英语口语话题及范例
1.A person I love
The person I love is my mother. She is kind and caring. The mother’s love is warm and great. She gave birth to me and 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 teacher, she taught how to read, how to write, how to get along with other people, how to be a positive and honest person.
She does everything she can to make me happy and never asks for anything in return. Mother is a 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.
2.The 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
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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. 3.What 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.
4.The different attitudes of people towards disabled people. what’s your attitude?
Some people 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, thinking they are granted unconditionally protection. 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
5.What are the benefits of keeping pets? And what are the troubles?
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P23
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.
6.Make a short summary of the article Speaking Different Languages. P45
Man and women languages had the same words but different meaning depending on the way they were used. Woman would tend to exaggerate the factors and men react in an unsupportive manner, because they mistakenly take these expressions literally. It is important to rethink or translate what people have heard.
7.Find as many differences as you can between men and women. Give some examples.
Man and women seldom mean the same thing even when they use the same words.
Gender difference(性别差异)
Man and women languages had the same words but different meaning depending on the way they were used. There expressions were similar, but they had different connotations(含义) or emotional emphasis. Example: “I feel like you never listen.” Using the word “never” is just a
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way of expressing the frustration.
Woman would tend to exaggerate the factor, men mistakenly take these expressions literally, react in an unsupportive manner. Men use speech as a means of conveying only facts and information.
Example: woman:“ we never go out.” Men respond” we went out last week.”
8.What are the causes of misunderstandings in human communication? Give some examples. Reasons: pronunciation Cultural difference
Character(outgoing introvert)性格差异 Gender difference 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.
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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 topics, privacy, taboo, openness, directness Chinese Conventions: Many Chinese 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 members features as a common topic. 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
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