期末口语话题(新编大学英语 综合教程3)

新编大学英语综合教程三期末英语话题口语讨论Unit 1What are the causes of shyness, the way to overcome?1.Their way of thinking is different from others.Shy people have low self-esteem; they are likely to be passive and easily influenced by others. They need reassurance that they are doing the right thing.They are sensitive to criticism, which they believe confirms their inferiority. However, when meet with compliments, they are difficult to be pleased because they believe they are unworthy of praise.2.It also has something to do with their family as well as their growing environment.On the process of their growth, they are constantly criticized and overcommitted by various regulars and boundaries that may be the reason why they are so timid to express their own thoughts and needs.change their way of looking at life.1.The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe bad events will last along time, will undermine everything they do, and are their own fault.2.The optimists, who are confronted with the same hard knocks of this world, think aboutmisfortune in the opposite way. They tend to believe defeat is just a temporary setback, that its causes are confined to this one case.The optimists believe defeat is not their fault: Circumstances, bad luck, or other people brought it about. Such people are not bothered by defeat. Confronted by a bad situation , they perceive it as a challenge and try harder.Unit 2Share your favorite myth or legend with the other members in your group.Once upon a time, there was a rich man who had a beautiful daughter called Ella. His wife has died long ago, and he had married again. However, Ella’s stepmother is unkind to her. When evening came, Ella would sit down by the fire in the ashes and cinders to rest and keep warm, that’s the reason why she got the name “Cinderella”.Then one day, an invitation to join in the Grand Ball hold by the prince came, which is for all the girls in that city. Both of her two step sisters are so excited that they can’t wait to demand Ella to prepare elegant gowns for them, while Ella is not allowed to step out of her room.When that evening came, tears began to rolled down from her face, then a Fairy Godmother came to her and helped her get dressed quickly to attend the ball.On that evening, the prince fell in love with Ella, and the next morning Ella was found and proposed a marriage by the prince, they live happily ever after without Ella’s step sisters’ disturb.Do you admire Tortoise for his cleverness or do you sympathize with all the birds? Why?Different people have different opinions. As regard to the story between the tortoise and the birds in our text book, someone sympathize all the birds, while I prefer to admire the tortoise’s wit.There was a famine in those days and tortoise haven’t eaten a good meal for 2 months. His body rattled like a dry stick in his empty shell. To enjoy a feast, he found ways to remove the birds’stereotype that he is mischievous and cunning, and even fly to the sky with the birds’wings. When in the sky, his eloquent speech made all the birds glad that they’d brought him. Besides, he was regarded as the king by the gods.UNIT 3What do you think is the most serious social problem in China? And what are the main causes?Our group think the most serious social problem in China nowadays is pollution, including air pollution, light pollution and white pollution. Different kinds of pollution have their own causes. Let’s begin with the first kind, what do you think of the cause of air pollution is?……In a word, with the rapid development of economy, more and more pollution problems are arising, to make our society a better one, we all human beings should work together to eliminate such causes as many as possible.How can we solve the latchkey children problem?The cost of living has been steadily rising for the past few decades. Food prices, clothing costs and tuition fees are constantly getting higher and higher. Partly because of financial need and partly because of career choices for personal fulfillment, mothers have been leaving the traditional role of full-time homemaker. So more and more latchkey children appear.To solve this social problem, parents should spare more time to stay with their kids and make them feel they are loved in spite of the fact that they are alone almost the whole day. They’d better get along well with their neighbors, then in case of emergency, kids can turn to neighbors for help. Besides, in the family, children should be guided to make full use of their private time, and stimulate a sense of independence and responsibility.UNIT 4Describe a career you’re likely to pursue in the future and tell us how you are preparing for it.I’d like to be an interpreter in the future, not only for the reason that interpreters have a high salary, but also that they travels a lot.To become an interpreter, the first step should be like this—having a good command of English. Then, try my best to obtain admission to Beijing Foreign Students University, which is famous for its language teaching. Last but not the least, being in BFSU doesn’t mean that I will become anexcellent interpreter, large quantities of language training should be received, professional skills should be polished, the task of being a well-rounded individual should be fulfilled. Only in this way can I become qualified.Is it a must for college students to have summer jobs? Why?I am consistent with this point of view. Summer job is a must for college students because we can gain social experience, which is critical for our latter careers.We can choose a company where we would stay for a fairly long time after we graduate. We can take the summer part time job to feel the company’s culture through dribs and drabs of our internship life.Undergraduates need this kind of real world experience and knowledge that could only come from an apprenticeship or, sometimes, a strong internship program.UNIT 5Share your experience in learning English: your success, failure and possible reasons.I’ve heard you’ve got first prize in the English speech contest, how did you get that? What’s your way of learning English? Do you usually practice speaking English with your friends?……I’ve learned that good English learners tend to accumulate new words and write them down on a small piece of paper, so that they can carry it everywhere and review new words and expressions whenever they have spare time. So I imitate them. Do you think it’s a good method to improve English?……And I also have some suggestions for you. Good English learners tend to read many English literary books, such as JANE EYRE and GONE WITH THE WIND. If you want to read these books, I can lend them to you.Should learners aim to speak English with a native-speaker pronunciation? Why or why not?I don’t hold the viewpoint that English learners should aim to have a native accent, sometimes it’s OK if you understand what one says and can use English to express yourself to an English-speaker. That’s to say, different people have different needs to imitate the pronunciation. ……On the one hand, if we spend too much time on the pronunciation, it would be difficult for new learners to command the new language quickly.On the other, we have no way to imitate native speakers since we can’t meet with them daily. The attempt to imitate may transform into a strange accent which is like neither Chinese nor English.。