新托福口语练习材料——关于学生兼职的讨论(4)

obs may relieve their parents’ economic burdens, their early contact with society adds greatly to the worries of their parents.
   9. Though some after-school work can help students practise what they learn in classes, many of the jobs require nothing of the students’ knowledge.
  10. Some students have become drop-outs because through part-time jobs they’ve found that the more education you have, the less money you make.
  11. After the chaotic 10-year-long Cultrual Revolution, China now has a shortage of 60 million engineers. The problem of dropouts only makes the situation worse.

 Questions
   1. Do you think student should have part-time jobs? Why (Why not)?
   2. Why are there so many drop-outs from primary and secondary schools?
   3. What are the consequences of school drop-outs?
   4. How can this problem be solved?
   IV. Write.
    Work out an outline of your own viewpoints. The outline should consist of major statements and supporting evidence and examples. Do not write down every word of your speech.
   V. Speak
   1. Speak according to your outline, or give spontaneous speeches when you disagree with your classmates or when you want to support your own group with similar opinions.
   2. Language devices: You are expected to extend your ability to agree of disagree with other people’s opinions and to ask them to explain their points of view.
    I take your point.
    I couldn’t agree more
    There’s something in that. I suppose.
    I couldn’t have put it better myself.
    Well, what I’m trying to say is that ...
    I suppose that’s true in a way, but... 
    Yes, that’s quite true, but...
    Do you think so?
    I’m afraid I don’t agree.
    I don’t agree at all.
   VI. Sum up
   1. The whole class decide on the best prepared speech and the best spontaneous speech.
   2. The whole class pick out the most convincing statements from the arguments and counter-arguments
   3. The teacher gives comments on students’ ideas and language.

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