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1、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?
2、 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 peop
3、le 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 typ
4、e 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 desc
5、ribe 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 yo
6、u 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 h
7、ouses 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 nee
8、d 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… Actuall
9、y… 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 b
10、y 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 als
11、o 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 q
12、uite 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…
13、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
14、 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
15、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
16、)…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 susp
17、ect 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 li
18、ke…(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
19、 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 +a
20、dj. 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…
21、 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
22、 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 n
23、otorious 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 common
24、ly-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
25、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
26、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 (situa
27、tion 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,
28、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 Go
29、od 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
30、 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 a
31、nswer) 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… E
32、ven 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
33、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 do
34、n’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…
35、 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
36、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 reside
37、ntial 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—YO
38、UR 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 responsibili
39、ty 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 re
40、sponsibility) 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 the
41、ory 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 (=t
42、o 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 i
43、mportant 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
44、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 ingr
45、edient 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
46、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…
47、 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
48、 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
49、 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
50、 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
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