2015-2-口语活动题目

2015级第二学期口语活动安排

Theme One:

Description of People

Task 1: You are to make a dialogue about Description of People for 3-5 minutes.

Your dialogue includes your description about the appearance, dressing, personality and some impressive or important things of the person you are going to describe.

Task 2: The teacher will ask you some questions about people, and you are to answer them properly. The questions will be from the Oral English Practice Topics / Questions provided.

I. Learn to describe the appearance of people:

1.hair: He / she has long (short, thick, thin )/ (curved, wavy, straight) hair.

/(blond, dark, brown, gray, red )hair.

He is bald-headed/ has a large bald patch.

He has his hair done in a sports style (crew cut style). He parts his hair in the middle.

He parts his hair on the left side. He has his hair stand up.

He combs his hair backwards. He has his hair oiled and looks smooth and bright.

She braided her hair in long pig tails. Her hair hangs loose to her shoulder.

She tied her hair back in a pony tail. She has her hair done in bang style.

2.eyes: He / she has big( small, narrow, beady, dark, blue, brown ) eyes.

She has single/ double fold eye lids.

His/ her eyebrows are bushy / t hin …( like a sharp sword/ a crescent).

In his her eyes you can see love/ mercy/ wisdom/ cruelty/ indifference.

3.nose: His nose is high and straight. He has got a flat nose /hawk-nose, bottle nose.

4.mouth: His mouth is big, like a lion’s mouth, She has got a small a cherry like mouth.

He / she has thick/ thin lips, and his upper lip is too short. Her lips are reddened.

He / she has square (pointed) jaw.

5.face: He has a high (narrow) forehead, a round (oval) face, rosy cheeks.

He has a fair (dark) complexion. She has heavy (light) makeup.

6.stature /shape: He/ She is big ( small, thin, skinny, strong, well-built, fat, heavy, plump.)

He is of average height, or above/ below average height.

He has straight (hunched ) back.

She is in good (curved, beautiful, bad) shape, like a ballet dancer.

She has spindle, (healthy and sexy , hairy) legs.

II. Learn to describe clothes and dressing:

He likes wearing a suit, [a pair of trousers, jeans, shorts, pants (fem), a skirt, jacket, a coat,

a waistcoat, sweater(毛绒运动衣)，a shirt, T-shirt.

He is always dressed in blue, red, white….

She likes wearing a pair of earrings, a necklace….

III. Learn to describe the personality of people:

Example1:

I am rather a tomboy but not violent, I hate fighting and argument and have never had

any trouble with people. I hate being laughed at and teasing hurts me a lot, I tend to be sulk when I am annoyed, I tend to be a bit oversensitive.

Example 2:

I am quite creative with my hands. I like making models and some small home devices. I

like acting and music, I will play violin whenever I am free.

Related words and expressions and sentence structures:

Kind, considerate, helpful, friendly, patient, a good-temper, sweet-tempered, easy-going, active, vigorous, sympathetic, generous, interesting, humorous, a poetic (scholarly) temperament

cruel, violent, unfriendly, irritable, dull, tight, envious, impatient, ill-tempered, a gossip, a mischief-maker (搬弄是非的人),

talkative, reserved, outgoing, introversive, optimistic, pessimistic, sentimental, sensitive, …

He likes sth./ doing… He hates sth./ doing… He always … He never … He tends to…

He often… Sth. is…to me because… What I find boring is….

He will …whenever … No matter … he will If … he will…

Oral Task:

Oral English Practice Topics / Questions for Theme One:

1.Can you describe the appearance of one of your closest friend in detail?

2.Can you describe the personality of one of your closest friend in detail?

3.How do you know the person? Or

4.How do you keep in contact with each other?

5.Do you have some interesting activities between your friends?

6.Do your think your friendship will never change?

7.Tell me one thing about the person which you will never forget.

8.Can you describe one of your family members or relatives

9.Can you describe the person who has the most influence on you?

10.Who is the most interesting person in your class? And give some examples to

show that.

11.Who is the most diligent person in your class? And give some examples to show

that.

12.Can you tell me something about the best teacher you have in your life? What can

your remember about him/her?

13.Do you admire some stars in sports or stars? Describe the star you admire and

why do you admire him/her?

Theme Two: about Love and Marriage

Task 1: 3-4 students form a group. Work in groups and make a dialogue about Love and Marriage for 4-5 minutes. Your dialogue includes your ideas about love and marriage or your love experience (if you have), or your lover in your dream or some other things related to love and marriage.

Task 2: The teacher will ask you some questions about Love and Marriage, you are to answer them properly. The questions will be:

Oral English Practice Topics / Questions Theme 2: Love and Marriage

1. What is the basis of the love between a man and a woman? What other elements

are involved?

2. What are the standards in choosing your boy/girl friend? Can you describe them

in detail?

3. Do you think people should marry someone with similar social and economical

status? What is your idea about this tradition?

4. In the future do you wish to choose your own future wife (husband) or prefer that

someone introduce your future wife (husband) to you, or go to some marriage

brokers?

5. If one loves a person, do you think he or she should express his or her love first?

6. If a man and his girlfriend are eating in a restaurant, who do you think should

pay the bill? And why?

7. If you are in love, can that influence your study? If yes, are you going to stop?

8. After graduation, can the students in love continue their love if they are assigned

to different places to work? And why and why not?

9. Can you describe the traditional ways in celebrating wedding ceremony? How

do you plan your future wedding ceremony?

10. As the world is becoming smaller some people like to marry some foreigners,

how about you? What do you think about this?

11. Do you think love is everlasting? And why and why not?

12.Why do you think that there are more and more divorces now? And do you think

divorces represent social progress or moral retrogress?

Theme Three Traveling and transportation

Task 1: 3-4 students form a group. Work in groups and make a dialogue about Traveling for 4-5 minutes. Your dialogue includes your description about the plan,date, destination, ways of transportation,price…interesting things about your travelling.

Task 2: The teacher will ask you some questions about travelling. You are to answer them properly. The questions will be from the Oral English Practice Topics / Questions provided.

Oral English Practice Topics / Questions for Theme 3

1. Are you going to travel somewhere during your vacation? Where do you usually go? Which place/city is the one you wish to visit the most in China?

2. If you were a millionaire how would you travel all over the world? Can you tell us your routes traveling around the world?

3. Do you like to travel by yourself or with many people?

4.Can you tell us the most interesting place you have ever visited?

5.How are you going to travel cheaply in China or over the world?

6.What are the things you must think about when you go traveling?

7.Which do you prefer for traveling, historical sites or natural scenery?

8.Can you tell me two or three places in China that are most worthy of a

visit? And why?

9.How do you go to the downtown areas in Guangzhou at weekends?

10.D o you have any trouble when going home or coming back school as

far as transportation is concerned?

11.W hat is your idea about how to solve the traffic problems in big

cities?

12.W hat do you think of the traffic in Guangzhou? What are the reasons?

13.D o you think a student needs a bicycle in the university?

14.D o you think subway can help to solve the traffic problem in

Guangzhou?

Theme Four: about Jobs and Work (interview)

Task 1: 3-4 students form a group. Work in groups. You are at a job interview. Some of you are the interviewee, one of you will be the interviewer, make a

dialogue of the job interview,Your dialogue should include greeting,

introduction, qualifications, experiences, education, abilities, the

background of the company, personal interest, wages, position applied,

ways of contact, ending…. and other things about job interview.

Task 2: The teacher will ask you some questions about jobs/work, you are to answer them properly. The questions will be from the Reference Questions for

Theme Five

Oral English Practice Topics / Questions about Jobs and Work

1.What is your ideal profession, how do you strive for that??

2.What are the factors that influence your choice of a career?

4. What are the most important to you when you hunt your job?

5. Do you think it is easy to find a good job in the present job market?

6. How do people in our country find jobs? How do you think you can find your job

after you graduate from the university? Tell me the ways.

7. Where do you wish to work after your graduation from the university and why?

8. If you can not find a good job when you graduate, what are you going to do?

9. Do you wish to be a professor in the university or a manager in a big company?

10. Is it fair for people to be paid differently in different professions?

11. Do you know a person who is successful in his profession? If you do, tell his story

of success to your partner.

12. Do you think your studies in the university can help you succeed in the future?

Which courses are most useful and which courses are not so helpful?

13. Have you had any work experience? Give a detailed account of your experience to

your partner. What have you learned from your experience?

14. Do women in our country have equal opportunities for work? And why and why

not?

15. What is your ambition? And do you any workable plan for that?

16. Do you like working in China or in some foreign countries?

Theme Five about going abroad

Task 1: Suppose you plan to study abroad, you and your partner are discussing this matter. Make a conversation about going abroad. Your dialogue should

include the purpose, the plan, preparation and difficulties of studying abroad. Task 2:The teacher will ask you some questions about going abroad, you are to answer them properly. The questions will be from the Oral English Practice Topics / Questions provided.

Oral English Practice Topics / Questions for theme five:

1.Have you ever thought about going abroad? What is the purpose of your going

abroad?

2.Do you think studying abroad is a key to a successful career?

3.What are the difficulties for one to study abroad? How are these difficulties to be

overcome?

4.What kind of preparation are you going to make if you want to study in America?

5.Are you going to return to the motherland if you are studying abroad? Why?

What do you think of those who have stayed overseas beyond their time limit? 6.Do you think the Chinese government should encourage more people to study

abroad?

7.Is it a gain/loss for China when many Chinese settle down in foreign countries?

Please make your comments on it.

8.How many ways do you know to go abroad?

9.Do you wish to see some African countries? Is there anything unusual there?

10.What do you plan to do if you go to the United States? Why?

11.Do you like to work in some developing countries, like India, Brazil or Russia?

Which country would you choose if you had an opportunity to study or work overseas? Why do you choose that country?

12.Where do you want to go if you can offer to pay all the expenses for a month’s

holiday abroad? Why?

13.Do you have any family members or close relatives abroad? If yes, are you going

to immigrate to some foreign countries?

Theme Six: about Holidays

Task 1:You are to make a dialogue about your plan of your summer/winter holidays for 4-5 minutes. Your dialogue should include the places you will

go, and the things you will do, the time arrangement, the financial

arrangement, and other things arranged for the holidays.

Task 2: The teacher will ask you some questions about holidays, you are to answer them properly. The questions will be from the Reference Questions provided.

Reference Questions for Theme Six：Holidays

1.How many holidays do you know about China and America?

2.Which holiday do you like best in China? And give your reasons for that.

3.How do you observe Spring Festival in your hometown? Anything special or

interesting? What do you usually do during the Spring Festival?

4.Do you know how American people observe their Christmas?

5.Do you know how American people observe their Thanksgiving Day?

6.Do you like the foreign holidays, and do you celebrate some foreign holidays?

7.What is a romantic Saint Valentine's Day (情人节) like in your mind if you are in

love now (or in the future)?

8.In the western countries there is a mother day, do you think there should be a

Mother Day in China? And how about a Father Day in China?

9.What do you usually do on mid-autumn festival(中秋节)?

10.What do you know about the Double Ninth Festival(重阳节)in China?

11.Are these holidays important to you, for example: Thanks Giving Day, Easter (复

活节), Labor’s Day, Parties Day or Army Day? And why?

12.Have you ever fooled someone on April Fools' Day (愚人节)? Do you think this

day is proper for China?

13.Can you remember how you spent your Children’s Day in your childhood?

14.What do you like to do in winter vocation?

15.What do you plan to do in summer vocation?