Topic 1: Work
Directions: You and your partner are going to describe the work that you would like to do in the future. Discuss with your partner what kind of jobs you are suited for, to work for yourself in a risky business or to work for someone else in a more stable business? When you are on a job, who are you trying to please more, yourself or your employer? Which is important to you, making lots of money or enjoying your job?
Topic 2: Help from others
Directions: You and your partner are going to talk about your experience that you helped others or you were helped. Describe your experience and your feelings at that time. Discuss with your partner whether we should refuse to speak with strangers. .
Topic 3: University life
Directions: You and your partner are going to talk about your university life. Discuss the importance of college education nowadays, your favorite subject, your favorite teacher, and the extra-curriculum activities that you have taken part in. Do you think that you get more of an education inside the classroom working with a teacher or outside with your friends?
Topic 4: Student employment
Directions: You and your partner are going to talk about student employment. Discuss with your partner whether a student should have part-time jobs when studying in university. Will it lead to educational decline? How to balance school work and part-time jobs? What are the advantages of taking a part-time job?
Topic 5: Technology
Directions: You and your partner are going to talk about the great changes brought about by high technology. Discuss with your partner whether technology has changed our schooling and education, our way of communication and ultimately our lifestyle. Cite some specific examples to prove your ideas.
Topic 6: Wars
Directions: You and your partner are going to talk about the ethics of wars. You may discuss with your partner questions such as: Is war inevitable? Is it true that if women were in charge of all the governments, there would be no wars? What can we do to keep the world in peace?
Topic 7: Friendship
Directions: You and your partner are going to talk about the importance of friendship. You may describe your best friends, and tell your partner what
makes him/her so special and what you do with your friend. Discuss what is the most important thing in friendship and how to make friends with people from another culture..
Topic 8: A healthy lifestyle
Directions: You and your partner are going to discuss your health. Try to find out some facts about your partner: does he/she take regular physical exercise? Is he/she a vegetarian(素食者)？Does he/she have trouble sleeping? What does he/she do when he/she feels stressful? Does he/she believe that “Happiness lies first of all in health”? Then discuss with your partner what a healthy lifestyle is.
Topic 9: On and off campus
Directions: You and your partner are going to talk about your dorm life. How do you get along with your roommates? When you have problems in your dorm, how do you solve them? Discuss whether you like living in a dorm. And if you choose to live off campus, give your reasons.
Topic 10: Internet
Directions: You and your partner are going to talk about the Internet in your life. Discuss what you like to do when you go online, why some students are addicted to the Internet, and what we can do to make the most of the Internet and keep away from the negative impacts of it.
