【新编大学英语4】话题讨论汇总

2021年1月24日发(作者：英语翻译专业)

Unit1-1


T
alk about the power of humor and share the humorous story or typical joke with your classmates.
A:Hello,do you like cross talk?
C:Yes,I like it very much.I love it because of its humor
.
B,D:Yes,so do we.
A:Then do you know the power of humor?Can you talk about it?
B: is very important in our dailly life,a humor person is always welcome, wherever he is.
C:Yes,he is you know Mark twain? A humorous writer who is famous for his humorous writing style.
D:I know him, I'm his you know, I don't like reading books, but he is the only writer i like.I love him for
his humor
.
A:Well,I does anyone want to share his humorous stories with us?
B:OK.I want to be the first , arabbit was watching TV
,suddenly someone knocked at the door
.Then
he opened the door
,but nobody was found.
a snail.
.Year by year
,after about 3 years the
rabbit was just watching TV
, someone koncked at the door rabbit opened the door
,and it was
snail again,he said:
C:Haha,a very good let me say one. One day

I was looking jinyong's story-
《
the semi-gods and
semi- devils
》
.But the teacher knew then,and he expropriated it, shouting:

D:Heihei,it's it's humorous,can I say next time?
A:OK,then we are looking forword to the next discussion in the class.

Unit1-2


What is your favorite film and why do you like it so much?

A: Hello guys. What
’
s your favorite films?
B: Since I heard the voice
“
You jump, I jump
”
in the film Titanic, I know that I just couldn
’
t forget it any more. I firmly insist Titanic!
C:
What a coincidence! Every time I heard the theme song my heart will go on, I just cant help humming with it.

D:
This
film
is
worthy
of the name classic. It vividly showed
the scaring
catastrophe, sincere love
,
and
the
kindness and
badness of humanity when the chance of living is limited.

A: Titanic is a great film. But my favorite film is
Three Idiots. It was shoot by
India. It’
s very funny and the film(
寓意
) of the film is
also very educated. That
’
s the reason why I like it so much.

B
：
It
’
s a story about three idiots. But I think it may be better to say it
’
s a profound think about national education system and creative
ability.
C: For me, my favorite film is
The pursuit of happiness. It’s a encouragement. And every time I lose my power in the world too
often cold and unresponsive, I would live over this film and become lifted.


D: I think every one have his or her own favorite film for different reasons.

A: But it seems that these great films still have some common
characteristics.

B: They all about the goodness of human hearts.
C :And they can all make us feel more wishful about the world in some way.
D: That
’
s just the beauty of the film.

Unit2-1










Is Letter Writing Better Than Calling
A: Nowadays with the development of technology, more and more people use the mobile phone to connect with
others. And letter writing is not as popular as before.
B: I think the change is normal. Calling is much more convenient. We can connect with others at any time.
C: I feel the same way. Letter writing not only takes more time but also the speed of information transmission
is much lower
.


D: I want to agree with you, but I can’t. The drawback with phone calls is that they won’t last
long. On the
contrary, our words can be read over and over again.
A: Yeah, I’m on your
side. One of my most treasured things is a rag-eared letter
, which reserved from my mother
three years ago. Every time I read it, the up- lifting words make me feel confident.
D: I think that is the power of words. The letter makes you experience the power as many times as you like, but
calling can’t.


B: But phone calls also have its advantages. Image you are in an emergency and you want to connect with
parent immediately, which will be the first choice, letter writing or calling?

C: There is no doubt that we will choice calling because its speed is much faster than letter writing.
A: So both of them have strong points and weak points.
We can’t judge which is better without taking the
specific situation into consideration.
B: What I want to say is what you said just now. And the difference between letter writing and calling is just a
matter of record.

C: I can’t agree more. Letter writing is something you can reread many times, savored and treasured. And
calling is very convenient and fast-delivered.
D:
And we can’t abandon the
traditional habit of letter writing just because it may take more time.

ABC: Of cause not.

Unit 2-2







Talk about the most dangerous sentence (words) and the most powerful sentence (words).Why?

A.

Hello, guys. Last night, when I was reading a magazine,
I found a topic about the most powerful sentences and the dangerous
sentences. Do you know anything of them?
B.

C.

D.

Yes. As we all know, such sentences like
”
Good luck
”
,
“
Come on
”
,
“
Well done
”
and the like are very inspiring.
And like
“
I am shamed on you
”
,
“
You are stupid
”
,
“
How come you are so dull
”
, are always heard depressing.
Yes,
once
upon
a time,
I
unknowingly
said
,”

You
are
piggy
”

to
one
of
my
friends.
She
was
very
unhappy.
You
know
I
just
was
unconsciously, and it just was a joke. How come she took it seriously.
E.

It was a great pity. Maybe she was meeting something disturbing. In many times, the sentence,
”
You are piggy
”
can be understood
as
“
You are cute
”
, isn
’
t it?
A.

Yeah. In my opinion, many sentences mean different in different situations and the same sentence means different to different
people. For example, if someone said to me,
”
Sophia, you are excellent for you have a beautiful mouth of oral English
”
after I
succeeded in the English competition. I would feel very happy. But if someone says these sentences to a person whose oral English
is poor, he will hurt him deeply.
B.

I
can
’
t
agree
more.
And
I
believe
that
there
are
always
some
moving
or
sorrow
stories
behind
those
powerful
or
dangerous
sentences.
C.

I once touched on one sentence,
“
Let me hold you
”
. Do you know why? At that time, I was badly hurt in my leg. And I hardly could
move. So his words make me warm in my heart.
D.

Yeah. In general, the powerful sentences would make one feel good, at least, we couldn
’
t be hurt by them. By contrast, we should
be careful, when we want to say something dangerous words.
E.

In other words, we should be sensible in dealing with different situations. When we try to encourage someone, we must consider
their feelings. When we are on an active, noisy occasion, we can talk various jokes.
Unit 3-1





How to avoid gender bias in the classroom?
A: Gender bias persists in many elementary school classroom. Boys used to be teachers’ pets, whatever the
boys do, the teacher will forgive them.
B: Yes, I think it’s unfair to girls, when it comes to girls, they’re often met with dissatisfaction and punishment.

C: You’re really considerate. I think girls should be more confident when dealing with daily affairs.