Speaking Topic 8

Category 4:

Describing media and communication (4 test items)

1. Describing a kind of book you like. You should say,
What kind of books you like most.
What they are about.
Why you like them most.
What effect have books brought on you?

Discussion:

1. What is the difference between men and women when choosing what to read?
2. What kind books do children like? Why do they like reading?
3. What is the difference between reading and watching TV?
4. What is the relationship between reading and computer?
5. What are the advantages of reading books?
6. Why do children like pictorials?
7. What books are popular in China?

2. Describing one of your favorite books. You should say,

What kind of books you like.
What is your favorite book?
What it is about.When did you get it?
Why you like it.

Discussion:
1. Do you like other books?
2. What kind of books do Chinese people like?
3. What kind of books do Chinese women like?
2. What kind of books do Chinese children like?
3. What kind of books do you recommend to others?

3. Describing a letter. You should say:

When you received it.Who sent it to you?
What it is about?Whether it is important to you? Why?

Discussion:
1. What is the difference between letter and e-mail?
2. Do you often keep diaries?
3. What is the difference between diary and letter?
4. What is the difference in the past and at the present as regards communications?
5. What is the role of letter 50 years ago and at the present?
6. What do you think of the role 50 years later?
7. What do you think of creative writing?
8. Would post office disappear 50 years later?
9. What role does computer play in our society?
10. What changes have been brought by the computer? What is professors’ attitude?


4. Describing a kind of music. You should say,

Whether you like music. Why or why not?What kind of music you like bestWhat role music plays in people’s life.Discussion:
1. How long do you listen to music everyday?
2. Why is it easier for children to learn playing a musical instrument?
3. What are the benefits of learning to play musical instruments?
4. Discuss the impact of western music on the world music?