You are going to read the text aloud. You have 1.5 minutes to read the text silently, and then be ready to read it aloud. Remember that you will not have more than 2 minutes for reading aloud.
Cell-phone texting has become the preferred channel of basic communication between teens and their friends, and cell calling is a close second. Some 75% of 12—17 year-olds now own cell phones, up from 45% in 2004.
Fully two-thirds of teen texters say they are more likely to use their cell phones to text their friends than talk to them to them by cell phone. Parents and their teenage children say they appreciate the mobile phone’s enhancement of safety and its ability to keep teens connected to family and friends. For many teens, the phone gives them a new measure of freedom. However, some teens chafe at the electronic tether to their parents that the phone represents. And a notable number of teens and their parents express conflicting emotions about the constant connectivity the phone brings to their lives; on the one hand, it can be a boon, but on the other hand, it can result in irritating interruptions.
You are going to take part in a telephone survey. You have to answer six questions. Give full answers to the questions. Remember that you have 40 seconds to answer each question.
Electronic assistant: Hello! It’s the electronic assistant of the Fashion Design Retailers’ buying group. We kindly ask you to take part in our survey. We need to find out what you think about fashion and appearances. Please answer six questions. The survey is anonymous – you don’t have to give your name. So, let’s get started.
Electronic assistant: How old are you? Are you male or female? What clothes do you usually wear every day after school?
Student:_____________________________________________________________
Electronic assistant: What kind of winter and summer clothes do you like?
Student:_____________________________________________________________
Electronic assistant: What shoes do you prefer and why?
Student:_____________________________________________________________
Electronic assistant: What do you think about jewelry which teenagers like to use to look better?
Student:_____________________________________________________________
Electronic assistant: Where do you or your parents buy you new clothes and how often?
Student:____________________________________________________________
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Electronic assistant: What advice could you give a person who wants to change his or her appearances to look different?
Student:_____________________________________________________________
Electronic assistant: This is the end of the survey. Thank you very much for your help.
You are going to give a talk about sports. You will have to start in 1.5 minutes and speak for not more than 2 minutes (10—12 sentences).
Remember to say:
• what kind of sports modern teenagers enjoy doing;
• whether school sports competitions are necessary, and why;
• what sports competition you have taken part recently in, and what was its final like;
• what your attitude to doing sports is.
You have to talk continuously.