Topics in TOEFL Speaking (Independent)

04 January 2024 - 34 mins read time
Tags: TOEFL

Tier 1

Sports

• 万能思路：最喜欢的活动，课程，组织，技能，能力，身体健康，户外
• Reasons
  • Body building
    • sports e.g. basketball -> healthy and fit esp. after a day’s work
    • long time work -> harmful -> physical health
    • students -> stretch out arms and legs
    • boost energy -> good for mental and physical health
  • Relaxing
    • students -> have fun and relax esp. after a day’s work
    • playing sports e.g. basketball -> refresh my mind and release stress
    • focus better after coming back
• 万能答案
  • A sport like playing basketball is very important to keep my body health and fit especially after a day’s hard work, because long time work is harmful to physical health, and thus I need to stretch out my arms and legs by playing basketball. So that I can boost my energy and it’s good for both my mental and physical science
  • Playing basketball is very entertaining for me. As a student, I need to have fun and relax after studying for a long time. And playing basketball is one of my favorite sports activaties and it can refresh my mind and release stress. Moreover, I can focus better after exercising.

Traveling

• 万能思路：旅游，活动，与很多朋友一起，工作（新闻记者）
• Reasons
  • Expand outlook & enrich experience
    • change -> people, cultures, ideas, lifestyles
    • shape way of thinking & become tolerant to difference
    • experience -> discover a life -> feel comfortable with
  • Entertaining
    • enjoy -> new & different
    • enrich knowledge
    • realize and develop potential interests / areas
    • fun & share (knowledge /skill / experience/ interests) with others
    • make friends & establish social network
• 万能答案
  • Traveling to different places can expand my outlook and enrich my life experience, because I would have chance to get in touch with different people. idea, cultures and lifestyles. Such experience can shape my way of thinking and make me become tolerant to difference. Most importantly, it helps me discover and live a life I feel comfortable with.
  • Visiting different places is entertaining, because I enjoy seeing something new and different. Such experience can enrich my knowledge and help me reallize and develop my potential interests in some areas.

Relaxing

• 万能思路：压力大，提高效率，提高成绩，健康->需要放松
• Reasons
  • students need relaxing
    • relaxation -> important -> students
    • study -> stress & anxiety
    • students -> hours -> assianment, class, exam
    • feel exhausted every day
    • need more free time -> release stress
    • refresh mind -> smoother emotion & increase concentration
  • relaxing is good for health
    • relaxation -> key -> health / well-being
    • help -> lower stress (stress can cause disease)
    • relax -> unwind ->better sleep, better mood, more energy, greater efficiency
• 万能答案
  • Being able to have more free time to relax is very important and it is especially true for students, because they have a lot of stress and anxiety from their studies. For instance, many og them spend hours and hours working on their assignments, attending classes, and preparing for exams. They feel very axhausted when they get home everyday. Therefore, having more free time can set them free from their sudies
  • Also, relaxation is perhaps the single most important key to health and well-being, because it helps lower stress which can cause disease. When we relax, our body has an opportunity to unwind and thus enable us to have a better sleep. A good sleep can bring us better mood, more energy, and greater efficiency.

Money Management

• 万能思路：某种选择可以省钱
• Reasons
  • Why we need save money
    • saving money -> factors -> college students
    • not financially independent -> parent -> tuition and living expenses
    • others part-time job
    • try to save money e.g. watch movies at home
    • lower financial burden of either their parents or themselves
  • The advantages of saving money
    • students -> save money -> uncertainties / rainy days
    • extra money saved -> peace of mind & more independent
    • e.g. be able to travel freely as they wish / holiday
    • otherwise, struggle for money, ask people for help -> embarrassing
• 万能答案
  • Personally Speaking, I prefer do download movies and watch them at home for the following two reasons.
  • First, saving money is allways an important factor for any college student, because many of them are not financially independent. Their parents might support their tuition and living expenses for the most part r some students make money through part-time job. Therefore, trying to save money by watching movies at home can lower the financial burden of either their parents or themselves.
  • Another reason for not watching movies in cinema is that students need to save money for uncertainties. And the extra money saved can provide them with a peace of mind and make them become independent. For example, they can travel freely as they wish in holiday. Otherwise, they have to struggle for money or as people for help, which can be very embarrassing.

Cell phones

• 万能思路：改变我们的生活的两个方面：方便和娱乐；送礼物；国家/社会发展
• Reasons
  • Convenient
    • small & portable
    • use anywhere and anytime
    • e.g. text message, wechat with friends, go online shopping or banking
    • surf online for information or check e-mails without need of computer
  • Entertainment
    • download games, movies, e-books -> cell phone
    • play with cell phone -> fun and relax
    • important esp. after a day’s work
    • allay tension
  • cell phones -> life easier and more comfortable
• 万能答案
  • Personally speaking, I think cell phones have greatly changed our life in the past 10 years. And I have two reasons.
  • First, cell phones are very convenient to our life, because they have been designed smaller and more portable than before. So we can use them anywhere and anytime we want. For instance, we can text message, WeChat with friends, go online shopping or banking. Most importantly, we can surf online for information or check e-mails without having computers
  • Also, cell phones now are more entertaining and intelligent than before, because we can download games, movies, and e-books on our cell phones. Playing with cell phones is fun and can relax, which is very important for us especially after a day’s work. We are able to allay our tension.
  • In short, cell phones have made our life easier and more comfortable than before.

Character

• 万能思路：人物及特质
• Reasons
  • Being encouraging and optimistic
    • encouragement -> important -> me
      • I feel miserable when facing what I cannot contral in both life & study
    • father -> strong & brave -> face & overcome challenge
    • I feel comfortable & joyful
    • I -> stronger & confident > before
  • Kind & friendly
    • not blame me when I make mistakes
    • provide -> advice & supports when I am confused in my life
    • I’ve learned a lot from his advice and experience
    • I’d like to spend time with him
• 万能答案
  • Well, the person I want to learn more about is my father. And I have the following reasons.
  • The first reason is that he is encouraging and very optimistic, and these qualities are very important to me, because I always feel miserable when facing what I cannot control in both my life and study. My father encourages me to be strong and brave to face challenge. And I feel comfortable and joyful through his encouragement and become stronger and more confident than before.
  • Also, he is very kind and friendly. For instance, he never blames me when I make mistakes, instead he always provides me with advice and supports when I am confused in my life. Since I’ve learned a lot from his advice and experience, I’d like to spend time with him and learn more from him.

Internet

第一组：线上学习的优势

• 万能思路：线上学习高效且方便
• Reasons
  • Fast & efficient way of learning
    • plenty of info -> available online
    • find info & be responded -> few minutes
    • not waste time -> make appointments or wait for office hour
    • time saved -> more works done
  • Comfortable & convenient
    • online study -> no fixed location
    • not travel -> school of library -> study
    • very convenient, esp. live far away from campus
    • make own schedule
    • study anywhere and anytime, e.g. cafe
    • learning -> fun & comfortable
• 万能答案
  • Personally speaking, I believe college students should browse online to get the answer because of the following reasons.
  • First, searching materials online is a fast and efficient way of learning. Since there is plenty of information available on the Internet, students can find the resources they need and thus be responded in a few minutes. Therefore, they don’t need to make appointments or wait for office hour. And the time saved can enable them to get more work done.
  • Also, online study is comfortable and convenient. Since it doesn’t require a fixed location, students don’t need to travel to school or library to study, which is very convenient especially for those living far away from the campus. So they can make their own schedule and study anywhere and anytime they want. Learning in this way is fun and comfortable.

第二组：网络信息丰富了现代人的生活

• 万能思路：网络、电子书使人阅读得更多，网络信息对生活带来的改变
• Reasons
• more info
  • more books, clips, short messages -> available online
  • people -> chance -> more info > before

  • e.g once open a news clip or a fiction online, find more links related to your insterested areas

    • drive you to read more
  • many resources online free
  • read as much as you want
• convenient
  • technology innovation -> reading -> easy and convenient
  • e-books device (iPad or kindle) -> easy to carry
  • thousands of books in arm all day
  • read anywhere and any time
  • maximized frequency of reading
• 万能答案
  • Personally speaking, I believe people will read more in the future.
  • First, now there are more books, new clips, and shot messages available online, which provide people with more chance to access to more information than before. For instance, once you opne up a news clip pr a fiction story you find interesting on the Internet, more links related to your interested ares will come to you and drive you to read more. Plus, many resources are free online; you can read as much as you want.
  • Also, reading has become easy and convenient thanks to the technology innovation. For example, e-book devices like iPad or kindle make it possible for people to carry thousands of books in one hand all day long, so people can read as they go, and the frequency of reading maximized than before.

Part-time Job

• 万能思路：兼职打工让人成长，成熟；积累工作经验，对将来的事业有帮助
• Reasons
  • Grow up and become mature
    • work experience -> realize -> making money is not easy
    • handle money carefully
    • not run over budget
    • in order to get something, save money, instead of asking money from parents or friends
    • financially responsible adult
  • Work experience -> helpful -> future career
    • look good on resume
    • more chance -> be accepted / job hunting future
      • hire those with practical skills, team work experience, and profession
    • work experience -> people -> get into job quickly
• 万能答案
  • Personally speaking, I would definitely agree with my friend to work before heading to college.
  • First, work experience can make my friend grow up and become mature, because it helps him realize making money is not easy. So he will learn to handle money carefully and never run over budget. Also he will understand in order to get something he wants, he needs to save money instead of asking for money from parents or friends. As a result, he will become a financially responsible adult.
  • Secondly, having work experience will look good on the resume and may increase his chance to be accepted by companies during the job hunting in the future. The reasons that employers like to hire those who have completed internships or work experience since the practical skills, the team work experience, and the profession acquired can make him get into their new jobs more quickly than thos without such experience.

Tier 2

Environment

• 万能思路：多种树，植物净化空气；少乘坐汽车
• Reasons
  • Photosynthesis
    • create sufficient oxygen
    • remove harmful chemicals from soil
    • absorb carbon dioxide -> reduce the greenhouses
    • reduce global warming
  • Save energy
    • reduce carbon emissions -> the greener environment
    • cool your home in summer
    • act as windbreaks in winter -> save energy from heating
    • don’t need air conditioner
• 万能答案
  • Personally speaking, I will plant trees to reduce air pollution.
  • The first one is to plant trees as many as we can if we want to save our planet. Trees not only create sufficient oxygen for us to breathe and remove harmful chemicals from the soil, but also absorb carbon dioxide emission, thus helping reduce the greenhouse gases that lead to globe warming.
  • Secondly, trees can help save energy. And saving energy can reduce carbon emissions. Since most energy sources require burning fossil fuels, the less energy you use, the greener the environment you have. For instance, if you plant trees in the right place around buildings, trees can help you save energy from heating. Then, you don’t need air conditioner running 24 hours a day!
  • People should reduce the amount of time you spend in the car. Carpool or use public transportation like a subway whenever you can. For shorter distances, walk or ride your bike to do errands. If most people avoid driving one or two days a week for a year, the air pollution would be greatly reduced. So we should raise people’s awareness of enironment issue by telling them if they travel by subway, bus or bike. the environment will become better and better.

Community Service

• 万能思路
  • 参与社会实践的学生可以变得更加乐观、开朗、热情、耐心；接触不同的人可以提高自己人际交往技能；增进对外面世界的了解和认知；为未来的学业事业铺路
  • 最感兴趣的组织或俱乐部；学校活动；课外活动；志愿者活动
• Reasons
  • Become outgoing and patient
    • serving for local community -> chance -> communicate with people
    • in order to do well, become kind and open to others
  • Imporve social and interpersonal skills
    • co-workers / customers <- different background
    • get insight into different people’s thinking
    • know how to socialize with …
    • increase interpersonal skill
    • helpful -> career contact and study
• 万能答案
  • Personally speaking, I would like to participate in the local community service for following reasons.
  • First, the experience of being a volunteer to work at the community service will change my personality from timid and shy to outgoing and patient, because it provides me with a chance to communicate with different people. In order to do well, I have to make myself become open and kind.
  • Also, serving for the local community can improve my social and interpersonal skills. The reason is that my co-workers or customers are from different background; therefore, I have opportunity to get insight into different people’s thinking thus know how to socialize with them. My interpersonal skills will be improved, which can be very helpful for my career contacts and study in the future.

Clothing

第一组：Benefit of School Uniform

• 万能思路：穿什么风格的衣服：校服，方便简单，避免歧视和负面现象
• Reasons
  • Simple and convenient
    • look nice, simplify our life
    • do not have to waste time to dress up
    • Without distraction and worries on their appearance
    • focus on their schoolwork
  • Avoiding discrimination and negatiue attention
    • wearing fashionable clothes -> discrimination and judgment
    • not afford to wear fashionable clothes, be ridiculed
    • dresses provocatively -> draw negative attention
• 万能答案
  • Every student in my school wears uniforms. And the style of the clothing is very simple; a nice pair of jeans with a comfortable shirt or jacket makes most studetns like to wear.
  • We like to wear this kind of clothing not only because it looks nice on us, but also it simplifies our life. We do not have to waste time to dress up or worry about how we dress and look before other students if we are required to wear uniform to school only. Without distraction and worries on our appearance, we are able focus on our schoolwork and thus improve our learning outcomes.
  • And the other reason we like the simple style of school clothing is that wearing fashionable clothes will give too much room for discrimination and judgment between students. A student who caanot afford to wear fashionable clothes could be rudiculed. A student who dresses provocatively will draw negative attention from other students.

第二组：Personality vs. Style of Clothing

• 万能思路
  • 着装应该随我们的身份和所处场合而变
• 万能答案
  • People’s clothing can tell about their personality, what they like, what they believe in, or even where they come from.
  • First, what people wear can inform their employment as well as their work, surrounding and emotions. For example, when my brother was in college, he wore clothes like jeans, T-shirts, and sneakers, not only because he feels cool and comfortable to wear them, but also because his classmated and friends wear similar style of clothing and tend to influence with each other.
  • However, once he graduated from college and started to work in the company, his surroudning and people around him changed, and his style of fashion changed as well. For example, he started to wear suits and dress up carefully. And his clothes and shoes all looked classic, because he tried to project a positive image before his colleagues and clients.

Learning from the Past

• 万能思路：从自己的过去中/历史中学习
• Reasons
  • The lessons from mistakes
    • offer a greater opportunity for success
    • once understand the problems -> avoid repeating them
    • improve us on carefulness and efficency
    • more experienced and professional
  • Guide one’s life
    • past experience -> expensive lessons
    • a great teather to guide our life -> success
  • As I see it, we learn from our past, both from our success and our mistakes
  • The reason is that the lessons we learn from our mistakes offer a greater opportunity for success in the future, because once we understand the problems and remenber the causes, we might be able to avoid repeating many of them again. For example, the past mistakes in our work can imporve us on how we think and how we handle our work more carefully and efficiently than before. As a result, we will become experienced and professional on our jobs and gain self-recognition and financial award.
  • Although the past experience can be very expensive lessons, this is how we can learn and how the experience becomes a great teacher to guid our life toward success in the future.

Challenge

• 万能思路：在异国的最大挑战来自于和当地人的交流；交流障碍主要来自语言和心理
• Reasons
  • Language barrier
    • local language -> not first language
    • not communicate with the locals
    • feel lost
    • no friend -> lonely
  • Emotional obstacle
    • timid / shy in a new surrounding
    • feel embarrassed when talking to the locals in their own language
    • fear of making mistakes
    • hold back
    • not be willing to make friends
• 万能答案
  • Personally speaking, the most difficult challenge is to make new friends for the following reasons.
  • The first barrier is from the language. Since the local language is not the first language, people might find it hard to communicate with the locals. As a result, they might feel lost and will be isolated from the rest of the society. Without friends, they feel lonely.
  • Another reason is an emotional obstacle, because they are timid and shy in a new surrounding and might feel embarrassed when talking to the local people in their own language due to the fear of making mistakes. As a result, they hold back and are not willing to make friends.

Food

• 万能思路：如何吃得健康，食品的重要性
• Reasons
  • Good health
    • low calories, high-quality proteins, and vitamins, minerals
    • keep body strong and fit -> esp. young people
    • look good & feel great and happy
  • No diseases, study well
    • have long periods of concentration
    • confront with heavy workloads
    • if not healthy -> increase weights & chance of getting illness
    • study -> affected
• 万能答案
  • First, a healthy and well-balanced diet is the key to good health. Students should eat healthy food of low calories, high-quality proteins, and vitamins, minerals in order to keep their body strong and fit. It is especially very important for young people, whose bodies are growing. When they eat healthy, they wil not only look, but also feel great and happy every day.
  • Also, if young people are happy and healthy, they are unlikely to be affect by diseases. As a resutl, they could have long periods of concentration when studying. And their body can allow them to confront with heavy workloads from studies. However, if they eat unhealthy food, they would increase their weights and increase the chance of getting illness. Their study will be affected. So keep a healthy diet is too important to be ignored
  • Since dietary habits established in the early age often carry into adulthood, so teaching them how to eat healthy at a young age will help them stay healthy throughout their life.

Tier 3

Study Alone

• 万能思路：在安静的地方学习提高效率，人多的地方无法集中注意力
• Reasons
  • Increasing learing efficacy
    • a quiet place e.g. library or study room -> increasing efficacy
    • no noise & distraction
    • others -> keep eyes -> books & work hard
    • I concentrate / environment
    • get more works done
  • Dorm / group -> can’t focus
    • but if dormitory or group, can’t focus
    • be disturbed
    • problems & discussion
    • roommates -> TV, radio, parties
• 万能答案
  • Personally speaking, I prefer to study in a quiet place such as library or study room to have better learning efficiency, because there is no noise or distraction.
  • First, since everybody else keeps their eyes on books or work hard on their assignments, I will be able to concentrate on my studies in such environment and thus get more works done.
  • However, if I study in dormitory or with friends in a group, I cannot focus well, because I will be constantly disturbed by others’ problems and discussion or the noise from my roommates watching TV, listening to radio, or having parties.

Language

• 万能思路：描述课程（语言课很重要）, homestay, ability to acquire
• Reasons
  • Useful
    • communicate with the locals / travel -> countries
    • e.g. U.S., England, Canada, Australia
    • exchange ideas & expand outlook
    • make friends
    • otherwise
      • can’t express myself
      • can’t adapt to the environment
      • can’t understand class
    • life -> easy & enjoyable if English
  • Competitive / job
    • many companies -> candidates -> English skill
    • more chance > others -> be accepted if bi-lingual ability
• 万能答案
  • Personally speaking, the subject that is important is English. And I have two reasons.
  • First, English is a very useful skill in socializing with the locals when traveling in the countries like the U.S., England, Canada, and Australia. For example, I can exchange ideas and expand my outlook or even make some local friends if my English is good. Otherwise, I won’t be able to express myself to others, adapt to the environment, and even understand my class. My life will be easier and more enjoyable with good English skill.
  • Also, since many companies in my country require candidated with good English skill, I would have more chance to be accepted than others if I can acquire bi-lingual communication ability.

Event

• 万能思路
  • 节日、生日或家庭聚会
  • 聚会很欢快，可以释放压力
• Reasons
  • Family reunion
    • went back home from school
    • a big family, a joyful moment <- party
    • fun and relaxing
    • make and have dinner together
    • watch movie or play games
    • refresh my mind, allay my tension
    • strengthen relationship with friends & family member
    • conversation brings laugh and inspiration
• 万能答案
  • The event I have recently participated in is my family reunion. I went back home from school and got to gether with my friends, relatives, and parents during my holiday. Since I am from a big family, it was a joyful moment when having dinner and party with them. And it is especially fun and relaxing for me, because I study far away from home and thus feel that I need to cherish the time with those I love.
  • So we made and had dinner together and then I watched movies and played games with my sisters and brothers. These things can really refresh my mind and allay my tension from study. Most importantly, family reunion can strengthen my relationship with my friends and family members. The conversation brought us laugh and inspiration, and everybody had a great time.

Going Abroad

• 万能思路
  • 人生最重要的机会
• Reasons
  • Adavanced education
    • academic and research experience in professional areas
    • a strong critical thinking & analytical ability
    • ready and qualified in future career
  • Independent and mature
    • remove from supports of friends and parents
    • learn to take responsibility
    • gain & increase independence -> take care of myself
    • become a mature adult
• 万能答案
  • Personally speaking, the most important opportunity in my life is to study overseas in the U.S. next year.
  • One reason is that the education in the U.S. is advanced in terms of the academic and research experience in professional areas. I will be able to develop a strong critical thinking and analytical ability on different issues and subjects. The knowledge and skills from this experience can make me ready and qualified to handle my works in my future career.
  • Also, studying abroad removes me from the supports of my friends and parents back home. Since most of the young people of the U.S. have to leave home and learn to take responsibility for their actions after their 18, living in such a culture will help me gain and increase my independence and learn to take care of myself. I need to be independent in order to become a mature adult.

Transportation

• 万能思路：地铁准时、快捷
• Reasons
  • Fast
    • underground
    • avoid traffics /road
    • visit places / short time
    • e.g. arrive at school or work on time
  • Convenient
    • frequency -> improved
    • train -> few minutes / rush hour
    • not wait for a long time
    • stations -> places / people live and work
    • easy -> reach
    • efficient and easy way of traveling /city
• 万能答案
  • Personally speaking, I enjoy taking subway when traveling in my city. And I have two reasons.
  • First, the subway is fast, because it goes underground and can avoid a lot of traffics on the road. People therefore can visit many places in a short time. For example, they can arrive at school or work on time without being late.
  • Also, traveling through the subway is convenient, because the frequency of the train has been improved. Since the trains come in a few minutes especially during the rush hour, people don’t need to wait for a long time. Plus, the stations are located near the places where many people live and work, therefore, they are easy to reach.

Library

• 万能思路
  • 拥有丰富藏书的图书馆对于学生的学习的益处：安静，且能为人们提供很多有用的资料
• Reasons
  • Quiet
    • people (libarary) not speak too loud & focus on readings / studies
    • good setting -> reading & long periods of concentration
    • increase efficacy / working
    • relax / reading
  • Full of useful resources
    • e.g. journaals, magazines, articles, and Internet access
    • I -> info / research papers or reading for fun
    • stay for long periodds / library, don’t need to leave
• 万能答案
  • Personally speaking, I would suggest building a public library if I have piece of empty land. And I have two reasons.
  • First, it’s quiet, because people in the library never speak too loud, but focus on their readings or studies. So the library is an especially a good setting for studying and long periods of concentration. And people’s work efficiency can be maximized and they can also relax when reading.
  • Secondly, the library provides people with full of useful resources ssuch as journals, magazines, articles, and Internet access. So they can find the information they need when doing research papers or reading for fun.
  • Most importantly, they can stay for long periods in the library and not needd to leave.

Tier 4

Team Spirit

• 万能思路：通过团队协作解决一个人无法完成的任务，最终提升了工作效率
• Reasons
  • Benefits of teamwork
    • Promotes cooperation
      • Overcome obstacles
      • enhance efficiency
      • improve performances
    • Encourages socialization and communication
      • a sense of job satisfaction
      • bring self-confidence
      • bring friendship
• 万能答案
  • Teamwork in the workplace
    • Last summer, I was in an internship, cooperating wiht my colleague to solve problems for a project. The experience allows me to learn two important things of working in a team.
    • First, we helped each other in the team, which brought every one of us a great sense of job satisfaction. During the project, we had a lot of problems, but members in our team share their skills and experience to help each other and thus we overcame every obstacle and improved our performance in the work.
    • Another imporatant thing I learned from working in a team is that cooperation can solve problems more quickly than working in isolation. For instance, questions may be answered more quickly and also the group may avoid certain mistakes, because some members of the team might have gone through some problems before. Therefore, the work efficiency and reputation of the team can be improved.
  • Benefits of teamwork in sports
    • No sports team is successful without working together to reach a common goal.
    • First, teamwork in sports promotes cooperation. Every member of the team can learn how to better cooperate with thir teammates, even if they do not particularly like each other. Cooperation means putting differences aside for the greater good of the. team. As a result, people would become more tolerant and friendly to others than they were.
    • Second, working together on a sports team encourages socialization and communication. People in the sport team like the basketball one can share a common interest and learn some practical skills from each other. This experience can bring friendship and ocnfidence of socializaing with other people. For example, if you are shy and timid, the teamwork in sports can make you become positive and outgoing.

Presentation

• 万能思路
  • 面试，公共演讲，演说
• Reasons
  • Be familar with the topic
    • certain: presenting accurate information
    • be able to answer questions
    • increase confidence
    • practive at least 7 to 10 times
  • Change attitude
    • change how he sees audience
    • seeing audiences as lecturers -> fellow students
    • all equal -> no reason to be nervous
• 万能答案
  • There are two suggestions for my friend to deal with his speech anxiety.
  • First, he needs to know his topic well. If he has researched the topic thoroughly, he will be certain that he is presenting accurate information and he will be able to answer questions that the audience may ask. These things will greatly increase his confidence. After he has prepared his speech, he needs to practice at least 7 to 10 times before his actual presentation.
  • Also, he needs to change how he sees his audience. This means, instead of seeing them as lecturers who are evaluating him, maybe he can convince himself that they are all fellow students who are all equally nervous so there is no reason why he should be nervous too.

College Education

• 万能思路
  • 学校，教育
• Reasons
  • Good for finding a job
    • can’t get a good job without a college degree
    • w/o a high school diploma -> can’t go to college -> no good job
    • attend college -> a greater career/high salary/a free lifestyle/happy life
  • Become mature
    • one of the most important things -> responsible and mature
    • acquire knowledge
    • get along well with others, cooperate in a group
    • manage time, learn to work under great pressure
    • achieve better work and life in their future
• 万能答案
  • I definitely agree all children under the age of 16 should attend schollo. Or all children should go to school.
  • First, the children today don’t realize how hard it will be to get a good job without a college degree. And without a high school diploma, children can’t go to college and they might as well just accept that they will be working at McDonalds or KFC. If they want to choose a great career with high salary which allows them to live a free lifestyle and happy life, then young children must attend and finish high school and college.
  • Also, education is one the most important things they will ever need to become a responsible and mature adults, because they can not only acquire knowledge, but also learn how to get along well with others, cooperate in a group, manage their time, and learn to work under great pressure. All of these will help them achieve better work and life in their future.

Family

• 万能思路
  • 离家人近，向家人寻求建议，同家人在一起
• Reasons
  • Emotional strength
    • build a good family environment
    • happy & release stress
    • e.g. cook with wife, play video games with kids
    • go out for movies or a walk after dinner
  • Work support
    • know him better than anyone else
    • when stressful and depressed -> comfort him
    • always be with him -> bring confidence
• 万能答案
  • Personally speaking, I would suggest my friend not take this job, because it is far away from his family, and he needs to spend time with his family. And I have two reasons.
  • First, having more time with family can helo my friend build a good family environment. And a good family bond can make him happy and help hime release his stress from work. For example, he can cook with his wife, play video games with his kid, and go out for movies or even take a walk after dinner with the family members to have fun and relax.
  • Also, family is the biggest source of support for him to perform well on his job, because family members know him better than anyone else. Thus, family can comfort him when he feels stressful and depressed. And family members always be with him and bring him confidence to face the challenge in his career.

Historical Relics

• 万能思路
  • 参观，旅游，古老
• Reasons
  • 了解国家的历史文化
    • When visiting a new place -> don’t know local people & culture
    • museum -> provide knowledge
    • e.g. local people’s tradition, lifestyles or food
  • 欣赏艺术作品
    • see unique masterpieces
    • feel artists’ emotion -> can’t through TV & Internet
    • a bridge between people & a place
• 万能答案
  • I would like to take foreigners to visit museums for the following reasons.
  • First, museums give them chances to know better about the past history and culture of the country. When they travel to a new place, they don’t know much about the local people and the culture, but visiting museums can provide them with the knowledge about how local people live, what their tradition, lifestyles or food is like.
  • Also, when visiting museums, foreighers will be able to see unique masterpieces or arts and feel the emotion of the artists, which they can’t feel by just watching it on TV or on the Internet. Museums are the places where centuries and centuries of history are hidden. It is like a bridge between people and a place.
  • So foreigners should visit museums to access to thehistory, the culture, the tradition and the arts of the place.

Living Standard

• 万能思路：生活水平，社会进步
• Reasons
  • high-tech makes life easier
    • computers, laptops, mobiles etc. -> easier and more convenient
    • order pizza/call a cab/go online shopping
    • banking / find business
  • Information exchange is more smooth
    • text message/wechat/talk -> friends far away
    • share the up-to-date news and event
    • well-informed -> what’s happening around the world
    • changes the way we live and think
    • open up our mind
    • find life happy and comfortable
• 万能答案
  • Indeed, our living standard has been improved thanks to the science and technology innovation.
  • First, computers, laptops, mobiles are the products of science and technology and make our life easier and more convenient than before. For instance, we can order pizza, call a cab, go online shopping, banking or even find business opportunity through cell phones or laptops.
  • Also, technology improves our life far beyond what we had expected. For example, we can text message, WeChat, or talk to our friends living far away from us or in another country to share the up-to-date news and event. It influence on our life is more than just to be well-informed what’s happening around the world, but also changes the way we live and think. The shared experience and information can open up our mind to different lifestyles and make us find the kind of life we feel happy and comfortable.