英语口语考试讨论题目集锦

New Horizon College English(IV)

Unit 1&2 Topics for Oral Quiz

Choose one of the following topics to make a dialogue with your parner.

1.A asks B he looks furous. B says he wanted to buy an ordinary

digital camera, but was tricked into buying an expensive professional one. When he went back and asked to exchange it for

a cheaper one, the shop assistant behaved rudely. As B left, he

heard the assistant say he was too poor to buy a good camera. A suggests that B complain to the Consumer Protection Agency and ask them to help him get a refund.

2. John and Sally meet on the street. Owing to a series of plastic

surgery operations Sally has had, John fails to recognize her at first sight. Sally explains that she had the bridge of her nose raised, her single-folded eyelids made double-folded, and her teeth straightened in order to find a good job. John objects, saying that practical abilities count more than good looks.

Choose one of the following topics to make a dialogue with your parner.

1.John just learned a forest fire broke out on Hong Kong’s Dayu

Mountain. Maggie heard the local government sent firefighters and helicopters to put out fire. Maggie believes there is no point in stopping the fire since it is a phase in the natrual cycle. Forests get rid of old debris to make room for new growth. Josh disagrees because the fire-hit area extends nearly 4,000 square meters, and countless rare butterflies were killed in the fire, which is a great loss. Moreover, the blaze is a threat to human lives.

2. Dick is a salesman, who regularly supplies batteries for a mobile phone manufacturing company. Today Dick called Jenny, the secretary of the company, to ask her to arrange a meeting with her boss, Linda, so that he could introduce to her a powerful yet inexpensive battery. They decided to meet this Thurday morning. Later Jenny called back that something unexpected had come up, and she had to postpone the meeting. Finally they rescheduled it to 5:30 p.m. on Thurday.

Choose one of the following topics to make a dialogue with your parner.

1. Before Pamela finished her internship at the company, her boss,

Mr. Atkin, offered her a permanent job. Pamela has been admitted to a Master’s degree program and intends to leave.

Atkin tries to keep her by promising a promotion and a raise, but in vain. Pamela believes that further education will sharpen her competitive edge and promoses to help find a replacemant.

2. Simon asks Eliza why people say “keep your fingers crossed”

when they wish others good luck. Eliza tells him that the practice probably has its roots in the antient Christian belief that “making the sign of the cross” would keep away evil spirits and bad luck.

Children often cross their fingers when they tell a small lie in order to avoid bad luck or punishment.