英语角话题

英语角话题 生活类: Work 1. What is your ideal job? (Including: How many hours per week? What kind of benefits? Located in which city?) 2. What does it mean to be successful in your work？ 3. What kinds of situations would cause you to change jobs? 4. How can you keep good relationships with your co-workers? What qualities do you want in a co-worker? 5. If you have a problem with your boss, how can you resolve it? Should you talk to him directly about your problem? 6. If a person has a good job opportunity in a city far away from his/her spouse and child, do you think he or she should take the job? Holidays 1. What is your favorite Chinese holiday? Which Western holiday most interests you? 2. Do you think holidays are very significant? What meanings are expressed by such holidays as National Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Christmas, Spring Festival and Thanksgiving? 3. What is the history of your favorite Chinese holiday? (For example, what’s the history of Dragon Boat Festival?) 4. What did you think of the National Day celebration? 5. Describe your ideal holiday. Life Stories 1. Briefly share the life story of someone you admire. Why do you admire that person? What made his/her life special? 2. Tell the highlights of your own life story. What major events in your life made you the person you are today? 3. If you could change one circumstance or event in your life, what would it be? Why? 4. Create an „ending? to your life story. What are some things you want to do/accomplish before you die? How can you do/accomplish those things? Family 1. Describe your family, and tell your group a story about your family from your childhood. 2. Who do you think should have the highest authority in the home- the husband, the wife, or both equally share authority? If you think both should have equal authority, how should they make decisions on where to work or live if they don’t agree with each other? 3. What do you expect to do to take care of your parents when they grow old? What do you expect your child to do for you when you get old? 4. Do you think the Chinese tradition of children taking care of elderly parents will change in the future because of the One Child Policy? How can only children cope with the pressure of taking care of their parents when they are old? 话题类: Friendship 1. What are 3 qualities you want in a good friend? What are 3 qualities you don’t want in a friend and why? 2. How and where do people in China make their closest friendships? 3. If you move to a new place, what is a good way to make new friends? 4. What advice would you give a foreigner about how to develop good friendships with Chinese? Education 1. Tell your group about your most enjoyable learning experience of the past. What made it good? 2. Describe what qualities you think the ideal teacher must have. What are some qualities you don’t want in a teacher? 3. In Chinese society, do teachers have a high status or a low status? Do you think being a teacher is a good job? Why or why not? 4. Is it the teacher/school’s or the parents? responsibility to teach a child good morals and behavior? Rich and Poor 1. Rank the following in order of importance to you: a) health b) family c) money d) a good reputation e) education. Why did you choose that order? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being rich? Do you advantages outweigh the disadvantages or vice versa? 3. Can a person be poor and happy? 4. Whose responsibility do you think is it to take care of the poor: their family, the government, their neighbors, everyone? Cities 1. Describe your hometown, and tell your group 3 things you like about your hometown and three things you don’t like about it. 2. If you were the mayor of your hometown, what problems would you try to fix? How would you go about fixing those problems? What things would you not want to change? 3. How do you feel about Changsha? What challenges do you think Changsha will face in the next 2 years? 10 years? 4. In your mind, what city is the ideal city? Is there a place where you’d like to live for the rest of your life? What/If… 1. If you could be an employee of any company in the world, which company would you choose? 2. What would you do if it was your best friend’s wedding, but you didn’t have any money to give him/her? 3. What would you do if you got lost in an unfamiliar city? 4. If you were going to a foreign country and you could only take one thing with you, what would it be? Thanksgiving 1. What five things are you most grateful for in your life? Are they tangible things or intangible? 2. If someone helps you in a big way, how do you express your gratitude? Do you use words, gifts, treat them to dinner, etc.? 3. If you do something good for someone but they don’t express thankfulness, how do you feel? Should you do something in that situation? Is it right to expect people to be grateful? 时事类: The 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games 1. In which cities did Asian Games host? 2. What sports are you good at or do you like? 3. Why was Hangzhou chosen to host the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games? What are the advantages of Hangzhou? 4. What will you do when Hangzhou will be hosting the 2020 Asian Games? Selfie-stick ban 1. Have you ever taken photos with a selfie-stick? Is that an enjoyable experience? 2. What do you think why some countries have banned taking photos with a selfie-stick? 3. Will you use a selfie-stick when taking photos or not?