英语口语话题与范例

1.A person I love

The person I love is my mother. She is kind and caring. The

mother

’

s love

is warmand great.

She gave birth to meand brought

me up. She is always standing behind me in all that I do.

I grew up lean

on my mother,

she is my first

how to read, how to write,

teacher, she taught

how to get along with

other people, how to be a positive and honest person.

She does everything she can to

anything in return. Mother is a

make me happy and never asks for

best friend as well. When we

stay together,

we just like

my sister. If

I have some problems,

I

’

ll ask her for help. And she will give me many advices. She is

always there to encourage me to do the things I want to do. She

is a good listener. She taught me the meaning of love. She

will comfort

when I

’

m sad, love me when I

’

m mad, pick me up when

I

’

m down, encourage me when I need a shove.

differences between motherly love and fatherly love

if there are any?

According to my personal experiences, mother loves the newborn infant.

Both their love are unconditional and unselfish. But I can feel motherly

love is direct, she may talk about some

trifle again and again. Most is about the weather the food. And she

always nag at me. In the mother's eyes, we are always is

a group of children. Let us feel warm

Fatherly love is deep but indirect. Father may not good at

showing their loves or cares. They are annoyed, angry and

disappointed because they are too worried about our life and

future. Let us feel safe, at ease. I think it maybe

because female are perceptual while male are rational.

do you think makes a good heart?

To be kind thoughtful forgiving caring and generous honest

Control one

’

s temper esay to get get along with other and be a

good listener

Keep a calm attitude

A person with a good heart should be able to treat others equally no

matter what she or he is, how she or he looks or what they

are doing. And always be brave to face the difficult in

life and love life.

different attitudes of people towards disabled people.

what

’

s your attitude?

Somepeople look down upon disabled people, thinking they bring

many troubles.

Some people they are poor, felt much sympathy for them

The social attitudes towards disabled people are often too

protection,

protection.

thinking

they

are

granted

unconditionally

My attitude

is that

we can

’

t look

down upon disabled

people, just treat them with the attitude towards ordinary

people.

we also

need to

fight for

our right

when conflict with

them. We must face the problem

are the benefits of keeping pets?

troubles? P23

And what are the

Good: in

your lonely

time it

will

accompany you. It will

always

be with you. It will always stay by your side (except dead).

It is a good listener.

bad: if pets are not often bathed, they may become dirty and

smelled. Pets can be infected easily. Pets

’

mess is another

trouble. Sometimes it is too noisy to keep a dog.

a

short

summary of

the

article

Speaking Different

Languages

. P45

Man and womenlanguages had the samewords but different

depending

on the

way they

meaning

were

used.

Womanwould

tend to

exaggerate

the factors

and menreact

in an unsupportive

manner,

because they mistakenly take these expressions literally. It

is important to rethink or translate what people have heard.

as many differences as you can between men and women.

Give some examples.

Man and womenseldom mean the

same thing

even when they

use the

same words.

Gender difference(

性别差异

)

Man and womenlanguages had the samewords but different

depending on the way they were used. There expressions were

similar,

but they

meaning

had different

connotations(

含

义

)

or

emotional emphasis.

Example:

“

I feel

like

you never listen.

is just a way of expressing the frustration.

”

Using the

word

“

never

”

Womanwould tend

to

exaggerate

the

factor,

these expressions

literally,

men mistakenly

take

manner.

and

react

in

an unsupportive

conveying only

Men use speech as a means of

information.

facts

Example: woman:

“

we never go out.

last week.

”

”

Men respond

”

we went out

are the causes of misunderstandings

communication? Give some examples.

Reasons: pronunciation

Cultural difference

in

human

Character(outgoing introvert)

Gender difference

性格差异

Emotion (nervous excited)

Communication Skill (gesture)

Situation1

英国人对家人 的帮忙会说谢谢；而中国人认为帮助家里人是一种义

务，所以无需言谢。

Interactions: help between family members

Conventions: politeness

Chinese Conventions:

one's

own obligation,

no need to

thank

or

be thanked

British and American Conventions: Expect polite expressions

like 'please', 'thank you', etc.

Situation2

外国人觉得中国人对待他们是十分友好的，

但是有时候会问出一些令

他们感到尴尬的问题，比如问他们的年龄和工资。

Interactions:

conversation between people meeting for the first time

Conventions:

conversational

directness

Chinese Conventions: ManyChinese people tend to ask about age,

marital status, and even salary when first meeting one another. To them,

these are open conversational topics. Knowing a person's age helps

them use appropriate terms of address, such as 'Lao Wang', 'Xiao Li', or

kin terms such as 'uncle' or 'aunt', etc. And Chinese people pay a lot of

attention to family life, so naturally talk of family membersfeatures as a

commontopic.

topics,

privacy,

taboo,

openness,

As to salary, since there is a national system of salaries,

people usually don't consider it a secret and they talk

about it openly.

British

and American

Conventions:

In

Britain,

weather

and

sports are common topics. Some taboo questions: age, marriage

and salary. These are considered too private or too personal

to talk about when first meeting someone.

Situation3

中国人结伴出游的时候，

如果买什么东西，

去买的人一般都会按照人

头购买 ，即便有人客气地说不要；和外国人结伴出游，如果你客气地

推说不需要某样东西，那么对方真的就不会给你买。

Interactions: offering refreshments or drinks

Conventions: politeness, individual decision

Chinese Conventions: When a Chinese offers refreshments or

drinks to his colleague, his colleague

often declines

the offer

politely, because he doesn't want to trouble the person who

offers and it also shows his politeness. Normally the person

who offers still prepares or buys refreshments or drinks, and

this will

be expected

by his colleague.

Sharing food

and drink

when going out together

British

is commonamongcolleagues

and friends.

own decision,

and American Conventions: Respect one's

'yes' means one wants it, 'no' means one doesn't, politeness

is usually shown by the expression 'thank you' or 'please'.

are the important factors for successful communications?

Speak clearly

Be confident

Organize well and put more focus on main idea

Pay attention

to

the different

speaking

habit of different sex,

education, and cultural background.

are the ways to avoid misunderstandings? P66

do not use words with different meanings.

Express and pronounce clearly.

Put focus on main point of your view

Do not pretend to understand

Ask when not sure about something.

Understand

the

sex,

education and

cultural

background

difference during communication.

It is important

to rethink or

translate

what people

have heard.

do people define

winning

？

What does winning

meanto you?

The wealthy man

Got the achievement

Make big contribution

Achieve one

’

s goals in life

Overcome some problems or weakness

Career, wealth, fame or post, and power

Enjoy oneself

Enjoy my life, live happily and to realize my dream

do you think is a winner in your eye? Why?

Some one can overcome his weakness and restart after

e.g: Disabled athletes

张海迪

Cruel fate has challenge in front, he did not depressed and

destruction, but the life is full of confidence, with great

tenacity and perseverance combating disease, suffered severe

tests.

Self- study

university

English

and Japanese and German,

many English translation

you regard yourself as a winner or loser? Why?

It's

hard to

say,

I think we are

all on

the way

to be a winner.

we are not prefect in our quality, but we are attempting

characteristics of winners or losers have?

Preparedness,

promptness

politeness

及

时

，

perseverance

锲而不舍，

Squash: gossip, criticism, indifference

Love

one another,

truthful

be

faithful,

be loyal, be

unselfish,

be

Turn up a new idea,

turn

up with

the determination

to do a better

job

Sb is intelligence,

Sb is flexibility

something

about

Sir

Winston

Churchill

and Abraham

independent,

have good capability

to do sth

Lincoln.p91

16.

The psychology in our daily life by giving examples

Psychology plays an important role in our daily life. If we

master some basic rules of it, we can more deeply understand

and better our life. For instance,

psychology of money. some guys would rather spend

than save, while some tend to parsimony

psychology in ads. Companies use psychology to increase

business.

psychology of shopping. As long as the prices of some

goods come down, an increasing number of people will buy it.

psychology in hospital.

A patient

will

feel

better

taking placebo.

we tall the truth to a cancer patient? Give your

reasons.

An optimistic attitude may have something to do with one

health.

A sound mind in a sound body. The truth may break down the

after

’

s

patient.

As the psychology of patient, think less of his disease may

leave longer.

a summary of the text the psychology of money

Our individual

moneyhabits not only

show our beliefs and values,

but also

stem from past

problems. For

many people, money is

an

important symbol of strength and influence. Thus some people

can be addicted

to money. These people

can be divided

into

two

groups, that is compulsive spenders and compulsive bargain

hunters. To solve these problems, psychologists often use a

method called

“

behavior therapy

”

.

often

gets angry

with his son who does poorly

even though he works hard. Give John some advice.

in

school

Maybe John

’

s son is not a learning material, but he had worked

hard.

1. encourage him to keep on studying

2.

praise him for every little progress

in

stead of getting

angry.

3.

tell him his father is always proud of him, and no matter

what happen, father may stand behind him.

4.

develop his other interest.

can dream tell according to what you have learned in

this unit? Which do you agree with?

①

predict

the future

②

warn you of health

dangers

③

provide

an

answer to a problem

④

stimulate

powerful

physical

response in

the body

⑤

present

a work of art

to

a creative

mind

⑥

makeyou

feel good

⑦

make you feel bad

⑧

point out personality flaws

⑨

s

how you real feeling of something

I side with the last one. If you meet something scared you

or exciting you, you may dream about it at night.

do people dream according to the text

a simple physical cause

inner fears that are instantly recognized

with your classmates any of your dreams which is happy, sad,

horrible, weird, or funny

Once I went travelling with my parents, we settled down in a

hotel. That night I have a horrible dream that when we crossed a

narrow bridge I tripped over a stone and fell into the lake.

I woke up and broke out in a sweat. The next day, we went to

the park. I was so exciting that I forgot what happened last

night. I didn

’

tremember the dream until I really fell into a

lake.

Luckily,

the water was only

that I still remember today.

do you

like/dislike

reasons.

to my waist.

But it

’

s so weird

to

eat

and

drink?

Give

your