一級重點(diǎn) 學(xué)校教育類話題/政府類話題/家庭教育類話題
學(xué)校教育類1. Team activities can teach children more life skills than activities that are done alone. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
學(xué)校教育類2. Some people think that primary school students should be responsible for their own behaviour, while others believe that their parents should take responsibility for their behaviour. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
學(xué)校教育類3. Some people believe that secondary school children should study international news as one of their school subjects, while others think that it is a waste of valuable school time. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
學(xué)校教育類4. Some people think that the government should decide the subject for students to study in university, while others believe that students should be allowed to apply for the subject they prefer. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
學(xué)校教育類5. Some people think that schools should select pupils according to their academic abilities, while others believe that it is better to have pupils with different abilities study together. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
政府類1. Some governments today think that economic progress is their most important goal. Others, however, believe that other types of progress are equally important for their country. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
政府類2. Governments should pay for people’s education and health care. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
政府類3. Some people think that governments should try to preserve languages that are in danger of extinction. Others, however, believe that would be a waste of public money. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
政府類4. Some people believe that governments should make investments in building public libraries in every town, while others think it is a waste of money because we have access to information via the Internet. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
政府類5. Some people think developing countries should invite foreign companies to open branches, offices and factories to promote their economies. Others, however, say that they should keep the foreign companies out and depend more on their own local companies. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
家庭教育類1. Some people think that teachers have a greater influence on children than their parents. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
家庭教育類2. Some people think parents should read or tell stories to their children, while others say it is not important and can be replaced by watching television and movies instead. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
家庭教育類3. Some people think that reading for pleasure is more useful in developing children's language skills and imagination than watching TV and surfing the Internet. Do you agree or disagree?
家庭教育類4. Many parents choose to teach their children at home rather than sending their children to school. Do you think the benefits of home schooling outweigh its drawbacks?
家庭教育類5. Some working parents believe that children centers can provide best care for children, while others think family members like grandparents can do it better. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
二級重點(diǎn) 全球化類話題/環(huán)保類話題/媒體類話題
全球化類1. Some people think that multinational companies can create jobs in developing countries. Others, however, believe that they cause many local people to lose their jobs. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
全球化類2. Some people think that main benefit of international cooperation is in protection of the environment, while others think that the main benefit is in the world business. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
全球化類3. When students study a foreign language, they should also study the culture and lifestyles of the people who speak the language. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
環(huán)保類1. The environmental problems facing the world today are so serious that there is little ordinary people can do to improve the situation. Only the government and large companies can reduce the damage being done to the environment. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
環(huán)保類2. Some people think that the time and money spent on the protection of wild animals should be spent on humans instead. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
環(huán)保類3. Air travel is cheap these days, allowing ordinary people to travel further. Some people say that airfare should be increased because this leads to environmental problems. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
環(huán)保類4. Some countries and individuals try to deal with the problem of animal extinction. Others think it is more important to deal with problems of human beings. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
媒體類1. Some people believe that video games are harmless fun. Others, however, think that video games have a negative effect on their players. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
媒體類2. Some people think that parents have a great influence on their children, while others believe that the media is a bigger influence. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
媒體類3. Nowadays, there is a trend that reports of media focus on problems and emergencies rather than positive developments. Some people think it is harmful to individuals and to society. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
媒體類4. Advertising encourages consumers to buy in quantity rather than in quality. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
媒體類5. Some people think that news has no connection to their life, so it is a waste of time to read the news on the newspaper and watch television news programs. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
三級重點(diǎn) 文化類話題/生活類話題/社會類話題/犯罪類話題
文化類1. Some visitors are interested in other countries’ cultures and traditions. How do they learn other cultures and traditions? Why is this interesting to some vistors but not to others?
文化類2. In multi-cultural societies, people of different cultural backgrounds live and work together. Do you think the advantages of multi-cultural societies outweigh the disadvantages?
文化類3. Many old buildings are protected by the law because they are part of the nation’s history. However, some people think that they should be knocked down to make way for new ones. Do you agree or disagree?
生活類1. Some people say that the best way to improve public health is by increasing the number of sports facilities. Others, however, say that this would have little effect on public health and other measures are required. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
生活類2. Some people think personal happiness is directly related to economic success, while others believe that this depends on other factors. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
生活類3. Nowadays air transport is used to export a wide variety of food to countries where the food is out of season. Some people think this is a positive development. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
生活類4. Some people think that extreme sports such as bungee jumping and rock climbing should be banned. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
社會類1. Today, fewer elderly people live with their children than in the past. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?
社會類2. Some people think it is necessary to use animals for testing medicines intended for human use. Others, however, think it is cruel to do that. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
社會類3. Some people think that women should have the same right as men to choose their profession. Others, however, believe that women are less able than men to do certain jobs. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
社會類4. Many countries are trying to improve the standard of living of their people through economic development. However, some people think that traditional values are lost as a result of this. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion?
社會類5. Today, more and more parents depend on their children's grandparents for childcare. Do you think this is a positive or negative trend?
社會類6. Some people think that governments should provide care and financial support for elderly people. Others, however, believe that it is the responsibility of each person to prepare for retirement. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
犯罪類1. Some people think that the best way to reduce crime is to give criminals longer prison sentences. Others, however, think there are better ways to reduce crime. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
犯罪類2. Some people think that the only purpose of prison is to punish criminals. Others, however, argue that it has other purposes as well. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
犯罪類3. The number of traffic accidents is rising in many countries. Some people think that strict punishments for driving offences are the only way to reduce traffic accidents. Do you agree or disagree?
犯罪類4. The rate of youth crime is increasing in many countries. What are the causes of this trend? Suggest some solutions.
犯罪類5. Today, crime is one of the main subjects of many news programmes. Do you think the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?