基础雅思口语教材样式2.doc

SAMPLE INTERVIEW
PART I
Good afternoon, my name is…Can you tell me your full name please?
Ok, can I see you ID card please?
In this part I’d like to ask you some questions about yourself. So first of all let’s talk about what you do. Do you work or are you a student?
What are you studying?
Why did you choose this college/university?
What’s good about where you’re studying?
What would you like to do after your studies?
PART I NEW TOPIC ONE
Let’s move on to talk about collecting things. Have you ever collected anything?
What things do people collect in your country?
Why do people like collecting things?
Would you like to start collecting something new in the future?
PART I NEW TOPIC TWO
Now let’s talk about weather. What’s the weather like where you live?
What do you do when the weather is bad?
What type of weather do you like best?
Would you like to have that type of weather all year round?
PART II
Ok, now I’m going to give you a topic and I’d like you to talk about it for one to two minutes. Before you talk you’ll have one to two minutes to think what you are going to say and you can make some notes if you wish, do you understand?
I’d like you to describe your childhood home.
Describe your childhood home.  
You should say:
Where this place is located
What type of house it is
How long have you lived there
What you liked about this place.
Ok, so remember you have one to two minutes for this, so don’t worry if I stop you. I’ll tell you when the time is up. Can you start speaking now please?
PART III
Ok, we’ve been talking about your childhood home and now I’d like to discuss with you one or two more general questions related to this. So first of all let’s consider different kinds of houses. Are houses nowadays different to houses in the past?
What kinds of houses will be common in the future?
What are the advantages of living in an old house?
Why do some people like to move to a different house?
PART I FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE BANK & QUESTION TYPES
DESCRIBE:
COMPLETE SAMPLE
Well, first of all, the main thing you need to know is that…(Point 1)…In fact… (Detail 1)…On top of that I can also add that…(Point 2)…which means…(Detail 2)…Something else that I need to comment on is that…(Point 3)…So actually…(Detail 3)…
LEAD-IN PHRASES
OK then…
Right, ok…
Alright…
Well…
Well, you know…
Well first of all…
Actually…

1ST POINTING PHRASES
…the first thing I should mention is that…
…the point I’d like to begin with is that…
…I could start off by saying that…
…my initial point would be that…
…I need to start off by pointing out that…
…the main thing you need to know is that…
…I suppose I should begin by highlighting the fact that…
…you may (or may not) be aware that in fact…
…I really need to kick off with the point that…
2ND POINTING PHRASES
Another point which I could add is that…
A second feature which I should mention is that…
As well as that, I could say that…
On top of that I can also add that…
Also, I suppose I should say that…
3RD POINTING PHRASES
And I shouldn’t forget to mention that…
In addition to what I’ve just said, I can add that…
Something else that I need to comment on is that…
I guess I could also remark on the fact that…
LIKE:
COMPLETE SAMPLE
Well, to be quite honest, in general I would say that I’m actually quite keen on…(Point 1)… But in particular I would probably have to say that I’m really into…(Detail 1)… I guess the reason why I’m a fan of…(Detail 1)…is because I adore…(Reason 1) In addition to this, I suppose I’m also pretty passionate about…(Point 2), due to the fact that I feel some degree of obsession with…(Reason 2)
FIRST LIKE:
Well in general I would say that…
Actually, I suppose that for the most part I’d probably say that…
Well, to be honest I should really say that…
Of course I think I’d have to say that…
Certainly I would definitely say that…
Well, I guess that generally speaking I would certainly say that…
SPECIFIC:
…but in particular…
…to be more precise…
…particularly…
…to be more specific…
…especially…
…to be more exact…
…specifically…
…to be more accurate…
FIRST REASON:
And I guess this is probably because…
This could be because…
This might be because…
This is due to the fact that…
I suppose the reason has something to do with the fact that…
SECOND LIKE:
As well as this…
To add to this…
In additional to this…
DISLIKE:
Of course I think I’d have to say that I’m not so keen on…(Point 1)…To be more precise, I really can’t stand…(Detail 1)…This is due to the fact that…(Reason 1)…In addition to this, I’m not really that fond of…(Point 2)…And I guess is probably because…(Detail 2)
TYPES:
Of course, it goes without saying there’s quite an extensive diversity of…(Topic) Still, I suspect that the most +adj. could perhaps be…(Type1) And what you have to realize with…(Type 1)is that…In fact/so/because…(Detail)
Another form of…(Topic) worth mentioning could be…(Type 2) And the main characteristic of…(Type 2)is that…(Detail with complex structure)
And naturally, there’re things like…(2 or 3 other types)
LEAD-IN PHRASES:
Well actually…
Of course, you know…
Sure, obviously…
Of course, it goes without saying…
OK, certainly…

OVERALL PHRASES:
…there’s quite a mixed variety of…
…there’s quite an extensive diversity of…
…there’s quite a wide range of…
…there’s quite a diverse mixture of…
…there’s fairly broad range of…

FIRST TYPE:
But I guess the most +adj. would probably be…
However, I suppose the most +adj. could possibly be…
Though I think the most +adj. would potentially be…
Yet I imagine the most +adj. may well be…
Still, I suspect that the most +adj. could perhaps be…
FIRST DETAIL:
The thing with (…) is that…
I assume (…) is/are so +adj. because…
The point I want to add about (…) is that…
SECOND TYPE:
Besides (…), …
As well as (…), …
In addition to (…), …
Another kind of (…) would be…
Another form of (…) worth mentioning could be…
A second variety of (…) would be something like…
A subsequent category would be something like…
SECOND DETAIL:
And the main characteristic of (…) is that…
And the unique aspect of (…) is that…
And one exceptional aspect with (…) is that…
END PHRASES:
And of course there’re the unusual things like…
And obviously you can also find things like…
Likewise, as might be expected, there are things like…
And naturally, there are things like…
ADDITIONAL VOCABULARY
common
普通的
commonplace
平凡的
influential
有影响的
popular
流行的
frequent
频繁的
prevalent
流行的
fashionable
赶潮流的
trendy
时髦的
notorious
声名狼藉的
famous
出名的
well-known
知名的
crucial
至关重要的
widely-used
普遍使用的
widely-known
有名的
prominent
显著的
important
重要的
significant
意义重大的
widespread
普遍的
standard
标准的
conventional
传统的
celebrated
著名的
hip
新潮的
with-it
时新的
commonly-used
常用的
usual
平常的
customary
习惯的
commonly-known
众所周知的
current
现在的
chic
时髦的
notable
著名的
best-selling
最畅销的
up-to-date
最新的
renowned
有名的
WH-/HOW OFTEN:
In fact, in all honesty, I imagine that it would depend on the situation. Like, to be more direct, if (Situation A), then it’s quite possible that I will…While, oppositely, if (Situation B), then I will almost always…
LEAD-IN PHRASES:
Well to be honest…
Well in truth…
Actually to be fair…
Well in all fairness…
In actual fact…
In fact, in all honesty…
“DEPENDS” PHRASES:
…I think I would have to say that it really depends.
…I suppose I would have to maintain that it kind of depends really.
…I imagine that it would depend on the situation.
…I guess my answer would be determined by different conditions.
LINK A:
Like for instance…
More precisely like…
Like more specifically…
Like, to be more direct…
You know like, to be exact…

SITUATION A:
If (situation A)…then I will most likely…
If (situation A)…then it’s quite possible that I will…
If (situation A)…then as a consequence I will probably…
If (situation A)…then I guess it’s quite like that I will…
LINK B:
Whereas in contrast…
Though, at the same time…
Whereas on the other hand…
While, oppositely…
SITUATION B:
If (situation B)…then it’s more likely that I’ll…
If (situation B)…then it’s almost certain that I’ll…
If (situation B)…then I will almost always…
If (situation B)…then I will most certainly…
SITUATIONS:
Situation A
Situation B
weekdays
Weekends
summer
Winter
Good weather
Bad weather
Term time
School holidays
If I’m alone…
If I’m with friends…
If I’ve got a lot of time…
If I’m fairly busy…
YES/NO:
Ok, well in reality, I suppose that to some extent…(Yes answer)…especially when you consider that…(Detail of yes answer)…But you also have to understand that…(No answer in detail)…So all in all I guess my answer would have to be yes and no.
LEAD-IN PHRASES:
Well in actual fact, if I think about it, I guess that in many ways…(Yes answer)
Ok, well in reality, I suppose that to some extent…(Yes answer)
Alright, I guess that on the one hand…(Yes answer)
Well certainly in some ways…(Yes answer)
LINK “YES” DETAIL:
…especially when you consider that…
…particularly if you think about the point that…
…especially with regard to the point that…
…and this is definitely the case with…
LINK “NO” DETAIL:
But you also have to understand that…
Even so, you could also say that…
At the same time you could say that…
YES & NO END:
So all in all I guess my answer would have to be yes and no.
So on the whole I suppose the answer has to be yes and no.
So all things considered I guess the answer is both yes and no.
So in the main, I suppose the answer is probably yes and no.
WOULD:
Actually, this isn’t something that I’ve ever considered about, but in short I suppose I would possibly consider…(Doing something), especially if I had the chance to… If I…(did something)I would…and I would also…
LEAD-IN WORDS:
Well, quite honestly I don’t think I’ve ever thought about that, but I guess…
Actually, this isn’t something that I’ve ever considered, but in short…
I’m not really sure how to put this, but I suppose generally speaking…
HYPOTHESIS:
I imagine I would possibly think about doing…
I guess I would maybe contemplate doing…
I would perhaps reflect on doing…
SECOND CONDITIONAL TENSE:
If I did something, I would/could/might do…
PRACTICE:
WHERE YOU LIVE:
Tell me about your hometown/street/apartment.
What do you like about hometown/street/apartment?
Tell me the good things about your house.
Is there anything you don’t like about it?
Would like to move to another city/street/house/apartment?
What would you change about your city?
Would recommend you area/street as a good place to live?
Nouns
winding street
suburb
architecture
back alley
the locals(=people)
local cuisine
shopping
district
residential area
estate
neighborhood
municipality
apartment complex
capital

Adjectives
sprawling
regionally important
commercial
powerful
unique
distinctive
built-up
affluent
industrial
provincial

Idioms
run down (=in bad situation)
up-market/chic (=fashionable)
WHAT YOU DO—YOUR JOB:
Tell me about your job. What job do you do?
Why did you choose this job?
What do you like about your job?
How long have you been doing this job?
Is there anything you don’t like?
Nouns
profession
line of business
occupation
line of work
Verbs
be involved in
share responsibility for
work within a team

Adjectives
hectic
exhausting
taxing
intricate
undemanding

Idioms
work flat out (=work very hard)
on the go (=very busy)
get to the bottom of (=solve)
pull out all the stops (=make a special effort)
take charge of (=manage)
pick up the pieces (=take responsibility)
WHAT YOU DO—YOUR STUDY:
What are you studying?
Where are you studying?
Why did you choose this college/university?
What’s good about where you’re studying?
What would like to do after your studies?
Nouns
schoolwork
branch of learning
field of study
discipline
lecturer
theory

Verbs
revise
comprehend
succeed in
become skilled in
Adjectives
hands-on(=practical)
job-related
theoretical
reputable
highly regarded
compulsory
optional

Idioms
pass with flying colors (= pass with a high score)
sail through (=finish sth easily and quickly)
to flunk (=to fail/perform badly)
cross that bridge when sb come to it (=deal with a problem when it arrives)
HOBBIES/FREE-TIME ACTIVITIES
Do you have any hobbies?
What do you do in your free time?
What hobbies/free-time activities are popular in your country?
Is it important to have a hobby?
Why is it important for people to have free-time activities?
What free-time activities would you like to try in the future?
Nouns
leisure pursuit
spare time
pastime

Verbs
amuse oneself by
unwind by
kill time by

Adjectives
fascinating
captivating
time-consuming
appealing
Idioms
take up (=start)
take part in
get into (=enjoy)
have a go at (=try)
idle away the hours (=spend time)
COOKING
Can you cook?
Who usually does the cooking in your home?
How do people usually learn to cook in your country?
What are the advantages of being able to cook?
Nouns
cookery
cuisine
ingredient
recipe
home economics
bite to eat(=snack)
oven

Verbs
become skilled at
prepare
entertain(=have guests)
Adjectives
yummy
full of flavor
nourishing
hot from
home-cooked
famished

Idioms
lip-smacking(=delicious)
burn to a crisp(=burn food)
rustle up
PART II FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE BANK
FIRST PROMPT
Ok then, I guess I could start off by answering…
Alright then, in response to the first question of…
So to begin with, in reply to the initial part of…
Ok, I’ll start the ball rolling by touching on the matter of…
Right then, I’d like to get cracking by pointing out…
So I suppose I should commence with the first aspect which is…
Initially then, I’d like to get started by looking at…
So, to start with I’ll talk about…
So I guess I could kick off by stating…
Ok so my first point here would obviously be…
LINK:
…and I think I would have to choose…
…and I’d have to go for…
…and I’d probably select…
…and my choice would be…
…and the one I’d pick is…

EXAMPLE:
Initially then, I’d like to get started by looking at…, and I think I would have to choose…
SECOND PROMPT
Going on to my next point which is…
Continuing then with the next point of…
Now with regard to the next question of…
Next then in response to the point of…
Regarding the theme of…
Now on the subject of…
Now concerning the matter of…
LINK:
…and what I’d like to add here is that…
…and what I need to emphasize here is that…
…and what I ought to stress here is that…
…and the thing that needs to be highlighted here is that…
…and what I have to mention here is that…
EXAMPLE:
Going on to my next point which is …, I really need to add that…
THIRD PROMPT
Progressing to the subject of (why)…
Moving onto the business of (why)…
Drawing attention to the matter of (w