Topic 1: Is it good for middle school students to go online? Yes: It is good for middle school students to go online.Useful expreions: enrich their knowledge, make them board-minded, get much information, make friends, shop online, bring some advantages No: It is bad for middle school students to go online.Useful expreions: have some disadvantages, can’t use it correctly, be harmful to, be crazy about, playing games, study becomes worse, be cheated Topic 2: Do examinations do more harm than good? Side A: Examinations do more good than harm.
Useful expreions: a good way to evaluate students’ effort, encourage students to work hard, bring some benefits, get high scores Side B: Examinations do more harm than good.
Useful expreions: exam performance, be limited, can’t evaluate the students’ achievement, bad influences to students Topic 3: Will internet make people more familiar? Yes: Internet will make people more familiar.Useful expreions: development of society, become more convenient, popular, make friends, communicate with each other No: Internet will not make people more familiar.Useful expreions: become more unfamiliar, far away from, can’t trust each other, long distance, bring some bad influences Topic 4: Should campus love be encouraged? Yes: Campus love should be encouraged.Useful expreions: seek for love, avoid boredom, many benefits for lovers, raise interpersonal communication skills, be more sensible No: Campus love shouldn’t be encouraged.Useful expreions: rare true love, losing a loved one, in low spirit and have no willingne to learn, bring some bad influences, students’ duty, students’ development
Topic 5: Is working experience more important than study for college students?
Yes: Working experience is more important than study for college students.
Useful expreions: the purpose of application, get part-time job, prefer…to…, prepare you for real challenge, high scores in paper exams No: Study is more important than Working experience for college students.Useful expreions: education is the basic of every work, developing of society, promote personal quality, certification, give more advantages in job-hunting
Topic 6: Studying in China or abroad Side A: Studying abroad is better.Useful expreions: enrich our knowledge, make us board-minded, knowing cultures and traditions of foreign countries, work in multinational corporations, know cultural differences Side B: Studying in China is better.Useful expreions: be suit for our national situation, many good universities at home, a huge finical burden, many middle-income families, educational development
Topic 7: Is it good for college students to have a part-time job? Yes: It is good for college students to have a part-time job.Useful expreions: gain working experience, make students more confident, realize their own value, adopt themselves into the society early, make progre to their study
Side B: It is bad for college students to have a part-time job.Useful expreions: fall behind others, spend too much time and energy on part-time job, inevitably leen his time and energy for academic learning, corrupt the students\' motivation for academic succe, interfere with their studies Topic 8: Is too much homework good for learning English? Yes: Too much homework is good for learning English.Useful expreions: practice makes perfect, take up, be interest in…, get good habits of, input method, broaden your vocabulary No: Too much homework is bad for learning English.Useful expreions: a load of, have difficulty in doing sth, burden on shoulders, be tired of, count out, be busy doing Topic 9: Are cars doing more good to human being? Yes: Cars are doing more good to human beings.Useful expreions: be convenient of, be available for, speed up, be safe, enjoy life, make it easy to go out No: Cars are doing more harm to human beings.Useful expreions: own a private car, resource limits, be jammed with, bring out, unbearable noise, bring more problems, produces emiions Topic 10: Is reading English textbooks a good way to improve your English? Yes: Reading English textbooks is a good way to improve your English.Useful expreions: develop reading skills, enlarge your vocabulary, prepare for, broaden one’s horizon, be good at
No: Reading English textbooks isn’t a good way to improve your English.
Useful expreions: there is no value in…, waste of time, out of date, need more time, an ineffective way, gain le achievement Topic 11: Is college education neceary for a person’s succe? Yes: College education is neceary for a person’s succe.Useful expreions: benefit from, in all fields, contribute… to…, human civilization, pay much attention to, an eential step of one’s life, specific career, gain some skills
No: College education isn’t neceary for a person’s succe.Useful expreions: get more luck, take some chances, good interpersonal relationship, work hard, have effect on, a special sight on…, various experiences, cooperation, make great achievement, without any certification
Topic 12: Violent video games? Side A: Violent video games should be banned.Useful expreions: cause society to become more violent, blood, strong language, strong sexual content, intense violence, do harm to kids’ mental health, not mature enough to understand, real life violence Side B: Violent video games should not be banned.Useful expreions: Every game these days has a legal age, no way to enforce such a rule, parents pay better attention to what the kids are playing, the mature gamers, helps people to learn from their mistakes as they play, relieve stre, violent games are much more fun
Topic 13: Should Teenagers move out of the families after they turn 18? Yes: Teenagers should move out of the families after they turn 18.Useful expreions: make good preparation for the situation ahead of time, an appropriate age for a child to leave, learns his/her responsibilities, save and not spend money freely, balance work and study, avoid conflicts with parents
No: Teenagers shouldn’t move out of the families after they turn 18.Useful expreions: be not ready yet, need tuition and funding from parents, a stronger family tie, put sb at risk, ruin one’s life forever Topic 14: Participating in sports Side A: Participating in sports is an indispensable part of a healthy life.Useful expreions: have certain amount of excises, keep physically healthy, sports like running and jogging, go to the fitne centers Side B: Participating in sports isn’t an indispensable part of a healthy life.Useful expreions: eating healthy food, maintaining a healthy diet, a key component in …, physical well-being, keep fit, have positive attitude, confidence in yourself, relax yourself, a good mood Topic 15: About advertising Side A: Advertising can do more good than harm.
Useful expreions: useful in our life, compare prices when they are listed in ads, buy things at the lowest prices, TV commercials, be entertaining, informative, a quick acce to the products Side B: Advertising can do more harm than good.Useful expreions: make people buy goods on impulse, attract the attention of consumers, advertising gives an unfair advantage to big businees, advertisers don’t have the good of society in mind when they do their work, advertise unhealthy or harmful things
