学术英语口语测试技巧
Tips for Oral English Examination
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The whole process may be divided into three parts:
1. Lead-in（引入）
2. discussion （讨论）
3. couclution （总结）
Tip 1: Talk About Your Hobby or the Weather First
Okay you may start your topic with the weather or your hobby which related to the issue.
Say:
Words to describe the weather
1. sunny ,mild, nice, amazing, great, awesome, wonderful, Adorable …
2. Overcast; dull, gloomy, broken, not settled …
3. PM2.5, smog, haze
4. cold, chilly, freezing, piercing, biting,
Hobby
1. I am interested in …
2. I am crazy about …
3. I enjoy doing …
4. … is my favorite
5. I prefer … to …
6. I would go for this one because …
7. I hate …
8. It 's annoying to do …
9. I can 't stand …
Tip 2：Ways to Put Forward Your Own Idea
（Are you still claiming your idea beginning like: I think blablabla …
Try the following ways to start your topic.）
1. Personally, I think/feel/believe/suppose …
2. In my opinion/ in my eyes …
3. My view on … is that …
4. I 'd like to point out that
5. As far as I 'm concerned
6. To begin with, we may say that
7. In the first place, I want to say that
Tip 3: Ask for your partner 'idsea when you have nothing to say to avoid silence and continue the discussion.
1. What do you think about …？
2. What would you say about …？
3. How do you feel about …？
4. Do you have anidea on …？
5. I was wondering what your opinion of …was…？
Tip 3: Agree ing with an Opinion
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3.
Topic 1: Do you prefer a fuel cell powered car, a traditional IC engine car, or a hybrid（混合动力）car? Why?
Part 1:Lead-i n
Have you ever notice the charging posts in the south part of our campus. Many electrical taxis are charging there. New energy cars are becoming more and more com mon in our daily life. They are desig ned to solve the en ergy shortage, and the pollution problems. So what kind of car do you prefer? The fuel cell car? The traditi onal IC engine cars? Or the hybrid cars?
Part 2: Ideas
IC engine car: adva ntages and disadva ntages
Adva ntages:
1. cheaper tha n the new en ergy cars.
2. convenient to fill up.
3. More powerful tha n the new en ergy cars.
4. Travel a Ion ger dista nce for one filli ng.
5. It is a mature tech no logy which has bee n developed over one hun dred years.
Thus it is more reliable.
Disadva ntages:
1. I t pollutes the air;
2. emits carb on dioxide and other gree n house gas;
3. Gasoli ne is nonren ewable, and will be used up someday.
Fuel cell powered car: adva ntages and disadva ntages.
Adva ntages:
1. Produce only water, and have no emission, also environmentally friendly.
2. ……
Disadva ntages:
1. Its power density is not as high as IC engine cars.
2. It is not convenient to get refueled.
3. The infrastructure is not yet completed, thus it will set many limitation to the fuel cell cars own
ers.
Hybrid car: adva ntages and disadva ntages.
What is a hybrid car: A hybrid vehicle uses two or more distinet types of power, such
