.
You should say:
Where it is located
What it loos lie
What services are provided
How you lie it
Discussion:
What role do old buildings and new buildings play in modern
society?
What changes have taen place in architecture in the past two
decades?
Do you thin it necessary to protect old buildings?
Describing media and communication (" test items)
1. Describe a kind of book you like.
You should say:
What ind of boos you lie most
What they are about
Why you lie them most
What effect have boos brought on you?
Discussion:
What is the difference between men and women when choosing what
to read?
What ind boos do children lie? Why do they lie reading?
What is the difference between reading and watching "#? What is
the relationship between reading and computer?
What are the advantages of reading boos?
Why do children lie pictorials?
What boos are popular in China?
!. Describe one of your fa#orite books.
You should say:
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What ind of boos you lie
What is your favorite boo?
What it is about
When did you get it?
Why you lie it
Discussion:
Do you lie other boos?
What ind of boos do Chinese people lie? What ind of boos do
Chinese women lie?
What ind of boos do Chinese children lie?
What ind of boos do you recommend to others?
3. Describe a letter.
You should say:
When you received it
Who sent it to you
What it is about Whether it is important to you
Discussion:
What is the difference between letter and e!mail?
Do you often eep diaries?
What is the difference between diary and letter?
What is the difference in the past and at the present as regards
communications?
What is the role of letter $% years ago and at the present?
What do you thin of the role $% years later?
What do you thin of creative writing? Would post office
disappear $% years later?
What role does computer play in our society?
What changes have been brought by the computer? What is
professors attitude?
". Describe a kind of music.
You should say:
Whether you lie music
What ind of music you lie best
What role music plays in peoples life
Discussion:
How long do you listen to music everyday?
Why is it easier for children to learn playing a musical
instrument?
What are the benefits of learning to play musical
instruments?
Discuss the impact of western music on the world music?
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Describing celebration and leisure time (" test items)
1. Describe a traditional festi#al in $hina.
You should say:
What it is
When is it celebrated?
How to celebrate? / what you usually do on that day What you lie
and what you dont lie
Discussion:
What is the concept of holiday in China?
Why is holiday so important to modern people?
Do you thin it is necessary to observe the traditional
customs?
What changes in terms of spending festivals and holidays have
taen place in the past decade?
What is the difference as regards celebration in different part
of the country?
!. Describe a perfect trip%holiday.
You should say:
Where you would go
When would you go?
Whom you would go with
What you are going to do
Discussion:
What is the difference in the past and at the present as regards
travelling? How would the tourist industry develop in the
future?
What should the government do to attract tourists?
What should the people do to attract tourists?
3. Describe an interesting trip you ha#e taken.
You should say:
Where you went
When you went there
Whom you went with What you did there
Why you lie it
Discussion:
What is the difference in the past and at the present as regards
traveling?
How would the tourist industry develop in the future?
What should the government do to attract tourists?
What should the people do to attract tourists?
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". Describe an interesting hobby.
You should say:
What it is
How long you spend on it
How often you do it
Why you lie it
Discussion:
Do you thin that surfing the &nternet' watching "#'
listening to music or eeping a pet are interesting
hobbies?
Do you thin it will cost too much time to do them?
Do you lie hobbies requiring teamwor?
Why do people usually do in their spare time?
&dditional test items (" test items)
1. Describe an en#ironmental problem.
You should say:
What it is
How long it has e(isted
What effect it has brought to peoples life
What we can do to solve it
Discussion:
What causes environmental problems?
What should the government do to protect the environment?
What should we do to protect the environment?
What other measures can you thin of to protect the
environment?
How should we educate children to protect environment?
Whats the difference between the old and the young as regards
environmental protection?
!. Describe a kind of e'treme weather.
You should say:
What it is
When did it happen?
Where you were
How you felt at that time
Discussion:
What should you do in a bad weather?
Will bad weather mould or change peoples personality?
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What is the relationship between weather and culture?
"he climate has changed these $% years) Have you noticed the
changes?
What changes do you predict in the following years?
*re the people interested in gathering the weather information
in your place?
How does weather influence peoples personalities in your
country?
3. alking about learning nglish.
You should say:
When and where you began studying English
What is the most interesting thing in an English class?
What is the most effective way of learning English?
What difficulties you have when learning English
What are the advantages of learning English?
Discussion:
What problems do you have when studying English?
Do you thin that English is the most important language in the
world?
Can English tae the place of Chinese in China? What other
languages are taught in China?
Do you thin that age is the most important factor of learning
English? Why?
What difficulties would a foreigner have when he learns your
native language?
What problems would Chinese people have when communicating with
foreigners?
When would be most suitable for children to learn English?
How will translation and interpretation develop in the
future?
". Describe different ways of getting news.
You should say:
Whether you get news every day
Whether the news is national or international
How you get news +via newspaper' "#' &nternet' radio or
other people?,
How do most Chinese people thin about the importance of getting
update news everyday?
Discussion:
Do you thin the information on the &nternet believable or
not?
What is the most effective way of getting news?
How do reporters gather information?
What do you thin of the importance of privacy?
How do -ournalists entertain their customers?
What role do media play in peoples life?
How do Chinese people gather information?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of different
media?
Do you thin it necessary to control the news coverage?
What ind of news do you thin should be controlled?
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*. Describe a skill you want to learn.
You should say:
What it is
Why you thin it is important
How you are going to learn it
What role it will play in you future life
Discussion:
What do you thin of the traditional sills?
What sill do you thin the university has provided for your
-ob?
What sills can you learn in school?
What ind of sills have your parents learned?
What do you thin of the role of family for children to learn
sills?
What is the most popular sill that people want to learn?
What ind of school would you send your children to? Why?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of school education
and family education?
