研究生英语口语考试题目及参考

Topics for the oral exam (2014.12)

1. What do you remember about learning gender roles when you were

a child?

Now I say someth ing about lear ning gen der roles whe n I was a child.

As a girl, whe n I was a little girl I always liked to play with my mother' things, especially her jewelry and makeup. However, I often break them, so my mom would not allow me to play her things. Since I was three years old my parents are very busy for their work hardly have any spare time to take care of me. So I often play with my elder brother, He was five years older tha n me,he take care of me particularly good, gradually, I liked to play with my brother s things, for example, his toy cars toy gun and Tran sformers. And in my opi nio n he is a particularly powerful people, so many things I would liked to learn from him. So that , even at school, I remember talking with other girls about toy cars, toy gun, and other aspects of the boy's toy. So, Un til now, my character is also like a boy.

2. Compare and con trast the traditi onal Chin ese gen der-role patter ns

and the moder n Chi nese gen der-role patter ns.

Now I say something about compare the traditional Chinese gen der-role patter ns with the moder n Chi nese gen der-role patter ns.

Traditi on ally, gen der roles in Chi na were affected by Con fucia ni sm, with men being the string leaders of the family, and women having less power. Usually the man go out to work to make mon ey, and the woma n stay at home do the housework and take care of the members of the family.

But this patter n has cha nged over time, the moder n Chin ese gen der-role patter ns are very differe nt with the traditi onal Chin ese gen der-role patter ns. Now wome n are equal to men, eve n in some families the status of the women is higher than the men. And now some women have high positions in business science and other fields. In some families also appeared such phe nomenon, the woma n go out to work to make money, and the man stay at home do the housework and take care of the members of the family. On the other hand, it may still be difficult for wome n to opport un ities in school or at work.

3. Do you think all immigrants should try to assimilate? Why or why

n ot?

Now I say something about the question of whether all immigrants should try to assimilate. Yes, I think all immigrants should try to assimilate.

The first reason, because they will gain more from living abroad if they learn at least some of local la nguage and customs. They will make more friends and have more opport un ities.

And the second reason, every country has its own custom and culture, the immigra nts should We have to recog nize and respect the custom and cultural differences, so as to prevent any possible misunderstanding. For example, I see a piece of n ews from the Intern et, this n ews is descripti on about ,in Can ada, they like Chin ese mon ey, but not n ecessarily welcome china immigration way of life, especially the latter are considered disturbed'Nati onal Aborigi nal life.

So I think all immigrants should try to assimilate, at the same time, they can keep themselves.