Ielts Oral Test Topic_People/animal/plant

Front 1

[Birds]
Do you like birds?

Back 1

Yes, Those birds are very lovely and considered as friends of human being.

Front 2

[Birds]
What kinds of birds are there where you live?

Back 2

Pigeon is very common domesticated birds in China and they can be seen everywhere, but mostly in public square or park. Normally they have plump bodies, small heads, and short legs. They are quite frendly to people because many people will feed them.Pigeons have made contributions of considerable importance to humanity, especially in times of war, which has been put to use by making them messengers.

Front 3

[Birds]
Are there many birds around your neighborhood?

Back 3

Besides Pigeon, there are no many birds i can find around neighborhood. I guess the birds are scared away by the crowded and heavy pollution in city.

Front 4

[Birds]
In your country, do birds have special meaning?

Back 4

Yes, in china many birds has very special meaning in Chinese culture. For example, Fenghuang are typical mythological birds of China that reign over all other birds. The males are called Feng and the females Huang. In Chinese culture, It is a symbol of high virtue and grace and also represent power sent from the heavens to the Empress. If fenghuang were used to
decorate a house it symbolized that loyalty and honesty were in the people that lived there.

Front 5

[Birds]
Do you think we should protect birds?

Back 5

Today, many people realize that birds should be protected from harmful human activities, which is
an imprtant part of protecting the different ecosystems.
There are many clubs of bird lovers in China dedicated to the protection of birds. The government also set aside areas where birds can breed without being disturbed by humans.

Front 6

[Flowers]
Do you like flowers? Why or why not?

Back 6

Yes, I do. I am not only fasinated by the beauty of flowers but also the fragrance of flowers.

Front 7

[Flowers]
What flowers do you like? Why?

Back 7

Jasmine, it is called Mo Li Hua in Chinese. Widely cultivated for its flowers, jasmine is enjoyed in the garden, as a house plant, and as cut flowers. The flowers are worn by women in their hair in China. Jasmine tea is consumed in China, where it is called jasmine-flower tea.Throughout the western of China, Jasmine is cultivated in private homes, within gardens or as potted plants. These flowers are used in regular worship at home as well as for hair ornaments (for the young girls). There is one famous Chinese folked song called ' Mo ni hua', which was also performed in both 2004 Summer Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics.

Front 8

[Flowers]
Do you prefer real flowers or plastic flowers?

Back 8

I like real flowers. Although plastic flowers never fade, you can never enjoy the fragance of real flowers.

Front 9

[Flowers]
Are flowers important in your culture?

Back 9

In Chinese culture, Flowers play a very important role in many areas of people's life. In festival or special event, people will buy flowers as gift, the different flowers have different special meaning like peony for wealth. In Chinese medical culture, many flowers are used in Chinese traditional medicine, like chrysanthemum. As for Chinese tea, Flowers are a valuable ingredient for making herbal teas such as jasmine. In addition, the lotus is symbol of Buddhism.

Front 10

[Flowers]
On what occasions do people give or receive flowers?

Back 10

In China, we will buy flowers during some special days like Valentine's day and mother's day. Besiders, people will prefer to give flowers when they pay a visit to patient, teacher and the elderly.

Front 11

[Flowers]
When was the last time you bought flowers for someone?

Back 11

Yes, the last time i did was my wife's birthday last year. I bought yellow rose for her.

Front 12

[Flowers]
Where do people usually buy flowers?

Back 12

Mostly, people will buy flowers in flower shop. But I suggest to go to the local open flower market, where you pay much more cheaper.

Front 13

[Flowers]
Do flowers have special meaning in your country?

Back 13

In China, each flower carries its own particular symbolism based on the plant’s health, heartiness, delicacy and color, among other factors. So, there are special rituals regarding the giving of flowers as gifts. Different flowers are to be given for different occasions, and giving the wrong flower might cause offense or awkwardness. For example, Lilies are customary gifts for weddings or even close friends because they represent both unity of spirit and 100 years of love. The red color of both the Chinese rose and the pomegranate flower symbolizes luck, and so these flowers are traditional birthday or graduation gifts.

Front 14

[Flowers]
Do people grow flowers at home?

Back 14

It depends on where you live. In China, many people only can only afford to live in flat or apartment. So not like people in western country, they do not have opportunity to grow flowers in private garden but it can not reduce chinese people's love to flowers. Many family will chose to grow plotted plant in balcony.

Front 15

[Teenager]
Tell me a teenager you know most
how and where you met him or her?
what you and this person do together?
what kind of person he or she is?
and explain how you feel about him or her?

Back 15

A teenager, i want to talk about, is my younger cousin. She was 20 years younger than me. Our family gets together several times a year since we are pretty close family. She is sunshine style girl with long hair, round face and lovely smile. Despite huge age gap between us, we do share a lot in common like movie, singing and travel. She has very good singing voice and won many awards in Macau. However, her talent did not get much appraised by her parents because in traditional Chinese family parents think the academic performance is more important. So they have conflict all the times. In this year, i felt she was maturing and starting to understand her parents.

Front 16

[Teenager]
What's the difference between children and teenagers?

Back 16

Basically, we call the period of being a kid is childhood and the period of being a teenager is adolescent. Despite those physical change, the teenagers are maturing and developing their personalities but kids are more dependent and only copy insights from their parents. Kids are free from worries and teenagers are starting to have more tensions regarding to their studies and career.
The most important things are those changes of emotions, psychology and behaviors caused by hormonal change. Teen ages has strong self-esteem and become more independent so easily to have conflict with their parent. Sometimes, they are troublesome because of rebellion.

Front 17

[Teenager]
How is the life of teenagers today different to what it was 20 or 30 years ago?

Back 17

For many of us, the teen years are a time when people
are maturing and developing their personalities. and it can be a period of exploration for many.

Front 18

[Teenager]
Would you say life for teenagers today is better than it was several decades ago?

Back 18

In material life, I think it is yes because parents always offer the best to their kids when they have a better life. but nowadays the teenagers's life are filled with the pressure brought by their parents and schools. They are expected to be top students in schools and forced to be excel in all areas.

Front 19

[Teenager]
What do teenagers think about old people?

Back 19

In my point of view, sometimes they have big communication barriers because of huge age gap. Especially for those teenagers in adolescent, they have strong esteem and think old people is out-of-date so do not want to listen to the old people. Sometimes they are rebellious and deliberately to fight against old people.

Front 20

[Teenager]
What do you think about the so-called 'generation gap'?

Back 20

Generation gap is caused by huge age gap, which leads to the conflict of different tastes, attitudes, values, and behaviors. Especially it exists between teenagers in adolescent and adults. As parents we should pay attention to what is happening in teenagers' world and know how teenagers look at the world. We should not force them to follow the rules we think it is right and give more respect to their own opinions.

Front 21

[Intelligent Person]
Describe an intelligent person you know

Back 21

An intelligent person I want to introduce is my grandpa. Unfortunately, he passed away twenty years ago when I was 15 because of heart disease.
The reason why I think he is intelligent is that he used to be one of Top pilot in China during old times. At that time due to his excellent performance in Aviation College, he was employed by China Airline and was selected and trained as the first group of pilots for Air Bus in China. The reason why he was chosen by company not only for his pilot skills but also for his fluent English and French speaking.

Certainly he was successful and earned a decent salary as a Top pilot in China. But you know, the domestic war between Chinese communist party and China nationalist party has changed his life. In 1948, after China communist party won the war, he was required by the authority to retreat from Shanghai and pilot Airbus to Tai Wan via Hong Kong.

Hint 21

Astonishingly in 1949, my grandpa made a very brave decision, which could be the most important decision in his life, piloting Airbus with his colleagues from Hong Kong to Tian Jing. In history, it was called ‘China Airline Rising’

However, the reality was not as same as what he expected. In 1967, the second year of notorious Cultural Revolution, his motivation of participating in “China Airline Rising” was suspected by the government. Even the worse thing is that he was put in prison to be investigated by the government.
During those bad times, he was still very optimistic to the life. He told us that he believe the justice eventually will come. After almost ten years of prison life, he was proved to be innocent by government and set free immediately.

Front 22

[Celebrity]
Describe a famous person from another country

Back 22

When speaking of famous person, the first person who jumps to my mind is David Beckham because I am super fans of football. He was so popular not only for his gorgeous look but also for his talent in football area. He was the first English player to win league titles in four countries, England, Spain, United States and France. Unfortunately he announced to retire in last year.

David Beckham’s professional career starts from my favorite football club, Manchester United in England. He played right middle field and has amazing skills of free kick, cross and long pass. He is extremely precise when curving the ball which make him very dangerous.

Hint 22

In his life, he made uncountable achievement. With United, he won six times Premier League title six times. In England national team, he was captain for England team for almost six years. In 1997, he reached his peak in his career, he led United as captain to won an unprecedented Treble of the Premiership, FA Cup and the European Cup

Like many other celebrities, he has been controversial for his off-the-filed activities, like his super start wife, his tattoo, and his gossip with other girls, but it is no denying that he is still one of the best football player in history.