口语考核

Student B: Student C is a friend of both you and your partner. The first of June is his/her birthday. Now you and your partner are discussing what gift to buy for him/her. You and your partner are considering a series of choices with reference to your friend’s interest, the quality of the gift, its cost, etc. Eventually, you and your partner find it difficult to make a final decision today because both of you have your own preference. Remember your partner will start the conversation

Student A: you and your partner are good friends and decide to do traveling together during summer holidays. Now you and your partner are discussing where to go. You and your partner are considering a series of choices with reference to your interest, the cost, the number of days, etc. Eventually, you and your partner find it difficult to make a final decision today because both of you have your own preference. Remember you will start the conversation.

Student B: You and your partner are good friends and decide to do traveling together during summer holidays. Now you and your partner are discussing where to go. You and your partner are considering a series of choices with reference to your interest, the cost, the number of days, etc. Eventually, you and your partner find it difficult to make a final decision today because both of you have your own preference. Remember your partner will start the conversation.

Student A: -You discuss with your partner whether second-year university students should take part-time jobs. The answer to the question itself is not important. What you and your partner should do is to try to think of all the advantages and disadvantages of taking part-time jobs. Remember you should initiate the conversation..

Student B: You discuss with your partner whether second-year university students should take part-time jobs. The answer to the question itself is not important. What you and your partner should do is to try to think of all the advantages and disadvantages of taking part-time jobs. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.

Student A: You and your partner discuss whether examinations should be abolished in universities. The answer to the question itself is not important. What you and your partner should do is to try to think of all the advantages and disadvantages of having exams. Remember you should initiate the conversation.

Student B: You and your partner discuss whether examinations should be abolished in universities. The answer to the question itself is not important. What you and your partner should do is to try to think of all the advantages and disadvantages of having exams. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.

Student A: Your department is going to have an English speech contest. You are eager to enter it but you have a lot of worries. So you come to your friend for advice. First of all, you and your friend are talking about the reasons why you are eager to take part in the contest and what is worrying you. Your friend is trying to help you. However, you don’t think all his/her suggestions are helpful. You are trying to give him/her explanations about your own situation. Remember you should initiate the conversation.

Student B: Your department is going to have an English speech contest. Your friend wants to enter it and at the same time he/she has a lot of worries. Now he/she comes to you for advice. After hearing his/her problems attentively, you give him/her some suggestions by sharing your own experience with him/her. However, your friend doesn’t think all your suggestions are helpful and he/she tries to give you more explanations about his/her situation. By having a better understanding of his/her situation, you are able to give him/her better suggestions. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.

Student A: You have decided to take a part-time job. You have been offered several hobs but feel difficult to make a final decision on which one to take. You go to your friend to seek his/her advice. Although his/her advice appears to be reasonable, you don’t want to accept it. Remember you should initiate the conversation.

Student B: Your best friend has decided to take a part-time job. He/she has been offered several jobs but feels difficult to make a final decision. He/she comes to you for advice. You are trying to give him/her suggestions. However, none of the suggestions has been accepted by him/her. Remember it is your partner who initiates the conversation.

Student A: You and your friend are discussing what to do in future. You and your friend have different plans for future, which, however, are unrealistic. Through the discussion, you and your friend have come to realize what you want to do is different from what you can do in future, and when people make decisions on which job to take, they have to take several factors into consideration. Remember that you should initiate the conversation.

Students B: You and your friend are discussing what to do in future. You and your friend have different plans for future, which, however, are unrealistic. Through the discussion, you and your friend have come to realize what you want to do is different from what you can do in future, and when people make decisions on which job to take, they have to take several factors into consideration. Remember that your partner will initiate the conversation.

Student A: You have decided to take a trip to the Yellow Mountain with your classmates during summer holidays but your parents are strongly against it. Now you go to your friend to seek his/her advice on how you can make your parents grant your request. He/she is trying to give you various suggestions. Although his/her suggestions appear to be reasonable, you don’t think they can work very well with your parents. Remember you should start the conversation.

Student B: Your best friend has decided to take a trip to the Yellow Mountain with his/her classmates during summer holidays but his/her parents are strongly against it. He/she comes to you for advice. You are trying to give him/her suggestions on how he/she can make his/her parents grant his/her request. Although your suggestions appear to be reasonable, your friend doesn’t think they can work very well with his/her parents. Remember it is your partner who starts the conversation.

Student A: You have been offered two jobs: one is working in the government and the other in a joint venture. You feel difficult to decide which one to take. Now you go to your friend and ask for his/her advice. First of all, you and your friend are discussing the advantages and disadvantages of each option. Eventually both you and your friend have found it is not easy at all to select one job out of the two. Remember you should start the conversation.

Student B: Your friend has been offered two jobs: one is working in the government and the other in a joint venture. He/She feels difficult to make a final decision on which one to take. Now he/she comes to you to seek your advice. First of all, you and your friend are discussing the advantages and disadvantages of each option. Eventually, both of you have found it is not easy at all to select one job out of the two. Remember it is your partner who starts the conversation.

Student A: You are a freshman who has just enrolled in your university. You are wondering about what the university life would be though you have heard a lot of it. To be honest, you are a little bit lost and afraid of the coming university life. Now you meet a sophomore of your department and ask him/her for advice on how to make good use of time, how to study well and how to make friends in the university. Eventually you become confident about your future again. Remember you should start the conversation.

Students B: You are a sophomore at the university. A freshman of your department comes to you to ask for advice on how to become successful in the university. You share your experience of the university life with him/her. You try to tell him/her how to make good use of time, how to study well and how to make friends in the university. Eventually you make him/her confident about his/her future again. Remember it is your partner who starts the conversation.