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1. Now in the age of the internet, reading books does not seem as important as it once was. Do you think people can learn as much on the Internet as they can by reading books？ Which method do you prefer？

2. It’ s been said that technology creates more problems than it solves and may threaten or damage the quality of life. Is this statement reasonable？ What problems does technology bring us？ Use specific examples in your answer, please.

3. Literature is a significant part of human culture and some say it can help form aesthetic taste. However, is it necessary for everyone to read poetry, novels, and other types of imaginative literature？

4. Many people know how to attain success, but few know how to make the best use of it when it comes. So how do you define success and how would you make the best use of it？

5. Do you agree that the people who make important contributions to society are generally not those who develop their own new ideas, but those who are most gained at perceiving and coordinating the talents and skills of others？ And please give examples to illustrate your views.

6. Most people agree that buildings represent a valuable record of the past for any society, but controversy arises when old buildings stand on ground which modern planners feel could be better used for modern purposes.In such situations,should modern development be given precedence over the preservation of historic buildings so that contemporary needs can be served？

7. It is often asserted that the purpose of education is to free the mind and the spirit. However, formal education tends to restrain our minds and spirits rather than set them free. Do you think university education should be more open-minded and free？ And what aspect of your university life should be improved？

8. In today’ s technological society, we’ re becoming busier and busier. But the primary goal of technological advancement is to increase people’ s efficiency so that everyone has more leisure time. How do you evaluate this situation？ How can we improve it？

9. Strict laws are important for the security of our society, but there are many cases of injustice based on rigid laws. Should laws be fixed or flexible？ Please explain your views with examples.

10. One typical feature of the young generation is overconfidence. As a result, they lack the patience to do a basic job, dreaming that they can accomplish great things in a shod period of time. Do you think that encouraging young people to believe that they can accomplish great things is misleading and/or potentially harmful？

11. Which qualities do you look for in a boyfriend/girlfriend？

12. What would be your major consideration in choosing a job and why？

13. What is more important in your career, to make money or to be satisfied with your work？

14. Which is more important for you: knowledge from books or personal experience？

15. If you could live in a different time and place, what time and place would you choose？

16. What is your view on public displays of affection such as kissing on campus？

17. If we don’ t want to give money to individual beggar, what charities would you recommend that we support in China？

18. Do you think married couples have a better life without children？

19. Why do you think Valentine’ s Day has become SO popular in China？

20. Could you please tell us, in your opinion, what makes life worthwhile？

21. Are we allowing the Internet to intrude too far into our private lives？

22. Do we need so many television channels？

23. Is it time to scrap the May and October golden week holidays？

24. Is marking western holidays a sign of a modern China or of traditions sacrificed to commercial interests？

25. Should linguistic diversity be preserved, even at the expense of effective communication？

26. Are we becoming too susceptible to advertising？

27. Do you think people today are any closer to achieving a peaceful and harmonious future or harmonious world than Confucius, who lived 2,000 years ago？

28. Should bargaining be outlawed and traders are required to advertise a fixed price for what they sell？

29. Should it be left to university students to balance their private lives and their studies？

30. Can the sacrifice of modesty in the interests of achieving success be sustained？

31. What do you think is more important for a child, a happy childhood or top marks at school？

32. Who should be the focus of investment in sport, the general population or potential Olympic champions？

33. Are boarding schools a good idea or are students better off at home？

34. Should Peking Opera remain true to its roots or change with the times？

35. Does modern society place too much emphasis on physical beauty？

36. Should Beijing’ s historic main avenue be open to all, big（cars）and small（cars）？

37. Is it right for major cities to lift the ban on firecrackers？

38.Is a dependent husband a role model or a cause of embarrassment？

39. Should Beijing introduce a congestion charge to encourage drivers to use public transport and leave their cars at home？

40. Who should take responsibility for the poor diet of children, fast food restaurants or parents？

41. Is the Olympic ideal still relevant today？

42. Should China introduce a complete ban on smoking in restaurants and bars？

43. Is Beijing a better or a worse city, as a result of the disappearance of the hutting？

44. Are retirement homes the answer in caring for China’ s aging population？

45. If you could invite one historical figure to dinner, who would that be？ What would you want to discuss with him or her？

46. If you could choose one thing that China could share with the rest of the world, what would that be？

47. Should postgraduate study be a means of improving job prospects, rather than pursuing academic interests？

48. Is it right that success in the sporting arena should open doors to a career in entertainment？

49. Do you think big cities need more public transport instead of more private cars？

50. Do you think that pretty female students have an advantage in job interviews？

51. Do the benefits of the Internet for students outweigh the potential harm？

52. Should the Yuan Ming Yuan, also known as the Old Summer Palace, be restored？

53. Do you think schools, including primary schools, should permit students to carry mobile phones？

54. Do you think a picky of not allowing visitors on campus will harm a university’ s image？

55. Is the risk of exploitation too high a price for children to pay for fame？

56. What’ s more important, job satisfaction or money？

57. Which attribute is more important for an Olympic champion, technique or mental strength？

58. Which is better for the arts, private investment or government funding？

59. With about 4,200 languages spoken worldwide, would it be more convenient if a universal language were adopted？

60. Do famous people deserve constant public scrutiny, or should they have more protection from intrusive reporting？

61. Are universities justified in celebrating their achievements on a lavish scale？

62. Should people who return property expect a reward？

63. Can privately-run universities in China justifiably claim to be superior to traditional universities？

64. Do beauty contests have a positive or negative social influence？

65. Is there a need for a national film classification system in China？

66. Does the NBA need China more than China needs the NBA？

67. Should there be any restrictions on stars being spokespeople for products？

68. Is it practical to give rural workers the freedom to seek work in big cities, wherever it is available？

69.Should universities provide different levels of service and accommodation for their students？

70. Can a price be set on clean air？

71. Do you think young people should begin their career while still at university？ Why？

72. Do you think you can buy good health？

73. Should women do the same things as men to be their equals？

74. Should university graduates go to work in a rural area？ Is this a waste of talent？

75. How has TV changed your way of life？

76. Do you read classical Chinese literary works such as“A Dream of Red Mansions” ？ Why？

77. What is the meaning of Great Wall for you？

78. Has the internet narrowed or increased the distance between people？

79. If you were one of the musicians in the movie “Titanic” , would you stay？ Why？

80. China has a good food tradition. Why has foreign fast food become so popular here？

81. Should traditional buildings be pulled down to build modern structures？

82. Is an Oscar the ultimate recognition for a Chinese film？

83. As a university student, do you think it is worth spending a lot of time dating？

二、半决赛真题:

1. There should be a ban on television advertisements aimed at children.

2. It is morally acceptable to experiment on non-human animals to develop products and medicines that benefit human beings.

3. Lottery should be banned by law.

4. Beauty contest does more harm than good.

5. Boxing and other bloody sports should be banned.

6. The values of Chinese tradition can not meet the challenges of the modern age.

7. Tourism to endangered world heritages should be limited.

8. Publicity is a better salesperson than quality.

9. Sportsmanship and commercialism are incompatible.

10. The carrot is more effective than the stick.

11. Society’ s obligation to the poor should be valued above individual economic freedom.

12. It’ s better to be dissatisfied Socrates than a satisfied pig.

13. All-round people are more adaptive to the modern competitive society than specialized people.

14. The equality of men and women is a dream that cannot be realized.

15. The use of mobile phones with camera should be made illegal.

16. The consumer plays a more important role than the government in fighting plagiarism.

17. Collaboration rather than competition promotes the process of civilization.

18. Celebrities should be prohibited from appearing in medical advertisements.

19. Museum entry should be free.

20. Secondary schools should require their students to wear a school uniform.

21. Genetically modified food should be banned.

22. Cultural treasures should be returned to their country of origin.

23. Boarding schools are beneficial to children.

24. The benefits of tourism outweigh the costs.

25. Unregulated distribution of copyrighted works over the Internet should be banned.

26. The present international ban on trading elephant ivory should be lifted.

27. The state retirement age should be raised.

28. The Internet makes people more distant from each other than closer.

29. In modern society, capabilities are more important than college diplomas.

30. Mankind should invest in the exploration of space.

31. Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.—Oscar Wilde

32. I have not failed. I’ ve just found 10,000 ways that won’ t work.—Thomas Alva Edison

33. Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.—John Dewey

34. The best way to predict the future is to invent it—Alan Kay

35. Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it.—Horace

36. Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.—Helen Keller

37. In this world there is a1ways danger for those who are afraid of it.—George Bernard Shaw

38. Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.—Aesop

39. The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but what they miss—Thomas Carlyle

40. Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation.—John Kennedy

41. Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.—Jean-Jacques Rousseau

42. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself—Franklin Roosevelt

43. Do what you can, where you are, with what you have.—Theodore Roosevelt

44. He will never have true friends who is afraid of making enemies.—William Hazlitt

45. A good education is not so much one which prepares a man to succeed in the world, as one which enables him to sustain a failure——Bernard Iddings Bell

46. I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.—Helen Keller

47. It is not failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.—Confucius

48.Those who think they have no need of others become unreasonable.—Vauvenargues

49. Good things, when short, are twice as good—Gracian

50. Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

51. Live to learn and you will learn to live.—Portuguese proverb

52. A moment’ s insight is sometimes worth a life’ s experience.—O. W.Holmes

53. Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.—Socrates

54. What loneliness is more lonely than distrust？—George Eliot

55. In three words I can sum up everything I’ ve learned about life. It goes on.—Robert Frost

56. You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.—K.Gibran

57. Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.—A. Huxley

58. Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.—Pablo Picasso

59. Everyone believes in his youth that the world really began with him, and that all merely exists for his sake——Goethe

60. Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.—Murence J.Peter

61. Go often to the house of thy friend, forwards soon choke up the unused path—Emerson

62. Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.—Abraham Lincoln

63. Knowledge is power only if it is well organized.—Tony Buzan

64. Every man is his chief enemy—J. Stobaeus

65. Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind.—Kipling

66. Research is to see what everybody else has seen and think what nobody has thought.

67. If you think you can or can’ t, you’ re always right.—Henry Ford

68. The expression one wears on one’ s face is far more important than the clothes one wears on one’ s back. —D.Carnegie

69. Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complete than you imagine.

70. Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

71. We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.—Menandros

72. To exist is co-exist.—G. Marcel

73. Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.—J.Wooden

74. Don’ t cry because it’ s over, smile because it happened.

75. In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. —D.L.Reardon

76. There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.—G. K. Chesterton

77. A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops—H. B. Adams

78. Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.—M. Proust

79. Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it! —R Mother well

80. You will never have what you like until you learn to like what you have.—Goethe

81. The landscape belongs to the man who looks at it.—Emerson

82. Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’garden— D.W.Jerrold

83. There’ s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’ s your own self—A Huxley

84. The primary purpose of education is not to teach you to earn your bread, but to make every mouthful sweeter.—J. Angel

85. We build too many walls and not enough bridges.—Isaac Newton

86. A man can fail many times, but he isn’ t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.—J. Burroughs

87. A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it—George Moore

88. Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.—Will Rogers

89. At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.—Franklin

90. A great part to the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.—Adams Franklin

91. When pleasure is the business of life, it ceases to be a pleasure.—T. C. Haliburton

92. Worrying is like sitting in a rocking chair. It gives you something to do but it doesn’ t get you anywhere.

93. Remember, worth and value are not wrapped up in what you do. You are not a human doing. You are a human being.

94. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.—Hannah More

95. If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.—Pearl Buck

96. The cure for anything is salt water—sweat, tears, or the sea.—Isak Dineson

97. Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.—G. M. Trevelyan

98. There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.—Albert Einstein

99. We do not see things as they are; we see things as we are.—Talmud

100. Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones—Seneca

101. It is the eye which makes the horizon—Emerson

102. The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.—Paul Valery

103. If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favorable to him.—Seneca

104. Nature has given us the seeds of knowledge, not knowledge itself—Seneca

105. Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.—Gertrude Stein

106. Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination—Bertrand Russell

107. I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.—Wilson Mizner

108. The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.—Louis E. Boone

109. The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page—Saint Augustine

110. A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.—John Ie Carre

111.One doesn’ t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.—Andre Gide

112. It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.— Kin Hubbard

113. Happiness is a journey…not a destination.

114. Nature wants children to be children before man…Childhood has its own seeing, thinking and feeling.—Jean-Jacques Rousseau

115. Learning without thinking is labor lost; thinking without learning is dangerous.—Confucius

116. The real leader has no need to lead—he is content to point the way—Henry Miller

117.The thing we need most deeply in our lives—love, communication, respect and good relationships—have their beginnings in the family.

118. You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty—Gandhi

119. The university brings out all abilities, including stupidity.—Chekhov

120. Stop living in a past that is gone and a tomorrow that is yet to come. Life is only this place, this time, this breath—right now.—Lisa Engelhard

121. The attitudes of your friends are like the buttons on an elevator. They will either take you up or they will take you down.—Alexander Lockhart

122. The difference between a smart person and a wise person is that a smart person knows what to say and a wise person knows whether or not to say it

123. Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly—Robert Kennedy

124. Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.—Caecilius Statius

125. Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.—Ambrose Bierce

126. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.—William Jennings Bryan

127. The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.—Kin Hubbard

128. You can’ t turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.—Bonnie Prudden

129. It is always the best policy to speak the truth—unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.—Jerome K. Jerome

130. Money, the root of all evil is but cure for all sadness.

131. Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.—Chinese Proverb

132. You must do the things you think you cannot do.—Eleanor Roosevelt

133. Man can only be free through mastery of himself.—S. E. Morison

134. I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my own hands.

135. Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they’ re made stupid by education.—Bertrand Russell

136. The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well. —Horace Walpole

137. Never argue with a fool. Someone watching may not be able to tell the difference.— Anonymous

138. Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.—Benjamin Franklin

139. The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better—it is just turning around as usual.—Finley Peter Dunne

140. Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

141. How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg？Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’ t make it a leg.—Abraham Lincoln

142. Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional.—Roger Crawford

143. We would omen be sorry if our wishes were gratified.—Aesop

144. Since yesterday has gone and tomorrow has not come, take account of this one moment that now is.—W. B.Yeats

145. The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that’ s the essence of inhumanity.—G. B. Shaw

146. Promote yourself, but do not demote another.—Isreal Salanter

147. Slight not what’ s near, while aiming at what’ s far—Euripides

148. It’ s great to be great, but it’ s greater to be human.—W. Rogers

149. The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try nothing and succeed.—LIoyd Jones

150. Patience is the best remedy for every trouble.—Titus Maceius Plautus

151. We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.—English Proverb

152. Stoop and you’ ll be stepped on; stand tall and you’ ll be shot at.—Carlos A. Urbizo

153. There is nothing permanent except change.—Hemeleitus

154. There is no such thing as darkness, only a failure to see.—Muggeridge

155. When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.—William Hazlitt

156. Books are fatal: They are the curse of the human race. Ninetenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.—Benjamin Disrae1i

157. The character of a man is known from his conversations.—Menander

158. You have to do what others won’ t to achieve what others don’ t.—Meister Eckhart

159. Don’ t take life seriously because you can’ t come out of it alive.—Warren Miller

160. I don’ t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

161. The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.—Bertrand Russell

162. My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.—Ambrose Bierce

163. If the facts don’ t fit the theory, change the facts—Albert Einstein

164. Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.—Stephen Covey

165. Success and failure are equally disastrous—Tennessee Williams

166. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.—Oscar Wilde

167. Every man I meet is in some way my superior.—Ralph Waldo Emerson

168. Money doesn’ t always bring happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars.—Hobart Brown

169. One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.—Thomas Fuller

170. If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.—Emily Dickinson

171. Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.—Benjamin Franklin

172. The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.—Waiter Bagehot

173. Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.—Vincent Van Gogh

174. A lifetime of happiness!No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.—G. B. Shaw

175. There are two lasting bequests we can give our children. One is roots. The other is wings.—Hodding Carter Jr.

176. Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.—H.G.Wells

177. I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.—Bertrand Russell

178. Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.—Albert Einstein

179. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.—Martin Luther king Jr.

180. Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.—Anonymous

181. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.—Eleanor Roosevelt

182. To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them.—Charles Duxton

183. Man is not made for defeat.—E. Hemingway

184. We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.—E. M. Forster

185. It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned English—up to 50 words used in correct context—no human being has been reported to have learnt dolphinese.—Carl Sagen

186. One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.—Andrew Carnegie

187. We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.—Anne Swetchine

188. Let each man exercise the a art he knows.—Aristophanes

189. Tourists are terrorists with cameras. Terrorists are tourists with Guns.—Anonymous

190. Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.—Bertrand Russell

191. We don’ t work for each other, we work with each other.—Stanley C. Gault

192. The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.—Elbert Hubbard

193. Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.—Plutarch

194. We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.—Isaac Bashevis Singer

195. Money doesn’ t change the sickness, only the symptoms.—John Steinbeck

196. To err is human-and to blame it on a computer is even more so.

What is your ideal life？

What is“the good life”for you？

Would you like to change your life style？ What is your ideal life style？

Talk about your attitude to life. Consider how you usually meet changes in life, what pursuits you have, how you take failures, etc. Have you ever embarked on a quest that was potentially dangerous or that tested you in some way from which you emerged more mature, knowing things about yourself that you did not know at the beginning of the quest？

What do you think is a good job？ Or what is your ideal job？

What kind of job do you want to do after your graduation？

What’ s more important, money or free time？

What are you most concerned about when you look for a job？Why？

What would be your major consideration in choosing a job and why?

Since the employment situation for college students is not good enough in recent years, many college students are trying to strengthen themselves in all aspects. What do you think are essential preparations for future employment? Why are they important?

With China’ s entry into the WTO, college students are now facing more challenges as well as opportunities. So what do you think are essential preparations for future employment?

What’ s more important in your career, to make money or to be satisfied with your work?

What criteria would you use to determine if someone has been successful in their life?

What do you think of the saying,“Success means wealth” ?

What do you work for?

Live to eat or eat to live?

Money is very important in one’ s life. Someone says money is everything, while others don’ t think money can buy everything. What is your point of view?

Do you have a part-time job when you study at college? Why?

Is it good for students to have part—time jobs?

Some people like to live in big cities while others prefer to live in the countryside.What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in large modern cities or in the countryside respectively?

Where do you prefer to live?

Is it good to live in a large modern city?

When choosing a place to live, what are your major considerations?

With the improvement of people’ s living standard, more and more people begin to consider buying private cars. Do you think it is feasible to use private cars in China？ Why？

Are you satisfied with the traffic situation in your city？ Do you have any suggestions to improve it？

Which means of transportation would you choose in the future？Why？

6. Equality between men and women

What qualities do you think are important for a woman or a man？

Are you willing to be a housewife for your husband’ s career advancement in the future？ And why？

Are men more intelligent than women？

Should women be treated the same as men？

If you had a second life, what would you like to be, a male or a female？

In many countries, the rules of behaviors for well-brought-up men used to be different from those for well-brought-up women. What is the situation in China？ Should they be different for men and women, or should they be the same for both？

Can you think of some ideas to stop violence by men against women in the family（domestic violence）？

Some people hold the belief that in China today women should go back home to be full-time housewives so as to give more job opportunities to men. Do you agree or disagree？ Why？

What qualities are you looking for in a boyfriend/girlfriend？

Is romantic love the most important condition for marriage？

Currently more and more young people prefer to marry late. What do you think of this trend？ When would you like to marry？ And why？

What is your ideal marriage？

Can a man and woman be close friends without being lovers？

In current society, many young people don’ t want to get married and choose to remain single forever. What do you think of this？

Make some comments on the following saying, “Love could be romantic while marriage is practical.”

What do you think of those couples who plan not to have any children？

What do you think of many young people living together without getting married？

What do you think of college students getting married on campus？

China is becoming an aging society. There will be more senior citizens in large modern cities. What are the serious problems those people may face？

Aging has become a serious problem in China. What impacts does it have on the society？

Is the prospect of growing old a bleak one？

In our country, people are supposed to retire at the age of 60. However, some of them are still willing to continue to work, then.

Is it right for the law to force them to retire？

In current society, what are the main problems that elderly people are often confronted with？

When you are 80 years old, where do you think you will live？

The situation of aging people has become a major social problem in China. Do you have any suggestions to improve their lives？

Do advertisements play a positive or negative role in our society？

Some people say advertisements are misleading and unreliable.

Do you agree with that comment？ Why？

10. Products and services

Why are the fake and shoddy products so rampant in the market？

Do you have any suggestions to fight against fake products？

When people complain about a product or service, some prefer to complain by writing to manufacturers while others prefer to complain in person. Which way do you prefer？

11. Environmental protection

Do you think ordinary people have the awareness of environmental protection？ And why？

Who should be mainly responsible for environment deterioration？

What can you do to protect the environment？

Some people believe that the Earth is being harmed by human activities. Others feel that human activity makes the Earth a better place to live. What is your opinion？

Many parts of the world are losing important natural resources, such as forests,animals,or clean water.Choose one resource that is disappearing and explain why it needs to be saved.

Suppose you were a member of the Green Peace Society, what would you do in order to protect the environment？

What is the biggest threat to our natural environment？

Should smoking be prohibited？

In some countries people are no longer allowed to smoke in many public places and office buildings. Do you think this is good？

Have you ever been caught or involved in a natural disaster—food, hurricane, earthquake, tornado, wildfire, blizzard, mud slide, sandstorm, avalanche, or the like？ How do you feel？ Does it change your attitude toward“nature” ？

Do you believe there are realistic things humanity can do to avoid eventual extinction？

What unintended side effects arise from the use of chemicals, pesticides, and fertilizers？

What kind of person is an ideal friend？

Some people choose friends who are different from themselves. Others choose friends who are similar to themselves. Which kind of friend do you prefer for yourself？

What does friendship mean to you？

We all work or will work in our jobs with many different kinds of people. In your opinion, what are the qualities you are looking for in a coworker？

13. The generation gap

People say parents are the best teachers. What is your opinion？

Some peop1e say there is nothing that young people could teach older people. Do you agree with that？

Does the younger generation know best？

Many people think family harmony is important. You should give equal treatment to your children. What do you think of this idea？

If you were already a parent, what values would you teach your children to cherish？ And why？

What do you think of some adults still staying with their parents without finding a job？

Some people say that the younger generation simply doesn’ t have a strong sense of responsibility. Do you agree？ Why or why not？

If you were the president of your university, what kind of changes would you like to make？

If you could know the future, what would you choose to know？ And why？

If you had the power to invent something, what would be your invention and why？

If you had, let’ s say, 1 billion Yuan, what would you do with this money？

Some people believe they have a “sixth sense” . If there is such a thing as sixth sense, would you want to have it？ Why or Why not？

How do movies or television influence people？

Do you agree with the following statement？ Television has destroyed communication among friends and family members. Does Television play a positive role or negative role in the modern society？

Many people have a close relationship with their pets. These people treat their birds, cats or other animals as members of their family. In your opinion, is such relationship good？

Are pets good for mankind？

What roles do animals play in our lives？

Could we live without animals？

Did you or someone you know have a pet that died？ How do you feel about this？

What are the important qualities of a teacher？

What is the aim of university education？

What constitutes an educated person？

What role should education play in society？

What would your life be like if you could not read or write？Describe such a day in your life, providing specific examples that would dramatize this condition.

Of all the teachers with whom you have come into contact in high school and college, who has had the greatest influence in shaping your academic career？ Describe this person and give examples that illustrate why that person has been so important to you？

It becomes more and more difficult to find a job after graduation. Some people suggest college education should be skill-oriented. That is to say, we should learn something more practical, such as MBA, computer and accounting. What is your opinion？

Do you agree that a college degree leads to better-paying jobs？

Do you think that separating college from vocational skills training makes sense？

Have you had any informal encounters that you would describe as“educational” ？

What kind of educational system can give students a well-rounded education to enable them to become capable and responsible citizens in future？

If you were the president of your university, what changes would you introduce into the curriculum and studying methods to encourage creativity and diversity among college students？

Should university students go to work in a rural area？ Is it a waste of talent？

As a university student, have you ever had a “sense of mission” ？ If so, what is that？

What kind of obligations do you think the university students owe society？

18. Language and culture

Is learning English necessary？

Many people think it is a waste of time and energy to spend so much time learning English. What do you think？

How does language develop and what function does it serve？

19. Doctors and patients

If a patient is dying, should the doctor inform him or her？

Suppose some scientists invent medicine to help people live forever. One day they come to you and say, “lf you take the medicine in this bottle, you will never get old and you will never die.”

Would you take it？ Why or why not？

What would you do to help someone stay alive？

Should the dead he1p the living by giving their organs？

20. Capital punishment

What do you think of capital punishment（death penalty）？

Should capital punishment be abolished？

What would you like to do to make yourself different from others？

Why do some people want to look different？

What do you think of some people having parts of their bodies pierced？

22. Internet and technology

What advice would you like to give to somebody who is addicted to the Internet？

How could we help young people avoid the negative influence of the web？

What things in modern life are“convenient”for you？

Information technology is becoming more and more accessible for people in China, do you think books will become less and less important？

How important are“good looks”to you？

What do you do to“look good” ？

Would you ever consider having cosmetic surgery？ Why or why not？

What kind of influence do cultural values play in determining how women see themselves？

What factors explain why being slim becomes so important to many girls？

What does being poor mean to you？

Would you ever consider becoming a vegetarian？ Why or why not？

What are the penalties of increased consumption that has become the dominant way of life in many countries？

What factors help explain why the ethic of “throwaway”consumption has become the dominant value in many cultures？

25. Current hot issues

What pressures have college students been confronted with currently？

Should condoms be freely distributed on university campus？

Which counts more, tourism or environment？

Should the government pay the press to keep an eye on them？

Should using the human body as an art form be acceptable？

Shall the Chinese worry about Japanese and South Korean pop culture？

Should scientists be celebrities？

Should Golden Week holidays be cancelled？

Are nine years of compulsory education enough？

Do security cameras really have the public interests at heart？

Is English education a waste of resources？

Can ordinary people become stars, too？

Should premarital health checkups be compulsory？

An official is convicted of taking bribes for the needy. Does virtue justify corruption？

Human beings have been exploring the outer space for quite a long time. Some people think this kind of research is a waste of money and time, what is your opinion？

四、即兴演讲题目的引语和谚语:

1. There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.—Graham Greene

2. Everybody’ s youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness.—F. Scott Fitzgerald

3. True friendship foresees the needs of others rather than proclaims its own.—Andre Maurols

4. A man dies often as he loses a friend. But we gain new life by new contacts, new friends.—Francis Bacon

5. True science teaches, above all, to doubt and to be ignorant.—Miquel De Unamuno

6. People must understand that science is inherently neither a potential for good nor for evil. It is a potential to be harnessed by man to do his bidding.

7. Don’ t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.

8. All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.

9. Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

10. The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

11. Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticism.

12. Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.—Mark Twain

13. Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grew.—Ralph Waldo Emerson

14. That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ ve understood all your life, but in a new way.

15. The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.

16. To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labor.

17. Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.

18. Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.—George Orwell

19. Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment.

20. Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.—Francis Bacon

21. The real problem is not whether machines think, but whether men do.

22. Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.

23. Cruelty is the law pleading all nature and society; and we can’ t get out of it if we could.

24. If we could learn how to balance rest against effort, calmness against strain, quiet against turmoil, we would assure ourselves of joy in living and psychological health for life.

25. The mark of a successful man is one that has spent an entire day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it.

26. With the idea of defilement we enter the realm of terror.

27. Nothing good ever comes of violence.

28. The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

29. The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

30. In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.

31. Life is like a dogsled team. If you aren’ t the lead dog, the scenery never changes.

32. Security can only be achieved through constant change, through discarding old ideas that have outlived their usefulness and adapting others to current facts.

33. Life is a festival only to the wise.

34. The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

35. Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or to make the deserts bloom. There is no evil in the atom; only in man’ s souls.

36. Technology is a queer thing; it brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.

37. Money is a good servant but a bad master.

38. We only live once, but if we work it right, once is enough.

39. Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.

40. Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refugee in adversity and a provision in old age.

41. Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

42. One stitch in time saves nine.

43. The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a Heaven of Hel1, a Hell of Heaven.

44. A man’ s own manner and character is what most becomes.

45. It is much more difficult to judge one than to judge others.

46. Travel in the younger sort is a part of education; in the elder a part of experience.

47. Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.

48. Things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education.

49. There are two sides to every question because when there are no longer two sides, it ceases to be a question.

50. Beauty and folly are often companies.

51. He who can, do. He, who cannot, teaches.

52. Spare the rod, spoil the child.

53. The proper function of man is to live, but not to exist.

54. Homer sometimes nods.

55. Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

56. One man’ s meat is another man’ s poison.

57. People have one thing in common: They are different.

58. There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart’ s desire. The other is to get it.

59. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

60. Dream as if you’ ll live forever. Live as if you’ ll die today.

61. Most people say that as you get old, you have to give up things. I think you get old because you give up things.

62. Whatever is, is right.

63. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.

64. Never trouble troubles till trouble troubles you.

65. Don’ t count your chickens before they are hatched.

66. Man proposes, god disposes.

67. The early bird catches the worm.