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龙岗向阳英语，英语角话题

2012年6月17日英语角主题 work and study

各位同学周末愉快,明天下午两点半美国纽约外教Jerry和你在向阳英语村不见不散，明日英语角主题是Work and Study A你对你目前的工作满意吗？为什么？你心中最理想的ideal工作是什么(一周工作多少时间?有什么福利benefits?在哪个城市?）？你一周专门花多长时间学习？你学习的内容与你目前的工作相关吗？B你觉得什么能表明indicate一个人工作很成功怎样才能和同事保持良好的关系？如果和你上司有problem你会怎么去处理？C哪种情形会导致你换工作？你会为了学习而换工作吗？D如果你有一份很好的工作机会，但是工作的地点城市远离你的配偶spouse和孩子或远离你的Boyfriend or girlfriend，你会接受这份工作吗？为什么？
1) Are you satisfied with your current job? Why? What is your ideal job? (Including: How many hours per week? What kind of benefits? Located in which city?) How long time do you spend on study during one week? Is the study related to your job?
2) What does it mean to be successful in your work？How can you maintain good relationships with your co-workers? If you have a problem with your boss, how can you resolve it? Should you talk to him directly about your problem?
3) What kinds of situations would cause you to change jobs? Would you change your job because of study?
4) If a person has a good job opportunity in a city far away from his/her spouse and child, do you think he or she should take the job?

2012年6月24日英语角主题 爱情婚恋观

各位同学端午节好明天周日下午两点半英语角主题是：爱情婚恋观。首先请和Jerry老师分享下你是如何度过端午节的？1你相信一见钟情吗?2如果你还没结婚,家里会给你压力吗？你能接受相亲吗？曾相亲过吗？3你会考虑娶博士吗for man？你会嫁给一个学历比你低的人吗for girl？4你找另一半以下哪些条件最重要a相貌b年龄c经济条件e家庭背景f教育背景e身高5你能接受试婚这种作法吗？你能接受一夜情这种观点吗? 6你曾经向陌生mm搭讪吗？(你曾经被陌生gg搭讪过吗？）结果怎么样？心情如何？7你觉得初恋和后面的爱情完全不一样吗？初恋真的刻骨铭心吗？8结婚后你是否愿意和配偶的父母住一起？为什么？

Love affairs between men and women.
Do you believe that " Fall in love at first sight"?
If you were still unmarried, would your family give you some pressure? Do you accept "blind date"? Have you ever experienced "blind date"?
Will you consider marrying a doctor's degree lady? Will marry a man whose education degree is lower than you?
When you try to find a spouse, which of the following is more important to you: a) appearance b) age c) economical condition d) education background e) height & weight
Do you agree the view of Trial Marriage and One Night Stand?
Have you ever been accosted by a man? ( Have you ever accosted a lady?) How was it?
Do you think that the first love and the love thereafter are totally different? Is the first love really engraved in your bones and perpetuated on your heart?
Are you willing to live together with your mother-in-law and father-in-law after marriage? Why?
2012年7月1日英语角话题 Family

各位同学周末好,明天下午两点半美国纽约外教Jerry和你在向阳英语村英语角不见不散，主题是Family.一，简单描述你的家庭，请告诉大家一个从孩提时到现在你记忆最深刻的家庭故事，悲喜皆可（三分钟之内）2你认为在家庭权威中，丈夫和妻子谁该占主导地位？还是双方有平均的权威。如果有平等权威，双方有争议的时候该听谁的？3你赞成婚后与父母住在一起还是分开居住？为什么？婆媳关系问题是中国家庭普遍的一个问题，你认为这是什么原因导致的，对于这个问题你有什么好的解决办法吗？4你觉得儿子和女儿谁应该赡养父母多一些？为什么？或者你更偏向于把父母安排到养老院然后工作之余去看望他们？5你将来老了会考虑和子女住一起还是单独住或者去养老院rest home？中国计划生育政策导致现在一对夫妇将来面临赡养四个老人的义务，对于这种现象谈谈你的看法？
龙岗英语培训
1. Describe your family, and tell your group a story about your family from your childhood（within three minutes）.
2. Who do you think should have the highest authority in the home- the husband, the wife, or both equally share authority? If you think both should have equal authority, how should they make decisions on where to work or live if they don’t agree with each other?
3. Do you agree to live apart or live together with your parents after marriage? Why? The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in China is always bad, do you know why and do you have a possible solution to this problem?
4. What do you expect to do to take care of your parents when they grow old? As for the sons and daughters, who do you think should shoulder more responsibility to take care of their parents? Why?
5. Will you consider to live in the rest home or want to live together with your sons and daughters when you get old? Chinese Family Planning Policy ( One Child Policy ) results in one couple facing to support four elderly parents, what's your opinion as for this phenomenon?

2012年7月8日英语角话题 Insurance
各位同学周末好,明天下午两点半美国纽约外教Jerry和你在向阳英语村英语角不见不散，主题是:Insurance
1, Please give a definition of "Insurance" based on your understanding, Do you think life insurance or medical insurance is necessary or not? Why?
2, Did you buy life insurance or medical insurance for yourself or your family? What insurances did you buy? If you haven't had one, are you considering buying any kind of insurance, why?
3, There are two sayings "The ideal amount to spend on life insurance is zero" "Insurance is a money-losing prposition". Do you agree with that?
4, Do you consider insurance an important portion of your financial management? What else do you invest in besides insurance? How do you manage your investment portfolio?
5, At what age do you hope to retire? Talk about your retirement plan. How do you plan to incorporate your retirement in your personal financial plan? Do you plan to depend on the pension when you become old?
2011年7月15日英语角主题 Cheat and Trust（Jerry开始来后的循环开始话题）
各位同学周末好,明天周日下午两点半美国外教Jerry和你相约英语角。主题是Cheat and Trust.A你曾经在考试中或者工作中做过弊吗？你曾经做过枪手ghostwriter或者找人给你当过枪手吗？描述下当时的情形。B你购物买过假货吗？收过假币吗？你被别人欺骗过吗？你欺骗过别人（包括你朋友或亲人）吗？简单描述下经过。你认为“欺骗就是欺骗”还是“欺骗也有好的善意的”？你觉得善意的谎言white lie违背诚信原则吗？为什么？C你认为信任是什么？信任是一种感觉还是一种决定？都说现代社会互相建立信任很难，你认同吗？为什么？你觉得信任是建立在什么基础上的？D你会怎么去开始相信一个人？在你目前生活中你最相信的人是谁？为什么？你觉得你是一个值得信赖的人吗？为什么？E最后，请讨论“诚信靠法律制度体系还是靠社会大众共同维护？”
English Club Topic: Cheat and trust
1. Have you ever cheated on an exam or work assignment? Have you ever used to be a ghostwriter or have you asked the others to ghostwrite for you? Describe the situations.
2. Have you ever bought any fake products? Have you ever received any Counterfeit Money? Have you ever been cheated by the others and have you cheated the others? Describe the situations. Do you think that the
white lie violates honesty ?
3. How would you define trust? Is it just a feeling or a decision? Do you agree that it is hard to establish trust with the others in modern society? Why? What should be based on in order to build the trust?
4. How do you come to trust a person? Who in your life do you trust the most? Do you feel that you are trustworthy? If so, why? If not, why not?
5. Do you think that the trust can be promoted by laws and regulations or it should be maintained by all of us?

2012年7月22日英语角主题 贫穷和富有

各位同学周末好,明天周日下午两点半英语角主题是: Rich and Poor.1.请你根据重要性将:a健康b家庭c金钱d名利e教育进行排序.并告知大家你为什么这样排序？2.非常富有的好处和坏处是什么？你认为一个poor的人能过快乐的生活吗？假如你很贫穷，对你来说最困难的是什么？假如特别富有，你最担心的是什么？3.你认为谁应该有责任照顾穷人:他们的家人？国家政府？他们的邻居还是社会的每个人？为什么？4,这两年的经济危机影响了你的生活吗？你觉得中国的贫富差距大吗？为什么？
Rich and Poor
1. Rank the following in order of importance to you: a) health b) family c) money d) a good reputation e) education. Why did you choose that order?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being very rich?
3. Can a person be poor and happy? What do you think the hardest part about being poor would be for you if you were poor? What do you do you think would be the hardest part about being very rich?
4. Whose responsibility do you think is it to take care of the poor: their family, the government, their neighbors, everyone?
5. Has the economic crisis affected your life at all? Do think that the gap between the rich and the poor in China is big?

2012年7月29日英语角主题 环境保护

各位同学周末好,明天周日下午两点半英语角主题是environmental protection.A你平时对自然环境关注多吗？觉得你周围的自然环境是越来越好还是越来越差或者没什么感觉？Why?B你听说过1土地沙漠化2森林锐减3水资源危机4物种灭绝5垃圾成灾6空气污染这些环境问题吗？这六种环境问题对你来说你会比较关注哪一种？为什么？C 你认为你的环保意识强吗？体现在那些方面？你平时有节约用水节约用电的意识吗？你会回收利用你用过的东西吗？D你觉得环境恶化对你目前的生活会有影响吗？对于环境保护，你觉得你能做些什么？你认同“环境保护，人人有责”这种说法吗？Why?
A. Did you pay some attention to natural environment in your daily life? Do you feel that your surrounding natural environment is becoming better or worse? Why?
B. Have you ever heard about Land desertification, Forest decrease, Water resource crisis, Species extinction, Refuse disaster and Air pollution? Which do you care about most among the six problems? Why?
C. Do you have a strong environmental awareness? Which aspect can embody it? Do you always bear the awareness of saving water and electricity? Have you ever recycled what you have used in your life?
D. Will the deterioration of the environmental affect your current life? As for environmental protection, what do you think you can do? Do you agree that everyone is responsible for environmental protection. Why?

2012年8月5日英语角主题 甜言蜜语

各位同学周末愉快, 明天下午两点半的英语角主题是:Honeyed words 1你经常表扬别人吗？2你是经理吗？或你只是一个小职员？如果你是经理，你会表扬下属吗？或经常严厉批评你的下属？你上面老板他们会经常表扬或批评你吗？你觉得哪一种效果比较好?3你有小孩吗？你赞成"爱的鼓励"还是"不打不成器"? 4拍马屁怎么说？你讨厌拍马屁的人吗？你喜欢别人拍你马屁吗？5你被批评的时候有什么反应？是转压力为动力还是无所谓？或者会失落？你曾被批评到哭出来吗或你见过谁被批评到哭出来？6你妈或你女朋友煮菜煮不好，你会当场说吗？或你仍会夸她们煮得很好吃？7有人说”男人是用眼睛来恋爱的，女人是用耳朵来恋爱的"。你觉得对不对？如果你是男的,习惯讲甜言蜜语吗？如果你是女生，你喜欢听甜言蜜语吗？

龙岗英语培训

Do you always praise the others?
Are you a manager or an ordinary clerk? If you were a manager, would you always praise your underling or criticize your underling? Does your boss always praise or criticize you? As for praising and criticizing, which one do you think is more effective?
Do you have your own son or daughter? As for Encouragement Education or "Spoil the rod and spoil the child", which one do you prefer? Do you know "bootlicker, ass-kisser"? Do you hate bootlicker? Do you like the others flatter you?What is your reaction when you are criticized? Will you be depressed or cry when being criticized? Can you turn pressure into motive force when criticized?If your mother or girlfriend made a bad cooking, would you tell them that the cooking is so bad on the spot or you would tell a white lie and say the cooking is delicious?There is a saying" Men love with eyes and Women love with ears", do you agree? If you are a boy, please tell us whether you like giving honeyed words. If you are a girl, please tell us whether you like hearing honeyed words.
2012年8月12日英语角主题 London Olympic
主题是:Sports:1，8月12日晚的大运会开幕式你看了吗？告诉大家你看开幕式时的感受.2，你平时喜欢运动吗？多久运动一次？你最擅长什么运动项目？3,平时看电视的时候你会看CCTV5或者其他体育频道吗？告诉大家你最喜欢看的运动直播比赛是什么？4,你买过票进运动场现场看过体育比赛吗？这个月你有打算买票进运动场观看深圳大运会的比赛吗？如果大运会只有一些你不喜欢看的比赛还有余票，你会考虑买吗？为什么？5，你觉得运动能带给我们什么，大运会能给深圳带来什么？请各位同学准时到校参加！ Start here! Make a difference!
2012年8月18日英语角主题 Debate
各位同学周末愉快，明天下午两点半向阳英语村英语角以辩论形式进行：正题：A，2011年对广东部分高校女大学生做调查显示，有六成女生愿嫁富二代。辩题：女大学生嫁富二代的心态是否合乎社会道德？B你觉得爱情比金钱重要还是反之？你赞同做女人比做男人辛苦吗？你认同晚结婚比早结婚好吗？C逆境更利用人成长还是顺境更利于人成长？善意的谎言违背诚信吗？以成败论英雄是可取的还是不可取的？D好马不吃回头草你赞同吗？明知山有虎，你选择偏向虎山行，还是不向虎山行？E学生上网利大于弊，还是弊大于利？

1, A survey of all female university students in Guangdong reveals that 60% of them want to marry the affluent 2nd generation (their parents are very rich.) How do you think of it? Does it
comply with our social morality?
2, Do you think that Love is more important than Money or vice versa?
3, Do you agree with that to be a woman is harder than that to be a man?
4, Do you agree that to marry at a mature age is better than to marry at a younger age?
5, Adverse circumstances and favorable circumstances, which one do you think is more beneficial to the growth of a person?
6, Does the white lie violate honesty ?
7, Is it good to elect the heroes by win or loss ?
8, Do you agree to a Chinese saying that a good horse will never turn round to graze on an old pasture?
9, How do you think about a Chinese saying that to go deep into the mountains, knowing well that there are tigers there.
10, As for students' surfing the Internet, do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
2012年8月26日英语角 城市
各位同学周末好，明天下午两点半美国外教Jerry和你相约英语角。主题是:Cities：1,描述你的家乡城市（限两分钟），告诉小组成员你最喜欢关于你家乡城市的three things以及你不喜欢你家乡的three things.2,如果你是你家乡城市的市长，你会尽力去解决哪些问题？你打算怎么去解决？哪些东西你不打算去改变？3,在你此生已经去过和了解的城市中，你最喜欢其中哪一个？你觉得深圳怎么样啊？你认为深圳在未来两年至十年间将会面临什么挑战？4,在你的观念里，什么样的城市是最理想的城市？中国是否有一个城市你愿意在那里度过你的余生？为什么？
1. Describe your hometown ( in two minutes ) , and tell your group 3 things you like about your hometown and three things you don’t like about it.
2. If you were the mayor of your hometown, what problems would you try to fix? How would you go about fixing those problems? What things would you not want to change?
3. Among all the cities you have been to and known, which one do you like best? Why? How do you feel about Shenzhen? What challenges do you think Shenzhen will face in the next 2 years to 10 years?
4. In your mind, what kind of city is the ideal city? Is there a city in China where you’d like to live for the rest of your life? Why?
2012年9月2日英语角 Dream
各位同学周末好，明天下午两点半美国外教Jerry和你相约英语角。主题是:Dream A你睡觉时会常做梦吗？醒来能记住否？听说过周公解梦吧，你觉得梦是否真有某些特殊含义？B知道Daydream吗?你有时会daydream吗？请尝试翻译:人生如梦，如梦初醒，同床异梦，夜长梦多C,相信每个人都有自己的梦，不管它是什么也不管要实现它有多难。你小时候的梦想是什么？现在改变了吗？现在的梦想是什么？重要的是我们心中有个一叫做梦的东西支撑着我们的生活。D如果你的梦想遇到了挫折你会放弃吗？你的生命中是否有这样的人在你去实现你梦想的道路上无私地给你鼓励，关爱和支持。 E梦想需要恒心，需要自我激励，你会自我激励吗？你是怎么激励自己的？
醉生梦死lead a be fuddle life重温旧梦 relive an old experience如梦初醒begin to see the light Life is but a dream.    人生如梦。Dream different dreams while on the same bed.       同床异梦。 The longer the night lasts, the more our dreams will be。夜长梦多。
1. Do you often dream when you sleep? Can you remember your dreams when you wake up? It's believed that you have heard about an ancient Chinese man named Zhougong can read your dreams. Do you think that the dreams really have some special indications?
2. Do you know what is daydream? Do you sometimes daydream? Have you ever dreamed something that came true in your real life? Please try to translate the following Chinese into English: 人生如梦，如梦初醒，同床异梦，夜长梦多
3. It's believed that everyone has his own dream now matter what it is and no matter how hard it is to realize it. What's your dream in your childhood? Does it change now? What's your dream now? Please remember what's more important is that there is a dream in our heart to support our life!

Will you give up your dream if you meet some setbacks on the way to realize it? Is there a person in your life to encourage, love and support you selflessly on your way to make your dream come true?

龙岗英语培训

2012年9月16日 Choice
各位同学周末好,明天下午两点半美国外教Jerry和你相约英语角，主题是Choice . A当你的朋友面临困难，比如你朋友失业了，失恋了或者被骗了.你会怎么帮他？B如果你在公车上看到有小偷在偷别人的钱包,你会1大叫捉小偷2提醒受害者注意3告诉司机4挺身而出抓小偷5当做没看见.C假如你买彩票中了五百万,你会怎么花这一笔钱? 如果今年2012真的是世界末日，你现在最想做的是什么？D如果有下辈子，你愿意当男人还是女人? 你愿意过此生一样的生活还是过与此生完全不同的生活？WhyE你认为不同的选择会造就不同的人生吗？你觉得到活到目前为止你最成功的选择是什么？你认为选择重要还是命运重要？龙岗英语培训

2012年9月23日 Development.

各位同学周末好，明天下午两点半英语角美国纽约外教Jerry等着你，主题是Development. A对比你家乡现在的面貌和你对孩提时家乡的记忆，最大的变化是什么?B你觉得我们国家发展快吗？体现在哪些方面？C听说过人口激增，资源短缺，环境污染，生态破坏这些问题吗？你觉得这些问题都是社会发展带来的吗？为什么？你认为它们会成为社会发展的障碍吗？为什么？D空闲时你会考虑国家发展对你个人发展的影响吗?你认为国家的发展和我们个人的发展关联性大吗？为什么？E最后,你对你个人的发展是什么规划？你觉得你在自我的发展规划中会暂时牺牲些什么，健康？娱乐？爱情? 朋友交际？旅游？

2012年9月30日 Personality
各位同学周末好,明天下午两点半美国纽约外教Jerry和你相约英语角.主题是Personality (首先请你与大家分享你是怎么度过中秋国庆假日的)A哪三个词能最好形容描述你的性格特征？对你选的三个词进行举例说明B你认为人的性格是天生的nature还是后天造就的nurture的？为什么？你认为哪些性格是天生的，哪些是后天养成的？C你认为一个人通过努力可以改变自己的性格吗？(比如一个shy的人能变成一个outgoing的人吗?)你觉得社会环境和文化修养能改变一个人的性格吗？D如果你有机会改变你的一个性格特点，你最想改变哪一个？为什么？E你认为性格互补这个说法正确吗？你的另一半和你的性格合拍in harmony with吗?你希望你的另一半是什么样的性格？
1. Which three words could best describe your personality? Give examples for each word you choose.

2. Do yo