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全国高职高专实用英语口语大赛”选拔赛竞赛参考题

PartIIPresentation（3minutes）

Task:

--Youarerequiredtotalkaboutthefigure,describingandcomparingwhatyouhaveseen.

--You’llhave3minutesforpreparation.Youmustcompleteyourpresentationin3minutes.

1NumberofHoursWorkedPerWeek

H

O

U

R

S

NumbersofDay’sAnnualHoliday

D

A

Y

S

TheaverageJapaneseworkerspends47hoursaweek,or2100hoursperyear,attheofficeorfactory,whiletheaverageSwedeclocksuponly37.

Swedishworkershave28daysofholidayperyear,buttheJapanesehaveonly15.AtypicalJapaneseworkertakesasix-dayweek,however,aSwedishworkerworkslessthan5daysaweek.Ifyouareaworker,lifeismucheasierinSwedenthaninJapan,foryoucanwork10hoursshortereachweekandyoumayhaveamuchlongerannualholiday.

2ChangeinNumberofVisitorsbyCountry

In2009therewerealargenumberofvisitorstoChinaongrouporindependenttour.Buttherewerechangesinthenumbersofvistorsfromdifferentcountries.Someincreasedbutsomedecreased.ThegreatestchangehappenedinBangladesh.ThenumberofvisitorsfromBangladeshwasdown------therewere70%fewergrouptourvisitorsand48%independenttravelersthantheyearbefore.VisitorsfromArgentinawereupby53%forgrouptoursand26%forindependenttravelers.ThenumberofvisitorsfromSwedenwasupby24%forgrouptoursand15%forindependenttravelers.

3SalesofComputerCompany

×1000

Month

Sales（Pound）

Atthebeginningoftheyearsalesofthecomputerswereas80000pounds.SalesrosesteadilybetweenFebruaryandApril.However,theythenfellslightlybetweenAprilandJuly.FollowingaminorriseinAugust,salesdeclinednoticeablyfrom160000poundsto120000pounds.Thedownwardtrendcontinued,andinNovembersalesreachedtheirlowestpointsinceJanuary.Fortunately,thankstoanewmarketingstrategyandgrowingdemandsforholidaygoods,salesincreaseddramaticallyattheendoftheyearandeventuallyreached200000pounds.Inall,it’sayearofbothriseandfallandwasfinallyendedupwithgreatsuccessinsales.

4TimeSpentonDifferentMediabyTeenagers

hours/week

ThechartshowsasurveyresultaboutthehourstheteenagersspendperweekonthedifferentmediasuchasInternet,TV,radio,telephoneandbooksormagazinesintheirsparetime.Clearly,theteenagerslikesurfingthenetverymuchandtheyusuallyspend16.7hoursperweekon-line.Nexttothis,theywouldprefertowatchingTV,13.6hoursperweekbeingspentforthat.Interestingly,inaweek,theyonlyspendabout6hoursreadingbooksormagazines.Andtheamountoftimetheyspendinlisteningtoradioorusingtelephoneisjustinbetween.

5ForeignTradeGrowthofChina（inbillionofRMB）

Asthegraphshows,ChineseexportsalmostremainedsteadyinJanuarylastyear.InFebruary,theywentuprapidly.Inthenextthreemonths,theyfluctuatedbetween20billionand25billion.FromMaytoOctober,exportssawaslightdecrease,thenasmallincreaseinNovember.InDecember,therewasasignificantincrease.Butafterthat,Chineseexportsfelldramatically.

Comparedwithexports,ChineseimportssawacontinuousrisefromthebeginningoflastyeartoMay.Inthenextsixmonths,theyshowedagradualfluctuation.AtthestartofNovember,theybegantopickupandfromNovembertoDecember,importsincreasedabruptlytoreachapeakof17billion.Atthebeginningofthisyear,asuddendeclineinexportsledtosteepfallinimports.

6MarketShareofMEXCompanyProducts

Japan15%

Europe30%

USA40%

ThispiegraphshowsthebreakdownofthemarketshareofMEXCompanyproductsintheworld.Asyoucansee,theU.S.A.isstillourlargestcustomer.Ithasthelargestpercentageofthemarketshareofourproducts,at40%.ThesecondisEurope,at30%.NextisJapan,whichmakesup15%ofourmarketshare.AndAustraliaaccountsfor10%.Finally,thesmallestpartofourmarketshareistakenupbyAfrica,withonly5%.Recentlytheworldeconomyisnotboomingveryfast,soweshouldimproveourmanagementsystemandtryourbesttoproducebetterproductsandexplorepotentialmarketinthefuture.

7Totalprofit&itsexpenditure（inthousandUSdollars）

Companyname:

SuperSonicIndustriesGroupCorp.

ThisGraphrevealsthatourtotalprofitof2009isUS$200,000,whichisUS$50,000higherthanthatof2008.Toexpandbusiness,ourinvestmentinestablishingnewenterpriseswasraisedfromUS$80,000in2008toUS$140,000in2009.AndthenewcirculatingfundalsoincreasedfromUS$70,000in2008toUS$150,000in2009.

8Describethecaricatureandgiveyourcomment.

9

SourceofIncomePercentageofTotalIncome

Parents

Part-timejob

FellowshiporScholarship

AmericanStudents

50%

35%

15%

ChineseStudents

90%

5%

5%

IncomeSourcesBetweenChineseStudentsandAmericanStudents

IncomesourcesofChinesestudentsarequitedifferentfromthoseofAmericanstudents.InChina,studentsget90%oftheirmoneyfromtheirparentswhileinAmerica,only50%ofstudents’moneyisprovidedbyparents.Inaddition,Chinesestudentsearnonly5%oftheirmoneyfromparttimejobsand5%fromfellowshiporscholarshipwhileincomefromthesetworesourcesforAmericanstudentstakesup35%and15%respectivelyoftheirtotalincome.

Ithinkthereareprobablythreereasonsfortheirdifferences.First,becauseoftheinfluenceofdifferentsocialandfamilyvalues,ChinesestudentshaveformedthehabitofaskingformoneyfromtheirparentswhileAmericanstudentshavedevelopedmoresenseofbeingfinanciallyindependent.Second,mostChineseparentsdevotetoomuchcaretotheirchildrenandtheywouldrathersaveuptoaffordtheirchildren’seducationratherthanencouragethemtotakepart-timejobs.ButinAmerica,manyparentspaymoreattentiontodevelopingthestudents’abilityofself-reliance,sotheyencouragetheirchildrentofindpart-timejobtoearnsomemoneybythemselves.Third,sinceAmericaismoredevelopedthanChina,itisrelativelyeasyforstudentstofindparttimejobs.InChina,suchopportunitiesareratherrare.

IbelievewiththedevelopmentofChina,moreandmoreChinesestudentswillrealizeandpaymoreattentiontothenecessityofselfdependence.Inaddition,moreandmoreopportunitieswillbeprovidedforthemtotakepart-timejobs.Somorestudentswillgooutoftheivorytowertobroadentheirknowledgeandtobecomethemasteroftheirownlives.

10ThetablebelowgivesinformationaboutchangesinmodesoftravelinEnglandbetween1985and2000.Summarisetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.

ThetableindicatesthenumberofmilesbytheaverageEnglishpersonin1985and2000,usingvariousmeansoftransport.

Thenumberofmileswalked,cycledandtraveledbylocalbusalldecreased.Ofthese,thenumberofmilestraveledbylocalbusdecreasedthemost,from429milesin1985to274milesin2000.

Thenumberofmilestraveledbycar,longdistancebus,trainandtaxiallincreased.

Thenumberofmilesdrivenbycarwas3,199in1985androseby50%to4,806in2000.Thenumberofmilestraveledbylongdistancebusmorethandoubledfrom54miles

（1985）to124miles（2000）.Thenumberofmilesdrivenbytaxitrebledfrom13miles

（1985）to42miles（2000）.Theuseofother,unspecified,formsoftransportalso

increased.

Overall,thenumberofmilestraveledbytheaverageEnglishpersonrosefrom4,740

milesin1985to6,475milesin2000,withtheincreaseofcarsaccountingforalmost

allofthatincrease.

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A.stayingathomeB.traveling

C.doingsocialinvestigationD.otherways

Fromthetwocharts,wecanseethatinthepasttenyearsthestudentswhogotravelinganddosocialinvestigationsduringvacationshaveincreasedgreatlywhilethosewhostayathomehavedecreasedalot.

Thereareseveralreasonsforthechanges.Firstly,withthedevelopmentofeconomy,manypeoplehavebecomebetteroff.Studentscangetfinancialsupportfromtheirparentsfortraveling.Secondly,tourismhasgreatlydevelopedoverthepasttenyears.Manynewscenicspotshavebeenbuiltandexploited.Inaddition,thestudentstodayareexpectedandencouragedtoparticipateinfacingtherealworld.Inthiswaytheycanobtainthenecessaryexperiencesrequiredwhentheygojob-huntingupongraduation.

Fromthechangesinthecharts,wecanpredictthatmoreandmorecollegestudentswillmaketheirvacationsinterestingandworthwhilebygoingtotheoutsideworldinsteadofstayingathome. 

12

13HowAmericansspendtheirmoney

14

ScheduleforaSalesManager'sMarketingVisit

Date

Time

Place

Event

22October2005

9:

00a.m.

ParisInternationalAirport

Arrival

10:

00a.m.

GardenHotel

MeetMr.Richard

12:

30p.m.

OrientalRestaurant

LunchwithDr.Mark

2:

45p.m.

BBDCompany

Presentnewproducts

23October2005

10:

00a.m.

ExhibitingCenter

TradeFair

12:

30p.m.

GardenHotel

Dinnerwithseniorpartners

3:

00p.m.

BranchOffice

Reporttothebranchmanager

6:

00p.m.

ParisInternationalAirport

Flighthome

15Thetablebelowshowsocialandeconomicindicatorsoffourcountriesin1994,accordingtoUnitedNationsstatistics.

Summarizetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.

Indicators

Canada

Japan

Peru

Zaire

Annualincomeperperson

（in$US）

11100

15760

160

130

Lifeexpectancyatbirth

76

78

51

47

Dailycaloriesupplyperperson

3326

2846

1927

1749

Adultliteracyrate（%）

99

99

68

34