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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

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TheaverageJapaneseworkerspends47hoursaweek,or2100hoursperyear,

attheofficeorfactory,whiletheaverageSwedeclocksuponly37.

Swedishworkershave28daysofholidayperyear,buttheJapanesehaveonly

15.AtypicalJapaneseworkertakesasix-dayweek,however,aSwedishworkerworkslessthan5daysaweek.Ifyouareaworker,lifeismucheasierinSwedenthaninJapan,foryoucanwork10hoursshortereachweekandyoumayhaveamuchlongerannualholiday.

2ChangeinNumberofVisitorsbyCountry

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In2009therewerealargenumberofvisitorstoChinaongroupor

independenttour.Buttherewerechangesinthenumbersofvistorsfromdifferent

countries.Someincreasedbutsomedecreased.Thegreatestchangehappenedin

Bangladesh.ThenumberofvisitorsfromBangladeshwasdown------therewere70%

fewergrouptourvisitorsand48%independenttravelersthantheyearbefore.

VisitorsfromArgentinawereupby53%forgrouptoursand26%forindependent

travelers.ThenumberofvisitorsfromSwedenwasupby24%forgrouptoursand15%

forindependenttravelers.

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3SalesofComputerCompany

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Atthebeginningoftheyearsalesofthecomputerswereas80000pounds.

SalesrosesteadilybetweenFebruaryandApril.However,theythenfellslightly

betweenAprilandJuly.FollowingaminorriseinAugust,salesdeclinednoticeably

from160000poundsto120000pounds.Thedownwardtrendcontinued,andin

NovembersalesreachedtheirlowestpointsinceJanuary.Fortunately,thankstoa

newmarketingstrategyandgrowingdemandsforholidaygoods,salesincreased

dramaticallyattheendoftheyearandeventuallyreached200000pounds.Inall,it’s

ayearofbothriseandfallandwasfinallyendedupwithgreatsuccessinsales.

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Thechartshowsasurveyresultaboutthehourstheteenagersspendperweek

onthedifferentmediasuchasInternet,TV,radio,telephoneandbooksor

magazinesintheirsparetime.Clearly,theteenagerslikesurfingthenetverymuch

andtheyusuallyspend16.7hoursperweekon-line.Nexttothis,theywouldprefer

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towatchingTV,13.6hoursperweekbeingspentforthat.Interestingly,inaweek,

theyonlyspendabout6hoursreadingbooksormagazines.Andtheamountoftime

theyspendinlisteningtoradioorusingtelephoneisjustinbetween.

5ForeignTradeGrowthofChina（inbillionofRMB）

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Asthegraphshows,ChineseexportsalmostremainedsteadyinJanuarylast

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year.InFebruary,theywentuprapidly.Inthenextthreemonths,theyfluctuated

between20billionand25billion.FromMaytoOctober,exportssawaslight

decrease,thenasmallincreaseinNovember.InDecember,therewasasignificant

increase.Butafterthat,Chineseexportsfelldramatically.

Comparedwithexports,Chineseimportssawacontinuousrisefromthe

beginningoflastyeartoMay.Inthenextsixmonths,theyshowedagradual

fluctuation.AtthestartofNovember,theybegantopickupandfromNovemberto

December,importsincreasedabruptlytoreachapeakof17billion.Atthebeginning

ofthisyear,asuddendeclineinexportsledtosteepfallinimports.

6MarketShareofMEXCompanyProducts

Japan15%

Africa5%

Australia10%

USA40%

Europe30%

ThispiegraphshowsthebreakdownofthemarketshareofMEXCompany

productsintheworld.Asyoucansee,theU.S.A.isstillourlargestcustomer.Ithas

thelargestpercentageofthemarketshareofourproducts,at40%.Thesecondis

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Europe,at30%.NextisJapan,whichmakesup15%ofourmarketshare.And

Australiaaccountsfor10%.Finally,thesmallestpartofourmarketshareistakenup

byAfrica,withonly5%.Recentlytheworldeconomyisnotboomingveryfast,sowe

shouldimproveourmanagementsystemandtryourbesttoproducebetter

productsandexplorepotentialmarketinthefuture.

7Totalprofit&itsexpenditure（inthousandUSdollars）

Companyname:

SuperSonicIndustriesGroupCorp.

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ThisGraphrevealsthatourtotalprofitof2009isUS$200,000,whichis

US$50,000higherthanthatof2008.Toexpandbusiness,ourinvestmentin

establishingnewenterpriseswasraisedfromUS$80,000in2008toUS$140,000in

2009.AndthenewcirculatingfundalsoincreasedfromUS$70,000in2008to

US$150,000in2009.

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8Describethecaricatureandgiveyourcomment.

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SourceofIncome

Parents

Part-timejob

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IncomeSourcesBetweenChineseStudentsandAmericanStudents

IncomesourcesofChinesestudentsarequitedifferentfromthoseofAmerican

students.InChina,studentsget90%oftheirmoneyfromtheirparentswhilein

America,only50%ofstudents’moneyisprovidedbyparents.Inaddition,Chinese

studentsearnonly5%oftheirmoneyfromparttimejobsand5%fromfellowship

orscholarshipwhileincomefromthesetworesourcesforAmericanstudentstakes

up35%and15%respectivelyoftheirtotalincome.

Ithinkthereareprobablythreereasonsfortheirdifferences.First,becauseof

theinfluenceofdifferentsocialandfamilyvalues,Chinesestudentshaveformedthe

habitofaskingformoneyfromtheirparentswhileAmericanstudentshave

developedmoresenseofbeingfinanciallyindependent.Second,mostChinese

parentsdevotetoomuchcaretotheirchildrenandtheywouldrathersaveupto

affordtheirchildren’seducationratherthanencouragethemtotake-timepartjobs.

ButinAmerica,manyparentspaymoreattentiontodevelopingthestudents

ofself-reliance,sotheyencouragetheirchildrentofindpart-timejobtoearnsome

moneybythemselves.Third,sinceAmericaismoredevelopedthanChina,itis

relativelyeasyforstudentstofindparttimejobs.InChina,suchopportunitiesare

ratherrare.

IbelievewiththedevelopmentofChina,moreandmoreChinesestudentswill

realizeandpaymoreattentiontothenecessityofselfdependence.Inaddition,

moreandmoreopportunitieswillbeprovidedforthemtotakepart-timejobs.So

morestudentswillgooutoftheivorytowertobroadentheirknowledgeandto

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becomethemasteroftheirownlives.

10ThetablebelowgivesinformationaboutchangesinmodesoftravelinEnglandbetween1985and2000.Summarisetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.

ThetableindicatesthenumberofmilesbytheaverageEnglishpersonin1985

and2000,usingvariousmeansoftransport.

Thenumberofmileswalked,cycledandtraveledbylocalbusalldecreased.Of

these,thenumberofmilestraveledbylocalbusdecreasedthemost,from429miles

in1985to274milesin2000.

Thenumberofmilestraveledbycar,longdistancebus,trainandtaxiall

increased.

Thenumberofmilesdrivenbycarwas3,199in1985androseby50%to4,806in

2000.Thenumberofmilestraveledbylongdistancebusmorethandoubledfrom

54miles

（1985）to124miles（2000）.Thenumberofmilesdrivenbytaxitrebledfrom13miles

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

increased.

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Overall,thenumberofmilestraveledbytheaverageEnglishpersonrosefrom

4,740

milesin1985to6,475milesin2000,withtheincreaseofcarsaccountingforalmost

allofthatincrease.

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A.stayingathomeB.traveling

C.doingsocialinvestigationD.otherways

Fromthetwocharts,wecanseethatinthepasttenyearsthestudentswhogo

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travelinganddosocialinvestigationsduringvacationshaveincreased