(培养) many good qualities; perseverance (毅力), cooperation, hard work and confidence, reach a goal; build a healthy body.
6. Topic: personal values
Situation: Amy and her classmate John are having a heated discussion about personal values. They are talking about what their personal values are and how personal values can influence the decisions they make throughout daily life as well as the major life changing decisions. (Personal values refer to those standards that you set for yourself to live by. Since these values vary by individual, they are \
Cues: ambition, individuality, responsibility, respect, loyalty, teamwork, efficiency
7. Topic: favourite singers
Situation: Two students are talking about their favourite singers.
Cues: pop music; rock and roll; classic music; good voice; be popular among; write sb’s own music; hard-working
8. Topic: Food safety
Situation: As one of the most heated public concern in today’s China, domestic food safety has drawn attention from all walks of life. Two students are talking about the food safety issue. Cues: food contamination, lean meat powder （瘦肉精）, swill-cooked dirty oil （地沟油）, artificial coloring （人工色素）, worship of money, moral decline.
9. Topic: Advantages and disadvantages of globalization
Situation: Globalization connected the world increasingly. The optimistic think this promotes process of the global village, linked together by Internet, and is benefiting the material demand constantly. However, the pessimistic thinks global corporation has destroyed the environment. Cues: establish increasingly close contact; make the world more interdependent than ever; along with; be rising to; divide into; compare with; absorb the foreign capitals; do harm to
10. Topic: Chinese parenting values Vs. western parenting values
Situation: In a coffee house, David is arguing with his friend Sam over whether Chinese parenting values or western parenting values are best for kids.
Cues: self-confident, independent, creative, mental and physical health, academic achievement, be not allowed to…
11. Situation: All students want to have a good vacation after a hard and busy semester. What do you plan to do during the next summer vacation? Why?
Cues: go abroad travelling, get together with family members, hold parties to meet friends, do part-time job to get some work experiences in some fields …
12. Topic: How to save our planet
Situation: Two students are talking about some measures on how to save our environment. Cues: saving electricity, using energy wisely, planting trees, buying energy-efficient products, driving less, too much water, wash dishes, take a bath, keep the garbage, a trash can 13. Topic: Friend
Situation: Having good friendship network is of great benefit to everyone. However, it is very difficult to have a real friend. In your opinion, what qualities are important in a real friend? Cues: honest, warm-hearted, care about, a friend in need …,
14. Topic: Blogging.
Situation: Two students are talking about advantages and disadvantages of blogging
Cues: open the door to the world to people; as diverse as human beings; show their personality, emotion and ideas; takes time and effort; the copyright issue can cause some headaches; personal and intimate contents
15. Topic: Money
Situation: You and your partner are arguing about money. One thinks that money is everything, and the other thinks that money is not everything
Cues: important, the source of happiness, love, true friends