演讲、口译比赛参考题目

 

一、     演讲

1.       Being in fashion makes a person popular; being different makes a person special. What’s your opinion?

2.       Is the idea of having only one partner for life still a realistic one？

3.       The world of the future will be a women’s world. What do you think of the idea?

4.       How do you understand the saying “one man’s meat is another man’s poison”?

5.       Do you like the exam-oriented educational system? Tell us your reasons.

6.       Give some reasons for the support for the tobacco production.

7.       What is the significance of the winning of our Women’s Volleyball Game? Give some reasons.

8.       How do you balance between work and study as an adult student?

9.       Do you benefit from distant education?

10.   When do we need sex education? State your reasons.

11.   Should advertisement be restricted in any way?

12.   What’s your opinion about the Band 4, Band 6 English tests?

13.   What’s the use of taking TOEFL?

14.   Is it necessary for every college graduate to work for his Master degree?

15.   Have you ever had a belief?

16.   What do you think about the advertisements in China?

17.   How do you think about Sun Jihai’s performance at Manchester City?

18.   What would be missing in a world without books or music?

19.   What are your favorite sports? Why? And what are the sports that you don’t like?

20.   Do you like all your classmates? Give some reasons.

21.   What’s your judgment about bargaining?

 

二、     口译

 

Sample 1

TWICE as many Senior 3 students can go to university in Hong Kong this year, after universities decided to take more students from the Chinese mainland.
Eight universities in Hong Kong have agreed to enlarge their enrollment of fee-paying mainland students from 4 per cent to 8 per cent of the total students.
This means about 1,160 high school graduates from Jiangsu, Guangdong, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces as well as Beijing and Shanghai can go to universities in Hong Kong. Lingnan University also accepts students in other places.

Sample 2

Television presents a vivid world in front of us. We can bring the theater, art, concerts and sports events into our homes when we might otherwise never be able to see them. Television brings the world to people who cannot travel.

Television can also play an educational role in our daily life. Not only can we hear and see news as it happens, we can actually observe the places and people involved. Also people are able to take college courses by television. We are more knowledgeable of the whole world because of television.

 

Sample 3

If an American is satisfied with you, he will put his thumb and forefinger into a circle. That means OK. But in Brazil, the very sign is considered to be rude. In Poland, a guest usually presents flowers to his hostess. The number must be an odd one. Besides, the hostess isn’t expected to remove the cover of the bunch of flowers. And usually, red rose is a sign of love. 全国公共英语等级考试

Usually we nod to express our agreement and shake our heads to show disapproval. To our surprise these body movements mean the opposite in Bulgaria. 全国公共

The differences in customs and cultures in the world are really noticeable. We should learn more about them to avoid them to avoid embarrassment. Then, would you please remember: When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

 

Sample 4

The bathtub was a wash tub filled with water from the stove. If you were small enough you could sit down by drawing your knees to your chest. Otherwise, you washed yourself standing up. Often all the women and girls in the family bathed together. Then the men and boys did. In most families this was Saturday night because Sundays they went to church. 全国公共英语等级考试
A small number of families did have running water. But that depended on whether there was a water system where they lived and on whether they could afford the plumbing. Some people had bathtubs in their homes as early as 1895. But many others did not have their first bath in a bathtub until 1910 or later when they were fifteen or sixteen years old.

 

Sample 5

A Reading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the past. There is another way which may be called experience, and the college student will find that every craftsman has something that he can teach and will generally teach gladly to any college student who does not look down upon them. The information from them differs from that in textbooks and papers chiefly in that its theoretical part -- the explanations of why things happen -- is frequently quite fantastic. But the demonstration and report of what happens, and how it happens are correct even if the reports are in completely unscientific terms. Presently the college student will learn, in this case also, what to accept and what to reject. One important thing for a college student to remember is that if Aristotle could talk to the fisherman, so can he.

 

Sample 6

Driving can be very convenient, but can also cause many problems. Waiting in line at a red light, a driver may get impatient and decide just to drive right through it. If another car is coming from the other direction, there might be a terrible accident. Cutting another car off can make its driver angry, so that driver cuts off someone else. Pretty soon everybody is angry, and impatient.

Traffic accidents declare millions of lives every year worldwide. In Taiwan alone, over seven people are killed in accidents every day.
To allow traffic to move smoothly and safely, everybody must follow the rules. Before you drive, learn all the traffic laws. That way of driving is safe, convenient and even fun! 全

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Sample 7

51TestWoman have more problems than men in old age. First of all, they have less money—or no money at all — and because of this, they often feel they get less respect, even at home. Quite a large number have no money because they have never worked outside the home, and thirty-eight percent are supported mainly by their husbands or children. Because of lower incomes and the difficulty of remarriage, many elderly women who live alone, are poor and have almost no social life. Even an old couple lives with children, it is the woman doing the work around the house. She cleans the rooms, prepares meals, and takes care of the family. Some 75 percent of them carry out such heavy physical tasks as buying and carrying supplies for the home. How to improve the quality of life of women in their later years is a question that needs to be dealt with by all the society.

 

Sample 8

There are two important differences in male and female roles now. One is that both men and women have many more choices. They may choose to marry or to stay single. They may choose to work or stay at home. Both men and women may choose roles that are comfortable for them.

A second difference in male and female roles is that within marriage many decisions and responsibilities are shared. The husband and wife may choose to have children, or they may not .If they have children,theman take care of them some of the time, all of the time or not at all. The woman may want to stay at home and take care of the children. Or she may want to go to work. Men and women now decide these things together in a marriage. Many married people now share these decisions and the responsibilities of their families.

 

Sample 9

In reading science, a heading often gives a clue to a problem that is going to be discussed. Getting the problem clearly in your mind is the first step to take in studying such material. You are advised to do this in reading science articles.

1. Read the title and think about it. 全国公共英语等级试
Read all of the headings. You should get a clear idea of what the problems are without reading 2.anything but the headings. 全国公共英语等级考试
3. Next, read the article all the way through carefully. Each time you come to a heading that names a problem, read the paragraphs under that heading to find out: 1). more information about the problem; 2). how the problem may be met.

 

Sample 10

There are stock markets in large cities in many countries. Stock markets in Paris, London, Tokyo, Shanghai and New York are among the largest and most well-known. The stock, also called stock exchange, is a place where people can buy or sell shares of a factory or company. And each share means certain ownership of a factory or company.

Different people go to stock markets. Some are rich, who want to get more money than they have. Others are not very rich, who buy stocks to try to become rich. Still others buy stocks as part of their plan to save money. 全国

Of course, no one can tell exactly whether the shares will be doing well. The factory or company may do badly. Then the stocks will go down, and the investors will lose money. The stock may go up or down for a number of untold reasons. Everyone wants the stock to go up, but sometimes even if a factory or company does a good job, the stock may still go down.

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