1、A:况达 B:温颖颀 C:翁玲玲 D：钟春华 Aging 1.What does aging mean? At what age are people considered elderly? A: As we grow up, our parents are becoming older and older. B: Yeah, I noticed many wrinkles appear on my parents face when I went home last time. C: What you said is aging. What do you think aging means
2、except wrinkles? D: In my oppinion, the typical signs of aging are forgetfulness, decline in vision and hearing and weakening of muscle strength. A: I cant agree more with you. Take my mother as an example, she is always forgetting what she wants to do. I think her memory is poorer and poorer. B: Wh
3、ats more, most of the body organs perform less effectively with advancing age. C: All of you are right. But we have to admit that aging is the natural process of growing old, isnt it? D: Yeah, every one has to face aging. By the way, in our society, at what age are people considered elderly? A: In g
4、eneral, people over 65 years old are considered elderly. B: No wonder people have to retire when they are 65 years old. C: But with our life standard improved, people have a longer lifespan, so I think people over 70 years old are considered elderly. D: Well, no matter at what age people are conside
5、red elderly, what we should do is to treat them with respect and affection. 2.the right attitude toward aging？ A: Nowadays, the development of china surprised many people ,we can t ignore some social problem in the process of it, such as aging population. B:Yes,aging problem is becoming more serious
6、. It says that elderly proportion of the population increased from 13.3% to 16%, making huge demand pressure on social insurance and pension services. C: As for this situation, some elderly people are likely to be treated as burden by society and their family. Instead, they may cost a lot of money o
7、n food, clothing, medical care and medication, etc. D: In my eyes, elderly people should not be seen as burden on the family and society. At first, when older people are young, they made great contributions to their families in their golden times. A:Yeah, Without their care, their children can t mak
8、e any achievement .without their hard work, we can t see Chinese situation now. Return is the gift of pay. So, it is reasonable foe elderly people to get care from society and families. B: china is a ritual of ceremony, always focusing on filial piety. As a child, it is their responsible to take goo
9、d care of their parents. C:Like Meng Peijie ?She looked after her adoptive mother for 12 years when her adoptive mother couldn t move any more. D:I think so. She set a good example for us. Millions of people s actions tell us elderly people is not burden. It is our duty and obligation to care the el
10、derly. It is the basic criteria in being a human. 3.what are the common ailments of the elderly？ 1.每个 人讲一下身边老人的身体健康状况，有什么疾病 A:Today,we are going to talk about what the common ailments of the elderly are. So,guys in your daily life,did you ever find some ailments of the elderly around you? B:There is
11、 an old man living beside my home.Every day,I can hear his coughing.（咳嗽） C:My dear grandpa s legs are too weak to walk.He has to move on by stick（腿脚不便） D:My grandma has high blood pressure and heart disease.In most time of a day,she just lies in the bed.（高血压和心脏病） 2.每个人对自己身边老年人的看法 ,如何帮助他们 A” : The ma
12、jority of the elderly have some ailments. Obviously, the ailments get the elderly into trouble. B Yeah,every time I heard of the coughing,I feel very sad about the old man.（伤心） C:When my grandpa want to fetch something,I would try my best to help him.（帮忙取东西） D:I will talk with my grandma about the h
13、appy thing I met to make her happy too.（讲开心的事） 3.每个人谈一下老人们对年轻人的劝告 A:That s right. The elderly need our comprehension and care.They can also give us some good advice on how to avoid the ailments. B:Yes, my grandparents often ask me not to stay up late for playing computer games.（熬夜） C:My grandparents
14、 too.They also tell me not to eat junk food or other dishes cooked with much pepper and salt.（垃圾食品，含辣椒和盐多食品） D:The elder living around my home often remind me of the significance of exercise.（运动） A:I think when we get old we will appreciate those advice. Best wishes to the elderly.That s our discuss
15、ion. Thanks for listening. Animal,pets 1.Do you or your family keep pets? Why or why not? 2.Is it right to cage birds, chain dogs and keep cats locked inside the house? 3.What is the negative side of keeping animals as pets? A: With the increasing improvement of our life,many people have developed t
16、he fever of keeping pets. I keep pets,too. I think pets give us a sense of being important and needed because they depend on us for home,food and drink. B: My family doesn t have pets.But I know as the increasing number of people suffer from loneliness and alienation due to fast-paced lifestyle and
17、high-pressured work. Pets are the ones they can talk to or play with after work or at home, especially for those who live alone and are far away from home. C: You are right.But is it right to deprive pets of freedom? Locked in the house,the pets may become anxious and easy to be angry,even bite the
18、people,as they are wild animals at all. D: I can t agree more.What s more, it is not healthy to raise pets in home,they might transmit many kinds of diseases to our family,especially children and pregnent women easily fall victims A: What you say makes sense. In addition,the same as humans, pets wil
19、l also feel hungry and need to be fed, which requires a certain cost, therefore, keeping pets should be on the basic of economy level of our own. B: Besides,as many rare birds and animals are kept as pets,they will surely be hunted on a large scale,which means a threat to the balance of the ecosyste
20、m. C:Well,everything has two coins. For myself, I still like to keep pets.Keeping pets helps mankind understand animals world and develop positive feelings toward them D:As for me,I am inclined to agree with the opposition. Anyway,we can lessen our loneliness and express our love toward animals in o
21、ther ways.And it is my belief that only by placing man and other species on an equal basis can we expect to have a lively and colorful world. cultural differences A: Today our topic is cultural differences, so, have you heard about cultural differences? What do cultural differences mean in your opin
22、ion? B: Cultural difference? Maybe it refers to people speak different languages, just like we speak Chinese while Englishmen use English. C: You said it! It is well known that people in different countries behave in different ways, such as their way of life and thinking and so on. Its a kind of cul
23、tural differences. D: I cant agree more. But how do you think people keep different value systems? Can it be cultural differences? A: Sure. To sum up, people speak different languages, keep different value systems, and have different way of looking at things. These differences are generally called c
24、ultural differences. Moreover, its embarrassing of failing to recognize cultural differences. B: Thats right. Failure to recognize cultural differences hinder communication. C: Yeah, those who are uninformed about cultural differences may have difficulty in communicating with their partners from oth
25、er cultures. D: You are right. Inability to recognize cultural differences can make mutual understanding difficulty. A: So, its important to cope with cultural differences. Most importantly, before we enter a new country or get close to a new culture, we are supposed to respect the new culture, lear
26、n about it and prepare ourselves for it. B: Except that, we should maintain a open attitude towards people and things. And it couldnt be better if you can do your best to adjust to the new lifestyle. C: By doing in Roman as the Romans do, you will be appreciated by the local people and considered to
27、 be a person who understand the local customs. D: If you show your respect to the different culture you will have a better chance of being accepted as one of them instead of being treated as a outsider. A: You are all right. If you have the opportunity to go abroad to get reach to a new culture, rem
28、ember to do what we talked just now. B、 C、 D: We will! Media A： Do you read newspapers? What do you think of them? B:yes. It includes lots of information or news from many aspects of our life, such as entertainment, gym and politics. C:Yes,Newspapers can help us understand a lot of news, and can enr
29、ich our knowledge D:I read it,but just a few times,i think it full of latest and useful Information,but it is a little out of fashion compared with other mediasuch as internet C:whats your opion? A: nowadays we prefer using cell phone to read newspapers rather than reading newspaper, but it still ha
30、s many advantages. Newspaper can prevent our eyes from being hurt and usually has higher quality. D: in fact， now i rarely watch tv， and most of our schoolmates are not watching tv， even listening radio.Can you imagine a life without TV or radio? B:Nowadays, TV have became a part of our life, and we
31、 get most information from them. If we live a life without it, we would miss a main channel to attatch outside world and lost a entertainment way. A:I cant imagine a life without TV since I enjoy watching TV so much. It really plays an very important role in my life. Whenever I feel distressed, I wi
32、ll turn on the television to help relax myself. But watching TV takes up too much time. C:Its hard to believe that our life without TV and radio, And if that wewill be become very block， and lack of understanding of information B:What is the negative side of video games? C.If we are addicted to it,
33、it would bring bad influence to us. It can distract us from study, and make us get away from friends and family, which is unbenefit for our growth. D.its harmful to our health， especially eyes。 also it make us difficult to focus on studying A.video games have many negative sides in our life,especial
34、ly for students. When we pay much attention on it,it will hurt our eyes. Many students are addicted to it and they cant focus on their study. B.If we are addicted to it, it would bring bad influence to us. It can distract us from study, and make us get away from friends and family, which is unbenefit for our growth. Parents
