截止9月底，第三季度口語新話題陸續揭幕，以下為一二部分新話題及保留的舊話題。
1. Do you often write things?
2. What do you usually write?
3. How often do you send e-mails?
4. What are your main reasons for using e-mails?
5. Do you usually write by hand or write using a computer?
6. Do you think computers might one day replace handwriting?
7. Do you think handwriting is very important (nowadays)?
8. How can children today improve (or, practice) their handwriting?
9. What impression does a person's handwriting have on other people?
Teachers
1. Do you like your teachers?
2. What do you think of your teachers?
3. Do you think it's important to like your teachers?
4. What qualities should a good teacher have?
5. When you were in school, did your teacher have a influence on you?
6. Do Chinese students like their teachers?
History
1. Do you like (to learn about) history?
2. Do you think history is important?
3. Does China have a long history?
4. Do you think you can learn history from films or TV programs?
5. Do you think the internet is a good way to learn about history?
Colors
1. What's your favorite color?
2. Do you usually wear clothes in your favorite color?
3. Are there any colors that have a special meaning in your country?
4. Do people care about the color of their clothes?
5. Do you think the color of one's clothes is important?
6. Do you think color is important in daily life?
7. Are there any colors you dislike?
Food
1. Which do you prefer to eat, lunch or dinner? (Why?)
2. Do you think there are any benefits from eating breakfast?
3. Are you willing to try some new food?
4. Which do you prefer – to eat one big meal or to eat several small snacks?
5. What do you consider to be a healthy diet?
6. Do you know how to make (prepare) a meal?
Housework
1. Do you usually do any housework?
2. Do you like to do housework?
3. What housework does you least like doing?
4. Do you think it's important for children to do some housework?
5. Have there been any changes in the housework people do?
Weather & Season
1. What's the weather usually like in your country (or, your hometown)?
2. How is the weather here different to the weather in your home country?
3. Would you say the weather in your hometown is suitable for working (or studying)?
4. Would you like to move to a place with different weather?
5. What sort of weather do you like the most?
6. What season do you like best?
7. What do you do in that season?
8. What season (or weather) do you think is most suitable for work and/or study?
9. Has the weather in your country changed much in the past few years?
10. Do you prefer hot or cold weather?
11. Do you (usually) pay attention to the weather forecasts?
Advertisement
1. Do you like advertisements on TV?
2. What kind of advertisement do you like the most?
3. Why do you think there are so many advertisements now?
4. What are the various places where we see advertisements?
5. How do you feel about advertisements?
6. Do advertisements (ever) influence your choice about what to buy?
Transportation
1. How did you get to the test today?
2. Why did you choose that form of transport?
3. Do you often use public transportation?
4. What kind(s) of transport do you usually use?
5. For you, what are the benefits (advantages) of using that form of transportation?
6. Is transportation very important where you live?
7. What's the most common means of (= form of) transport in your hometown?
8. What do you think of the transport conditions in your hometown?
9. How do you think the transport system could be improved?
Natural holidays
1. What public holidays do you have in your country?
2. Do people in your country celebrate Christmas?
3. Do you like public holidays?
4. Which public holidays do you like to most?
5. What did you do during the last public holiday?
6. What do other people in your country usually do on public holidays?
7. What would you like to do during the next public holiday?
8. Do you think holidays are important?
9. Do you think there should be more public holidays in your country?
Natural places
1. Do you like visiting natural places?
2. What are some well-known natural attractions in your country?
3. Have you ever gone camping?
4. How do city kids in your country have contact with nature?
5. Do you have any memories of nature from your childhood?
6. What are the benefits of learning about nature?
PART TWO
New Topics:
People:
1. Describe a person who you wanted to be similar to when you were a teenager
2. Describe an old person you respect
3. Describe someone you think is beautiful or handsome
4. Describe a famous sports star or a singer/band you like
Objects:
1. Describe a TV/radio program that you like to talk about with others
2. Describe one of your friend’s habits you want to develop
3. Describe a useful APP
4. Describe a public activity that keeps you healthy
5. Describe an important job in your country
6. Describe a gift that you made by hand for your friend
7. Describe something you want to learn but can’t now
8. Describe a prize you won
Events:
1. Describe a long journey that you had
2. Describe something you did that was a waste of time
3. Describe an occasion when you borrowed something form others
4. Describe a meal you invited others to your home or a restaurant
5. Describe a period of time you spent far away from your home
6. Describe an interesting conversation you had with others
7. Describe an occasion when you waited for someone
8. Describe a thing that you did with a group of people
9. Describe a situation when you experienced a long traffic jam
Old Topics:
People:
1. Describe a friend who you had at school
2. Describe a family member who you spend the most time with.
3. Describe someone you know who has an interesting job.
4. Describe a famous person (still living), not from your country, who you would like to meet.
Objects:
1. Describe a book/magazine that you enjoyed reading
2. Describe a good/popular law in your country.
3. Describe an interesting wild animal from your country (you like best).
4. Describe sth special that you saved money to buy.
5. Describe sth you bought but don’t use so often.
6. Describe your first mobile phone.
7. Describe a foreign film you enjoyed.
8. Describe a good photo someone took for you.
9. Describe another language (in addition to English and you own mother tongue) that you would like to learn.
10. Describe an antique or some other old thing that your family has kept for a long time.
11. Describe an indoor game (not about sport) you enjoyed when you were a child.
12. Describe sth special you brought home from a holiday.
13. Describe a problem with a piece of equipment that you can’t solve.
Place:
1. Describe a beautiful place where you want to have a home / Describe a home (e.g., flat or house) that you would like to live in.
2. Describe a city that you have visited (that left an important impression on you).
3. Describe a school you have attended in your childhood.
4. Describe an important/historic building in your hometown.
5. Describe a place away from home where you stayed.
6. Describe a place in the world that you would like to travel to at the first time.
Events:
1. Describe an event that changed your life in a good/positive way.
2. Describe a success your friend has had that you are proud of.
3. Describe a situation when you received some useful advice.
4. Describe a neighbor you ever helped.
5. Describe a family celebration (such as wedding) that you attended.
6. Describe an important letter (that) you received.
7. Describe sth that you have shared with others (or another person).
新航道雅思備考建議
其實Part one出現的新題中，Transportation, Weather & Season, History是曾經出現過的話題, 而Advertisement, Food分別是由part two的An Successful Advertisement轉換成part one話題和由原part one的cooking轉換出來的話題。另外的Housework, Colors, Natural places, Public holidays, Teachers, Writing和Shoes也都在我們日常生活范圍之內，所以從話題熟悉度上來講，考生不需要太擔心part one的問題。Part one的出題原則是由簡到難，每個話題的前一兩個問題都是關于比較簡單的個人愛好之類的基本信息，考生可以在基本觀點回答完之后，適當補充原因或生活經歷，表現出比較強烈的交流意愿，給考官留下良好的印象，但這里需要注意是“適當補充“，注意用語簡要，且不可繁瑣用語，不著邊際地夸夸其談。另外，在表達自己的觀點事，盡量不要重復考官的句型。比如Do you think it’s important to like your teachers? 若果能換一種句型---Yes, I do consider that having a kind of admiration is more preferable for a student. ---這樣的答案會比簡單的重復---Yes, I think it’s important to like my teachers. 更能給考官留下一個你會靈活運用英語的印象。畢竟英語是一門忌諱重復的語言。 很多考生也會意識到在part one 會被問到諸如Why do you think there are so many advertisements now? Do advertisements (ever) influence your choice about what to buy? Do you think it's important for children to do some housework? 或者Have there been any changes in the housework people do? 這樣問社會現象原因、影響，談論小孩成長教育或對比今夕的類似part three的問題。首先應該感到高興，因為考官已經大致判斷出你有能力回答高難度分析性的問題了，也就意味著你的水平不再是簡單的基礎的交流程度。其次就是要快速思維，盡量找到至少兩個觀點，加上自己的理由和實際生活事例來論述自己的觀點。比如：Why do you think there are so many advertisements now?---Well, I’ve also noticed the overwhelming trend of advertisements in every single means of medium. (先肯定自己的態度。) I guess the biggest contributor should be the advanced technology which has made it possible to communicate all types of information around the world. Also, the fierce competition in marketing motivates the spread of advertisements as well. (配上幾乎標準的發音，應該是7.5-8分的答案!僅供參考。)
Part two 的新增話題中，幾乎沒有出現地點類的話題，對于地點類話題考生應該準備一個外國的地點和一個中國的地點，既能夠總體描述當地的人文風景、風俗習慣，也能夠細致講述一個適合居住生活的環境。特別注意的是There be 句型在此類話題中使用較多，很多考生喜歡沿用中文的There have。
人物話題中，除了A sports star/singer以外，其他話題都可以合并到之前的話題中。建議考生在講述名人之前，利用網絡多查些相關信息和專業術語的表達。
物品類新增話題進本都是圍繞著自己的生活經歷來出題的。可能考生對有些題目沒有相關的生活經歷，比如Describe a gift that you made by hand for your friend。其實，考官不會介意你是否講的是虛構的故事，重要的是語言的表達是否準確、豐富。這時候，你講的handmade gift就很可能是你在禮品店里面看到的一個鐵絲做的自行車模型，只需要把制作的過程稍加描述就好啦。為了更生動地展現故事的畫面，你可以在前面加上朋友很喜歡騎自行車，他/她多經常騎車，騎車去什么地方，也可以在后面加上送給他/她之后他/她表現出來的驚喜和對自己手藝的夸贊。最后表達對自己成功做成并送出禮物的開心。
事件類新增話題，大家可以觀察到都是要用到過去時的。考生一定要有時態意識，這對于母語是不需要改變動詞形式的漢語的我們來講，時態是很大的挑戰。我們可以列出一個常用動詞過去式表格(其實常用的也就那一二十個啦!)，然后強化記憶，多加練習，在不斷糾正中形成正確的習慣。
至于part three，5-6分的考生可能沒有那么多時間和精力來準備。我的建議是挑出一些有代表性的問題，進行多次練習回答。這樣做的原因是每個問題在你思考多次之后，答案就會更完整一些。以下是我挑選的問題，僅供參考。
1. Do you think people who are doing an unpleasant or dangerous job should be paid more than people doing other jobs?
2. What are some drawbacks of using an APP?
3. Do you think women like to chat more than men?
4. Do you think people’s intelligence or abilities is an factor when people make friends?
5. What do you think a good service is like?
6. What do you think are the differences between going to a live concert and listening to recorded music?
7. Do you think the music people listen today is different from the music in the past?
8. Should family look after their elderly members, or the government?
9. What do you think are the roles of old people in families?
10. Describe some occasions when people waste their time?
11. Do you think the school curricular in China might change in the next 20 or 30 years?
12. Do you think it’s important or necessary for children to go to school to get educated, or is it possible for a child to be educated at home without attending school?
13. What activities do people do to maintain their health?
14. Is there any difference between the exercise men do and that women do?
15. Why do popular stars such as sports stars or pop singers become role models for young people or children?
16. How is the way children are brought up today in China different from when your parents were young?
17. Why do some people like matches more than simple sports?
18. Is it important for a person to have a good look?
19. Is it good for a person to put on makeup usually?
20. What do you think are the pros and cons of visitors staying in a hotel rather than in the home of the people they are visiting?
21. Some people say we don’t need to visit distant places because we can learn all about such places from the internet, videos or books. Do you agree with that?
22. Do people feel embarrassed when they request the things back from their friends?
23. What things do you think will continued to be made by hand in the future?
24. What are some of the effects on China of the globalization of manufacturing?
25. What are the benefits of children learning how to make something by hand?
26. Which do you think make people happier, giving or receiving a gift?
27. Do you think it’s a waste of money for a government to give gifts to other countries’ governments?
28. How does having many cars in a city affect the environment?
29. When do the most severe traffic jams usually happen?
30. Do you think the problem of traffic congestion will be eased or resolved in the future?
31. What are some ways that people can use to pass the time on long distance trips?
32. Why do you think some people choose to be vegetarians?
33. How do you think the way we eat will change in the future?
34. How might a person feel when he/she is waiting for someone?
35. Do you think television has more a positive effect or a negative one?
36. Why do you think TV programs for children often have roles of animals?
最后對于目標是5-6分的考生來講，其實流利度是最主要的困難，所以平時多多口頭練習是非常有必要的。口語畢竟是思維加上發音器官的習慣動作，說多了，自然就有“語感”了。Good luck and keep speaking English even after the test! It’s cool.
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