剑6 Test 4 Speaking-sample（个人觉得挺好的）

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剑6 Test 4 Speaking
Part 1


The examiner asks the candidate about him/herself, his/her home, work or studies and other familiar topics.

EXAMPLE

Your friends

Do you prefer to have one particular friend or a group of friends? [Why?]
In some ways this would depend on the occasion, what I’m doing, etc.
But overall I’d prefer to have one very close dear friend. I’m a quiet person by nature, and I often feel awkward or tense in big groups of people. I’m more comfortable with just one person, and then you can learn to know each other more deeply.

What do you like doing most with your friend(s)?
Sitting around the table and talking over a cup of tea is my favourite. The atmosphere is relaxed and casual, we always joke a lot, we play around, and have good conversation together and catch up on what’s happening in each other’s lives.

Do you think it’s important to keep in contact with friends you knew as a child? [Why / Why not?]
I guess so. It’s always sad to lose a good friend, especially one from childhood. I think that most people who have kept in contact with their childhood friends have very special and meaningful relationships with them, and can keep their childhood memories alive.

What makes a friend into a good friend?
A good friend has many qualities. Perhaps the most important qualities are real love, sincerity and honesty, respect, believing in each other, encourage each other. Also a good friend is always there for you, always patient—a good friend never gives up on you.

Part 2
You will have to talk about the topic for one to two minutes.
You have one minute to think about what you’re going to say.
You can make some notes to help you if you wish.

  Describe an important choice you had to make in your life.
You should say:
when you had to make this choice
what you had to choose between
whether you made a good choice
and explain how you felt when you were making this choice.
  Let me see...some time ago, I had to decide whether or not to move from the city I lived in to go to another city to study.

This wouldn’t have been a very hard decision, because I wasn’t really happy about where I was living; I didn’t feel like my life was going anywhere, and I needed a change. It wouldn’t have been a hard decision, except for the fact that I’d be leaving my family. I am a family man and it is always been difficult for me to make such a decision, and I hesitated for a long time before making this one; I felt confused, unhappy, and very tired. I knew that only by leaving my hometown could I really grow up into a real man. So I decided to move to a different city.

Even though it was hard at first, and I was very lonely, I think that I’ve learned a lot, made a lot of progress, and my character has changed and developed for the better. I don’t regret making this choice, although I still miss my family now and then.

Part 3

Discussion topics:

Important choices

Example questions:

What are the typical choices people make at different stages of their lives?
Perhaps some the most important decisions people are faced with are, what to study, what kind of career they would want, what job to take, if they should travel, who to marry, how to raise their children, etc. Of course, there are many little choices that we make day-by-day that shape our character and our future.

Should important choices be made by parents rather than by young adults?
No, I don’t think so. Once a person has reached adulthood he should be mature enough, and responsible enough to make his own decisions. When parents make decisions for their grown children, it often results in them feeling resentful or pressured, with both sides blaming each other. It makes the young adult lazy and indecisive. Parents should let their children learn how to make decisions, even if it has some bad consequences: the experienced is good for them.

Why do some people like to discuss choices with other people?
To get advice, I suppose, additional information, and an outside perspective—which can really help, especially if you are feeling emotional about this choice. It’s wise to benefit from the experiences of others. A person’s perspective is limited, and it is important to see the big picture, in moments of important decision. Also, sometimes you just need to get the weight off your chest— just talking about the situation helps clarify it in your mind and see the pros and cons, etc.

Choices in everyday life

Example questions:

What kind of choices do people have to make in their everyday life?
There are loads of choices that people can make in their everyday life but most of the choices are centered on what they are going to wear or what they are going to eat. You know actually most people don’t like to make choices because they take so much work to try and figure out what is the best thing to do in any given situation. Most people, to be hones, would like others to make choices for them.

Why do some people choose to do the same things every day? Are there any disadvantages in this?
As I just said, a lot of people don’t like to make choices, too much work, they say, so they just get into a rut or a routine and do the same things every day. Now some things are good that you do them every day, like brushing your teeth but other things should change as variety is the spice of life.

Do you think that people today have more choices to make than in the past?
Oh, people have a lot more choices today than in the past. You can see that as evidenced by the number of channels on TV, or the number of sites on the Internet or the number of brands of foods that you can choose from in supermarkets. Choices just seem to keep coming at people and how they deal with these choices, sometimes even tiniest detailed choices can make or break a life.



source: http://danskprins.blog.sohu.com/108664471.html  




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值得注意的地方：
1. 每一次回答问题的长度
2.用词，特别是连接词，还有时态 （the decision you had made! so most of the time you should use the past tense）

3.回答内容的角度
4.考试的时候 注意跟考官的eye contact，自己也多用body language







我觉得那个As I just said/mentioned,挺好的。我就用的很多- -





欢迎其他人补充。有个别编辑问题（单词粘在一次了 就这样看吧，。懒得弄了）