闲聊

　　1．天气

　　A: What a stuffy hot day!

　　B: I can’t stand this kind of weather anymore.

　　A: What weird weather.

　　B: It’s probably due to the so- called El Nino effect.

　　A: The TV said that today we might have rain.

　　B: Don’t you believe the weather forecasts?

　　A: It’s always wrong.来源：www.examda.com

　　B: But you’d better bring an umbrella with you.

　　2.电视节目

　　A: What kind of TV programs do you like?

　　B: I like watching new programs.

　　A: Why do you like to watch that kind of program.

　　B：I think keeping myself informed of the latest world news is very important.

　　B: What program do you like most?

　　A: The Discovery Channel on cable TV is the one I like most. It’s full of knowledge and is a very good educational channel. I like to watch it with my family.

　　3．兴趣爱好

　　A: What are your hobbies?

　　B: I like music.

　　A: Can you play any kind of musical instrument?

　　B: I can play piano, but I’m not very good at it.

　　B: How about you?

　　A: I know nothing about any musical instrument. But I have a collection of many different CDs and records.

　　4．体育运动来源：www.examda.com

　　A: Mr. ××, what’s your favorite sport?

　　B: My favorite spot is tennis.

　　A: What is the most popular sport in China?

　　B: Ping-Pong is the most popular one in China.

　　A: In our country, we prefer soccer to ping-pong.

　　B: If it is the convenient for you, how about we go to watch the professional ping-pong game together tomorrow?

　　A: I would be glad to.

　　讨论问题、分享意见

　　这类话题可以涉及的对象比较广泛，但是不论说什么，都会用到下面这六组句型。

　　1．Asking for opinions

　　What’s your opinion of …?

　　What do you think of…?

　　How do you feel about…?

　　I was wondering what your opinion of …was?

　　I was wondering where you stood on the question of…?

　　What about…?

　　2. giving opinions

　　I’d like to point out…

　　As far as I’m concerned,…

　　In my opinion,…来源：www.examda.com

　　From my point of view, I think…

　　Personally, I think…

　　It would seem to me that…

　　As far as I’m able to judge…

　　Frankly, I think..

　　I reckon..

　　If you ask me…

　　You know what I think, I think that..

　　I’d say that…

　　The point is …

　　Wouldn’t you say that…?

　　Don’t you agree that…?

　　As I see it…

　　I’d just like to say that I think that…