期末口语考试最终版大英二

Part II Discussion:

Please have a group discussion on the following topic: AR1:

1. Today many people regard college as a means to an end, an opportunity to increase one's chances on the employment market. Do you agree that college is a means to an end? What do you think the purpose of a university education is?

2. What are the strengths and weaknesses of today's young people in China compared with the previous generations? AR2:

1. Compare the two passages in this unit. Decide the ideas they have in common, and which passage is more critical of today’s students. The writer says there are no inspirational characters or students today. Do you agree?

2. What do you think today’s students in China have in common with the American students described in the passage? What can you find to criticize about students in China today? Would you like to be a student in the 1960s? Why or why not?

Unit 2 Mixed feelings

Part II Discussion:

Please have a group discussion on the following topic: AR1:

1. What does the writer say about parental love in the text? What do you think of parental love?

2. Do you feel sympathy for the father whose son sacrificed his life for the country? Give your reasons. AR2:

1. Please use examples to show your understandings of empathy and sympathy respectively.

2. Is it possible for a government to show empathy? What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing so?

Unit 3 Sporting Life

Part II Discussion:

Please have a group discussion on the following topics: AR1:

1. What is the writer’s view on the soccer game? Do you agree? Why or Why not? 2. Do you like any of the ball games? Why or Why not? Are you a fan of any of the sports stars? Do you think sports people are overpaid? Give your reasons. AR2:

1. How did Denise Lewis feel before, during, and after her 800m race? Do you admire her success? Why or Why not?

2. What was the original spirit of the Olympic Games? Why do you think people care so much about winning the Olympic medals?

Unit 4 Crime Watch

Part II Discussion:

Please have a group discussion on the following topic:

AR1:

1. Imagine you’re meeting an old friend in twenty years’ time. How do you think you’ll have changed? What kind of life have you been leading? 2. Is it morally acceptable for someone to report a friend to the police? AR2:

1. What is identity theft? How can you protect your identity?

2. Is information in books or newspapers more reliable than information on the Internet? Why or why not?

Unit 5 Time off

Part II Discussion:

Please have a group discussion on the following topic: AR1:

1. Who or what influences the way people spend their time off?

2. Do you agree that leisure activities at present are more fun than those thirty years ago? AR2:

1. How do you understand the sentence “It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do”?

2. What is your ideal work-and-pleasure-in-one job? Tell the importance of finding pleasure in what you do.

Unit 6 The Secret Life of Science

Part II Discussion:

Please have a group discussion on the following topic: AR1:

1. Tell us about a lucky or unlucky experience you had or heard of.

2. Do you think bad luck can be explained after reading the passage? Why or why

not? AR2:

1. Can we take science fiction seriously? Or is it all nonsense? Please illustrate your

points by giving some examples.

2. Is popular science well-liked in China? Why do you think popular science books

have become best-sellers in Europe?