口语部分

于恒, 具有多年英语及对外汉语教学经验，熟悉雅思考试各个考试环节，主要讲授的课程有：雅思口语、剑桥Interchange、Cambridge Objective IELTS(剑桥高分突破)、《新概念英语》2、3册。独创雅思口语“5大回答技巧”和“废话法得高分技巧”轻松应对雅思口语考试，令参加新东方学习的考生如获至宝，培养出无数口语8分考生。在教学过程中总结并独创了通过《新三》学雅思的教学方法，专门针对基础薄弱的学生收到了良好的效果。轻松、幽默的教学风格深受学生喜爱。从教数年来，好评不断！

同学们大家好，我们又见面了，本月口语考题的特点就是邻近岁末，考官的回家过节的心情很是急迫啊，所以考题具有明显的“两旦一新”特点（圣诞、元旦、新年），既涉及到西方的节日又涉及到中国传统节日。

Part 1

Work or Studies本月最为高频的考题！每个月都基本不变的必考题了！

点评：请同学们学习和工作的都准备。千万不要认为是学生就可以不准备work，错！因为考官在考问你study后可能还会问你what do you want to do after graduation?之类的问题。

What school (or university) do you go to?

Why did you choose that university (or, school)?

How do you like your subject?

What do you do (in a typical day) at work?

Do you think the first day at work is important?

Do you think the first day at university is important?

What subjects are you studying?

Why did you choose that subject?

Do you like your job?

Would you like to change your job?

Do you think it will be easy to find that kind of work?

Did you like your first day at university?

Do you think you will need to receive any training in the future?

What job would you like to do in the future?

Why are you taking the IELTS test?

What's your favourite subject at school?

What's the most difficult part of your course?

What's the most interesting part of your course (your subject)?

For you, what's the most interesting part (or subject or class) of your course?

生活、闲谈类的考题：

点评：似乎是邻近圣诞节了，考官们都归心似箭，心情也是急迫地想进入圣诞的状态，所以关于生活、闲谈类的话题又成个本月的极高频考题！请烤鸭们认真准备下来！

Cooking

Do you have special meal/ snack in festival?

What do you usually eat in particular festival?

Who usually does the cooking in your family (or, in your home)? 

Do you know how to cook? 

Would you like to (learn to) cook in the future? (If you say you don't know how to cook.)

What (food/dishes) would you like to (learn to) cook in the future? (If you say you don't know how to cook.)

Do you like cooking?

When did you learn how to cook? 

Did you learn how to cook when you were younger (or, when you were a child)? 

Did you ever cook (or, make a meal) when you were a child? 

Who taught you how to cook?

When was the last time you did some cooking?

Can you see yourself cooking more in the (near) future? Why?

In the future, do you think you will be cooking more than you do now, or less? (Why?)

Flowers

Do you appreciate any flowers in particular in the festival?

Do you like flowers?

What flowers do you like? (Why?)

Do you think flowers are important?

On what occasions are flowers important?

(Similar to above) On what occasions do people in your country give flowers to other people?

When was the last time you gave flowers to someone?

Do you like to have flowers in your home?

Do you (ever) grow flowers at home? (Give details)

Do many people in your country grow flowers at home?

Weather

What's the weather (usually) like in your hometown? 

What changes are there between the different seasons in your country?

What's your favorite season? (Why?) 

Do you usually pay attention to the weather forecasts?

Does the weather ever affect what you do?

Do you (or, do people in China) do the same things in the different seasons of the year?

Shopping

Do you like shopping?

Do you prefer shopping alone or with others?

What time of the day do you prefer to go shopping?

When was the last time you went shopping? C

Do you prefer to buy things in small shops or in big shops such as supermarkets and department stores?

Is there anything you dislike about shopping?

Magazines and Newspapers

Do you like reading magazines and newspapers?

What kinds of (types of) magazines (or newspapers) do you usually read?

Have you ever read a foreign newspaper (or magazine)?

Clothes and Fashion

Do you wear Chinese traditional clothes in festival?

Do you like shopping for clothes? 

Are you very interested in fashion (or, clothes fashions)? 

Do many people (in China) follow fashion?

Animals

Do you like animals?

What's your favorite animal?

Are people in your country fond of animals?

Do you think cities are suitable places for keeping a pet?

 Do children like animals?

What was your favourite animal when you were a child?

If you have children in the future, will you allow them to raise a pet?

Home & Accommodation & living place & community & neighborhood

点评：地点类的考题一向都是第一部分的重点，绝对不能掉以轻心！

Do you live in a house or a flat?

How long have you lived there? 

What are the benefits (or, advantages) of living in a flat/house?

What's your favorite room in your home? (Why?)

Please describe your home a little.

Is it easy to travel to and from your home?

Would you say it's a good place to live?

Where do you come from?

How do you think your home (your house or your flat) could be improved?

What is the environment like around your flat/house?

Do you plan to live there for a long time?

Where do you live at the moment? 

Does your whole family live there?

Tell me something about your hometown.

Would you say it's a good place to grow up?

Would you say that's a good place to live?

Do you plan to live there/here for a long time?

What would you recommend a tourist see in your hometown? 

Do you prefer to live in a big city or in the countryside?

What (other) city would you like to live in (in the future)? 

What's the traffic situation like in your hometown (or, where you are living now)?

关于人物的考题

 Neighbours 

Do you think it's important to have a good relationship with your neighbours?

What sorts of problems (conflicts) can people have with their neighbours?

In what ways can neighbours help each other?

Do you know your neighbours?

How often do you talk to (or, see) your neighbours? 

Do you prefer to have young people as your neighbours, or old people?

family

how many kids are there in your family?

Does your mom still work?

Who does most of the cooking in your family?

关于地点类的考题：

Travelling

Have you ever been on a long trip? (If yes, say where you went!)

Do you like travelling? Why？

Which country would you like to travel to (in the future)?

MUSEUMS

Are there many (or, any) museums in your hometown?

Do you often visit a museum?

Did you go to museums when you were younger?

When was the last time you visited a museum?

Do you think museums are important?

Do you think it's suitable for museums to sell things to visitors?

Part 2&3 第二部分和第三部分

第二部分的话题卡片基本都是describe ..., 卡片上topic下面涉及的四个问题无外乎就是when/ where/ who(with who)/ how/ why / function/ feature这样的问题。

第三部分就是根据第二部分考生的回答来延伸提问的。与第一部分不同的是，第三部分的问题大多都是抽象的。

第二部分，四大类型：人、地、事、物

第一大类：Person

点评：“人”这个话题持续高频加万能！任何其他的地点类、事件类、物品类都能和“人”发生联系，所以“人”一定要好好准备！

1、 Describe a TV or radio presenter

What skills does a person need to be a TV or radio presenter?

What are some differences between a radio presenter and a TV presenter?

2、Describe a long journey that you have been on.

What are the different forms of transport that people use for long journeys?

How can (or, could) (long distance) transportation be improved?

3、Describe a family (not your own) you enjoyed  spending time with.

Can you think of any activities that younger family members and older family members (usually/often/sometimes) do together?

4、Describe an elder person you know and admire

Do people like to be old?

Do elder people need to be educated?

Is there any lesson for elder people?

5、Describe a friend you admire.

What kinds of people do young people (teenagers or children) admire?

6、Describe a famous artist you admire

Do you think art (or, the arts) is (are) important?

How has art changed (in China) in the past few years (or, decades)?

How important do you think it is for children to have art classes in school?

What are some good ways to teach art to children?

Do you think art and literature (or, the arts) should be taught in universities?

7、Describe a famous foreign person you would like to meet

Why would people want to be famous?

How does fame influence them?

How would they change after being famous?

8、Describe a person who helped you on an important occasion

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a strong family relationship?

第二大类：Place

点评：此类话题题量不多，鲜有蹩脚考题，基本上都是常规题，好好准备常规题才是王道！本月一大热门的考题就是describe a shopping area，这恐怕是和圣诞即将到来商场都会装扮一新有关系吧，不能掉以轻心哦！但是本月考到museum和library比上个月还要多！看来圣诞前，老外还是很喜欢“充电”的。

1、Describe a shopping area that you’d like to go

2、Describe a book store in your city or town

Do you like reading, at home or in the library?

Does this book store offer some special price in some festival?

3、Describe a garden or park you visited and liked.

Do you think it's important to have gardens or green spaces in cities?

What role do these places have in the lives of city people?

What are some examples of outdoor activities that people like to do?

How do you think big cities affect the (rural) areas surrounding them?

4、Describe a place you have visited（want to visit）

Why many people want to live in this place?

There’s many problem in transportation in this place?

So why many people still wants to live in this place?

How this place affects people?

Why people like to live in the city?

5、Describe a school you enjoyed going to when you were a child.

Which do you think is better, students studying in big classes or studying in small classes?

what other places can people can learn something from?Do you think teaching young children is important?

Do you think everybody is suitable for becoming a teacher?

What are the qualities of a good teacher?

6、Describe a modern building that you think is interesting

What are some of the main differences between modern buildings and buildings from the past (or, "of the past" or, "in the past").

Do you think the quality of construction of modern buildings is better than that of older buildings?

What do you think are the advantages of modern buildings over old buildings?

Why do some people like (some) old buildings?

What's your opinion on the question of demolishing old buildings in order to replace them with modern buildings? 

Are there any benefits from using old buildings?

第三大类：Event

点评：此类话题并不难，套话、废话用得上，定从、宾从要跟上！本月持续和节日有关的话题，迎接“两旦一新”（圣诞、元旦、新年）

1、Describe a memorable meal or dinner you had in traditional festival.

Do you think there should be cooking classes in school?

What do you think would be the advantages of having cooking classes in school?

What are the different places where people can go to buy food?

Why do you think supermarkets are becoming more popular in China?

When did supermarkets start to become popular in China?

Do you think the growing number of supermarkets will have any negative effects on society? 

2、Describe a (popular) public event that you went to (such as a carnival, sports event or religious event).

What are some of the main public events that exist in your country?

Do people prefer to actually attend these events or to watch them on TV? (Compare the two)

What's the difference between watching an event on TV and actually being at the event? 

What can be done (or, what do suggest should be done) about these problems?

What could (or should) be done to decrease the number of people in crowded places?

3、Describe some recent changes to your hometown.

What are some differences between young people in the past and at present?

Among people, what differences in attitudes are there about change?

What kinds of people like change and what kinds of people dislike change?

When governments make changes to society, who usually benefits the most?

4、Describe a walk with a friend that you remember.

Do people in China like walking?

How do you think people could be encouraged to walk more?

How do you think people could be encouraged to walk to work?

Do you think the government has a responsibility to (= should) encourage people to walk more?

第四大类：Object/ Thing

点评：此类是第二部分四个大类中内容最多也最复杂的一个，所以同学需要花在它上面的时间也会最多。但是请记住，事物都可以和人、地点、事件发生联系，要想自己在2分钟内口若悬河一定好学会合理巧妙地转移话题！

1、Describe a useful piece of (electrical) equipment that you often use at home

Are there any of those that you think are not very important?

What do you think are the benefits of using modern equipment and devices (in the home)?

Do you agree that older people have difficulties in using modern equipment?

How can we help elderly people to use these modern devices?

2、Describe a toy that was special to you when you were a child.

What are the most popular kinds of toys in China?

Do you think it's good if parents only buy "educational" toys for their children?

Why do you think children often like certain toys instead of others?

Do boys and girls like the same toys?

What are some differences between boys' toys and girls' toys?

Do you think toys have changed since you were a child?

Compared to the past, do you think there have been any changes in what is a "boys' toy" and what is a "girls' toy"?

Do you think it's important for boys just to play with "boys' toys" and for girls to just play with "girls' toys"?

Do you think children have too many toys?

Can you suggest how parents could avoid that situation? (i.e., too many toys)

3、Describe a sport you would like to be good at

Do you think sport are necessary at school?

What do you think are the benefits of international sporting competitions?

Why do you think athletes from certain countries are better at some sports than athletes from other countries?

4、Describe a type of music that is popular in your country.

What is the importance of music in people's lives?

How do people's preferences in music change with age?

5、Describe a hobby you had when you were a child.

What hobbies do young people in your country have?

What hobbies for children do you think will be most useful for them when they grow up?

6、Describe a favorite subject in high school or secondary school

Do you want to study this subject in the future?

what is the popular subject in high school, why

what is the interesting subject

how can teacher make class interesting

technologies and high school student's study.

7、Describe something you bought recently but have never used

When people go shopping, do you think they are more concerned about price or quality?

When people go shopping, do you think they are more concerned about the appearance of the product or its quality?

Why do we have garbage collection services in our towns and cities?

What things can be recycled?

8、Describe a TV program that you watched but didn't like.

Have TV programs changed in the past few years? (If yes, how?)

Do you think there should be more educational TV programs?

What do you think can be the result if a person watches too much TV?

Do you think TV celebrities are good role models for children?

reasonable?

9、Describe something healthy you would recommend

What do you think are the differences between healthy food and 'junk food'?

What things do you think people in China need to do in order to improve their health?

Do you think modern people do enough regular exercise?

Do you think it's important for children to learn about a healthy lifestyle?

Do you think the media can play a role in educating people about health?

Do you think it's a good idea for employers to encourage their employees to live a healthy life?

How can employers do that?

10、Describe a book you read when you were a child.

What kinds of books are (young) children most attracted to?

What do you think is a suitable age for children to start to learn to read?

How do you think children could be encouraged to read more? 

Do you think children who like computers could be encouraged to read on the computer?

Do you think the internet has changed people's reading habits?

11、Describe a film you have recently seen.

What kind of movie is popular in China? Why?

What is the difference between Chinese movie and foreign movies?

What do you learn from watching movies?

Do you think it is important for a movie to be advertised?

If foreign movies without advertisement, will it still be so success?

Do you think a movie will be success without advertisement? If yes, why?

What kind of people prefer to watch foreign movies than Chinese Movies in China? Why?

What is the difference between Chinese and Foreign movies?

12、Describe an interesting wild animal from your country

What kind of relationship do people and animal have?

What is the difference between having a pet now and having a pet in the past?

Is it better to have a dog in city or rural area?

Is vegetarian conducive to protect animals?

Do you think animals should be killed? Why?

Why do people raise pets?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of raising pets?

Why is it popular to raise pets?

What can we use animals for?
Are you a vegetarian?

Should animals be kept in cities or countryside?

What are some of the problems related to raising pets?

13、Describe something you made yourself (either alone or with others

In China, do many people make things themselves?

What are some reasons why (some) people make things themselves?

In order to make something, what qualities does a person need to have?

Which group is better at making things by hand, men or women?

What are some differences between hand-made things and things made by machine?

Do you think there are any differences concerning the quality of hand-made and factory-made products？

14、Describe a special (or, memorable) letter or card you received.

Do young people and old people have the same view concerning letter writing and using emails?

Compare letter writing with more modern ways of communicating with people.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of hand-written letters and cards, compared to emails and "e-cards"?

Do you think writing skills are important?

Do you think it's important to send cards to others?

What are some of the differences between giving a card and giving a present?

Do you think e-cards will become more popular in the future?

15、Describe a hobby you had when you were a child.

What hobbies do young people in your country have?

What hobbies for children do you think will be most useful for them when

Do you think children can learn any skills from a hobby that will be useful to them when they grow up?

In what ways are (young) people's hobbies today different to people's hobbies in the past (about 30 years ago)?

(Similar to above) In what ways are children's hobbies today different to children's hobbies in the past (about 30 years ago)?

Do you think young people today have more free time than young people in the past?

Do you think students have more free time than people who work? (Why?)

How are the leisure time activities of students different to those of working people?

16、Describe an interesting job you have heard about or read about.

Do you think it's reasonable (or, fair) that people have different salary levels?

What do you think of the working conditions in your country at the moment?

Do you think most people's working conditions in your country are better than in the past?

Do you think working conditions will improve in the future?

In what ways do you think working conditions still need to be improved? *

What minimum working conditions should all employees be given, by law?

What effects does (or can ) working overtime have on the lives of employees, especially women?

17、Describe a party you attended (or, you went to).

18、Describe a party you would like to arrange for your friends or family.