商会B11期末口语话题

第一篇：商会B11期末口语话题

11级2011-2012(2)B班口语话题

Q1.The attitudes toward time in different cultures

In the current competitive society, time is money.It is a precious resource and many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime.1)Why do many people cherish time?

2)What is considered to be a waste of time?

3)As a college student, how do you make full use of time in your study?

Q2.Pros and cons of mixed marriages

People often harbor reservations about a mixed marriage because racial and cultural differences may complicate the marriage life.However, still many people have harmonious and happy marriages across nations.1)Would you mind marrying a person from a different culture or nation? Why or why not?

2)How to deal with the cultural difference in mixed marriage?

3)What factors do you think may lead to the failure in one’s marriage?

Q3.Spoiling children

In most of the families in China, there is only one child.Parents tend to pour all their love, energy and money to their children.As a result, a lot of children have been spoiled.1)What do you think are the reasons why so many parents spoil their children?

2)What are the bad effects of spoiling children?

3)How can the parents stop spoiling children?

Q4.What’s in a name?

The name is a signal used to identify and describe people.Names often suggest or convey parents’ expectations and dreams to their children.1)Do you think one’s name is important? Please give your reasons.2)What factors may the parents consider when giving a name to a baby?

3)Do you agree to change your name if you don’t like it? Why?

Q5.What if I could live again!(新时代unit2)

Life is valuable and everybody should treasure it.If one has made a mistake and is regretful for it, he or she will desire to live twice to make up for his or her errors.1)Have you ever done something wrong so that you wish you could live again?

2)What is the most important event in your life so far?

3)Which period of your life so far do you want to skip over?

Q6.Seeing a doctor(新时代unit4)

People wish to be healthy and enjoy their life, but sometimes he or she will get sick.How to cure illness and keep fit is people’s concern.1)How to live a healthy life?

2)What is your physical condition now and how do you keep it?

3)If you are not feeling well, are you afraid of seeing a doctor?

Q7.Shopping experience(新时代unit7)

Healthy living begins with healthy eating, and healthy eating begins with healthy shopping.1)Where do you prefer to shop, in department stores, supermarkets or small shops? Why?

2)Have you ever tried on-line shopping? What do you think of on-line shopping?

3)If you have bought something you don’t like or something that doesn’t work, what will you do with it?

Q.Work experience(新时代unit13)

Work experience is one of the essential factors most of the companies have to concern in hiring.Yet quite a lot of the college students do not have the required experience when graduating.1)Do you have any work experience?

2)Do you think work experience is always more important than knowledge and skills?

3)As college students, how can we gain work experience?

第二篇：期末口语话题

口语话题

1.Suppose you are going to spend your summer vacation.Say something about your plans.And in what way summer vacations benefit you?

(Tips: traveling / taking a summer job/ taking summer courses /working as a volunteer…)

2.Mobile phones are popular with college students and even teenagers.Do you think it’s a good thing?(Why or why not?)

3.How to cope with the stress you may experience while studying at college or university?

(Tips: academic pressure /financial pressure/job-hunting pressure/emotional pressure)

4.A saying in China goes like this: “It would be fatal for a man to go into the wrong profession or trade, and equally dangerous for a woman to marry the wrong man.” What do you think of the above saying?

5.Do you love traveling? What places of interest have you ever been to? Please share your traveling experiences with me and tell me what you learn from it?

6.Whether senior people should be sent to nursery house？

7.What is your favorite holiday? And why?(Tips: Spring Festival, Thanksgiving Day, Easter Day, Christmas, etc.)

8.What subject do you like best? What makes you like it: your personal interests, the teacher, the practical applications of the course in future, etc.?

9.Which do you think is more important for university students, practical skills or theoretical knowledge? Give your reasons.10.You find your best friend is smoking, and you want to stop him /her, so you talk with him /her about the harm of smoking and try to persuade him /her to quit smoking.11.If you were to graduate from college and were to make a very important decision in your life, what job appeals to you most? And why?

12.Please talk about surfing the Net with respect to the advantages and disadvantages.(Tips: useful information / harmful information;communication via the Internet / junk email, computer viruses;e-learning / overindulging in computer games;e-shopping / computer crime…)

13.How to make a good impression in a job interview?

14.What’s your own way of spending two-day weekend? Anything special? You are welcome to name some advisable choices for our weekend.15.Despite the high divorce rate in modern society, there are, indeed, a lot of examples of successful marriage, including some celebrities.So what are the secrets of a successful marriage? Please tell me some good ways to improve a marriage.16.Do you believe in love at first sight? What’s your definition of “true love”?

17.Which do you think is more important, environmental protection or economic development?(Please explain.)

18.Green food is now becoming more and more popular.Do you know why? And can you say something about the changes in people’s diet nowadays?

19.Finding a job, further study or going abroad, which will you choose and how do you prepare to achieve the goal?

20.There still exists sexual discrimination against the female in job market in China.What’s your opinion on it?

第三篇：09级第三学期B班期末口语话题

B班期末口语话题

1.Step up to better health

Exercise is important for both the body and the mind.However, many people do not realize the importance of exercise and live a passive life, which generates many negative effects physically and mentally.1.What are the benefits of exercise on people’s health?

2.Do you have any exercise problems? What’s your exercise program?

3.How to live a healthy life?

2.Ways to win

All roads lead to Rome.It means that there are many different ways to achieve the same goal.Ideas about success are relative to culture and vary depending upon where we are, what we teach and how we teach it.The demands of an ever-changing world require that we constantly evaluate our education system and experiment with creative ways of educating for success.1.What’s moral(quality)education? Is it applicable in present China?

2.Do you think going to college is the best way to win success? Why?

3.By the teacher’s standard, how can we be good students?

3.Symbols of America

A symbol is the sign or mark that is looked upon as representing something.The symbols describe and exemplify the qualities of one’s culture and people and the values people share.1.What are the symbols of American culture?

2.What does a nation value as her symbols?

3.In your opinion, what can be regarded as symbols of China?

4.Death’s lessons for life

Life is valuable for people, and almost everyone is in fear of death.But the brave and mature people are prepared to die because they have understood the meaning of life.1.What is the meaning of life in your understanding?

2.In what cases will a life-death decision be in need? Please list some typical examples.3.How to face difficulties in your life?

5.Defending ourselves against disasters

Depending on its climate and geological environment, each country is stricken by this or that natural disasters.What’s more, humans are using up the natural resources and disturbing the balance of nature.We need solutions to our ecological problems

in the present and in the future as well as make preparation for defending disasters.1.What are the natural disasters the human beings are confronted with?

2.How should we prepare for earthquakes?

3.What destruction do natural disasters cause? Please choose a specific disaster to illustrate its destructive force.6.Greatness

Do you want to make your mark in the world? Who is your role model? Is your role model Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandi, or Bill Gates? How about you? Will your career path make a difference in the world?

1.What is your dream, and how to realize it?

2.How to interpret “greatness”?

3.Do you want to be an ordinary person or achieve fame in the world?

7.Premarital agreements

The move toward equality for women and their increasing economic power as well as the need for both parents to work to support the family are all factors leading to trends like premarital agreements, unmarried mothers, smaller households and higher divorce rates.All the changes bring about new

thinking on social policy.1.Have you ever heard of premarital agreements? What do you think they are for?

2.Would you ask for a premarital agreement before your marriage? Why or why not?

3.Do you think premarital agreements will take the romance out of marriage?

8.Offering some advice

People often meet some difficulties and hesitate to make decisions.Offering some advice to others may help them overcome their problems and take them out of troubles.1.When your friends come across some troubles, are you willing to offer some advice for them or just let them deal with problems by themselves?

2.Do you think the advice from others sometimes may hinder a person’s decision?

3.If your advice is turned down by others, do you feel embarrassed or persuade others to accept your advice?

第四篇：期末口语考试话题

期末口语考试话题

１．The awareness of time

In the current competitive society, time is money.Time is treated as if it were something almost real.We budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it;we also charge of it.It is a precious resource and many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime.1.Why do many people cherish time?

2.What is considered to be a waste of time?

3.How to make full use of time in our study?

２．Environmental protection

In most part of the world, people don’t have consciousness about protection of the environment.They are interested in developing the economy at the sacrifice of the natural world.Consequently, the world is badly damaged and man is faced with many natural disasters.It is high time that people take measures to protect the environment.1.Why are most countries not concerned about environmental awareness?

2.What are the main causes of pollution?

3.What measures can we take to protect our environment?

３．Pros and cons of mixed marriages

People often harbor reservations about a mixed marriage because racial and cultural differences may complicate the marriage life.However, still many people have harmonious and happy marriages across nations.1.Would you mind marrying a person from a different culture or nation? Why or why not?

2.How to deal with the cultural difference in the interracial marriage?

3.What factors do you think may lead to the failure in one’s marriage?

４．Spoiling children

In most of the families, there is the only child.Parents pour all their love, energy and money to their children and try their best to satisfy their children’s needs.As a result, too much love is converted into spoiling, and spoiling children has become a serious social problem.1.Why do parents spoil their children? Please analyze reasons.2.What are the negative influences of the spoiled children on the society?

3.How to stop spoiling children for parents’ part?

５．What’s in a name?

The name is a signal that distinguishes a person from another.However, names have not merely identified people but also described them.Names often suggest or convey parents’ expectatons and dreams to their children.1.What’s in your name?

2.Do you think a person’s name is important? Why or why not?

3.How many factors should parents consider when giving a name to a baby?

６．Relax or overwork

Life is more demanding today than it ever has been.There are greater pressures at work, and people often feel very tired.Relax and paly are the useful ways to outlet one’s negative emotions.How to achieve a balance between life and work is a lesson we must learn.1.What causes stress?

2.How to lighten stress?

3.How to achieve a balance between life and work?

７．Success in life

Everybody yearns for personal success in this society.But the cruel truth is that not everyone can be successful.The road to success is full of thorns, and only those who have a stong will and stick to their goal can ultimately arrive at their destination.1.What are the factors contributing to success in one’s life?

2.What is your attitude toward failure?

3.Have you ever given up on something that you wish you had stuck to? What was it?

８．What if I could live again!

Life is so valuable that almost everyone wants to live again.If one has made some mistakes and is regretful for something, he or she will desire to live twice to mend his or her errors;if one lives very happily, he or she still will yearn for living again.1.What was the most important event in your life?

2.What was your worst memory?

3.What was the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to you?

９．Illness and remedies

People wish to be healthy to enjoy their work and life, but to be a human, it is determined to get sick sometimes.How to cure illness and maintain fit are people’s major concern in their life.1.What kind of diet do you often keep?

2.How to live a healthy life?

3.What physical problems do you have and how to cope with them?

１０．Accepting and declining invitations

People live in a society, and communication among them is very essential.We often participate in many social activities and make acquaintances and friends.1.What is your definiton of “friends”?

2.If you don’t want to attend a party that your friend invites you to, what will you do?

3.What do you think of interpersonal relationship in people’s life?

１１．Asking for and giving advice

Peolple often come across difficulties and harsh problems in their work and life.At that time, they often cannot make decisions by themslves and always resort to others for advice.As friends, people usually offer advice and suggestion to help their friends overcome their difficulties.1.If you come across problems, who is the first perosn you want to ask for advice?

2.If the advie your friend has provided doesn’t seem good to you, how to turn down his or her advice without hurting his or her feeling?

3.Do you think the advice from others sometimes may hinder a person’s decision?

１2．Compare two ways of living

People often have different ways of living.For example, some concentrate on work, while others play crazily as if it is the last moment of life.The way of living reflects a person’s attitude towards life.1.Living in the city or living in the country, which one do you prefer?

2.Discuss the relative advantages and disadvantages of living in the city or the country?

3.As a student, living in the college dorm on campus or renting an apartment outside the campus, which one do you prefer?

第五篇：期末口语复习题(话题表达)专题

听力口语考试注意事项：

1、调试好麦克，确保听得清楚，录音音量适中清晰。

2、根据回答问题的时间条的移动 回答问题，抢在时间条开始移动之前回答的内容是录不上的。最好取时间条的中前段。

3、相邻两个同学的试题是不同的，所以不要寄希望于看旁边同学的答案。一定要专注于自己的答题。

4、第一大题“听问句冰作简短回答”注意要认真听懂，只有一次机会；回答时要注意语法，做简短回答，说多了容易扣分。

5、第二大题 ：“朗读”又提前联系时间，不要着急，注意慢读，语调高一点，声音必须清晰！注意冠词the 的发音。

6、第三大题：话题口头作文。这是大家最害怕的一道题，如果回答不好，有可能影响后面听力考试的心情。所以要做充分准备。注意脑子里要有打算要说的内容，要有条理； 开头点题，结尾点题。成绩好的学生注意充分表达，但不要说过多，基本上时间条的一半就够了，千万不要显示卖弄自己水平高，引老师反感。英语是弱项的同学，理清思路，说几句扣题就可以，通过开头和结尾点题增加得分。另外，如果话题作文先提出问题，一定要先做正面回答Yes 或No.7、第四大题：听对话选答案，听两遍，这个问题不大。

8、排序在根据短文选答案。在朗读要求的时候一定先读五个句子，猜测文章意思，如果有时间阅读后面的五个问题及选项。排序5分是最关键的，容易出大错，要冷静。

一下是口头话题表达的建议及这次考试要考察的十个话题：

根据自己能力适当增减。但是英语成绩较弱的同学一定要多背几句，做好准备。据不完全可靠消息本次考试考从这十个话题中抽取。话题一：More and more students are too fat.What should they do? Give at least two reasons.It is important for us to have a healthy body.But more and more students are too fat.I think they should eat less junk food and eat more fruits and vegetables.And they should drink more water.Drinking too many sodas like cola is bad for their health.They should exercise, too.It can help them grow healthily.So it’s a good idea to start exercising before it’s too late.话题二：Do you like to volunteer to help others? What volunteer work can you do?(Give me two examples.)Yes, I do.（首先回答问题，不可缺少，否则扣一分）

I can do a lot of things to help others.For example, I can go to old people’s homes to perform interesting plays for them.Visiting primary schools to help teach young students is a good way of doing volunteer work, too.（常做的两个志愿工作）By doing these things, I can help others and I can also improve myself.I think I can also volunteer at a newspaper office or ahospital.As a teenager, I won’t waste my weekend any more.I think the more I do, the more beautiful our world will be.（受益）

话题三：Do you often help your parents do chores? Why or why not?(Give at least two reasons)Yes, I often help my parents do chores.（先回答问题，否则扣一分）First ,I think it’s my duty to do some chores.I often do the dishes after supper.I make the bed and wash my socks every day.Sometimes, I sweep the floor and water the plants.（列举你所做的家务）

I think they are very interesting things to do.Second,doing chores can make my parents happy and I can also learn a lot from it.（谈谈你的收获）

话题四：What do you usually do after school? Why do you do that?(give at least two reasons)I usually play basketball after school.（点明主题）

I like doing sports, and especially love playing basketball.I usually play basketball with my best friends.Playing basketball can help me keep fit.It makes me stronger.When I play basketball I feel relaxed.（理由1）I can also make friends with more people in playing it（理由2）.More importantly, I can learn how to do team work.（理由3）

So I usually play basketball after school.(回扣题目)

话题五：Talk about an important event you can remember.（这个题目不要死记硬背，建议大家讲述自己的一次旅行的见到的景，见到的人，所吃的美食，及心理的感受，也就是我们平时所练习的作文）答案仅供参考：

An important event that I remember well is the earthquake in Ya’an, Sichuan on the morning of April 20, 2013.I learned this news from TV when having dinner with my family.We were completely shocked.During this earthquake, thousands of people lost their lives.Some people gave away clothes or money to the people in the disaster area, and others volunteered to help them in Sichuan.Although the earthquake broke many things apart and a lot of people died in this disaster, it brought all Chinese people closer together.话题六：What story do you like? Why do you like this story?(At least two reasons)I like Journey to the West.It’s a historic Chinese novel that is considered as one of the four classics from the Ming Dynasty.The most famous character in this novel, Sun Wukong is a naughty monkey.He is a symbol of hope and justice.(简介这个故事)Besides the unusual experiences, we can still learn something from this story.We should be brave and confident, no matter how many difficulties we meet.And if we try our best to solve the problems, we will be successful.That’s why I like this story.（你的收获）

话题七：Do you think we should protect wild animals? Why?(At least two reasons.)Yes, I think we should protect wild animals.Here are some reasons.（必须先回答问题）

First, wild animals are in great danger.With the development of cities, wild animals' living area has become smaller and smaller.People also killed a lot of animals for money, which makes the number of wild animals become smaller and smaller.So protecting wild animals is necessary.Second, wild animals are our friends.We human beings could not live without all the plants and wild animals around us.We should try our best to protect wild animals to keep the balance of nature.So we should protect wild animals.话题八：Do you like music ?why or why not ?(two reasons)Yes, I like music very much.First, we are tired at school.We have so much pressure.And we need to relax.When I am tired, I often listen to music.It makes me feel comfortable.Second, music can make us happy and excited.When I’m sad, I often listen to music.It can cheer me up.So I like music very much.话题九：Say something about a place you have traveled to.(如果处理好了第五个话题，可以同样适用于这一话题)I have been to Beijing.It is the capital of our country.It is very big and great.It has a long history.I have visited The Great Wall.It is long and I love it, but there are too many people.I have been to the Palace Museum too.There are many beautiful treasures.I also like Beijing duck.I love Beijing.话题十：Talk about your favorite thing from childhood My favorite thing from childhood is a toy bear.I have had it since I was a baby.(怎么得到的)It is very nice and lovely.It is brown.It has two big ears, two small eyes and a small mouth.（什么样子）

It has special meaning for me because my grandfather gave it to me.When I see it, I will think of my grandfather.He loved me very much.I always go to sleep with it.It is my best friend.（对于我的意义）