英语口语考试常用对话

2020年12月4日发(作者：谭水明)
1.
A: Now, today we will talk about friendship. what do you think about friendship
B: Everyone needs friendship. No one can sail the ocean of life single handed. We need
help from, and also give help to, others.
A: Yes, i agree with you. In the modern age, people attach more importance to relations
and connections. A man of charisma has many friends. His power lies in his ability to give.
B: The term, friend, covers a wide range of raeanings. It can be a nodding acquaintance, a
comrade, a confident, a partner, a playmate, a brother, an intimate etc.
A: As life is full of strife and conflict, we need friends to support and help as out of
difficulties. Our frinods give us warnings against danger. True friends share not only joy
but, more often than not, they share sorrow.
B: With friendship, life is happy and harmonious. Without friendship, life is hostile and
unfortunate. I have friends in the rank and file. Some are rich and in power. Some are low
and common. Some are like myself, working as a teacher, reading and writing and content
with the simple life we have.
A: To many of my friends, I know what to treasure, what to tolerate and what to share, I will
never forget my old friends and keep making new friends. I will not he cold and indifferent
to the poor friends and will show concern for them, even if it is only a comforting word.
2.
A:Do you have any idea about the proverb “When in Rome,do as the Romes do”
B:There is no denying that we should do as the Romans do when in Rome. This is an
accumulated experience we inherit from our forefathers, and now it is still widely applied
to our daily life. The old saying tells us vividly that wherever we are, we should do
everything according to local customs.
A:You are right!The proverb has profound impact on our interactions with people from
other you

have some experience about it
B:

Last year, my neighbor, Xiao Wang and I went to the U.S. to travel. One day we were
lost and it seemed we would never find our way back to our hotel. Suddenly an elderly
lady came near us. Excited and trying to be polite, Xiao Wang approached her and asked,

lady stare at him in surprise, because age is a taboo in Western cultures. Seeing the
embarrassment, I asked,
happily told us the way to our hotel.
A:A lesson that can be drawn from the above example is obvious. Whether we know the
local customs will play a crucial role in our relationship with others. More importantly,
doing everything as the locals do will help us make more friends and avoid troubles.
3
.A:How do you prefer to celebrate your birthday
B:I usually like to spend the actual day with my family and then have a separate time
to go out on the town with my friends. What are your traditions
A:I also like to break the day up and spend part of it with just my family and then the
other part of it with my friends. I like to usually keep the celebrations small, because it
can be a bit overwhelming to do a huge birthday blow out. I think it's fun to do
something with all of the people the bring you the most joy in your life, like have a
BBQ or go wine tasting or something easy like that.
B:Sometimes I try to spend my birthday with everyone that is available in my family.
Although it's gotten more difficult as everyone has grown, gotten busy or moved. My
last birthday just a few months ago I traveled to my mother's home and met my sister
there. The three of us went out for a great dinner then we came home and had a few
drinks and talked about days past.
A:Sounds great!Next time I will try it!
4.
A:Do you have to give oral presentations to your classmates and teachers
sometime
B:Rarely.I am a taciturn person.I am scary about talking before others,although I also
know it benefits a lot.
A:Well,do you think what the purpose of an oral presentation is
B:The main purpose of an oral presentation is to present subject content in an
organized, concise and effective manner to a live audience. When delivering an oral
presentation, certain challenges require ingenious techniques to engage into an
impromptu interaction with the audience members. Planning, writing and completing
are three key elements in any oral presentation process.
A:You get the point!Why can’t you try your hard to give oral presentations to your
classmates and teachers more frequently
B:OK.I will try.
5.
A
:
It seems that my memory has been decreased you can see,I didn
’
t
pass my history you have any suggestions
B:You ought to improve your memory.I have some tips for
,to use
association effectively, you can create an image in your mind to help you remember a
word or an image. Second,use association to remember numbers. Let's say you keep
forgetting your student ID every time you need to use it again. Third,use chunking.
Chunking is a way of grouping things together to help you memorize them. Random lists
of things can be especially difficult to remember. To make it easier, try categorizing the
individual things from the list
A:Your advice is very as far as I’m concerned,maybe it's a sleep problem...
It's amazing how poor sleep can hurt our memory. If you have trouble sleeping at night or
simply are not getting enough hours of sleep, it could be causing your memory problems.
B:Maybe you are right!You usually stay up late.
6.
A: Do you think money can bring happiness
B:Yes, I think money CAN make you happy. It's the enabler to a better lifestyle. Even
as regards to health, I'd rather be rich and ill than poor and ill.
A:I agree your idea can help especially if you haven't got any. It can make
things easy and buy pleasures but it cannot buy you can't buy
happiness. It's solely depends upon our preceptive and attitude towads d I
say IS THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL EVILthat happen all arounds
don't make Make money your GOD!
B:Your claim appears you cann’t deny that Money is the part of Happy
life. you see, lots of people are suffering and scarifying for money. But i won't say
money is the HAPPY. but after we have enough money we can achieve half Happy.
Desire only what you can achieve, don't be envy on others ability and achievements.
always look to poor people's life – you'll be happy.
A:You are all right.
7.
A:
It is said that there are about half of people in China are
young boys and girls have the habit of smoking, though they are middle school
you know how harmful is smoking to smokers
B:As we all know, smoking does great harm to human beings. More and more
people have come to realize how serious this problem is. But they are never
bored with it. Some people think it is a kind of fashion, some think it is of great
fun and others think that smoking can refresh themselves.
A:You look at only one side of the coin. Smoking causes many illnesses. A lot of
people always cough because of smoking. The most serious illness caused by
smoking is lung cancer. Meanwhile smoking is a waste of money. Besides,
careless smokers may cause dangerous fires.
B:Thus, in order to keep healthy, we should get rid of the bad habit of smoking.