口语话题练习

2021年1月22日发(作者：甄珠全文阅读)
口语话题每日一练

1. News
Questions:
--What's your opinion towards today's news report?
--What types of news do you like?
--What are the different ways people get news nowadays and in the past?
--How does the news affect people? Is it a positive or a negative development?

Describe a person in the news that you want to meet most.
You should say: who the person is?
what do you know about him or her?
why he or she is in the news? and explain how you feel about the person.

2. Personality

Questions:
--Does personality influenc
e one’s success/happiness?

--What character will attract people?
--Who
can
better
get
alone
with,
people
with
similar
personality
or
different
personality?

Describe your personality


3. Building
Describe
a
historical
building/an
interesting
old
(traditional)
building
in
your
country
Where is it located? What is it used for?
Explain why you think it is the most interesting?

Questions:
--What
are people's attitudes to
old
building today and that of our later generation?
Should we protect them? Why?
--What role do you think the old and modern buildings play in the society?
--Should old buildings be dismantled/removed?

4. Clothes
Questions:
--What clothes do you like?
--What clothes do you wear when you are working/in school?

--what is the difference between the older and
younger people on clothes? what are
the differences between cloths worn in the past and at present?
--What are advantages of wearing uniform?
--What are disadvantages of wearing uniform?

Describe the clothes you wear on special occasions

What type of clothes will you choose to wear on special occasions?
What will you look like when you wear them?
How do you feel when you are wearing them?


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5. Conversation


Describe an important conversation on the phone/you had in the past.
You should say:
In what situation you had the conversation
who you talked to (or, who you talked with)

what you talked about

and explain why this was an important conversation to you.


Questions:
--In our society
，
what do people usually talk about in their conversations?

--What are the different content between different genders?

6. Describe an important family event/A Recent Happy Event

You should say: what the event was?
when and where it happened ?
who participated in this event ?
what you saw or did ?
and explain why this event was so important/enjoyable?

Or and explain why you remember this event so well?


7. Leisure

Given a time off work or study, what do you want to do, where? and who with?
Where would you go? What would you do? Who would be together with you?

Questions:
--What leisure activities may people take?
--Why do we need leisure activities?

8. Pets
do you or your family keep pets?
What are the positive effects of having a pet? and the negative side?
What do people do with their pets when they are away from home?

9.
Travel

Questions
--Do you like traveling?

--How do you usually travel?

--Where have you traveled to lately?

--What kind of places do you like to visit?

Describe a travel/journey you like to go to with your friend / Describe a journey/
long travel you made

who you would like to travel with





where you would go
how you would go there
and explain why you would like to make this trip.

or explain why you would choose to travel with this person.

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10. Describe a person you once helped?
1) who is the person?
2) what did you do to help him/her?
3) Why did you help him/her?

11. Describe the changes you would like to make in living styles
(a change to improve fitness and health)

12. Describe something expensive you bought
You should say: What it is ,Where you bought it ,When you bought it And explain the
reason why you bought it .

13. Punctuality
Describe a time when you were late/an important occasion when you were late.
You should say:
when this happened
what occasion you were late for
why
you
were
late
(Or,
how
you
explained
your
lateness) and
explain
the
result
of
your being late.

Questions
：

--Do organizing time well will bring some merits? Why?
--How can we organize time well ?
--What is the importance of punctuality?

14. Flowers


Questions
：

--Do you think flowers are important to our life?
--Do Chinese people like growing flowers?
--Do you like growing flowers?
--Are there any special meanings of different kinds of flower?
--On what occasions do people give each other flowers in your country?

Describe your favorite flower

15. Gift
Describe a special gift that you received or you gave to someone.
You should say: what the gift was
who the gift was for (= who you gave it to)
when and where you bought it
and explain why it was special.

Questions:
In
China,
when
will
people
send
the
present?
Compare
the
gift
which
people
have
received
10
years
ago
to
the
present
that
people
now
are
receiving,
what's
the
difference between them?

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16. Number
Do you have any lucky number? Why?
Do numbers have special meanings in your country?
Which numbers are important for you to remember?

17. Concerts
Have you ever been to a live concert?
When was the last time you listened to / went to a concert?
Would you like to go to a concert in the future?
Do you prefer to watch a concert on TV or to attend a concert?
Which would you prefer, to attend a concert of your favorite artist or to buy his or her
CD?

18. Describe a child you know
You should say:
Who is this child
What does he/she look like
What personality does he/she have
And explain why you like this child

19. Housework
--do Chinese people spend a lot of time on doing housework?
--do you enjoy doing housework?
--do you think children should do housework?

20. Photos
Describe your favorite photograph

You should say:
Where was the photo taken?
Who took the photo?

What can be seen from the photo?
Explain why it is the favorite photograph for


21. Describe a useful website that you like to visit. (Or, that you have visited)
You should say:what the contents of the website are (or, were)

how and when you first found this website

how often you go to this website



and explain why you think this website is (or, was) useful.

22. Describe a (type of) foreign food that you would like to try
You should say:

the name of this food

where you can eat it (Or: what country it comes from)

how you know about this food
and explain why you would like to try it.



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