Title
15TH SPEAKING (LET'S TALK ABOUT HISTORY)
15TH SPEAKING (LET'S TALK ABOUT HISTORY)
Instructions:
I will display two questions for one minute. After that, you will speak on your own for two minutes, including the answers to the questions that I provided. Following that, I will ask you 3-5 questions related to your speaking.
Topics: LET'S TALK ABOUT HISTORY.
Question:
1. Do you like (to learn about) history?
2. What historical event do you find most interesting?
3. Do you think history is important?
4. Do you like to watch program on TV about history?
5. Do you think you can really learn history from films and TV program?
6. Do you think the Internet is a good place to learn about history?
7. Can you name a person from history who you would like to learn more
about?
8. Why would you like to learn more about him/her?
Hints of Speaking:
1. Yes, I am a big fan of reading historical stories. When I was a little boy, I always took the historical books from my father's bookshelf and read about historical events. I feel that history not only helps me learn, but also gives me a better understanding of human society.
2. Personally, I am fond of the Battle of Red Cliffs which happened during the early period of the Three Kingdoms. This was a decisive battle at the end of the Han Dynasty. It was also a typical battle in Chinese history.
3. Yes, the main factor is that like our native language and our history forms our cultural identity and provides a unique record of our country. We can learn from the experiences of history to correct our current actions.
4. Yes, I enjoy watching documentaries about history on TV because I can see a lot of materials that cannot be seen in the textbooks. I watch them at home during my free time.
5. I don't feel that watching current TV series can make us more aware of the history. TV program are more engaging than books, however, true historical events in most of the TV series have been distorted by the producers to cater for the audience.
6. Yes. History is full of debates but we can understand both sides of the story by going online which helps us to become aware of the true facts and be able to think critically.
7. The person I'd like to learn about is Wu Chengen, the author of A Journey to the West.
8. I want to know more about him because He combined folk tales and his own imagination to write this great fairy story in the 16th century. I want to know about his personality and find out as much as possible about him. I believe that his imagination is what is lacking in many writers nowadays.
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