剑桥fce沪江beverly青少第十讲

TestingfocusSociallanguage,generalinteraction

Comparing,describing,expressi

ngopinions

Exchangingideas,expressingandjustifyingopinions,agreeing/disagreeing,suggesting,speculating,reachingadecisionthroughnegotiatingExpressing and justifyingopinions, agreeing and/ordisagreeing

Timing

2minutes

4minutes

4minutes

4minutes

Inspeakingpart1,theexaminerasksyouquestionsaboutyourself.Thesemayincludequestionsaboutyourlife,yourworkorstudies,yourplansforthefuture,yourfamilyandyourinterests,etc.

Thispartisintendedtobreaktheiceandtestsyourabilitytointeractwiththeexaminerandusegeneralsociallanguage.

What’syourname?

What’syoursurname?Mynameis...

Mysurnameis... It's (spelling).

Wheredoyoucomefrom?

Whereareyoufrom?

Iwasbornin...

Igrewupin/near...

Iwasbroughtupin(place)by(people)asmall/quite/anextendedfamily

Wheredoyoulive?

AlargeindustrialcityArelaxedatmosphereAbusytouristresort

apleasantresidentialdistrictanimportantbusinesscentersomeimpressivebuildingssomeprettygoodshoppingmalls

HowlonghaveyoubeenstudyingEnglish?

Actually,IhavebeenlearningEnglishfor10years.(since1999.)

Actually,IhaveonlybeenlearningEnglishfor2years.

WhatdoyoumostenjoyaboutlearningEnglish?

WhatIreallyloveabout(-ing)is...,butI

Tips

Answerthequestionsopenlyandwhenappropriate,answerwithextradetails,orareason.

Bereadytoofferextrainformationaboutyourselfandtrytospeakfluentlyandconfidently.

Don’tjustanswerthequestions-givesomeextradetailsifyoucan.

Commonquestions

HometownFamilyFreetime

FavouritesubjectTravel&HolidaystopicJob

Film

YourinterestsBooksFestival

ArtRobotsWritingWalkingMathTV

LeisuretimeFriends

HealthylifestyleTravelhabits

SwimmingBirthdaysThefuture

SportsandhobbiesCook

MediaCommunicationCelebrationsandspecialoccasions

Entertainment

Plansandhopes

DoyouthinkthatEnglishisadifficultlanguagetolearn?

Yes,definitely!It’ssooodifficulttorememberallthewords,especiallythelongwordslike“sophisticated”and“longevity”.Inaddition,thegrammaristrickybecauseofthetensesandtheprepositionsat,by,for,andto.Ineverknowwhichonetouse.

AndwheneverIspeak,Idon’tfeelascomfortableaswhenIusemynativelanguage,ofcourse.It’squitechallenging.Iguessitrequiresalotofpractice.

Doyouthinkthatparentsandchildrencanbegoodfriends?

Yes,itisdefinitelypossible,butalsodifficult.

Inmycountry,manyparentsarestrictwiththeirchild.Theyexpectalotfromtheirkid,andtheyalsowanttocontrolwhatthechilddoesallthetime.Soit’simpossibleforsuchparentstobecomefriendswiththeirsonordaughter.Butiftheycommunicate,andtrusteachother,andiftheparentsgivesomespaceandfreedomtothechild,thentheycandefinitelybuildafriendlyrelationship.

Listentosomeexamplesforpart1Notedownsomegoodexpressions

Inspeakingpart1,theexaminerasksyouquestionsaboutyourself.Thesemayincludequestionsaboutyourlife,yourworkorstudies,yourplansforthefuture,yourfamilyandyourinterests,etc.

Thispartisintendedtobreaktheiceandtestsyourabilitytointeractwiththeexaminerandusegeneralsociallanguage.

Inspeakingpart2,youandtheothercandidatetaketurnstospeakonyourownforaminuteduringwhichyou:

Comparethegeneraldifferencesbetweenthetwophotosandalsospendtimeansweringtheprintedquestion.

Answeraquestionconnectedwithbothphotos.

Answeraquestionquitebrieflyaboutyourpartner'sphotos.

Keepspeakingtilltheexaminersays'Thankyou!'.

Generaldescription:

Thefirstphotoshows...whereasthesecondphotoshowsPeople/person:doing+age+placewhereas/while

Bothphotosshows...butinthefirstphoto...whereas/whileinthesecondphoto

Guess:whatdotheywanttodo?Feeling?

Opinion:(Ithink....)reason

考官会根据对⽅的图片问你⼀个问题，你只需要回答2句话表述你的观点即可。例如提问：whichofthesejobswouldyouprefertodo?可以用Iprefer/Ienjoy...More

than...等比较级+原因的⽅式。

inthe1stpictureIcanseesb(who…)doingsthin…/with…./Nextto../

Whereasinthe2ndpicturethereis/areonly/acutually….

Heeaeyourphotograps.Theyshowtwodi erentpacestoive.I’dlikeyoutocomparethephotographsandsaywhatyouthinkiislikeorhepeopleoiveineacho heseplaces.

Peter：

OK.Thefirstphotoshowsatraditionalcountrycottagewiththeoccupants,afamily,standinginthegardenwheretheygrowtheirownvegetables,whereasthesecondphotoshowsayoungfamilylivinginasmartluxuryflatwithaviewofthecity.Iguessbothphotosshowalifestylewhichthepeoplehavechosenandwhichtheylike,soforbothfamilies,itmustbeverypleasanttolivewheretheydo.

Livinginthecountrycottagemustbeverypeaceful,withverylittlestress,nopollutionandplentyofphysicalwork,healthyorganicfoodandfreshair.Ontheotherhand,livinginthecityflatmightbequiteexcitingbecauseyou’reatthecenterofthings,withentertainmentandfriendscloseby.

Examiner:Thankyou.Martyna,whichplacewouldyouchoosetolivein?

Martyna: I’dchoosethecityflatbecauseIcanonlyfulfillmyambitioninacity,soI’dhavetolivethereaswell.

Speculating

looksasif

/perhaps/might/probablycouldbe/maybe/must/shouldItseemsto/Ithink/Iguess/Ibelieve

Whoappears

ThemenseemstobeThepeopleappearstobe

Comparingthephotos

Inthefirs