Topics for Oral English Test 2013.doc

Topics for Oral English Test 2013Topic 1 Consuming habitsPlease talk about your consuming habits with concrete examples. Do you prefer the old brands or the new ones? And why? And also explain how you usually manage your money.Today well talk about the consuming habits. As a boy I went to market seldom. I would go to the supermarket to buy some necessities, like shampoo, once a month. As the online shopping become more and more convenient, I always buy things on the internet. They have reasonable prices, besides I do not have to go outside especially in summer. But online shopping also has some disadvantages. So XXX what about you? Can you share your consuming habits with us?I suppose you as a girl have different opinions with boys?So do you guys worry about running out of money? When we go to the market or purchase online we may want to buy many things. But your money is limited. Then you should manage your money. How do you think about that problem, XXX?As I know many people prefer to choose a brand they trust or famous. As an example I like to buy clothes in MB or VANCL. What about you?Topic 2 The education system in chinaPlease introduce the educational system in China briefly. Do you think academic excellence will necessarily lead to success in the real life? If not, what else do you need?Today we will talk about our education system. In china, children are asked to have 9-year compulsory education when they reach the age for school. Its about 7-year-old, maybe younger or older. After the end of compulsory education, there will be an opportunity to participate in the entrance examination for high school. Depending on your grades you will be chosen to go to the high school or the vocational school. Some of children from poor families may give up studying to find a job directly. Children who entered high schools are more likely to have a chance to go to colleges for higher education. Generally College needs 3 years studying, while the undergraduate needs 4 or 5 years. After the undergraduate education, most people choose to find a good job. But there are also some people going to attend graduate school, like us. In China, graduate students need to study in school for 3 years. After graduation, you can select a PHD, or you can go to work. At this time you can find a well-paid job because your degree. As we know, whether you can get further education depends on your academic performance. When we are working or applying for a job, does academic achievement play an important role in that?Topic 3 HappinessWhat does happiness mean to you? Please explain your understanding of it, and the road to happiness.Today we will talk about the happiness in our life. Some philosophers said that, happiness is to give up your hopes. But some people said that happiness is to have dreams and fight for the dreams even if you may ultimately fail. A friend of mine, who used to read a lot of psychology stuff, once said to me: "Happiness is a myth. We think that we'll be happy when we achieve or process the thing we lack, and when we do, we find that there other things we lack, and so it continues.” Sometimes we mislead ourselves in situations in which we think this is happiness. Then we awake suddenly on the shocking truth that we were living in an illusion. In that case can we say that we are really happy? Can we call that fake happiness? Why do we sometimes lie to ourselves in order not to face the truth?What do you think?I think happiness is to accept yourself and life the way it is. I´m just learning to do that, always trying to think positively and enjoy little things like childrens laugh or pretty day. I start to feel that happiness is so easy to attain. It is not a matter of feeling happy and savoring every joyful moment, but being content with what life have offered. This still does not mean that you have to give up your dreams. You can dream about your future, but still should be happy for what you already have. But the problem for most of people is that we strive for more and demand for more, despite life giving us every opportunity to be happy.Ok! Thank you for your opinion today! Thats really inspiring!Topic 4 BeautyWhats your understanding of beauty? What do you think of plastic surgery? Would you like to have one? What are the benefits and possible risks of plastic surgery?Today we will talk about beauty! Everyone admires beauty. Everyone has his own standard for beauty. Whats your understanding of beauty?Many heroes don't have beautiful surface. However, their beautiful images often come to our minds. Their beauty comes from their contributions to the society.Don't be eager to judge whether a person is beautiful or not without a thorough understanding of him. So in my opinion, a beautiful person is not the one with nice appearance, but with a broad and kind heart. Good looking is pleasant while spiritual beauty is more important. As an old saying goes, “Virtue is fairer than beauty. “ If you have a kind heart, you own real beauty.But many people dont think so, especially some girls. They tend to think that they own beauty if they have a good looking. They are not satisfied with their appearance. They spend much money on taking kinds of surgeries. Can beauty really be man-made? What do you think about? As a girl can you give us some other views?If so, everybody can get beauty. As a result, there is no beauty at all. As the old people said, the appearance is given by our parents and unique in the world. Everyone should value it. I would rather value the nature as the standard of beauty. Just accept ourselves, accept everything parents give to you, and create the beautiful life belonged to you.Topic 5 reading literatureDo you like reading literature? Who is your favorite? Why do you like him/her? May you please introduce one of his/her works to us?Today we will talk about reading literature. So do you like reading? Reading is one of my favorite things to do in spear time. I like reading because it is a good way to relax myself and get lots of different useful knowledge at the same time. My favorite writer is Helen Keller. By reading her books I can not only learn about her stories but also learn noble spirits from her. The one which gave me a very deep impression of her works is Three Days to See. The book tells a story about what she is going to do if she has three days to see the world that is full of positive and optimistic attitude for life as she is blind.Topic 6 English as a global languageDo you think English is a global language? Why or why not? And please state why you should study English and how to learn it well.Today well talk about English as a global language. I know all of us speak English as the second language. So, do you think English is a global language? And can you explain why?I do agree that English is the global language. In my opinion, English is more than “a” global language, also “the” global language. Thats because its influence. English is not spoken as the first language by most people all over the world. But in many place, English is used as the main language, such as the computer programming language. English is the dominant language of business and transnational organizations. As you say, more and more government chooses English as their official language. More students in our country started learning English since the primary education now. And most of you have learned English for almost 10 years. For me, Ive learned English for more than 13 years, since 4th grade class in primary school. For such a long time English-learning, I think everyone have his own way to get a high score in the test. Can you guys share your secret of English-learning?Yes as the old saying goes: practice makes perfect. In English learning practice is very important, including listening speaking writing reading etc. for me, I like watch some American serial play in my free time. Thatll practice your listening, and make you know more about American culture. We spend a lot of time on English learning, thats the point that I mentioned before about its influence. But what I want to say at last is that we shouldnt give up our mother tongue. Topic 7 watching TVDo you like watching TV? What programs do you like most? Please describe your favorite TV program and then talk about the advantages and disadvantages of watching TV.Today, we are going to talk about an important part of the media-Television. Most of us would agree that watching TV is part of most peoples lives. So do you like watching TV?For me, I like watch American serial show on the internet. So I dont like watch TV very much. But I always accompany with my parents watching news in summer vacation. And I will discuss it with my parents. At that time, we all feel very happy. So I think Watching TV can relax our mood in hard work and study pressure. And it will increase our knowledge, for example when we look at science and technology program. But a long period of time to watch is bad for our eyes and harmful to our health.Whats your opinion about the advantages and disadvantages of watching TV?Topic 8 Surf the internetDo you often surf the internet? What do you usually do on the internet? May you please talk about the conveniences and also some negative effects the internet brings to your life?Today we will talk about the internet. We know that the Internet plays an important part in our daily life. On the Internet, we can get as much information as we can. We can send e-mails to our friends and talk to them as well. Besides, on the Internet we can read books, enjoy music and watch serial shows and so on. What do you usually do on the internet?So I think read the news, chatting and online shopping may be three main activities for people using internet. Taking shopping online for example, shopping on the Internet has a lot of advantages, of which the most importance is perhaps its convenience. People don't have to waste a lot of their energy and precious time to go from one shop to another to choose the commodities they like. They can do shopping without leaving their homes. However, shopping on the Internet also has its disadvantages. For example the consumers can't see the goods or try them on personally. Sometimes, the real goods may not be the same as what they have seen on the computer.XXX what do you think about the internet?Yes, so whether the advantages and disadvantages, we must distribute our time reasonable, Balance in learning, life and entertainment. We must certainly grasp the discretion.Topic 9 allergyWhat do you know about allergy? And then please talk about some infectious illness and how to stay healthy.Allergy is such a complicated kind of condition. Its never easy to handle. The symptoms are annoying such as runny nose, itchy eyes, and sneezing, red spots in the skin. These are all inconvenient and can be tolerated. However, some cases are serious and can be deadly. Most people with allergies have weak immune system. In the past decade HIV get more and more attention of people on the earth. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. The virus infects and gradually destroys immune system cells, reducing the body's protection against infection and cancers. A person infected with HIV is infected for life - there's no cure. HIV can only be passed on if infected blood, semen, vaginal fluids or breast milk gets inside another person's body.To stay healthy, a person needs to have a healthy lifestyle. This means following a proper and balanced diet. It is also important that a person figures out the underlying symptoms of the allergy Topic 10 Natural disasterPlease talk about a natural disaster, its destructive effects, what we can do to prepare for it from both the personal and governmental level, and how to protect ourselves in the disaster.Today we are going to talk about is the earthquake. April 20th is an extraordinary day in 2013, it is in this day that shocking earthquake happened again in Sichuan province, China. Thousands of people were injured even died. First of all, I want to ask your understanding of the earthquake.As we all know, if the earthquakes magnitude is higher, the destructive is much bigger. Earthquakes often caused serious casualties. It also can lead to fires, floods, toxic gas leakage, diffusion of radioactive substances and bacteria. Although we did not experience an earthquake, the word earthquake is not strange to each of us, we can't stop earthquakes, but we must know some preventive measures. We should focus on ways which can reduce the impact, how we can prepare to significantly reduce death, injuries, and damage when they occur. As far as Im concerned, preparing is vital. We should have the consciousness of crisis，in danger, we should stay keep cool, Don not panic, don't lose reason, Dont panic, especially because panic is the greatest danger. We should grasp some shockproof methods. Can you say something about it?