2012年5月19日雅思口语话题汇总

本次口语考试话题第一部分常考话题为：hometown, house&apartment, studies, work. 这些话题在每次考试中基本都会出现，而且频次较高，后期备考的学员须好好准备。

第二部分话题卡部分，5月12日出现在题库中的新题在本次考试中再次出现，如A street I like、A natural beauty、an occasion you have to be polite、a thing or experience make you laugh、an event in history you're interested in、a couple you know with a happy marriage. 同时，本次还出现了旧题换新的题，如friend的话题，以前常考的是a good friend,本次换新为A friend you haven’t contacted for a long time。

Part One

House & apartment （同accommodation） (墨尔本、澳大利亚、合肥、大连、广州、上海、厦门、成都)

Do you live in house or apartment?

Can you describe your favorite room?

Do you think that people pay too much attention to fashion?

What can make your room pleasant?

Hometown(厦门、杭州、大连、西安、广州、辽宁、郑州、长沙)

Studies （同subjects 和majors）（澳大利亚、天津、北京、大连、上海、西安、四川、郑州、杭州、苏州、青岛）

What subject are you studying?

Why did you choose to study that subject?

Work(北京、大连、成都、石家庄、厦门、昆明)

What’s your future plan?

Childhood toy (厦门、杭州)

Do you have any toys in childhood?

Do you think toys can help us learn?

What toys will you send to kids?

Name(厦门、杭州、北京、郑州、青岛、昆明)

Cloth & Fashion (上海)

Time(天津)

What’s your favorite time among a day?

When do you thing is the best time to remember something?

How do you usually spend your weekends?

Relatives (苏州)

Is there any relative you often met in your childhood?

Who did you spend more time with in your childhood, your family or friend?

Who in your family are most important to you?

Sports (四川、苏州、广州、北京)

What’s the importance of exercise?

Transportation （杭州）

What kinds of traffic will you choose to travel?

Language（武汉、青岛）

What the benefits to learn a foreign language?

Do you think it will help you know more about a country if you have learned the relative language?

Shopping (澳大利亚、沈阳)

New people(长沙)

Garden and Parks （广州）

Driving (澳大利亚、成都)

Do you drive?

Have you ever driven?

What kinds of cars are most popular in your country?

What kinds of cars you want to buy?

What are the disadvantages on driving for a journey?

Which type of car people like most in your country?

Colors （杭州、广州）

What’s your favorite color?

What color will you not choose if you decorate a room?

What colors are most popular among your friends recently?

Drawing (广州)

Weather and Climate (澳大利亚、北京)

What sorts of weather do you like the most?

Dance (辽宁)

Reading & book (北京、郑州)

Do you like reading (books)? (Why?/Why not?)

What (kinds of) books do you like to read?

Have you ever given someone a book as a gift?

What can you get to read a foreign book?

Letters and email (西安)

Do you write many letters or emails?

Newspapers（大连、上海）

What kinds of newspapers do you usually read?

Do you think it's important to read newspapers?

Travel(澳大利亚、石家庄、厦门)

Have you ever traveled aboard?

Walking（北京）

Mobile phone（西安）

Meal(杭州)

Do you think it’s important to have breakfast?

Neighbour(上海)

Games（成都）

Collection(青岛)

If you had a lot of money, what would you like to collect?

Flower(上海)

Do you like flowers? Why?

Have you ever bought flower for someone?

Do you like plastic flowers？

Part Two

地点题

A street I like （墨尔本）5月新题

Describe a street (in your hometown) you like

You should say:

where it is

What the main buildings are in (on) that street

What you usually do in (on) that street

And explain how you feel about this street or why you like it.

Part3

Do you like big cities?

Do people in big cities have good relationships with their neighbors?

Why do so many people in cities want to own a private car?

A natural beauty you would like to visit (墨尔本)

Describe a place of natural beauty you would like to visit

You should say:

Where it is

What it is

What do you do there

and explain why do you it is nice

An Old Building(大连)

Describe an old building that you visited.

You should say:

where it was

what people do (or, were doing) there

why you went there

and explain how you felt about this building.

Part 3

Can you give some examples of historical building in China?

How to preserve these historical buildings?

Do you like history?

Do you think it important for children to learn hisroty?

Your Ideal Home

Describe the ideal home that you would like to live in.

You should say:

where it would be

what type of house it would be

how you would decorate it

and explain why you would like to live in this kind of home.

Another country you would love to visit (西安、北京)

Describe another country you would love to visit

Which country would you like to visit?

why do you want to visit this country?

What attracts you most in this country?

Part Three

Why people tend to immigrate into another country?

What points should be taken into account in immigration?

A Shopping Place（沈阳）

Describe a place where you often go shopping

You should say:

where this place is 

what this place sells 

how often you go there

and explain why you like (or chose) to shop at this place.

事件题

An enjoyable conversation (墨尔本)

Describe an enjoyable conversation you had with someone by mobile phone.

You should say:

who you spoke to

when you had this conversation

what you spoke about

and explain why this conversation was enjoyable.

A Childhood Trip（墨尔本）

Describe a trip you went on in your childhood that you remember well. 

You should say:

how you traveled

why you went there

how long the trip took

and explain why you remember this trip.

An Occasion When You Got Angry(天津)

Describe something that made you a little angry. 

You should say:

what it was that made you angry

where you were when this happened

what you were doing at the time

and explain why you felt angry.

Describe a thing or experience make you laugh （厦门）5 月新题

You should say:

What the event was

When and where it happened

Who participated in this event

What you saw or did

And explain why this event made you laugh

Part3

Do you think people feel happier than before?

Does being part of a family make you feel happy?

Are there any changes in the definition of happiness?

A Happy Childhood Event (厦门)

Describe a happy event from your childhood that you remember well.

You should say:

what the event was

when and where it happened

who was with you

and explain why you remember this event so well.

Something You Lost(北京)

Describe a time when you lost something.

You should say:

what you lost

when and where and you lost it

what you were doing at the time

and explain how you felt after you lost it.

Part 3

What kinds of things do people most often lose?

What are the main reasons of losing?

How to avoid losing things?

Describe an occasion you have to be polite. (大连) 5月新题

when.

where,

how to be polite

part three

How to be polite?

What’s the difference between Chinese and westerners in behaviors?

How to make the foreigners understand your politeness?

How to conceal your bad feelings?

Describe something kind that someone did for you(上海)

You should say:

Who it was

What it did

How it helped you

And explain how you felt after they did this

Part 3

Do you think it necessary to be kind to strangers?

Do you like to be volunteers?

Do you think volunteers important for a society?

Something You Hope to Do（上海）

Describe something you hope to do.

You should say:

what it is

how you got the idea to do this

what would be required to do it

and explain why you hope to do this.

Part 3

How can we choose our future profession?

Are people influenced by others in choosing their jobs?

A Sport Event(合肥)

Describe a sporting event you have never been to but would like to go to and watch.

You should say:

what it is

what happens at this event

who you would like to go with

and explain why you would like to go to this sports event.

A Musical Event(合肥)

Describe a musical event you attended or saw on TV that you liked.

You should say:

what kind of musical event it was

where you saw it

who was with you

and explain why you liked it.

The changes in the city(昆明)

You should say:

What part of city has changed

What it used to be like

What caused this change

And explain how you feel about these changes

A difficult thing you did （上海）

Describe something difficult you did.

You should say:

what is was

when and where you did it

who was with you

and explain why you think this was difficult.

Your Future Work Plans（北京、上海、澳大利亚）

Describe a job you would like to have in the future. 

You should say:

what this job would involve

what study you would need to do to prepare for this work 

why you would like to have this job

and explain what skills you would need for this work.

Your Dream Job as a Child

Describe your "dream job" when you were a child. 

You should say:

what job it was

what you knew about this type of work

how you heard about this job

and explain why you thought this would be a good job

An Outdoor Activity （西安）

Describe an outdoor activity that you like doing (or do regularly). 

You should say:

what this activity is

where you do it

when you do it

when you started doing it

and explain why you like it.

part3 activities for young people

Describe an event in history you're interested in(昆明) 5月新题

Should the museums be free for the public?

人物题

Describe a couple you know with a happy marriage (苏州) 5月旧题换新题

how long have they married

why and how they can they spend time together

why you think they have a happy marriage

Part three：

How usually the Chinese weddings are held?

Should people spend much money on wedding?

A famous people(澳大利亚)

Describe a famous person you would like to meet.

You should say:

 who this person is (or, was)

  how you first learnt about him or her

 how/why this person is famous

and explain why you would like to meet this person.

An Old Person You Like to Talk To(天津)

Describe an old person who you like to talk to. 

You should say:

who this person is

how you know them (him or her)

what you usually talk about

and explain why you like to talk to him or her.

Part3

Why do you think it is important to talk with old people?

A Person Who Taught You A Useful Skill(大连)

Describe a person who taught you a useful skill.

You should say:

 who this person is (or, was)

 what you learned from them (= him or her)

 why they taught you this

and explain how you felt about learning from this person.

Part 3

Which is more important, parent education or school education?

A Leader You Admire(大连)

Describe a leader who you admire.

You should say:

who this person is

what this person did (has done) that you admire

how you know this person or know about this person

and explain how this leader’s qualities impressed you.

Describe your best friend.(合肥)

You should say:

how (and when) you first met this person

what kind of character (or, personality) he or she has

what you usually do together

and explain why you became (or, are) such good friends. 

A friend you haven’t contacted for a long time (杭州) 5月旧题换新题

Describe a music group/band/singer in your country(合肥)

You should say:

Which person or band

Who often likes listening to their/his/her songs

What kind of music they/he/she sing(s)

And explain why you admire them/him/her

Part3

Do you like classical music?

Do young people like classical music?

What’s the difference between the music young people and old people like?

Are you going to like different music when you grow old?

物品题

An Advertisement （苏州）

Describe an advertisement that you think is successful.

You should say:

what is advertised

what the advertisement contains

what kinds of people would be (or, are) interested in

and explain why you think this advertisement works well.

Part 3

Does the Chinese government control advertisements in any way?

A Television Program (澳大利亚)

Describe an educational TV program that you like to watch.

You should say:

the name of the program

what type of program it is

what contents it has

and explain what you learn from this program.

A subject that you studied that you thought was interesting.(澳大利亚)

You should say:

what the subject was

what your teacher was like

how long you studied this subject

and explain why you thought it was interesting.

An Important Letter You Received(大连、天津)

Describe an important letter (that) you received

You should say:

who wrote it

what the letter was about

how you felt about the letter

and explain why it was important.

A Helpful Website You Visited

Describe a useful website that you like to visit.

You should say:

what he contents of the website are (or, were)

how and when you first found this website 

how often you go to this website

and explain why you think this website is (or, was) useful.

A thing you want to buy if you have enough money.(上海)

You should say:

What it would be

What it looks like

How much it would cost

What you would do with it

And explain why you would buy this

An occasion you heard a foreign song(西安)

Describe an occasion when you heard some music from another country.

You should say:

 what type of music it was

 where you heard it

 when you heard it

and explain how you felt when you heard it. 

A Foreign Film（北京）

Describe a foreign film that you recently enjoyed watching. 

You should say:

what film it was

who the actors were

what the film was about

and explain why you enjoyed this film.

Something made by yourself (长沙)

Describe something that you have made by yourself.

You should say:

Why you have made it,

When you have made it,

What you needed in order to make it.

A Book You Would Like to Read Again （湖北）

Describe a type of book you like to read.

You should say:

what's the name of the book

what type of book it is

what content it has

and explain why you like to read this type of book.

Part 3

Who is the writer?

What does it talk about?

Why you want to read it again?

A Childhood Song(四川)

Describe a song or melody that you remember from your childhood.

You should say: 

where you (first) heard this song or melody

how old you were when you first heard it

what the song (or melody) was about

and explain how you felt (or feel now) when you heard (or hear) this song.

A Foreign Culture(昆明)

Describe a foreign culture that you are interested in.

You should say:

what this culture is

what you know about this culture

how you learned about/from this culture

and explain why you feel this culture is interesting.

Something you learned from another culture. （青岛）

Describe something you learned from another culture

You should say:

what this culture is

what you know about this culture

how you learned about/from this culture

Part three

How can other cultures help you understand your own culture?

How can people from other cultures affect your personal identity?

A car or vehicle you would like to have in the future（昆明）

You should say:

Which will you choose (motorbike or car)

What it will look like

How much it will cost

And explain why you'd like to buy it

A Magazine or Newspaper（昆明）

Describe an article you recently read in a newspaper or magazine.

You should say:

when you read it

what the article was about

and explain why you remember this article.

Describe something old that your family has kept for a long time. （昆明）

  You should say:

what it is

   how (or when) your family first got this thing

   how long your family has kept it

  and explain why this thing is important to your family.

A Piece of Furniture(苏州)

Describe a piece of furniture in your home.

You should say:

what it is

where it is

what it looks like

and explain how or why you use it.

Part3.

What are the differences between office furniture and house furniture?

动物题

Describe a time when you saw a wild animal. （上海）

You should say:

what animal it was

where you saw it

what happened when you saw it

and explain how do people in your country feel about this animal.

Part3

Do you like wild animals?

Do you think that the government should spend much money to protect the wild animals?

2012年5月19日雅思口语话题汇总