大学英语4课堂讨论话题(English Topic)

BOOK4 English TopicUNIT1Talkaboutthepowerofhumorandsharethehumorousstoryortypicaljokewithyourclassmates.A:Peopleliketobeconsideredhumorous,butfewofusactuallyhavethesenseofhumorwehopewehave.Ontheotherhand,Iwonderwhyweshouldbothertobehumorous.B:Iamafraid,Youdonotknowthepowerofhumor.Wecannoticethatthereisnogreatspeakerintheworldwhoisnothumorous.C:Well.Ifyouarehumorousyouwillalwaysattractalotofpeoplearoundyou.Soyouwillbeafocusofattentionandacenterofacrowd.D.Thatstruumorisalsothebestwaytosolvesomeconflictsbetweenfriends. When peopleareabouttoquarrel,ahumorousleadingtohelpsettletheproblem.Oh,socanImakeaconclusionthathumorisaveryimportantqualityforapersonorforgettingalongwithothers?Year!Ihaveheardajoke.Myfriendreadmeanoteshehadjustreceivedfromherboyfriend:"Tobewithu,Iwouldconquerwindandtide.Nodisastercouldstopmefromlovingu.Iwouldneverforgetu."ThencametheP.S.:"IwillcometourhouseonSunday,provideddoesn'train."C.Ihaveonetoo.AuntHattie,puttingonherhatafteravisittooneofhermarriednephews,saidtoeight-year-oldJohnny,“And,youngman,wouldyouliketowalkwithmetothebusstop?””No,”Johnnysaid.”Whynot?”askedAuntHattie.”Becausewe'regoingtostarteatingdinnerassoonasyougo.”D.Oh,that‟sfunny,theseboysarereallycute.Well,thepowerofhumorisreallyamazing.Andinmyopiniontherearemanywaystolearnhowtobehumorous.Beingtogetherwithsomeonewhoishumorousisoneway.Readingsomebookswhichcontainhumororhumorousstoriesisanother.A.Igetit.Ithink themostimportantwayisthatweshouldtrytooptimisticaboutourlifeatpresentand,moreover,ourlifeinthefuture.2.Whatisyourfavoritefilmandwhydoyoulikeitsomuch?A.Hi,boys.Let‟sgoingtowatchthefilmofHarryPotterthisfriday.It‟smyfavoritestory,HarryPotterisanunusualboy.Hehadsomemagicalpower.Whenhewasababy,averyevilmankilledhisparents.Fortunately,HarryPotterwassaved.B.Ilikeittoo.Thenallthatisabouttochangewhenamysteriousletterarrivesbyowlmessenger:letterswithaninvitationtoanincredibleplacethatHarry—andanyonewhoreadsabouthim—willfindunforgettable.What‟syours,Nancy?C.I.prefer.the.ChroniclesofNarnia.It.presenttheadventuresofchildrenwhoplaycentralrolesintheunfoldinghistoryofNarnia,aplacewhereanimalstalk,magiciscommon,andgoodbattlesevil.EachofthebookschildrenfromourworldwhoaremagicallytransportedtoNarnia,wherethe-yarecalledupontohelptheLionAslan.D.Yeah.TheChroniclesofNarniaisaseriesofsevenfantasynovelsforchildrenwrittenbyC.S.Lewis.Itisconsideredaclassicofchildren'sliteratureandistheauthor'sbest-knownwork,havingsoldover120millioncopiesin41languages.Ithavebeenadaptedforcinema.I‟moneofthefanstoo.Well,everyonehashisownfavoritethings.Asforme,theHarryPottershowedhisbraveandwisdominthefilm.Finally,hehasbeatentheviolenceandbuiltuphisfriendship.IalwaysdreamedtohavesomestrangepowerlikeHarryPort.IalsothinkthatIcanlearnmanythingsfromhim,suchashowtotreatmyfriend,howtobeanhonestperson.Yes,myfilmgivemethesamefeeling.Theytoldushowtoachievemypersonalgoalsandsoon.Overthepastfiftyyears,S.Lewis‟sbookTheChroniclesofNaaattractmuchlionsoffanshaveembracedtherecentblockbusterhitmoviesTheChroniclesofNarnia:TheLion,theWitchandtheWardrobeandTheChroniclesofNarnia:PrinceCaspian.Ithinkthefantasystorywillbecontinuedandlastlong.UNIT2Isletterwritingbetterthancalling?Hi,looksohappy?!Yeah,look!Ihavegotaletterfromoneofmybestfriend.Letter?Arethereanypersonstilluseletterstosendmessages?Asthedevelopmentofscientifictelephoneisusedmoreoftenthanlettersknow,itiseasiertomakeacallthantowritealetter.Youareright!Butsometimeslettersareinspiring,andsometimesareencouraging.Youcanwritealotofthingsinaletteranditdoesnotcostyoumuchtosend.Butitisslow,youhavetowaitalongtimetogetaresponsefromyourfriends.Iagreewithyou!Anoteattachesmoreimportancetoourwell-wishing.Itisamatterofrecord,andourwordscanbereadsmorethanoncesavoredandtreasured.SoIthinkWritingaletterismoreeffectivethanmakingaphonecall.Well!Somepeoplelikewriting.Becausewhenreadingaletter,theyfeelwarmandsmileasifthepersonistalkingtothemfacetoface.Whenwriteletters.Weshouldkeeplettersbriefandtothepoint.Trytocoveronlyonesubject.Onlyinthiswaycanweuselettersmorewonderful.why,then,therearesofewpeopleupbeatnotewriters?Myguessisthatmanywhoshyawayformthepracticeareself-conscious.Theyareafraidtheywillbemisunderstanding,sentimentalorinsincere.Alsowritingtakestime.Sowemustfindtherightwaytosaywhatwewhattosay.Lettersmakeadifference.Letter writing also offers constituents an opportunity to serve consultants,A.Everythinghavetwosides.Wecannotjustsaywritingisbetterthancallingorcallingisbetterthanwriting.Weshouldchoosetherightwayaccordingtodifferentcases.Talkaboutthemostdangeroussentence(words)andthemostpowerfulsentence(words).Why?Hello,everyone,asweknow,wordshavehugepowertoinfluenceourlives,todaylet‟stalksomethingaboutit.Willyou?Yeah!Soundsgood.It‟syoufirst,Yoyo.Whatdoyouthinkisthemostdangeroussentenceorword?Oh,letmesee.Inmyopinion,Iregardthesentence“Youarethemoststupidguyintheworld”asthemostdangeroussentence.Whenyouhearit,youcan‟thelpyourselfbeingsad.Yes,Iagree.ItwaswhenIwasyoungthatmyteacheralwaysthoughtwasthemoststupidstudentinourclass.Becauseofthat,Ididn‟tworkhardonmyclass,evenhadnoconfidenceinmyself.Whataboutyou,Nancy?Well,Ithinktheword“dishonest”isthemostdangerousword.Ihateanyone describing me like that. On the opposite, I prefer theword”sincere”.Ican‟tagreemore.Iattachmuchimportanttobeingasincereperson.SoI‟lltrymybesttotreateveryonesincerely.AndIalsowishtheytreatmeallthesame.Well,let‟sthrowawaythebadthings,arethereanywordsyouwillneverforget?En…Thesentence”Youareoneinamillion!”hascompletelychangedmylife.Itwastoldbymymum.Shelovedmesomuchandherwordswassomoving.Fromthenon,Isparenoefforttoachievehighgrades.Everyonecanseeyourachievement.Yes,Whenoneisworriedabouttests,whenoneismisunderstoodorcriticizedbyothers,orwhenthingsgoagainstourexpectations,inspiringsentencesgiveapatonourback.Theyremainusneverletgoofourdreams.As with you see, I think the following words give us encouragement:”Howcanseetherainbowwithoutastorm?Noonecansucceedwithouteffort”.Witheachchallengewelearntogetoverourproblemsmoreeasily.Yousee,it‟ssopowerful.Ithinkweshouldbecarefulwhentalkwithothers,maybethewordwillc hangeothers‟holelives.UNIT3Whatarethecharacteristicsoftheidealwifeandtheidealhusband?Hello,Nancy,comehere.Weareappreciatingthepicturesofweddingceremony.Itissoromantic.Thebeautifulgirlwithahandsomeboy,soperfectly.Oh,cool.That‟sthemostimportantmomentforthenewcouple.Fromthenon,theymaystarttostruggletobeidealwifeandidealhusband.Asforme,Iexpectmyfuturehusbandtoberesponsible,reliablediligent.However,itisnotaneasythingforthemtobeanidealwifeoranidealhusband.Likethepeopleinthestories,theyhaveto meetdifficultieswhich are unknown to all of us or exceptionalset circumstancescallingforexerciseofgreatcourageandskill.Besides,itisthetimethattheybegintothinkforeachotherandgiveunconditionalloveandcaretoeachother.Theyhavebeenrelatives,notonlylovers.Couplesshouldlookoneachotherastheirpartnerandfriend,ratherthantheirdependent.Yes,that‟squitetrue.Littlegirlsandboysaresochildish.Theymayregardbeautifulappearanceasthemostimportantcharacteristicofidealwifeoridealhusband.Butwhentheygrowup,theymayrealizetheirmistakes.Theyallshouldhaveastrongsenseofresponsibilityandendurehardshipsandfailures.Year,foranidealwife,firstly,sheshouldbewarm-hearted,intelligentandhavesomesimilarinterestswithherhusband.Whileanidealhusbandshouldbecapableofsupportingafamily,itisbasicelement.En…Youareright.However,anidealwifeshouldalsobevirtuousconcentrateonherfamilyespeciallyherhusband.Aswell,thehusbandshouldloyaltohiswife.Allofwhatyousaidareright.Butmaybeyouforgetamostimportantactor,itiseitheridealwifeoridealhusbandshouldlovetheirmateandtheirfamily.2.Whoareteacher‟spets,boysorgirls?Howtoavoidgenderbiasintheclassroom？A.Hi,Nancy,whatareyoudoing?Oh,Iamreadingamagazine.Look,Iaminterestedbythispassage.Accordingtoarecentresearch,manyteacherswhothoughttheynonsexistwereamazedtoseehowbiasedtheyappearedinclass.En…letmesee.Theywereshowntocallonmalesinclassfarmorethanonfemalestudents,thistakesplaceevenfromnurseryschoolpostgraduatecourse.Somepeoplethinkitwasnotbecauseteacherslikedboysbetter,butbecausetheythinkgirlsareafraidoflosingface.Yes,asamatteroffact,theclassroomisaman‟sworld,whereboysgettwo-thirdsoftheteacher‟sattentionevenwhentheyareinaminority.Theyareallowedtoteasethegirlsandtheyreceivepraiseforsloppyworkthatwouldnotbetoleratedfromgirls.A.Besides,theresearchalsoshowedthatsometimesteachersunknowinglypreventedgirlsfromparticipatingasactivelyasboysclassbyassigningthemdifferenttakesinaccordancewithstereotypedgenderroles.Thismayhaveagreatimpactongirls.B.Iquiteagree!Thegirlsarethusbeingdeprivedofavitallearningexperiencethatwouldaffecttheirentirelivesorpreventthemfromgoingontohigherachievement.Schoolcanarrangeboysandgirlsworkinpairs,makethemcheckeachother‟exercisesbeforehandingin.C.Afewschoolshaveintroducedsingle-sexgroupsformathandsciencewhichhavefoundsignificantimprovementsingirls‟results.However,itisnotthemosthopefulsolution,Ithink.D.Year,separatingboysandgirlsisnotthebestanswer.Probablyencouraginggirlstobemoreactiveandpositivecanbebetter,theycanlearntotakeadvantageoftheirstrengths.A.Well!Neverusegendertogroupstudents.Facingandworkingwithpeopleofsamegendercouldberatherboring.Inthewayyouhavesaidisgoodbutitrequirecollaboration.However,Ithinkwecandowell.Unit4Whichshouldbeemphasizedineducation,knowledgeorcreativity?A:Withthedevelopmentofsociety,anincreasingnumberofimportanceisattchedtoeducation.Expertsineducationregardknowledgeasoneofthemostimportantfactors.However,someotherexpertsdon‟tagreewithit.In their opinons,these approaches should be able to creativityintheirstudents.Andhowdoyouthink,**?B:Obviously,creativityismuchmoreimportant,atleastIthinkso.Justassomeexpertssaidthatcreativityplaysanextremlyimportantroleonone‟swaytosuccessandisthekeytoabrighterfuture.Anyonewhohavebenefitedfromcreativitycandiscoveranumberofwaystosolveproblemsandtofullytakeadvantageoftheresourcestheyhave.C.Yes,I agree with you.As was pointed out by Albert “Imaginationismoreimportantthanknowledgeasknowledgeislimitedwhileimaginationcontainsalltheachievementsintheworld.It‟sthesourceofknowledgeevolutionandpromotestheadvanceoftheworld.”Hereimaginationisanimportantpartcreativity.D.I‟msorryIreallydon‟tagreewithyou.Creativityisnotsomethingoneisjustbornwith,norisitnecessarilyacharacteristicofhighintelligence.Justbecauseapersonishighlyintelligentdoesnotmeanthatheusesitcreativily.Creativityisthematterofusingthesourceonehastoproduceoriginalideasthataregoodforsomething.A.Inmyopinion,Ithinkbothareequallyimportant.Knowledgeisthesumming-up of our ancestors‟ wisdom and the basis of creativethinking.Creativityallowsyoutomakeuseofknowledgecreativelyanddooriginalthings.It‟sthesourceofknowledge.B.Istillpersistinmyformeropinion.Ifweonlylearnfromourteacherswewillnevergoanyfurtherthanthem,Asamatteroffact,wearejustrepeatingwhatothershavealreadydoneHumanbeingsaresupposedtobecreative,that‟swherewearedifferentfromotherlivingcreatures.C.Yeah,ontheotherhand,internetenablesustosearchforallkindsofinformation,tohavevariouseducationalprograms,totakepartinglobaldiscussiononcertaintopicsandsoon.Thestandardtojudgeatalentistheabilityonehastosearchanduseknowledgecreativily.D.Knowledgeissymbolizedbyaclenchedfistaspower.It‟softensaidweareenteringaageofinformation. For example,if one wants workinITfield,oneneedstoimprovehisknowledgeconstantly.What;smore,knowledgablepeoplecangetquickpromotionintheirwork.Howcanuniversitiesimprovestydents‟scientificandtechnologicalabilitiesforinnovation?Over the recent years, creativity has already been valued knowledgeineducation.Creativitymeansconsideringordinarythingsinwaysdifferentfromothers.Educatorsaretryingmanywaystopromotecreativityinstudents.Unfortunately,manyschoolshavenottendedtopromotcrativity.someschools,however,educatorsarerecognizingtheproblemanddevelopingnewapproachestoteachingwhichcanencouragecreatiivtyintheirstudents.Quiteoftenstudents‟inspirationmaycomefromadailyincidentsorbookstheyreadafterschool.Astotheteachers,eventheycan‟tgivestudentsspecificassistance,theyshouldletstudentsknowthattheyareontosomethingiftheypersistinworkingonit.Anotherthingteacherscandoistoreducetheamountofmemorywork..Ifstudentsarealwaysaskedtomemorizesomething,theytendtobeconfinedbythem.Instead,studentscanlearnhowtosearchinformationandhowtodoresearchindependently.A.Intheclassroomaswellasathome,childrenmusthavetherighttohavecrazythoughts,expertssay. Thenit‟suptoparentsandteacherstowork with the children to develop the thoughts into workableideas.Expertssayit‟simportanttocreateanatomosphereinthereisnoriskinbeingcreative.B.Yeah,fromnowandthenstudentsaresupposedtobeinvitedtogoouttoobservenature.Whentheyhavemoreexperiencetheywillthinkmorecreativelyandworkmoreindependently.Meanwhilewildideasshouldbevaluedandhorored,neverscornedordismissed.C.Therearethingsthatpaentscandoathometoencouragecreativity.Theycaninvolvechildrenindecisionmakingandaskthemforsuggestion.Theycanalsohelptheirchildrentounderstandtheconsequencesofvariousdecisiontheyhavemadeinthesituation.D.Tohaveacreativelife,wemustloseourfearofbeingwrong.Expertsaroundthecountrysayweoughttobefollowingwithourchildrenbothathomeandatschool.Thefeelingisthatifweteachthemtobecreatively,theywillfunctionwellintomorrow‟ssociety.Therearenoproblems,onlyopportunitytobecreative.UNIT5Whatisyourfavoritesport?Howdoyoubenefitfromit?A.Oh,it‟stimetohavebadmintonclass!C.Well,youhavechosenthebadmintonasyourselectivecoureinthissemester?Yeah,myfavoritesportisplayingbadmintonbecauseitcostsmoneyandneedsveryfewequipments.Youjustneedaracketandballs.Besides,it‟sveryconvenientandcanbedoneanywhere.Ilikebadmintontoo.ButI„vechosenthetennisasmyfavoritesport.AndIalwaystakeactivepartinthisexercise.IthasagreatattractiontomesinceI‟veneverplayeditbefore.Ilikerunninginthesunshineandenjoythefeelingofdrippingwithsweat.Andyou,Yoyo?Skatingismyfavoritesport.Somepeoplemaythinkitisaverycostlyanddangeroussport.Yes,it‟sveryexpensiveandyoumaybreakalegdoingit.ButIreallylikeitbecauseitisfastandexciting.I‟mworshingofyourpassion.Asforme,Iprefertojog,becauseitcostsnomoneyandneedsnoequipment.It‟sveryconvenientandcanbedoneanytimeandanywhere.WhilejoggingIcanenjoythefreshairoutsideandit‟sgoodformyhealth.Aha,sinceIwasveryyoung,Iusedtoplaybadmintonwithmyfather.Hewasalsoverykeenonitandhetaughtmealot.Asweknown,takingsports,wecanexercisealot.Iagreewithit.Physicalexercisesbenefitpeopleinmanyaspects.Asregardstennis,ifIcankeepplayingiteverydayorjustonceaweek,Idefinitelyimprovemyhealthandition.Peferct!Allthingswegainfromsportscanimprovethequalityofourlives.Weareundergoing,fastphysicaldevelopment,lackofphysicalexercisemayproducedisastrousinfluenceonlife.Forexample,youskate,youmayfeelyoureflyinglikeabird,itsveryfantasticandyoucanenjoythebeautifulscenery.Nowadays,wehavealotofsparetimeatcollege,andwecandevotethetimetobuildingupourconstitution.Manyothersportsactivitiesarealsogood,suchasfootballandbasketball,theycantrainourcooperativespirits.Shouldathletesberolemodels?Nowadaysitbecomesmoreandmorepopularthatpeoplelookatathletesasrolemodels.Butthisproblemcausedalarge-scaleargument.Somepeopleholdsuchanopinionthatathletesshoudnotberolemodels.Yetotherscomplainagainstit.Iprefertheformerone,whataboutyou,Nancy?Well,asforme,Iagreewiththelatteropinion.Whetherwelikeitornotathletesarerolemodels.Theyarealwaysthefocusofattention,wecanwatchtheirperformanceonTVorreadabouttheminthenewspapers.Wecantalkaboutthemwithourfriends.Acturally,theyhavemadeasubtleinfluenceonourdecisions.Ialsohavethesameidea,mostathletesareexamplesofgoodqualities.Wecanlearnalotfromthem,suchas:beingtough,strongwillpower,self-confidence,agreatsenseofresponsibility,Inordertowinandadjustourselvestothisincreasinglycompetitiveworld,weneedthesequalities.Stopaminute,youhaveapositivemind.Butwecansee,someathletes,however,donotmeasureuptoourexpectations.Therearemanystoriesaboutthecriminalactivitiesofathletes,someeventakeadvantagesofstimulantsordrugtowin.Correctly,whatisrolemodel?Whatitmeanstopeople,especiallytothoseyoungpeople?Theyconsiderthesuccessfulathletesassuperstarsmind,butnowmanyathletesnotaccepttheresponsibilityofbeingrolemodelswhiletheyacceptallthegloryandthemoney.Ithinkit‟sindividualphenomenon.Apositiverolemodelinfluencespeople‟slifeinapositiveway.Sometimestheycaninspireusbytheircourageanddeterminationwhenwearediscouraged.Soinmyopinion,weshouldchoosethebetterathletesasrolemodels.Atleastathletesarepublicpeoplewecanbenefitasmuchaswecanfromtheirgoodqualities.Asfornegativemodelswecanpullourselvesawayfrombadqualities.Whilewealsocansaynoteveryathletesdowellinthispart.Thoseathlet