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Speaking SpottingThe plan is as follows:

- Summarize the topic to be as short as possible.- Then learn by heart.

Speaking Practice Questions and AnswersIntroduction

1. Hello. Could you show me your identification card please?Hello. Sure, here it is.2. Could you tell me your full name please?My full name is X. I am also called by my nick name Y.3. What shall I call you?

You could call me X.4. How are you?I am well thank you, and yourself?5. How old are you?I am 22 years old. In other words, I was born in 1980.On the eighth of March1980, to be exact.6a. Does your name have any special meaning?Yes, my name does have some special meaning. My family name means honestman, and my first name it does not have any special meaning really7a. Is your name important to you?No. I dont think it can do anything for me. I believe a person has to work out his

own life. As I believe we should not attach too much significance to our names.Names were important to the older generation as they of the opinion that it willdetermine your destiny ( ) to some extent. However, I personally believe that Imyself have determined my destiny irrespective of what my name is. In fact I didthis by acquiring good qualifications and by working hard.13a. What are the main crops in your region?In our region many crops are grown. For example one would find all kinds ofvegetables in the fields of this region. As well as Wheat, barely and corn.20. Describe your reading habits?I have well established reading habits. For example, I always enjoy reading theevenings. I usually read for one to two hours daily, I used to have breaks when I

continue reading for more time. I follow this habit from Sunday to Thursday, butover the weekends I take the whole day off to relax with my family or friends.28. Is your job important to you?Thats a broad question. Allow me to explain by shortly mentioning the followingpoints: Firstly, my current job is not important to me because Im working outsidemy country, in fact it lacks the feeling of serving my own community and country.Secondly, I personally dont get a lot of job satisfaction. What I mean to say isthat Im doing my job in a mechanical manner and never felt proud about doing it.


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31. Could you tell me something about your family?Certainly. We are a normal Sudanese family. It consists of my late father, mymother, 3 brothers 4 sisters and me. My grandparents passed away long timeago, so I did not have the privilege of knowing them. My father was eldest ofseven children, and my mother has many brothers and sisters, so I have a

number of uncles and aunts, and many cousins.67b. Do you often read the newspapers?No. Allow me to explain the reasons by shortly mentioning the following points:Firstly, I use the Internet these days if I want to know whats happening in regionand the world. For example, websites like CNN contain all the latest news onworld events. Secondly, I like to read about stories in depth, and this I cannot findin newspapers. For example, I often would like to know the history behind astory. On the Internet I can do some research right away, and so gain a broaderperspective on the subject at hand.


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Museums

- The greatest museum Ive ever visited was the MUSEUM OFISLAMIC ART in DOHA city, QATAR.

- The museum illustrates the diversity and creativity of Muslim culture.

- the Museum's permanent display will showcase more than 800works representing the full scope of Islamic art, includingmanuscripts, ceramics, metal, glass, ivory, textiles, wood andprecious stones.

- Objects in the collection represent cultures on three continents, ahuge geographical area reaching as far west as Cordoba and as fareast as Samarqand, and encompasses works from Spain, NorthAfrica, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Iran, India and Central Asia.

- The Museum of Islamic Arts main building entrance faade througha palm tree alley

- It had a large collection of Islamic art antiquities from manycenturies.

- Museum, institution dedicated to helping people understand andappreciate the natural world, the history of civilizations, and therecord of humanitys artistic, scientific, and technologicalachievements.

1. Describe a museum

1) How often do you visit the museum?

2) Which type of museum is popular in your country?

3) Why do you want to visit the museum?

Follow-up:

What do you think of the importance of museums in history?

How do you think of the heritage of a country?

Compare the museums nowadays and in the past


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- Museums collect objects of scientific, aesthetic, or historicalimportance; care for them; and study, interpret, and exhibit them forthe purposes of public education and the advancement of knowledge.

- There are museums in almost every major city in the world and in

many smaller communities as well.- Museums offer many benefits to their visitors, their communities,

and society as a whole.

- As educational institutions, they offer unparalleled ( )opportunities for self-directed learning and exploration by people ofdiverse ages, interests, backgrounds, and abilities.

- They are public gathering places where visitors can be entertained,inspired, and introduced to new ideas.

- Museums enrich local cultural life and make communities moreappealing places to live and to visit.

- For society as a whole, museums provide valuable intangible benefitsas sources of national, regional, and local identity.

- They have the singular capacity to reflect both continuity andchange, to preserve and protect cultural and natural heritage whilevividly illustrating the progression of the human imagination and thenatural world.

- Museums stem/emerge from the age-old human desires to preservecultural identity; gain social, political, and economic status; andpursue knowledge.

- The word museumfirst used in English in the 17th century.

Importance Of Historical Places

3. The important historic place

1) What is the place?

2) Where is it located?

3) Why do you think it is important?

Follow-up:

What do you think of the historic place in the future?

Will the government increase or decrease the safety guard?

What are the changes to the local people and economy?

What is the impact on the historic place by tourists?


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- As tourists when we visit any historical place, we just see it, purchase

some mementos, books, pictures, and are out of that place.

- Also for a historical tour, we spare minimum time or try to give very

short time.We don't pay attention that when that particular place

was built, how many workers, and what architecture the monument

has.

- No wonder, we are impressed by the work of art, culture, and craft of

the monument.

- Ok this is good, but if should we give some more time to visit and tryto collect some historical knowledge about the monument and share

it with our friends.

- We can write about our experiences of that place in our own words

and get published in a blog, newspaper or magazine as an article.

- We may suggest that the place is well maintained? All necessary

requirements for visitors are present there? If not then how can they

manage to plan their visit to that place. We may give our own idea

for this or may write comments in visitors book if they are available.

- If we do this with honesty, thenwe do our duty as a tourist, historical

lovers and good citizen. Also try to take photos of that place.

- When it comes to choose preserve or destroy the old historic

buildings, I believe that different people will hold different

perspective to this question.

- In my point of view, a city should preserve the old historic

buildings. Being a container of human activity, Building, obviously,is also a reservoir of human history and culture. To some extent,

preserving old historic building means respecting the previous

generations.


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- For example, if the buildings of Ancient Rome have not been

preserved till now, how can we know about Ancient Rome's history

precisely?

- preserving old historic building means respecting the previous

generations. Maybe some old buildings have negative effect on the

cityscape or its function, however, with the consideration of respect

previous people, we have no right to destroy or substitute them for

modern buildings.

- Finally, On the other hand, we have the responsibility of preservingthem to our next generations so that they could have the opportunity

to know about their predecessors tangibly ( ).

- In conclusion, the importance of maintaining the historic buildingsof a city could outweigh the value of replacing them with modern

buildings because of the reasons above.

- The governmentdesignates historic districts

- designated historic districts are listed on the official gazette.

- Historic districts allows rural areas to preserve their charactersthrough historic preservation programs.

- Using historic preservation programs as an economic developmenttool for local governments in rural areas has enabled some of those

areas to take advantage of their history and develop a tourism

market that in turn provides funds for maintaining an economic

stability that these areas would not have seen otherwise

- The newly built modernized districts should be set up in new zones

away from the ancient part of the city," Han said.

- Tourism and trade can be carried on in the old districts, while high-

tech industries and major modern project can be developed in thenew places.

- The local government can also decrease the population livingwithin the ancient city wall area

- government must draw more attention to the protection of heritage.
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- now the increasing awareness of the government and people will

reduce the amount of destruction of these areas

- The Pharaonic - Pharaohs

What is the important invention

before the age of computer?

6. What is the important invention before the age of computer?

1) What is the invention?

2) Why do you think it is very important?

3) What are the advantages and disadvantages of the invention?

Follow-up:

What is the significant impact of modern inventions on life?

Which skills do you want to study in the future?

Do you think its necessary to develop modern invention in the countryside?


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- Televisions, thats the easiest and fastest way of getting world news beforethe computer

- Making new inventions is not an impossible thing. Its because humansbrain always grow and develop.

- As we know in 20 century there are very much phenomenal inventions in

human life and of course it have changed the quality of human life itself.- Here are some example of inventions that very phenomenal and had

changed the quality of human life, check it out!!!

Cell Phone

- Cell Phone is a telecommunication tool which the function that same withconventional phone, but there are some differences such as the form of cell

phone is more small so we can bring it to anywhere, although the form ofconventional phone is more big than cell phone and of course we cannot to

bring it to anywhere.

- The function of cell phone is not only the basic function that ascommunication tool by voice as conventional phone, but by use cell phone wecan use it to communicate the other people by text called SMS or ShortMessaging Service. Short Messaging Service is one method of communicationthat using text as communicator, we just have to typing the message that wewant and send it to people who we want to communicate.

- As we know the invention that always grow as same as well cell phone thattoday the function of cell phone that has grew up so the function of cell

phone is not only as communication tool but also we can use cell phone asmultimedia tool, such as to playing music, listen radio, playing game,

browsing by internet or take picture by camera.

Describe the best gift you have received

19. Describe the best present you have received

1) Who sent it to you?

2) When did you receive it?

3) Detailed information about the present

Follow-up:

Do you think that present giving will play an important role in Chinese daily life? Why?

Do you think that the brand name is very important for sales?

In terms of the media, which do you think will play a main role in present giving,

television, newspaper or Internet?


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- Last year , my wife celebrated my birthday at home. She bought a

electronic

dictionary as birthday gift.

- like the electronic dictionary very much. It's slim and quite small.

- It fits into my pocket. I remember at that time, my wife said to me :"she

decided to immigrate to Canada with me. In future, we must study

very hard .

- And she hoped that the electronic dictionary could help me to improve my

English."

- On that day, I was very happy because my wife agreed to immigrate to

Canada finally. Also, with the help of the electronic dictionary , I made

such rapid progress that before long I began to write articles in English.

In China, when will people send the present?

- attend the party, such as Wedding Party, Birthday Party. During Spring

Festival, people give presents each other, including clothes, books, flowers

and foods.

Compare the gift which people have received 10 years ago to the

present

- that people now are receiving, what's the difference between them?

(try to compare the gift you received in your teenage with the gift

children received now)

- I think the gift was monotonic before. For example, I often received a

notebook as gift. But now, there are various gifts to choose from. Such as

flowers, wine, food, clothes etc.

- Just image the gift in the future children will receive.

In the future, I think more and more children will receive intellectual

gifts, such as electronic dictionary, notebook computer and so on.

Just image the gift in the future people will receive.


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- In the future, oh, in most case, people will give flowers each other. I think flowers will be

the most popular present.

important events

- Three events... and they are important because

- they were things that seriously affected the rest of my life.

- These three events were all "roads not taken" decisions, so they've shaped whoand where I am today.

* I turned down a graduate program in Georgia, and stayed where I was instead.

This led to marriage and the birth of my children. I have NO IDEA what I would

have done had I taken that opportunity; changes are very good that I wouldn't be a

writer, now, though, or if I was, it wouldn't be the same kind of writing- I wouldn't

have married my husband, had my kids, or become a technical writer.

* I had kids. No matter what else, if you have and raise kids, that changes the

course of your life forever. Initially, of course, once you become pregnant, youridentity changes to the rest of the world knows, and while that shifts and grows

and changes, you're still not that single individual any more, and you never will be

that again.

* A particular friendship led me away from a bad relationship in a bunch of ways (

): it gave me the confidence to realize that I was doing the right thing; it

11. Describe a happy event in your life?

1) When did it happen?

2) Where did it happen?

3) What was it?

Follow-up:

Tell me how you organize your study time?

What do you think is important in achieving happiness?

How do Chinese celebrate some happy events?

What do the camera and video play in celebrating?


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showed me that I didn't HAVE to always cling to the secure situation; it showed

me that I could be successful at something worthwhile ( ) that was allmy own. Without that friendship, I wouldn't be who, what, or where I am today.

Sometimes you know a decision is going to change your world, sometimes you

don't. Looking back, I knew the first two would change things before I did them.

The third? Totally unexpected, but I can see now that it is key to a big part of who

I am now.

Interesting question!

HAPPY EVENT IN YOUR LIFE

- I think its when my sisters from Australia went to visit us here, in the

Philippines.

We gather together, the whole family.

- It was the perfect day that once happened in my life being with my whole family

again after a long time.

I graduated at the head of my high school class.

11. Describe a happy event in your life?

1) When did it happen?

2) Where did it happen?

3) What was it?

Follow-up:

Tell me how you organize your study time?

What do you think is important in achieving happiness? How do Chinese celebrate some happy events?

What do the camera and video play in celebrating?
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It may not sound like a big deal to anyone else, but it was pretty amazing for me.

I worked very hard in school, but had to deal with many financial difficulties

before I ever got to that point.

Some people concluded that I would not pass because of being so busy and part-time student, but I proved them wrong.

There were a hundred different reasons why I shouldn't have done well in

university, but I did, and ended up passing the final exam and thereafter becoming

a lawyer.

Significant Event In My Life Essay

Life seems to take many twists and turns that somehow mesh into eachother to form a chaotic knot of happenings.

All of these occurrences are supposed to shape you into a wiser moreexperienced person.

Many people can even pin point the exact moment in their life which wasforever changed by a single event.

When that event happens it becomes an unforgettable memory for you andteaches you a lesson that becomes one of the basic guidelines in your life.

The event that forever changed me and was most significant to me was

when I decided what I planned on doing for the rest of my life; choosingmy major.

I knew exactly what I would plan on doing my freshman year of highschool, and that was working with kids who are less fortunate.

I didnt know what category that fit under, but thats because I didnt endup worrying about my major until the end of my junior year.

I began putting all the pieces together of what I love doing and I figured outmy career would be working as a Social Worker.

I chose Sociology as my major in college and never second guessed it. There are many reasons as to why I decided this will be my future, but the

main ones are my own passion, my teachers experiences, and the feelinganyone gets when they help someone they dont know just because theywant to, not because theyll get something out of it.

That, itself, is reward enough. It all started when I did my first volunteer project in my freshman year of

high school. It still gave me a sense of pride and accomplishment.


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At that point, I started thinking about my next step. Before that, I alwaysthought I would be the type to become a chemist because I was good atscience.

Shopping centers

During weekends my family and I often go shopping, and one of thesupermarkets we always go to is LULU supermarket in DOHA.

In LULU we can find everything we want. Specially, the prices are verycheap.

They are even cheaper than those of small markets or stores. Besides, most products there have good quality I like the way items of commodities are organized in LULU everything is

easy to find and attractively arranged, which makes me want to buy more. The good strategy of LULU is that it has 2 floors. The first floor has

clothes, electrical equipment and adornments ( ). The second floor has

foods, household appliances and all other items of necessities. Thuseveryone going to the second floor for their more needy items has to gothrough the first floor where they cant miss other items such as clothes,adornments, etc... and most of them will likely buy some items there.

LULU has sold a lot of commodities (SP.) this way and its cost is cheaperas a matter of course.

14. Describe one of the shopping centers you often go to

1) Where is the shopping center?

2) How often do you go to the center?

3) Why do you often go to it and its characteristics?

Follow-up:

Will smaller shops survive in the current business system?

What are the characteristics of shopping malls and smaller shops and their

difference?

What is the trend of future shopping centers?

Talk about Internet shopping


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To me LULU has a very good business model, which is helping it growvery quickly.

Besides its commodities a supermarket LULU also has its employees:salespersons, cashiers, etc. Give your observation on how they do their joband serve their customers.

I go shopping with my FAMILY at least 2 times a WEEK. I go shoppingwhenever i have money.

I dont think we are shopping addicted FURTHER I USED TO get things on sale or clearance. Im kind of comfortable shopping in LULU because of their great services

and great stuffs.

Holiday

Outline:

1. Describe the country you went and the places of interest you visited.

2. Describe how you got to know more about the life of the people there.

3. Describe how you felt when you had to leave the place.

- Last year, my family and I spent one whole week in Sri Lanka which was onceknown as The Paradise of the East. It turned out to be the best holiday we had

ever had.

- Our flight on Singapore Airlines was uneventful. The stewardess ( )

managed to distract us with food, duty-free goods and their pretty smiles.

20. Describe your holidays

1) Where do you go for the holidays and how long do them last?

2) Who do you go with?

3) Talk about any interesting thins happening during your holidays

Follow-up:

What do the Chinese people mostly do in their leisure time?

What's the difference between holidays today and 5 years ago and the reasons

for the change?

Do you think people will spend more time on leisure or working in the future?


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- As we approached Sri Lanka, I was enchanted ( ) by what I saw of the

awesome mountains and thousands of coconut trees.

- The journey to the hotel in Colombo was interesting though humpy ( ) .

- The driver had to contend ( ) not only with the other vehicles but also

with the unpredictable dogs, cats, cows and pedestrians.

- We toured various places of historical and cultural interest.

- ., fascinated me the most.

- The south-western coast of the island is lined with beautiful, white, sun-

soaked beaches.

- The sea was a deep sapphire ( ) color, sparkling ( ) under the sun onthe day of our visit.

- There were few tourists around and so the beaches were practically

deserted.

- Most people on the island speak English well.

- From them, we had an insight ( ) of the lives of the local people.

- I made friends with a teenaged boy called Siri who took me to his village.There, he introduced me to his large family and we played their local

games.

- Form dinner, I was served rice and vegetables grown on their own plot of

land.

- it was much more delicious than the hotel food we had been served.

- The week passed b too quickly.

- I was sorry to leave the island which had lived up to its name: TheParadise of the East.

24a. Do you have a degree? If so, when and where did you graduate?Yes. I have a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering. I graduated in 2001from xxx University . It is the largest university in my country and has about


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twenty thousand students.

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