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  3. - The interlocutor gives you and your partner a list of topics. Both of you need to choose one to discuss together. The interloc

- The interlocutor gives you and your partner a list of topics. Both of you need to choose one to discuss together. The interloc

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问题 - The interlocutor gives you and your partner a list of topics. Both of you need to choose one to discuss together. The interlocutor may join in the conversation and ask you questions, but you and your partner are expected to develop the conversation.
Topic 1:    Music in Modern Life
Topic 2:    Importance of Money
Topic 3:    An Extended Family or a Nuclear Family
Topic 4:    Taboos in China
Topic 5:    Differences between Life in a Big City and in the Country
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答案Topic 3: An Extended Family or a Nuclear Family —Did you know that there are mainly two types of families around us? —Yes. They are extended families and nuclear families. —What do these mean respectively? — Well...Extended family refers to those families with not only parents and children, but also grandparents or even other relatives living together. Nuclear family refers to those families with only parents and children, and sometimes only husbands and wires. —Ah...That sounds interesting. I know nowadays there’re not so many extended families as before since most young people are living in cities, away from their original hometowns, where their parents hive. —That’s true. In this way young couples have more time and space for their own movement and can arrange time based on their own schedules. —But don’t you think there could also be some problems for both young couples and their aged parents? —Maybe there’re some problems, but a nuclear family is still a better choice for modern families I think. — I don’t think so. Maybe I’m a little traditional, but it does good to both aged parents and working couples to live together, especially for those with children. You know, parents could help with most of the heavy and time-consuming housework. Since most elderly people have completely retired and have enough time for this, housework isn’t a burden for them. At the same time, adequate house chores could be a good form of exercise for old people. And young couples could have more time to relax. —If housework is good exercise for the aged, so could it be for young people. Nowadays young couples often don’t have enough room available for their parents. If they live with the parents, they must take some extra care of them every day, which could nullify the advantages of living together. —But don’t you think that care and communication would build up the affections between the two or three generations? —Not at all. I think just the contrary: it could destroy their relationships. I have heard a lot about the conflicts between generations if they live together, especially between the two mothers-in-law. And those conflicts sometimes spread to the relationship between grandchildren and their grandparents. —That isn’t necessarily a result of extended family. If both generations could develop healthy attitudes towards their relationships, without being influenced by current conflicting situations, they could get along quite well with each other after all. —Extended family is not the best way to get along well with another generation. Adult children could show their care for parents in other ways too. For example, by visiting them more often, by offering financial support to them and so on. —But that will not solve the problem at all. You know sometimes what aged parents want is far more than just money or visits from their children; they also need to feel their children around and communicate with their grandchildren, which is their greatest joy. —That’s a traditional idea. Today’s senior people have new ways of enjoying life, going to classes, doing volunteer work, joining in various associations... Topic 5: Differences between Life in a Big City and in the Country —More and more people are pouring in the city for the sake of more opportunities or more money. That’s not a good thing actually. —Why do you say so? — Because we all know that life in the city is not so healthy at all. If I had the chance to live in the country, I would be quite glad to. —So you are tired of living in the city where you can enjoy all the conveniences at hand? —Probably. Living in the city might have some advantages over country life, but country life also has edges which city dwellers could never even dream of, not to mention catching up with it. —I often hear people say that in some countries an increasing number of people are buying houses in the suburbs and driving to work every day, just to enjoy the fresh air, spacious room quiet surroundings, or even birdsongs. —These people are really wise, I think. But they must have a car first. Compared with life in the city, country life is heal thier. —But city life is so attractive that you could hardly make the decision to leave it. For example, the eye-catching skyscrapers, and many places for entertainment. —All those advantages are not a problem at all if people are determined to get rid of the disadvantages that have much stronger effects on them. —Are you saying that people could easily be rid of the conveniences that they have been enjoying for so long and hoping to enjoy for a lifetime? Some people can’t even imagine life without them! — I don’t mean that it’s easy. The fact is those advantages are no more than addictions. Just like smoking, if we could live without them for quite some time, we would get used to the new life style and enjoy it more without distractions from the outside world. —That’s interesting. But I still doubt that many people would be willing to sacrifice a modern lifestyle for one in the countryside. Anyway it is difficult for me. —Well, it’s up to you and up to other people’s own choice too. There will be those who are quite willing to change their habits just for a higher quality of life.
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