英语作文和口语复习材料.doc

1.Lunar New Year's Eve(农历新年的除夕)Lunar New Year's Eve, or H the 30th of December/1 means the last day or night of the lunar year, and that night is also called the Great New Year's Eve.People in town often buy some flowers like narcissus, wintersweet or nandina, and put them in vases so as to add to the atmosphere of the festival・Staying up all night, citizens usually watch TV at home and wait n to see the Old Year out and the New Year in."2.How to treat our traditional festivals and western festivals which are introduced into China?The theme of Chinese traditional festival custom is mainly to eat and drink diet. Chinese traditional festivals as a remarkable characteristic of China is to reflect the custom of eating culture・ And the theme of Western traditional holiday custom is mainly to play. The Western festival custom not only have strong religious color, but pay attention to religious ceremony of body and mind after joy and happiness of liberation. So, when we treat the different festivals, we should not forget our country's traditional festivals, and also cannot completely refuse to other cultural festivals, we should absorb what is good and reject what is bad, for cultural exchange is mutual, We should be in a healthy state of mind to regard the Chinese and western festivals・3Jn or Out of job(1)As a postgraduate student，how do you think we should do to prepare for the future work?Due to the increased competition for new jobs, it's critical that students begin preparing themselves early in their college career and begin understanding what employers look for when filling vacant positions with new college graduates・(1) Create a List of Personal & Professional GoalsGain relevant experience in a career field of interesta.Objectives:1.Stay after class to ask questions.2.Spend more time studying.3.Ensure that you eat healthy, exercise, and get enough sleep.b.Objectives:1 • Begin to network and conduct informational interviews with several people working in a career of interest.2・ Draft a resume.3・ Find an internship for spring, summer, and/or fall・4.Volunteer for a local organization.5.Join a club at your college and take on a leadership role.(2)Seek to Understand Your Individual Personality, Values, Interests, and Skills in addition to Identifying Your Personal Strengths and Weaknesses.Doing a thorough self-assessment is the first step to the career planning process. Speaking with a career counselor at your college can help you uncover some of your personal attributes and begin to understand yourself a little bit better. There are also a number of assessments you can take to help guide you in the right direction.(3)ResearchWhether it is to actively research potential majors or career options, researching can help you further clarify your goals and assist you in the decision-making process. To gain relevant experience in the work force, you may begin by researching available job shadowing and internship opportunities.(4)Create a Resume & Cover LetterInitially you may want to create a general resume listing all of your skills and accomplishments. As you get ready to apply for internships and/or jobs, you will want to read over the qualifications of the position you are applying for and make sure your resume and cover letter are targeted to the specific position and organization.(5)Develop a Professional NetworkReach out to people you know as well as alumni from your college for the purpose of discussing their individual career path, how they got to where they are today, and for recommendations on how you might break into the industry yourself.(6)Conduct Informational InterviewsContact friends, family, previous employers, alumni from your college to set up a 20 or 30 informational interview session over the phone. If they are nearby, you may ask to meet them for coffee or do a face-to-face interview at their office or organization. Job shadowing is a great way to learn more about a career field of interest by spending time with someone cuixently working in the field.(7)Find an InternshipProfessional networking and informational interviews are a great way to leam more about careers and potential career options. You may also be lucky and find internships available through your network.(8)VolunteerThere are numerous volunteer organizations available ・ You can find one either at your college or in your college comm unity or when you are home during break or over the summer.(9)Participate in a Club and/or Sports Activity on CampusThere are usually numerous clubs that you can join on campus, find one and offer your services and take part in meetings that will help you to develop additional transferable skills that will make you a valuable asset in the job market. Taking on leadership roles on campus is something employers love to see on a resume.(10)Get to Know Your FacultyAssisting faculty in class or participating in some collaborative research will help you develop professional working relationships with faculty members at your campus. Not only will you learn a whole lot about what they do, you will also create the potential of getting some strong recommendations for future jobs or graduate programs you may be applying to.3.As we all know, interview is very important for people who want to get the job. What is your view on the interview manners/etiquette?Whether we can get the job we want largely depend on our performance in an interview・ Therefore, we must pay more attention to the interview etiquette.First, your appearance: You'd better wear formal dress. It's a best way to show your tempeniment(气质).Just let you clothes clean and tidy・ Do not color your hair or make a complex hair style, just as simple as possible・Key words: Concise(简洁)natural (自然)generous (大方)decent (得体)Second, your behavior: When you sit, yoif d better sit on the two thirds of the chair. Doni lean on the back. When you stand Just stand up straight and make you back straight. Smile on your face is always a plus. Others, use your body language appropriately; Keep eye contact with the interviewer; Use appropriate gesture; Shake hands with the interviewer politely at the end.Third, some useful point: To be punctual for appointment; Do as an active listener; Grasp the focus of conversation quickly; Think carefully and respond quickly; Keep sincere attitude; Avoid giving an irrelevant answer; Do not inteiTupl the interviewer^ talking; Do not talk endlessly; Not to be arrogant.8Money,Moneyl.Money and Charity1 .some old proverbs(1)Money is not everything, but without money, everything is nothing・(2)Money makes the mare to go.(3)Money may be the husk of many things, but not the kernel. It brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health; acquaintances, but not friends; servants, but not loyalty; days of joy, but not peace of happiness.(4)Money is a good servant and a bad master .2.Sentences：(1 )There is no doubt that money is very important for us. Money can buy every materials things in our daily lives on earth and services; A company also need money to produce commodities; A country need money to construct public facilities, transportation, and so on to develop the economy.(2)Someone may say that money is everything. Money is important but not everything・(3)Money is just a tool that helps us solve problems and enable us to live a comfortable life. What we should do is to use itappropriately. It all depends on how it is used・2>How to spend money1、Key words(1)Meet the basic needs: buy a house for living, buy a car, buy new cloths and eat what you want to eat,(2)Investment: save money in the bank, buy a house for renting, invest money in stocks, to buy gover nment bon ds, deposit(3)education: master degree, doctor degree, vocational training, Personal interests, Skills training(4)travel: have a vacation, travel to See the Significant People in Your Life, Informative tour and understanding the local customs(5)emergency need: disease, traffic accident(6)Add Value to Your Home: decorate your home, buy gifts to your parents , relatives and friends.2^ Sentences(1)You can't predict emergencies, but you can be prepared. I need to save money for these emergencies(2)The most important is that we must make a budget about our daily expenses .And we should make this budget very reasonable ・(3)Don't spend any money on thing useless, save up for those things that are important.(4)A vacation revitalizes your mind by pulling you away from the daily stress factors in your life.(5)Remember, knowledge is power and your brain is the container of that knowledge・ There are few options for spending money on something more practical than the development and facility of your brain・2^ Story and proverbs：(2)From thrift to extravagant easy, by the extravagance frugal difficult由俭入奢易，由奢入俭难(3)when a gruel food thinks hard-won, the half silk and half wisp of permanent memento strength barely survives.(4)一粥一饭当思来之不易，半丝半缕恒念物力维艰3.Money and happinessMoney and happiness , in anyplace at any time to anybody , the two always have countless ties .(金钱和幸福，在任何地方任何时间对于任何人而言，两者总是有千丝万缕的关系)We have to admit the truth that money can buy lots of things even health .我们要承认金钱可以买到很多东西甚至健康这样的事实If you have no money ,you can't live the life you want, you can't buy the things you like .如果没冇钱，你就不能过你想耍的生活，不能买你喜欢的东西If because of moneyless you have to haggle over every ounce for every little thing all days , how could you be a happy person ?如果因为清贫，你整天要为鸡毛蒜皮的小事斤斤计较，你还怎么能是幸福的人呢？But we can't plunge ourselves into the trap that money is omnipotent.但是我们不能让自己掉进信赖金钱万能的陷阱里面Money can satisfy the basal needs or make your more immaterial needs come true、but it isn^t means that money can buy happiness .金钱可以满足你的基本生活需求或者也能满足更多的非物质需求The number of money don't represent the degree of happiness .金钱的数量并不代表幸福的程度Because you could earn money by hardworking> struggling or effort work ,but you can^ get happiness only through money .S为你可以通过努力，上进，勤奋去挣更多的钱，但是你不能只用金钱就可以得到幸福Happiness is a kind of felling •幸福是一种感觉Sometimes happiness comes from a little case •有时候幸福只是來源于一件小小的事情The value of happiness can't be weighed by money.幸福的价值是金钱不能衡暈的So happiness is not a certain kind of material criterion,幸福并不是某种物质标准it is not rest with money but depend on yourself .它不依赖于金钱而是在于你自己If you feel happy, that it is happy, no absolute relation to money.如果你感到快乐，那就是幸福，和金钱没有绝对的联系.5・ Today many parents will give their children allowances・ What do you think about this phenomenon?For children:1,some children will use the money to buy things they want, some will save, some even invest(phenomenon )2,allowance give children a chance to experience the things they can do with money・3Many children first learn the value of money by receiving an allowance・ The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly.4give allowances to children can encourage children to manage money matters by themselves.5give allowances to children can help them cultivate the consciousness of saving, for example, if you let children use his own money to buy the things he want, he will compare which one would be more valuable of money（物超值）.Let the children learn to control his desire, and learn to plan and smart consumer spending 让孩子学会克制自己的欲望，学会计划消费和精明消费6,give allowances to children can let them share family resources, participation in family management, produce the independent consciousness, avoid to use the money too repressed and get in the habit of lying and stealing 让孩子分享家庭资源，参与家庭管理，产生独立自主的意识，避免再用钱方面过分压抑而养成说谎和偷窃的习惯7,Lets the child understand the concept of money and function, know all money is labor returns 让孩子明白金钱的概念和功用，知道所有金钱都是劳动的回报For parents:1Parents are usually advised not to offer more money until the next allowanee. The object is to show young people that a budget demands choices between spending and saving・2Paying children to do extra work around the house, however, can be useful. It can even provide an understanding of how a business works.3,four or five years old children can be given weekly allowance, the child of this phase has a certain amount of planning・Once a week for the release of the pocket mon ey, not only control the amount of his actuation con sumption, but also let him "empty hands” of waiting period not be too long4・5岁的孩子可以每周发放零用钱，这个阶段的孩子有了一定的计划性。