TOEFL SPEAKING

Maddy
 Part-time job
• Do you agree or disagree with following statement? It is important to
have some sort of work experience, such as a part time job before
attending a university.（150328CN）
 正面
1. You earn extra pocket money/Make Extra Income
2. You learn to manage your money
3. You develop interpersonal skills
4. You gain work experience
5. You make new friends
6. You learn to manage your time wisely
 反面
• takes up time and energy
• meaningless
1. You earn extra pocket money
• cover my daily expenses, paying for tuition or miscellaneous academic
fees, or just for extra allowances
• afford the basic essentials
• less reliant on their parents
2.You learn to manage your money
• start making money of your own
• become more cautious about how you .

• makes you financially aware

3.You develop interpersonal skills
learn how to interact with
different personalities
• talk to a variety of people from
and
4.You gain work experience
• work experience adds credibility to your CV

apprenticeship or a graduate job

• hire applicants with some form of work experience
• good at multitasking as you found the time to work and study
simultaneously.
• have the upper hand the moment you graduate.
the moment you graduate.
5. You make new friends
• enhance your social life
• brings you the opportunity to make lifetime friends
• bond with some colleagues
6. You learn to manage your time wisely
your hobbies make for a
busy schedule

• school work becomes overwhelming

everything the limited time

• .
• find a balance between ...
 反面
• takes up time and energy
• meaningless
•
•
• won't be able to focus on my studies.
• your course gets tougher – you will need to allocate more of your day
to research and revision
• the ugly truth about part-time jobs is that...
• rarely find a job which can help glamorize your CV
• meet your assignment deadlines
• it’s all basic job,like typing,filing or some part-time jobs,students will
练习
• I want to try different things before I find the one I really like, so I can stick
with one job for a bit longer,
• first

• I think perhaps I need to buy a few years while I figure out about my career.
• you can't just waste your time wandering around.
• If you want a job that needs working experience, you should start job hunting
and consider further studies at a later time.
• Well, before you can make a career choice, I think you have to learn about
yourself. For example,you should know your values, interests, skills, your
personality, etc.
• 2.State whether you agree or disagree with the following statement.
Then explain your reasons, using specific details in your explanation.
Before taking a job in a particular field, students should get some
experience in that field through a part-time job or summer
employment.
• 3.Some college students take classes during the summer. Others take
summer off from school so that they can rest or work at a job. Which
do you think is better for students and why?（150613CN）
• 4.Should students be required to do volunteer work? (（151205CN）
• Some people take classes during the day and work in the evenings
and weekends. Others work during the day and take classes in the
evening. Which do you think is better?（150613CN）
• I have to work in the daytime. study at night, and do housework
during my spare time.
• I really need a helping hand. sometimes I just want to give up. I can't
.I'll have to my English
class after work
• I’m really tired after a whole day's work, I simply wanna take a break
instead.
• You yourself
• Some students prefer to study nine or ten months a year, others
choose to be in school the whole year. Which do you think is better?
Explain why. （150913CN）

• Some college students take classes during the summer. Others take
summer off from school so that they can rest or work at a job. Which
do you think is better for students and why?（150613CN）
• university studies, they need
around.
• Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: students
should be allowed to take additional courses to graduate as soon as
possible.(160319CN)
• enable students to experience a large variety of different courses,get
a broad education
• learn different new things, time management skills.
between different courses
other graduates in the job market
their career path
• Some college students like to join clubs and enjoy club activities,
others like to spend their time studying other courses or doing
schoolwork. Which one do you think is better and why?（160507CN）

• Some people prefer to keep a busy schedule and participate in a

number of activities. Others prefer to have a lot of free time. Which
do you prefer and why（150912CN）
• Imagine that you have been accepted by two different universities,
one university is well-known for its excellent academic program, but
it’s expensive, while another is less well-know, but has offered you
with scholarship to pay for your intuition fee. Which university would
you prefer, explain why.（170401CN）
• Some teachers let students choose topics that interest them on
research papers. Others assign topics on research papers. Which one
do you prefer? （151108CN）
• Do you think scientists should be required to study certain fields or to
study whatever that interests them? （151128CN）
• Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: the University
should video the big lectures and share them online. （171118CN）
• Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: it is okay for
professors to forbid students to record lectures. （180128CN）
• Your university has decided to allow people in the local community to
audit (listen in) classes on campus, they can enter the class, but they
are not allowed to ask any questions, do you think it’s a good idea.
（180526CN）
Group Work-efficiency
• Some people prefer finishing their projects long before the due date
while others prefer finishing their projects right before the deadline.
Which one do you prefer and why?（151219CN）
suffer from procrastination
• struggling with a need for
• did not have to work all that hard to get good grades
• lack of real interest in
• many students procrastinate because they simply don’t know how to
move ahead
• put it off/push sth back on
• Some people prefer to make a schedule previously, however some others prefer to figure out
what to do when the time comes, What do you prefer and explain why?（160123CN）
• Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Students learn more when teachers
assign a lot of homework. Use specific details and examples to explain why.（160910CN）
• Some students prefer to study for exam in the night other students prefer to study in the day,
which do you prefer, and explain why（170415CN）
• Many people think that students study course materials more effectively by taking exams, while
others think that students learn more effective through doing other activities such as writing
paper or completing projects, which do you think is more effective for students to learn.
（170520CN）
• You have been very busy and unable to prepare for the exam tomorrow. You can either stay up
late to study and sleep less or just study less and get full night’s sleep. Which will you choose?
（170527CN）
• Leaving some time for group discussion in class is beneficial for study. Do you agree or
not?（160409CN）
• Some professors prefer to answer students’ questions at the end of the lecture, but
others stop at different points to answer students’ questions, which style do you think it
better for learning?
• Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: students should be allowed to
take additional courses to graduate as soon as possible.(160319CN)
• Do you think it is reasonable to give a lower grade to the assignment that hand in after
deadline?（171126CN）
• Some people learn more in the morning. Some others learn more in the afternoon.
Which is better for you?（161029CN）