2012年雅思考试一场接一场紧密进行中。为了帮助大家更好的复习，楷维留学指南为大家收集了2012年8月11日雅思考试的口语机经。希望大家能够够好好利用，都能获得好成绩。

　　2012年8月11日雅思口语机经【Part 2&3】

　　考题总结：

　　Person

　　Tell me about a child that you know.

　　You should say:

　　How you know him/her

　　What he/she looks like

　　Something about his/her personality

　　And say whether or not he/she is similar to what you were as a child

　　What role does childhood play in one’s life?

　　Are today’s children less happy in their lives than children in the past?

　　How does growing up without a father or mother affect a child?

　　Describe an actor or actress in a film who has impressed you.

　　You should say:

　　When you watched the film

　　What role he/she plays in the film

　　What the film is about

　　And explain why you find him/her impressive

　　Do children and adults enjoy the same types of films?

　　Why do many films nowadays seem to show a lot of violence?

　　What type of actors and actresses become famous in your country?

　　Tell me about an old person you know.

　　You should say:

　　Who he/she is and where he/she lives

　　What he/she does or did for a living

　　Something about his/her personality

　　And explain why you choose to talk about this person.

　　How do modern people view the idea of growing old?

　　What role or roles do old people play in families?

　　What attitude do young people usually have toward old people?

　　Shopping:

　　Describe a special thing you want to buy in the future

　　You should say:

　　Will the special thing help you in your study?

　　Do you like to go shopping?

　　What are the effective ways of advertising?

　　Why do you like shopping?

　　Where do you usually go shopping?

　　How often do you go shopping?

　　What are the advantages and disadvantages of modern ways of shopping?

　　Are there any differences between the old and modern ways of shopping?

　　Advertisement

　　Tell me about an advertisement.

　　You should say:

　　What product or service is advertised

　　What the advertisement shows/showed

　　Why you remember this advertisement in particular

　　And say whether you think the advertisement is effective

　　What are the advantages and disadvantages of adverting?

　　Do people usually buy goods after watching advertisements?

　　Are there any differences between the advertisements in magazines and those on TV?

　　Describe an interesting story you saw on television

　　What are the effects of televisions on family life?

　　What are the effects of televisions on people at different ages?

　　Are there any differences between interviewing online and meeting people face to face?

　　Place:

　　Describe a library

　　Where is the library?

　　Is it a campus or public one?

　　Which parts of the library do you like and dislike?

　　Should children go to public libraries? How about the elderly?

　　Does the government have the responsibility to construct public libraries?

　　Is it important to learn how to use a library?

　　Describe how to use a library.

　　How do children benefit from going to public libraries?

　　How can the elderly benefit from libraries?

　　Where is the school located?

　　What do classrooms look like?

　　Describe a place where it is noisy.

　　Where is this place?

　　Why it is so noisy?

　　How do you feel about this place?

　　Historical place

　　Why do people go to historical places?

　　Which is your country’s most famous historical place?

　　Should people pay entrance fees to historical places?

　　Could you tell me about a famous historical place that you have visited?

　　What place it was?

　　Where it is located?

　　What about that place interests you the most?

　　Do you agree that people must pay to visit these historical places and museums?

　　Do you think TV is a good medium to learn about the history of any place?

　　Do you think parents should teach their children about history?

　　Do you think history should be taught at school?

　　Do you think people are keen on visiting historical places?

　　Describe a seaside place you want to visit

　　How to save water?

　　Does the urban area consume more water than the rural area?

　　Does china face the problem of water scarcity?

　　Describe a concert hall

　　Why is it important to preserve historic buildings?

　　Describe your ideal house

　　When was it built?

　　Should the government invest in maintaining the historical places?

　　Should government invest in creating more employment?

　　What kind of housing do most Chinese people live in?

　　Where is the housing?

　　What are the differences between the architectural styles in the different areas inChina?

　　Should a company design its own buildings?

　　Describe a room occupied by your friend

　　Describe a polluted place.

　　Describe a peaceful place.

　　How often do you go there?

　　What do you do there?

　　Explain why you like it.

　　Describe a historical building.

　　Describe a modern building.

　　Would you compare modern buildings and old buildings?

　　Do you like high buildings?

　　Arts

　　Do you think arts are important for people in the modern society?

　　Do you think you can make money from your art?

　　How do the elderly and the young view arts?

　　Describe a handicraft

　　Describe a children’s song

　　Describe an oil painting

　　Stages in life

　　Describe an important conversation you had in the past.

　　What was the situation?

　　Who did you talk to?

　　Why is it important to you?

　　Describe a stage of life you enjoyed

　　When was it?

　　Who did you live with?

　　What did you do?

　　Why do you think the stage is important or enjoyable?

　　When does a child become an adult?

　　What cannot you do when you become an adult?

　　Do you think the law is reasonable?

　　If you want to make changes, when is the timing?

　　Describe a happy event in your childhood

　　Describe a family event.

　　Would it be a shame to forget tradition?

　　Is it good for companies to hire elderly people?

　　What role do elderly people play at home?

　　Do young people change their attitude towards the elderly now?

　　Education:

　　Describe a science class

　　When did you attend it?

　　What was it about?

　　What do you think of distance learning?

　　What do you think of home studying?

　　What should the parents do to help their children if they choose home teaching?

　　Do your parents help you when you study at home?

　　Do you think studying at home is a good way to acquire knowledge for adults?

　　Do you think studying at home is becoming more popular? Why?

　　What is your favorite subject?

　　Should youngsters learn science? Why?

　　Do you think boys can learn science better?

　　When should students learn science?

　　Should students learn history?

　　How do we acquire the knowledge of history nowadays?

　　What’s the point of acquiring the knowledge of history?

　　Films with historical themes are very popular now. What do you think about them?

　　Should history films retell authentic stories or should the stories be dramatized?

　　How do the dramatized stories affect children?

　　Language learning

　　Describe something useful for your English learning.

　　How do you learn a new language?

　　Who do you learn with?

　　Is learning a second language important?

　　Will the learning of a new language change your understanding of local culture?

　　In your opinion, which languages will become more popular in the future?

　　What are the benefits of learning a foreign language?

　　Are there any differences between the way the young and the elderly learn a language?

　　Educational trip

　　Can students benefit from educational visits?

　　Should schools organize the visits?

　　What’s your suggestion?

　　What roles do parents play in a family?

　　Health

　　Do people live healthy life styles inChina?

　　Are people healthier now than before?

　　Are PE lessons necessary for students?

　　Abstract

　　Describe a piece of advice

　　What kind of advice do you usually follow?

　　Who usually give advice?

　　Where does the advice lead you?

　　How to make young people follow wise advice?

　　Nowadays, do the elderly give advice to children or vice versa?

　　Is it important to give young people advice?

　　Who often give advice in your community?

　　Is old people’s advice more important than young people’s?

　　History

　　How do you and children learn history?

　　Describe a local history.

　　A conversation

　　What did you talk about?

　　Whom did you talk with?

　　Describe the different way of talking between man and woman.

　　Describe the quality of speaker.

　　Describe the relevant of two speakers.

　　A success

　　How do you make a success?

　　How should we define success?

　　Is result more important than process when you pursue success?

　　Does success lead to stress?

　　A speech

　　Why do people feel nervous when delivering a speech?

　　Who should give speeches to children?

　　Describe an important conversation you had.

　　Are there any communication differences between males and females?

　　Do you think communication skills are important?

　　Help

　　Tell me about an experience of helping someone

　　Do you often help people?

　　Do you think people are less willing to help others? Is it good?

　　How should parents encourage their kids to help others?

　　Do people usually do volunteer work inChina?

　　What do you think of the volunteer work inChina?

　　Describe a sound in nature.

　　Object

　　Clothes

　　Describe what you wore on a special occasion

　　What it was

　　Where you bought it

　　Whether people thought it was good or not

　　Do you still keep it now?

　　On what occasions do people wear informal or formal clothes?

　　Do you think you can judge people’s character by what they wear? How?

　　Describe something special you would like to buy in the future.

　　Describe an electric appliance.

　　Describe a photo.

　　Describe something you made by yourself.

　　Describe an important (post)cards or letter you received.

　　Describe a school you went at childhood.

　　Do you like wearing watches?

　　What do you feel when you are late?

　　People:

　　Describe a friend

　　Have you ever lived with strangers?

　　Are there any difference between the friendship among boys and girls?

　　Describe a person who is good at cooking

　　Describe a chef

　　Describe a famous person you would like to meet

　　Who he/she is

　　How you knew him/her

　　Why would people want to be famous?

　　How does fame influence them?

　　How would they change after being famous?

　　Why are stars and celebrities famous?

　　Why are some famous people remembered for a long time and others forgotten quickly?

　　Describe a person who helped you on an important occasion

　　Who the person is.

　　What was the situation.

　　How he/she helped you.

　　What are the advantages and disadvantages of a strong family relationship?

　　Describe an elderly person.

　　Describe your roommate.

　　Sports

　　Sports event

　　How do sports benefit children?

　　How do competitive sports benefit children?

　　What sports can be done inside a classroom?

　　Describe a kind of extreme sports.

　　Describe an exciting sport.

　　Describe a dangerous sport.

　　Season & Weather

　　What’s your favorite season?

　　Why do you like this season?

　　What do you usually do in this season?

　　What jobs are seasonal?

　　Who takes seasonal jobs?

　　How does bad weather affect peoples work?

　　What should companies provide for its employees who work in bad weather?

　　How does climatic season affect the local community?

　　How does climatic season affect the local economy?

　　What are the occupations where people have to work in bad weather?

　　Do builders have to work in hot weather?

　　What should builders take precautions against except the bad weather?

　　Should builders be paid more?

　　What should governments do to prevent global warming?

　　How does climatic deterioration affect people’s lives?

　　Gift:

　　Describe a gift you received

　　Describe a thing you want to buy in the future

　　Describe a book you received when you were a child

　　You should say

　　1. What is its name?

　　2. Who gave you it?

　　3. What is it about?

　　Traveling:

　　Describe a trip that you did not make as you planned

　　Do different people think of traveling differently?

　　Are there any differences between business trip and tour?

　　What technology will be brought along to assist in trip?

　　Describe a trip you did not enjoy.

　　Are there and differences between ordinary trips and business ones?

　　What should you take when you are travelling?

　　Law

　　Describe a piece of law

　　Events

　　Describe a leisure activity

　　Describe a picnic

　　Describe a special meal

　　Design a party you will hold

　　Who will you invite?

　　What will happen?

　　Where will you hold it?

　　Do you think family party is important?

　　Why do people in your country usually hold a party?

　　What do you think about national celebrations?

　　Do you think they are important?

　　Describe a sports event

　　Describe an event that made you happy recently

　　Does money make people happy?

　　Describe a memorable childhood event.

　　Why do people often recall their childhood?

　　Is it important to remember the past?

　　Why is the young generation turning its back on tradition?

　　Why are children more easily influenced by western culture?

　　Describe an important celebration in your culture.

　　You should say:

　　when this celebration is held

　　what people do during this celebration

　　and explain what you like or dislike about this celebration.

　　Describe a contest you attended.

　　Food and cooking

　　Do you usually eat healthy food?

　　How should governments encourage people to eat healthy food?

　　Science and technology

　　Describe a machine or something electronic you want to buy.

　　What modern appliances do you have in your home?

　　What do you think of these appliances? Why?

　　Some people cannot keep up with the development of science and technology. What should they do?

　　Describe a tool for English learning

　　Do you think it is important to develop science and technology?

　　How does scientific research benefit space, medical, environmental and information technology?

　　Do you think scientists from different countries should share their research findings?

　　Who should pay for scientific research? Governments or individuals?

　　以上就是2012年8月11日的雅思口语机经，希望备考雅思的同学能够再接再厉!楷维留学指南祝大家考试顺利!