Part 1 : General Questions

一般問題：

1.Can you show me your ID card?

2.What’s your full name?

姓：family name, last name(注意：t不發音), sur name。

名：given name,first name。

3.What can I call you?

4.What’s your English name?

5.What’s the meaning of your Chinese name?

句型：1) My name means…

2) My parents want me to have a bright future/be weathy/be ambitious.

6.What’s your personal characters?

使用形容人性格的詞匯：outgoing/introvert/direct/rough/shy/frank/generous…

我是一個典型的北方人（南方人）：I’am a typical northerner/southerner。

工作考生所準備的問題：

1.What’s your job?

總結職位和職務的表達：employee, clerk…

2.Where do you work?

3.What are you in charge of?

4.What do you like or dislike about your job?/What do you think of your job?

5.Have you ever changed your job?

注意：“曾經”的表達，ever只用在疑問句和否定句中，而不能用于肯定句中；肯定句中用once。

6.Can you describe your typical working day?

句形：My routine is…

表達“處理”的概念：deal with/cope with/do with/handle with

區分不同“顧客”的概念：guest/client/customer

7.Can you tell me something about your working place?

回答時對工作的環境做一個簡要的description。

8.What kinds of problems are there?

9.  How can you solve these problems?What’s the solution?

在校大學生考生所準備的問題：

1.Where are you studing now?

2.What’s your major?

3.Why did you choose this major?

4.What do you think of your major?

5.Can you tell me something about your university?

6.What do you like most about your university?

7.What do you dislike about your university?

8.What subjects/courses do you study?

大學畢業還未參加工作的考生：

1.Where did you graduate from?

2.What did you study in the university?

3.What do you think of your major?

4.Why did you choose this as your major?

5.What aspects do you like the most and what aspects do you dislike the most?

Language Learning：

1.Why do you learn English?

A: Well, this is required by our educational system, and it’s one of the subjects that students must learn at schools.

Tip: 1)popular  2)trend in China  3)communication  4)be required at schools

2.Is it necessary to have an international language?

A: Yes. Cooperation between countries is increasing and if there is no barrier of language, both technology and society is going to be develop faster.

Tip: 1)句型n.(pl.) between n.(pl.)，“…之間的…”，n.可以被替換，如：conflicts between families are…。

2) 注意“…障礙”的表達用barrier of n.，如：barrier of culture/trade/custom,psychological barrier（心理障礙）。

3.Why is English the first international language?

A: To some extent, the economic situation of a country can determine the number of people who speak its language. Besides, English has been widely accepted today.

Tip: 1)“在一定程度上”，to some extent/to some degree/in a sense/in a way。

2)“做…的人數”，the number of people who，后面用復數。

3)“決定著…”，determine，如：The quality of goods can determine the number of people who use them.

4)“取決于…”，depend on，如：A person’s position in the family depends on his economic situation.

4.What’s dull in learning English?

A: I don’t like learning the grammatical rules.I think its boring.

Tip: 1)give sb. a headache，“讓…頭疼”，如：Learning the grammatical rules of English really gives me a headache。

2)表達“背單詞”時用memorize，而不能用recite或remember，如：I don’t like memorizing the English vocabulary, it’s really boring.

5.What’s most interesting in learning English?

A: Spoken English classes are interesting. When we can communicate with each other with English, it’s really pleasant.

Tip: By studing English, I can get to know foreign culture/customs, get to understand English songs/musics.

6.When do most Chinese people start learning English?

A: In the past, students started having English classes when they were in middle school, but now English is taught in primary schools.

7.Is it true that all Chinese people can speak a little English?

A: Not really. Young people can speak a little English, but old people cannot because when they were young, English was not regarded as important.

Tip: People live in the countryside cannot speak English as well.注意表達“…人”的方式，people live in the countryside，又如表達“外國人”不要用foreigher，而用people from other countries。

※8.  Can you give me some advice to improve English?

A: It’s extremely important to practice listenning since it is the first step in communication. I advice English learner to watch English movies.

Tip: 1)“學習…的人”，n.+ learner。

2)TV series，“電視連續劇”。3)“創造機會…”，create some opportunity to…。3)電影名，如：霸王別姬《farewell to my concubine》。

Accommodation：

1.What kind of place do you live in?

A: I live in a flat, which is located in the city center. There are two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom.

Tip: 簡要描述住宿的地方：

1)third ring road，“三環”。

2)I live on the 13th floor. 注意不要少介詞“on”。

3)stair，“樓梯”；storey(s)，“樓層”，指數量，如：There are 14 storeys in our flat。4)就近原則：there is a small park, three trees and some little shops near my flat./there are three trees, some little shops and a small park near my flat.

2.What are the advantages and disadvantages of your accommodation?

A: It’s really convenient for me to go shopping, but the surroundings are not perfect. Besides, I have to endure the noise in the street.

Tip: the air is stuffy/fresh，“空氣污濁/新鮮”；down stairs，“樓下”，there is a park down stairs；community，“社區”。

TV

1.Do you like watching TV?

2.Do you think there should be a TV in the dorm?

3.How useful is TV?

4.What programs do you like to watch?