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CornerFutureWork6Whatareyourfutureworkplans?(afteryougraduate)Iwanttofindabigcompanyandworkintheirfinancedepartment.Idon’tmindbeinganassistantatfirstbecauseIstillneedtolearnalotandgainexperience.Doyouthinkyouwillbeabletoeasilyfindworkinthefutureafterstudying_______(yoursubject)?It’shardtosay.Itmighttakemeafewmonthstofindtherightjob,butIdefinitelycanhaveabrightcareerinthefuture,aslongasInowstarttolayasolidfoundationfortheknowledgeandskillsneededinthatfield.BeingaStudentWhat'sthemostenjoyable part ofbeingastudent?Themostenjoyable part istolearnnewthings,withoutworryingaboutearningmoney.Onemorethingisthatstudentscanalwayshavemorechancestotaptheirpotentialtoachievetheirdreams.Doyouenjoystudyingthat(yoursubject)?‐‐What'sthemostenjoyablethingaboutit?Ido.IthinkthemostenjoyablethingisthatIcanconnectallthethingsIstudywithmyfuturecareer.Ithinkthepreparationprocessisenjoyable.(Inaclass,)whodoyouthinkismoreimportant,thestudentsortheteacher?Theyarebothimportant.Ithinkwhenstudentsreallywanttolearn,theycanachievetheirgoalsmoreeasily;andofcourse,goodteacherscanmakestudentslearnmoreeffectively.(Inyourclass,)whodoyouthinkismoreimportant,thestudentsortheteacher?Theyarebothimportant.Ithinkwhenstudentsreallywanttolearn,theycanachievetheirgoalseasier;andofcourse,goodteacherscanmakestudentslearnmoreeffectively.Howshouldteachersteach?Ibelieveteachersshouldapplyfunandinterestingmethodstotheirteaching.Studentscanlearnbetterwhenthey’renotconsciousthatthey’reactuallystudying.Ifateachercanachievethis,I’llsayhe/sheissuccessful.Willchildrentelltheirparentswhentheyfacedifficultiesintheirstudies?Itdepends.Forsomechildren,theylikesharingtheirfeelingswiththeirparents,they’lllettheirparentsknowwhatthey’reencountering.However, ... foralotofteenagers,theyfeeltellingtheirparentstheirtroublesanddifficultiesmightmakeparentslookdownonthem,sothey’lltendtokeepalltheproblemstothemselves.Doyouthinkit’sgoodforteacherstopraisethestudentswhentheydosomethinggoodandpointitoutwhentheydosomethingwrong?Ithinkit’stherightwaytodothings;however,teachersshouldn’tpraisethesamestudenttoomuchbecausetheymightgettooproudofthemselvesandmaynotbeabletokeepdoingwhatisgood.Also,besidescriticism,teachersshouldalsoencouragethestudentswhodosomethingwrongtohelpthemtobebetterinthefuture.SchoolWhattypesofschoolshaveyoubeento?IwasalwaysinpublicschoolswhenIwasachild.TheelementaryschoolIwentwasprettysmallandtherewerenotmanyadvancedfacilities.Ilikedmymiddleschoolbecauseitwasbigandtheschoolwouldalwayshaveallkindsofactivitiesforthestudents.WhenIwenttohighschool,wespentmostofourtimestudying,soIdidn’tenjoythetimethatmuch.Didyourparentschooseasecondaryschoolforyou?Notreally,Ihadtotakeahighschoolentrancetestandtheschoolswouldadmitusaccordingtoourscores.Becausemyscorewasgood,Iwenttothebesthighschoolinmycity.Ifthestudentscouldn’tgetagoodscore,theywouldn’tbeabletogotogoodhighschools.Whichschooldidyoulikethemost?Willyousendyourchildrentothatschool?Ilikedmymiddleschoolmost,butIprobablywon’tsendmychildrentothatkindofschool.Ipreferprivateschoolsbecausetheteachersarebetterandtheycantakecareofthestudentsmore.Plus,mostprivateschoolshavesmallclasses,whicharegoodforthestudentstoreceiveenoughattentionfromtheschoolandteachers.MajorWhatattractyoumostaboutyourmajor?Well,sinceImajorinEnglish,Iamabletoapplymyknowledgeintopractice,andIcanchatwithforeigners.WhenIhelpmyfatherdobusinesswithforeignbusinesspeople,Iamproudofmychoiceofthismajor.Doyoulikeyourmajor?Sametoabove.Whoaremoreimportant,teachersorstudents?7Visit ... Doyouenjoyshoppinginbigshoppingmalls(bigshoppingcentres)?Yes,Ido.There’reusuallyavarietyofproductsandbrandsavailablethere.Andtheserviceisgood.Ifyoudon’tlikesomethingyouhavebought,youcanaskforarefund,butusuallyyoucan’tdothatatasmallershop.Wheredoyoubuyyourclothes?Howoftendoyoubuyclothes?Whatstylesofclothesdoyouliketobuy?Iusuallybymyclothesatashoppingmallnearmyhome.IcareaboutthequalityofclothesandIwanttowearcomfortableonessoIwouldusuallybuygoodbrandcasualclothes.SinceIdon’twanttospendalotoftimeshopping,Iwouldgoshoppingonceeverytwomonthsandbuyenoughclothestowearforthewholeseason.Whysomepeopledon’tlikeshoppingShoppingisusuallytime‐consumingandshoppingcentersarealwaysfullofpeople,sosomepeoplemightfeeldizzyanduncomfortablewhentheygotosuchplaces.Sometimestoomanychoicescanalsomakepeoplefeelhardtomakedecisions.Sothismightalsomakepeoplefeelreluctanttoshop.Whatdoyoufeelaboutthetrendofthefashion?Ithinkit’snicebecausepeoplewouldalwaystrytofollowthetrendandtheywouldmakealotofchangesaccordingly.Fashioncanaddmorespiceandsparklestoourlife.However,fashionablethingsmaynotbesuitableforeveryone,soweshouldn’tfollowfashionblindly.15.NumbersInyourcountry,doanynumbershavespecialmeaning?Yes,Chinesepeopleloveseveralnumbers,suchas8,6,and9.8isprobablythemostpopularonebecauseitsoundslikegettingrichinChinese.Peoplewouldpayextramoneyfortelephonenumbersthatcontainthisnumber.What'syourfavoritenumber?Iloveeightbecause8isprobablythemostpopularoneandbecauseitsoundslikegettingrichinChinese.Peoplewouldpayextramoneyfortelephonenumbersthatcontainthisnumber.Arethereanynumbersordatesthatyouthinkare(especially)importanttoremember?Weshoulddefinitelyrememberourtelephonenumberandsomepasswords.Fordates,it’simportantforustorememberthebirthdaysofourlovedones.Whichdoyouthinkareeasiertoremember,namesornumbers? Visit our face: IELTS speaking and writing Corner Ithinkitdepends.Sometimes,somenumberscanremindusofsomethingwe’refamiliarwith,we’llmorelikelytorememberthem.Forexample,9494soundslikeyes,yesinChinesepronunciation,soit’seasiertoremember.Thisrulealsoappliestonames.Howdoyourememberlongnumbers?I’lltrytogivethenumberssomeinterestingmeaningsorconnectthemwithmyChineselanguage.Forexample,mycellphonenumbercontains94,whichsoundslikeyesinChinese,and781,whichsoundslike‘Ican’tgetup’.IfIdoitinthisway,it’sreallyeasyformetoremembernumbers.What’stherelationshipofyourmajorandnumbers?Imajorinaccounting,soIhavetoworkwithnumbersallthetime.IthinknumbersaremybestfriendsandIhavetotreatthemwithgreatcare.I’llbeinbigtroubleifImakesomemistakeswiththenumbers.Whatisthemostimportantnumbertoyou?Isthereanyspecialmeaning?21isthemostimportantnumbertomebecauseIwasbornonthatday.I’llalwaysrememberitandit’salsoimportanttocallmymomonmybirthdaytotellherhowthankfulIam.Areyougoodatrememberingnumbers?Arethereanywaystohelpusremembernumbers?Actuallynot.Itusuallytakesmealongtimetorememberlongnumbers.However,ifItrytoassociatetheirpronunciationwithothermeaningfulphrases,I’llmorelikelytoretainthem.Arethereanygoodorbadnumbersinyourculture?Yeah.Chinahasalonghistory,andwedohaveaculturealmostineveryfieldoflife.Astonumbers,thenumber6,8and9,areusuallyconsideredgoodnumbers,becausenumbersixconveysameaningofsmoothness,number8meansfortuneandnumber9offersusaneverlastingfeeling.However,number4andnumber13aretakenasbadnumbers,becausetheformerpronouncesastheword“death”whilethelattercontainsameaningofbeingfoolish.Doyouhaveanyspecial(lucky)numbersinyourmemory/life?Well,yes.ItakeNumber7asmyluckynumber.Youknow,theseventhdayofaweekisSundaywhenIcouldenjoymyfreetime,andIalwaysgotnumberseveninscorerankswhenIwasinschool.Andnow,ifIgetaband7for ielts, IcanbeadmittedbytheuniversityIhavedreamedtogo.Visit...