雅思口语话题卡：a childhood activity (2009.2.7)
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A Childhood Activity (February 7, 2009)
Describe an activity that you enjoyed doing with
your friends when you were a child.
You should say:
how
old you were when you did this activity
how and where you did this activity
who
you did it with
and explain why you enjoyed that
activity.
My sample:
Well, I used to play this running
activity with my classmates when I was seven or eight. There were
usually four or five pairs at each game. Each pair consisted of a
boy and a girl of comparable age. The boy’s left leg was fastened
to the girl’s right one. Then they hopped toward the finish line on
each of their free legs, dragging the miserable so-called third leg
between them. The
pair
that reached the finish line
first would win. I played it with my classmates and my friend Lily
(or Jack) was always my partner. We practiced it a lot and since
the running depended on the cooperation between the partners, we
won many times. I still have fond memories of this childhood
activity, not only because it was something that I was good at back
then, but also because it taught me the value of cooperation
between partners. It took great team work to win the competition.
Besides, it was also interesting to watch people hobble along
clumsily and fall over each other.
Possible follow-up questions:
- Do children today still do that?
Part 3
Childhood Activities
- Do children today do the same sorts of things that children did
when you were a child?
- And what about young people your age (or, teenagers) – do they
do the same things today as young people (or, teenagers) used to do
20 or 30 years ago?
- Do you think children today prefer playing with other children
or do they prefer doing things by themselves?
The Role of Children in the Family
- In the family, what is the role of children?
- As they grow up, how do you think this role changes?
- What do you think parents can do to help their children grow up
to become good people?
- What pressures do modern children have in their lives?
Community
Neighbours
l
Do you
communicate very much with your neighbours?
- Are you willing to make friends with old people?
- Do you think a person's relations with their neighbours is
important?
- (Similar to above) Do you think it's important to have
good relations with one's neighbours?
- What are some ways that neighbours (can) help each other?
- Would you say that the average person today has the same kind
of relationship with their neighbours as previous generations
did?
- Why do you think many people today are isolated from their
neighbours?
- (Similar to above) Why do you think many people are
alienated from (= isolated from) their neighbours and what can be
done about it?
- (Similar to above) Many people today are so busy that
they don't spend much time at home or in their local communities.
Do you think this is a good thing?
- In what ways can students (or, children, or young people) show
a sense of responsibility towards their communities?
- At what age do you think children should start to show a sense
of responsibility towards their communities?
Groups
- What groups (e.g., clubs) in society would you like to
join?
- In general do teenagers like to do things in groups?
- What do you think are the benefits for teenagers from joining
groups?
- (Similar to above) What can teenagers learn from
participating in group activities?
- Do you think it's important for children to experience
belonging to a group (at least at some points in their
childhood)?
- How do you think taking part in group activities will benefit
children when they are adults (or, when they become teenagers and
when they become adults)?
- (Similar to above) For children, how do you think
communicating with others (in group activities) will benefit them
when they are adults?
- What social skills do children learn from group
activities?
- If a child was (were) too shy to join other kids in play, what
would you do to help this child?
- As people get older, do you think they still enjoy doing things
in groups?
- (Similar to above) As people become old(er), do you
think they still have the same friends as when they were
young?
The Global Community
- Would you agree that the people in the world are today living
in a 'global village'?
- Which do you think is more important for people, to have a
sense of being part of the global community or a sense of being
part of their local communities?
