15级B班2015-2016(1)口语话题
1. Toward a brighter future for all
Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself. College education is the start of self-learning and self-management, which helps you to become an expert of every possible field.
1) What role do you think a university education will play in your life?
2) Do you think a university education can change a person’s life? In what way and why?
3) What are you going to do at university in order to sample widely and challenge yourself?
2. Loving parents, loving children
There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child; there is no trust and love like that of a little child to his parents. Love between parents and children is like a “pearl” in the world. But we should still find some good ways to deal with the parent-child relationship. 1) What do you think makes a good parent?
2) If you were a parent, would you treat your child(ren) the way your parents treated you? Why or why not?
3) When you and your parents have conflicts, what would you do to settle the disagreement? 3. Digital campus
As a place of scholarship and frontiers of new technology, college campus is being transformed into a new age of electronics in this information age. It not only affects the traditional way of teaching, but also changes students’ lifestyle.
1) Do you think the university should provide Internet access anywhere and anytime on campus? Why or why not?
2) Some people predict that in the future students will learn only at home by attending online courses. How do you like this idea?
3) Do the Internet and smartphones affect the way we communicate with each other
positively or negatively? Why do you think so? 4. Heroes of our time
Although most areas of the world are in peace, there are still heroes around us. Different people have different ideas about heroes. How about yours? 1) How do you define a hero?
2) Some people do not succeed in helping others and they get injured or die in their efforts. Do you think we should regard them as heroes? Why or why not? 3) What do you think we should do to honor heroes? 5. Earn as you learn
Many parents pay for some or all of their children’s education, while some other students work hard to put themselves through school with the “earn-as-you-learn approach”. Different people have different ideas about these approaches. 1) How do you feel about the students who work to pay their own tuition?
2) Do you agree that working part-time can help students learn to prioritize and increase efficiency in their study? Why or why not?
3) Many people believe that the only task of college students is to study hard and they should not spend time on part-time jobs. What do you think? 6. Hoping for the better
Nowadays, it seems that more and more people seek for fame and money and ignore the morals. How do you think of virtues like honesty and respecting others? 1) In your opinion, why do people tell lies?
2) Do you consider yourself an honest person? Give your reasons. 3) Why is it important for us to be polite and kind to other people? 7. College-The ladder to success?
As a bachelor’s degree, even a master’s or doctor’s degree cannot ensure a good job or high income, more and more people suspect the use of college education. Meanwhile, colleges focus more on science instead of humanities since the former seems to be more practical.
1) How do you think about students’ money invested in college education? 2) What’s the use of the humanities?
3) Is it more beneficial to just attend a technical or vocational school for easier-to-find jobs? 8. Discovery of a new life stage
Nowadays, more and more young people do not rush to marriage or having a baby like their parents, and the life stage seems to be delayed. This arouses many conflicts between the younger generation and their parents. 1) How do you think of this phenomenon?
2) What would you settle this kind of conflicts if you were involved?
3) How do think of China’s previous one-child policy and present two-child policy? 9. Dance with love
“Love” is an everlasting topic for people since everyone wants to be surrounded by love. Young people long to start a family with a right person. But to find love is not easy.
1) Can students date during college years? If yes, should they date seriously for future marriage or just for romance? 2) What kind of person is ideal to you?
3) Why do many college students favor campus love?