第四课时
第三讲
Ⅰ Tongue Twister
1. Good cookies could be cooked by good cook if a good cook could cook good cookies.
2. If you understand, say understand.
If you don’t understand, say don’t understand.
If you understand say you don’t understand.
How can I understand you understand.
Understand?
3. Peter Pipe picked a peck of pickled peppers prepared by his parents and put them on a large paper plate.
Ⅱ Conversation
Possible Topics & Questions | Suggested Answers and Note |
Transport How did you come here today? How did you travel to the test? Did you come here by bus? If you could travel by any form of transport you want, what would you choose? (Why?) Which form of transport would you like to travel by? How do you think you will travel to work in 15 years’ time? How do you think you will travel to work 15 years from now? | ² Bus / taxi / cab / private car / subway / Tube underground / tram time / safety / money ² light way / subway / airport ² It would be fast developing in 15 years time and will cover everywhere in Beijing. It will be really convenient. |
Hotels What kind of accommodation do you usually stay in when you go on holiday? Do you stay in a hotel or an apartment you are on holiday? What kinds of facilities do you think hotels ought to provide for business people? (Why?) Do you think companies should pay for their staff to stay in expensive hotels on business trips? (Why? / Why not?) Should people stay in expensive hotels on business trips? (Why? / Why not?) | ² hotel/motel/villa/apartment/flat(BrE)/dorm ² city breaks, beach holidays sun-tanned / fast-tanned center ² camping camp or tent ² Hitchhiking, hitchhiker (take a gap year) ² Domestic travel ² Sight seeing ² Hi-tech, Local Area Net, internet, database system, fax ² Well equipped conference room, sound-proof multi-function hall video-conferencing, tele-conferencing ² It depends (on the different circumstances). If you fix a deal which is worth $1000000, in that case, your company will pay for you to live… If you go there for only $2, it’s impossible. |
Possible Topics & Questions | Suggested Answers and Note |
Job What kind of job would you like to do most? (Why?) What would your ideal job be? What kind of job do you like? Should companies offer training to staff? (Why? / Why not?) Do you think companies should provide training for staff? Would you like to work abroad? (Why? / Why not?) Is the opportunity to work in another country important to you? | Job title Job responsibility Job satisfaction ² trainingàproductivityàprofitàmotivation But: trainingàcost money, time, staff opportunity cost internal conflict ² broaden one’s horizon, experience ² …is quite an experience to me. ² …is a real eye-opener ² culture messenger |
Training Course What kind of training course have you ever taken? Have you ever taken any training course? What do you think is most important when you choose a training course? (Why?) What do you usually expect from a training course? | NewOriental School BEC online training course Computer skill training course Location Transportation Duration of course Cost Flexibility of trainer Topics covered Materials Follow up advice High expectancy Life expectancy |
