英语角话题汇总

英

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角

话

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Prepared on 22 November 2020

一、

Direct and Indirect Communication

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1. Do you feel that you are a direct communicator or an indirect communicator Give an

example.

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2. Who do you feel you can communicate directly with and who do you feel you should

communicate indirectly with

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3. In the following situations, is direct communication or indirect communication more

effective Why

五、

a) Asking a favor

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b) Breaking up with a boyfriend/girlfriend

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c) Te

lling your teacher you didn’t do your homework

八、

d) Firing an employee

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4. Have you ever had a bad experience in which someone said something to you too directly

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5. If someone is communicating with you indirectly and you don’t understand the message

they are trying to tell you, how do you deal with the situation

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Friendship

十二、

1) Come up with a definition for what friendship means in China.

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2) What are 3 qualities you want in a good friend What are 3 qualities you don’t want in a friend Why

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3) How and where do people in China make their closest friendships

十五、

4) If you move to a new place, what is a good way to make new friends

十六、

5) What advice would you give a foreigner about how to develop good friendships with Chinese people

十七、

6) If there is a foreign volunteer in your group, ask him/her what advice he/she has about being friends

with westerners.

十八、

Education

十九、

1. Tell your group about your most enjoyable learning experience of the past. What made it good

二十、

2. Describe what qualities you think the ideal teacher must

have. What are some qualities you don’t

want in a teacher

二十一、

二十二、

behavior

3. In Chinese society, do teachers have a high status or a low status Do you think being a

4. Is it the teacher/school’s or the parents’ responsibility to tea

ch a child good morals and

5. In your opinion, do men or women make better teachers

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

3. What is the history of your favorite Chinese holiday (For example, what’s the history of

4. What did you think of the National Day celebration

5. Describe your ideal holiday.

1. Rank the following in order of importance to you: a) health b) family c) money d) a good

2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being rich Do you advantages outweigh the

3. Can a person be poor and happy What do you think the hardest part about being poor

4. Whose responsibility do you think is it to take care of the poor: their family, the government,

5. Has the economic crisis affected your life at all

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

teacher is a good job Why or why not

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二十四、

二十五、

二十六、

二十七、

二十八、

as National Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Christmas, Spring Festival and Thanksgiving

Dragon Boat Festival)

二十九、

三十一、

三十二、

三十三、

三十四、

三十、

Rich and Poor

reputation e) education. Why did you choose that order

disadvantages or vice versa

would be for you if you were poor What do you do you think would be the hardest part about being rich

their neighbors, everyone

三十五、

三十六、

三十七、

三十八、

both equally share authority If you think both should have equal authority, how should they make decisions

on where to work or li

ve if they don’t agree with each other

三十九、

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

四十、

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

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四十二、

四十三、

四十四、

Cities

1. Describe your hometown, and tell your group 3 things you like about your hometown and

2. If you were the mayor of your hometown, what problems would you try to fix How would you

3. How do you feel about Changsha What challenges do you think Changsha will face in the

4. In your mind, what city is the ideal city Is there a place where you’d like to live for the rest of

thr

ee things you don’t like about it.

go about fixing those problems What things would you not want to change

next 2 years 10 years

四十五、

your life