英语沙龙第一期topic集合

Time: 20:00,Thursday

Place:学一三层研磨时光

For our first salon, I‘d like to play some break ice games to get us know each other better.

Part one (60 minutes)

Rules:

1.Everyone choose one question whichever you prefer to answer.

2.Each question can only be chosen for once.

3.Chisene is forbidden through all this game. Whoever breaks this will be punished by contributing 5 yuan to our group which will be used to team building.

4.After others‘ speech, you can share your opinion for addition.

Topic 1

For this part, I‘ve prepared some questions as follows.

Questions:

1.Which characteristic do you like most about yourself and why?

2.Introduce your major to us as vividly as you can.

3.Which industry is your ideal choice when you graduate and why?

4.Sing an English song for us.

5.Describe an embarrassing thing that happened to you in the past.

6.If given 10 thousand per month, what will you do with this money?

7.Introduce yourself and the one next to you as well.

8.Tell us one of your experiences which you feel proud of.

9.What do you think about the gender discrimination when we seek for a job?

10.Say anything for 5 minutes at least.

性别歧视现象

就业歧视——人们或许很难将这个负面的字眼与那些名声显赫的国际商业巨头联系起来。一份抽样调查报告便披露了这样一个事实：被调查的96家跨国公司在华机构中，40%的外企公司在入职招聘时涉嫌存在“隐性歧视”，其中不乏世界500强企业。谭小芳老师认为，隐形歧视——首推性别歧视。

与任何一种社会现象的产生一样，职场性别歧视形成的原因也是多方面的，谭小芳认为主要包括以下几点：

1、男性与女性的生理差异是造成职场性别歧视的生物学原因。

女性休假造成连锁反应，导致企业流程受阻

成为母亲后，不会像结婚前那样投入的工作，但是企业对员工的要求是百分百投入。

由于女性的生理特点，企业不能安排女性单独出差，加夜班等具有一定危险性的工作。

所以以上这些生理性差异带来的问题让用人单位觉得麻烦，成为一种生理性的就业障碍。

一位企业人力资源经理如是说：―从企业的角度讲来讲，雇佣女员工不只是简单的增加一个员工的开支问题，因为她休假而导致的问题是一连串的，会产生连锁反应，导致企业流程受阻。而且她做了母亲之后根本不可能像没有结婚以前那么投入的工作，企业对员工的要求就是百分之百地投入。‖此外，由于女性的生理特点，企业一般不能安排其单独出差，加夜班还要考虑安全问题，这种由于生理差异带来的问题让用人单位觉得―麻烦‖，成为一种生理性的就业障碍。

2、企业追求利益最大化与女性生育成本非社会化的矛盾是造成职场性别歧视的客观原因。

作为市场经济的主体，企业追求利益最大化是企业发展的需要，是增强竞争力、保持可持续发展的需要，是市场经济的规律使然，因此企业在合法的情况下追求利益最大化是无可厚非的。

3、社会文化传统的影响是职场性别歧视存在的客观基础。

尽管我们有一系列的立法规定男女平等，尽管建国几十年来中国女性的社会地位发生了巨大变化，但几千年男权社会所承袭下来的对女性歧视的思想仍带着巨大的惯性，影响着人们的观念、意识和行为，在就业中也同样体现。

4、就业中的买方市场促使职场性别歧视严重化。

目前我国整体就业形势严峻，就业压力大。从总量看，―十五‖期间，我国每年城乡新生劳动力升至峰值，加上现存的城镇下岗失业人员，每年需要安排就业的人数达到2200——2300万人。在现有的经济结构状况下，每年新增的就业岗位700——800万个，因此就业缺口在1400——1500万个左右，劳动力供大于求的矛盾十分尖锐，形成了严重的劳动力买方市场，而这种劳动力供求严重失衡的状况使用人单位的选择范围增大，在选择权增大和追求利益最大化的双重影响下，女性就业的难度似乎就成了必然的现实。

5、职场性别歧视的又一重要原因是法律政策的缺失及执法不力。我国相关法律法规在确定立法宗旨、明确调整目标方面较为完备，但缺乏可操作性和执行性。在就业过程中较为常见的公开歧视现象，如今正在转向―隐性化‖。举例说，―不招女生‖的字眼在招聘启事中越来越少见，但在实际录用时，却仍然存在男多女少的情况，这就属于隐性性别歧视。

经历过多次面试的人都知道，职场的“外貌歧视”和“性别歧视”相当普遍。社会心理学家的大量研究表明：男子高大帅气、女子漂亮身材好，绝对有助于升迁。当然不是说外貌决定升迁命运，但是，事实证明，在同等能力的情况下，BQ（美感）分数越高，越容易更顺畅地与人打交道，也更容易获得升迁机会。

尽管隐性就业歧视现象有所上升，但笔者认为这是一个好现象：―这说明相关法律法规已经对就业歧视问题发挥了震慑作用，从公开歧视到隐性歧视再到消除歧视，也是解决这一问题必须经历的一个过程。‖

出台的法律法规，实际上对于解决就业歧视问题有了非常严格的举措。例如隐性歧视现象往往在应聘者初入公司的试用期内发生，而修订后的《劳动合同法》中，对于用人单位在试用期内解除劳动合同，则提出了严格的限制和举证要求。

影响和应对

从长远来看，企业的性别歧视不利于企业发展。专家认为，女性蕴涵着极大的创

造力和相对于男性的独特的智慧与个性，是伟大的人力资源。而女性参与企业的发展，更能激发企业的可持续创新发展。因此女性在企业发展中起着重要作用，女性的经济参与发挥了女性的聪明才智，更能激发和谐社会建设中的社会活力。而且企业具有反对偏见的社会责任，企业如果能转变观念，平等用工，能促进社会男女平等的进一步实现。

由于一些传统文化观念的影响，和入职前辈们的“善意提醒”，很多女大学生往往不自信，认为女生比不过男生，女孩子千万不要轻易怀疑自己的能力，不要因为某些用人单位的潜规则而轻易放弃。女孩子除了讲究面试技巧，最重要的就是自信，“不要轻易给用人单位留下‘这个职业只是我回归家庭的过渡’的印象”。追求男女平等是一项很漫长、复杂和系统的工作，―希望有更多的年轻人参与其中，更深入的推动男女平等‖。[

Topic 2

GAMES---I describing, you guessing.

Rules:

1. Two persons combined into a team. One person describes the words on the ppt, while the other guesses what the word are.

2. The words on ppt cannot be used.

3. Each team is given 8 minutes.

Team Discussion.

Choose one of the following questions you prefer to answer? Either part is ok.

Formal topics on working life.

1. What does the following quotation mean to you? Or just share with us the quotation that influences you deeply.

―Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans‖

—John Lennon, English singer &song writer (1940-1980)

2. Do you think that people starting work now have a different attitude to work than their parents did? If so, in what ways

3. What are your priorities for your working life? You can choose one of the followings aspects to answer.

Flexible hours/ working environment/ pay/ training/ career prospect/ retirement Casual topics on personal life—let your imagination fly for a while.

1.One day, a handsome guy (or a be autiful girl ) transferred into you class……

2.One day, you wake up in bed, to find that you have been transmitted to Qing Dynasty(or sometime in the future)……

3. What will happen if you were left on an island just as Robison Crusoe(鲁滨逊) was?

4. If your friends want to travel to your hometown, where would you like to guide them to and why?

5. Express one of your goals in postgraduate or PH.D life and what have you done or what are you planning to do to achieve this goal.

6. Say anything you want to share with us. Something interesting or memorable are both welcomed.

Topic 3

Hey guys, how‘s everything going? As the 11.11 ―single holiday‖ is coming soon, this session we will talk something about ―relationship‖. However, l et‘s do some exercise for our tongues first. (*^__^*) It‘s tongue twister time!

Betty and Bob brought back blue balloons from the big bazaar. Betty beat a bit of

butter to make a better butter.

●How many cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies?

A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook

cookies.

●I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch

wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.

●There is no need to light a night light on a light night like tonight for a bright

night light is just like a slight light.

●Franc's father is frying French fries for his five fire-fighter friends after they

finished a fire-fighting in a factory.

Now let‘s get started on ou r topic. During this part, everyone must express your opinion about ―relationship‖. You can choose from the following questions that have already been prepared for you, or you can talk something relevant that are not listed below.

1.How would you define love? What different kinds of love are there?

2.What does the ―relationship‖ mean to you?

3.How do you think about telling someone that ―I love you‖? When do you think it

is appropriate? When is it inappropriate?

4.What are 3 qualities that you want in your boyfriend/girlfriend? What are 3

qual ities you don‘t want in them? Why?

5.If it is comfortable for you, romantic memories of how you fall in love with each

other, or what you or your boyfriend/girlfriend has done for the other makes you feel most impressive, or something else you want to share with us.

6.If you do not have a boyfriend/girlfriend, description of the perfect or ideal images

of your boyfriend/girlfriend in your mind can also be shown to us, that is to say, you can talk about what you want your boyfriend/girlfriend would be like.

7.Some suggestions on how to get on well with each other in a relationship are also

acceptable in this topic.

Topic 4

I was very pleased that almost all of you did an excellent job of preparing for the lesson. You will really benefit from this course if you prepare thoroughly.

In this e-mail I would like you to pay attention to:

1.) The ten assessment objectives. The whole course is about these goals.

2.) My comments about peer review.

3.) The structure of an introduction and language that you can use in an introduction. You should learn this language so you can use it in your presentations.

4.) Preparation for lesson 3. Remember to analyse your pronunciation.

5.) I have also attached part of the preparation for lesson 4 for those who have limited time between the lesson on Monday and Wednesday.

The Ten Assessment Areas

Setting and achieving objective

Content

Structure –logical, beginning, middle, end

Signposting

Body language –eye contact, gestures, confidence

Speech –speed, clarity, intonation, interest

Visual prompts –effective?

Audience engagement –checking understanding

Use of notes –don’t just read

Thinking on your feet –Q&As

Learning from each other is essential Peer Review

When watching presentations or doing your own, you should always be thinking about the ‘presentation assessment areas’that I have given you. Think about:

1.) What you or they did well.

2.) What you or they could have done better.

3.) How you or they could have done it better.

Every presentation you do should be better than the last.

Pronunciation

1.) Intonation - rising? Falling?

2.) Stress - word stress e.g. Ob ject and ob ject, sentence stress - important words = strong, not important e.g. Grammatical words.

3.) Phonemes - pay attention to the sounds of English e.g. Sh i p and sh ee t. Structure - Introduction

Remember, your introduction should have five parts:

1.) Welcome the audience

2.) Introduce yourself allowing the audience to know why you are qualified to talk about the subject

3.) Tell the audience the purpose of the presentation

4.) Give the audience an outline of the main points.

5.) Politely tell the audience any rules that you have e.g. Please wait until the end to ask questions, please turn your mobile phones to silent.

Useful Language for Introduction

2.) Introducing yourself

My name is Mark Watson and I am responsible for ….

My name is Mark Watson from [name of company], where I am responsible for …. Let me introduce myself; my name is Mark Watson and I am responsible for …. 3.) Introducing your presentation

The purpose of today’s presentation is to ….

The purpose of my presentation today is to ….

In today’s presentation I’d like to …show you …. / explain to you how ….

In today’s presentation I’m hoping to …give you an update on…. / give you an overview of ….

In today’s presentation I’m planning to …look at …. / explain ….

4.) Signpost/outline

In today’s presentation I’m hoping to cover three points:

firstly, …, after that we will look at …, and finally I’ll ….

In today’s presentation I’d like to cover three points:

firstly, …, secondly …, and finally ….

5.) Explaining that there will be time for questions at the end/rules

If you have any questions you’d like to ask, please leave them until the end, when I’ll be happy to answer them.

If there are any questions you’d like to ask, please leave them until the end, when I’ll do my best to answer them.

Preparation for lesson three

1.) Please change subtitles to English and watch this video. https://www.360docs.net/doc/8113249806.html,/talks/daniel_kraft_medicine_s_future

2.) ―Teenager Makes Millions with News App‖

https://www.360docs.net/doc/8113249806.html,/1303/130327-nick_daloisio.html

1.) Listen to the MP3 recording and try to understand as much as you can.

2.) Use the text to find any words that you don‘t understand. You can use this free online dictionary to check the meaning

3.) Listen and read at the same time.

4.) Listen to the MP3 again without any text.

5.) Listen to each sentence of the MP3. At the end of each sentence, stop the MP3 and record yourself saying the sentence, trying to follow the MP3 exactly.

6.) Listen to your recording and compare it with the MP3. Try to identify areas which do not sound the same – these are the areas that you need to focus on.

You must bring the recording and a copy of the article to class for analysis with a partner.

3.) Brainstorm an idea for a new app.

Choose one of the six choices below, then introduce your app to us all and let others to tell you how you can improve your introduction, including logic and pronunciation or any other aspect.

Topic 7

Part 1:an employee Survey

This survey is my homework about an employee survey questionnaire , you can do it and put forward the views of this questionnaire .you can share your opinion about the question with us and tell us the reason of your choose because I need write a report . thank you !

Part 2:Discussio n

Now let‘s get started on our topic. During this part, everyone must express your opinion about ―change or life story‖.

1. What kinds of changes in life do you look forward to? What kinds of changes do you not like? Why?

2. Do you feel like you are the kind of person that easily adapts to change or new circustances? Can you give an example from your life? If you suddenly found yourself in a new city with no friends and no job, how fast do you think you could adapt?

3. If a person does not like change or adapt easily, how do you think that person can develop the ability to adapt? What other qualities does a person that accepts change easily have?

4. Are there advantages to keeping things the same? What things in your life would you not like to change? What things about your country do you think should stay the same?

5.Briefly share the life story of someone you admire. Why do you admire that person? What made his/her life special?

6.Tell the highlights of your own life story. What major events in your life?

7.If you could change one circumstance or event in your life, what would it be? Why?

8.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?

Part 3:gossip time

We can talk about anything and share some gossips with others in this part, Topic 9

Part1:describe and guess

(Request: you and your partner get several Chinese idioms. One describe the idiom using english and the other guess the.chinese idiom.

Part2: Travel

1.Introduce your hometown trying to persuade someone to visit it.

2.Share an unforgettable travel experience to us.Speak whatever you want to say...

3.Do you yourself design your route or follow the group(you give them money and

they guide your route) ? Tell its advantage and disadvantage.

4.Viewspot is usually divided into natural (huangshan ,jiuzhaigou).and artifial

(gugong ,changcheng)Tell us their meaning and function separately.

5.If you have enough money and time ,where do you want to go most?You can tell

us what time and with whom.Just use your imagination.

6.What else do you want to share with us?

7.Part3: Gossip time

(1)As you know,the atmosphere of Chinese troditional festivals is getting more and

more light.while foreign festivals such as Christmas are more popular.do you support or oppose these foreign festivals.

(2)Have you ever received or given someone an apple for whatever reason?

(3)Tianlongbabu(sorry,I did not found a proper translation) will be released recently,

we know ,the image of zhong hanliang is quite different with the character from the novel.do you think he can play the role well? Which character from the novel do you like best.

Topic 10

Debate

Rules:

All members are divided into two groups---pro&con, four debaters in each group is preferred .

1st You all have ten minutes to do preparations, including discussion about the subject, roles you will play and the strategy used to persuade your opposite side.

2nd Opinion statement by the first debater in each group. Express your opinion and reasons briefly in maximum 3 minutes.

3rd The second and third debaters make addition to their group-mate. 2 minutes each.

4th Free debate. Two sides take turns to argue about the topic in limited time and all the debate process will be no more than five rounds.

5th Conclusion. The fourth debater in each side is in charge of the conclusion task. He or she will have 3minutes to draw a conclusion to the whole debate.

6th The host make comments on each side‘s performance and decide who is the winner.

Attached is some material I download from the internet for your reference.

不管怎么样，我们依然坚持我们的观点。

Anyway, we still adhere to our point of view.

对方辩友。

my fellow debaters

请问你怎么证明我们的观点是不正确的呢？

Excuse me, how do you prove our view is not correct?

我们坚持这个观点，当然有我们的依据。

We insist on this view, of course, we have the basis.

我认为这个话题告诉我们。

I think this topic tell us

具体的说明请听我们队友的阐述

Specific instructions please listen to our team-mate explained

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A 征求他人观点或意见的用语

I would be glad to hear your opinion of …我很乐意听听你对……的意见。

Are you of the same opinion as I? 你与我的看法一致吗？

I was wondering where you stood on the question of …我想知道你对……问题怎么看。

B 引入自己的新观点或看法的用语

Another point is that …另一点是……

Another way of looking at it is …看这个问题的另一个看法是……

I forgot to say / tell you that…我忘记要讲…..

C 就自己阐述的观点进行总结时的用语

That’s all I want to say. 我想说的就这些了。

Do you agree? I’m sure you agree. 你赞同吗？我相信你是赞同的。

D 就对方阐述的观点进行总结时的用语

As you said…像你所说的那样……

But didn’t you say that…？但是，难道你没说过……吗？、

If I understood you correctly, you said that…要是我理解正确的话，你说过…….

E 如何礼貌地反对对方某一观点

I’m not sure really.我不确定

Do you think so?你这样认为吗

Well, it depends. 哦那可不一定

I’m not so certain. 我不太确定

Well, I’m not so sure about that. 我不太清楚

I’m inclined to disagree with that. 我倾向于不赞成这一观点

No, I don’t think so really. 不，我不认为如此

F 如何强烈反对对方某一观点

I disagree.

I disagree with you entirely. 我不同意你所说的

I‘m afraid I don‘t agree.

I‘m afraid you are wrong there

I wouldn’t accept that for one minute. 我不会接受这一分钟

You can't really mean that.

You can’t be serious. 你不会是认真的吧

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一辩：FIRST DEBATER

二辩：SECOND DEBATER

对方辩友，my fellow debaters

开始的陈词，Honorable judges, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen.....

陈述的时候一定要自信，把握好时间，如果到后来时间到，你却没陈述完的时候也要保持自信，微笑，不管他们，把话说完，所以陈述部分的最后几句一定要背熟练。别忘了说thank you

如果想要驳斥对方的逻辑，进行假设：according to your logic

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- stating an opinion

陈述观点

I think..., In my opinion..., I believe…

I'd like to point out that我想指出的是…

Speaking for myself站在自己的立场上说…

In my experience…根据我的经验…

I'd like to say this：…我会这样说…

I suppose..., 我想

I'd rather..., I'd prefer...,我宁愿....我更喜欢

The way I see it..., 我的看法是

As far as I'm concerned...,就我而言，…

If it were up to me..., 如果由我决定的话

I suspect that...,我怀疑

I'm pretty sure that..., 我很肯定

It is fairly certain that..., 它是相当肯定的是

Asking for an opinion from the other party

询问对方意见

I would be glad to hear your opinion of …我很乐意听听你对……的意见。

Are you of the same opinion as me? 你与我的看法一致吗？

I was wondering where you stood on the question of …我想知道你对……问题怎么看。

well…what do you think (about

Do you agree? (don't you agree?)你同意吗?(你是不是同意?)

What's your view on the matter?就这件事你的看法呢? how do you see it?你怎么看它?

let‘s have your opinion.让我们听听你的意见！

do you think that…?你认为…吗

Coming up with a new point

想出一个新观点

Another point is that …另一点是……

Another way of looking at it is …看这个问题的另一个看法是……

I forgot to say / tell you that…我忘记要讲…...

clarifying a point

阐述观点

a. what I said was…我刚才说的是…

b. what I mean to say was…我的意思是说…

c. let me repeat what I sai

d.让我重复我刚才所说的。

d. let me rephrase what I said.让我重申刚才所说的。

Concluding your own point of views

总结自己的观点

That’s all I want to say. 我想说的就这些了。

Do you agree? I’m sure you agree. 你赞同吗？我相信你是赞同的。

Concluding the points of the other side debater

站在对方立场

As you said…像你所说的那样……

But haven’t you said that…？但是，难道你没说过……吗？、

If I understood you correctly, you said that…要是我理解正确的话，你说过…….

How to Agree Strongly with an Opinion.

如何非常同意有自己的见解。

1. I couldn't agree more!我不能同意更多!

2. That's absolutely true! 完全正确!

3 .Absolutely! 毫无疑问

4. I agree with your point.我同意你的观点。

5. I'd go along with you there.在这点上我同意你。

6. I'm with you on that.

7. That's just what I was thinking.我也是这么想的

8. That's exactly what I think.这正是我所想的。

9. That's a good point.

10. That's just how I see it.

11. That's exactly my opinion.

12.That‘s a good point.这个看法不错

13.I feel the same way.我也持同样的想法。