1. 自介： 我们是小型英语口说图书会，因为人少所以可以畅所欲言、充分练习。 目前固定成员有4人(刚好2男2女)，预计再招募2人。 没有规定出席次数，尽可能参加就好。 2. 对象： 想讲、敢讲、心胸开放的人，不限性别、年龄、宗教...。 请站内信提供Line ID 联络。 3. 目标：全英语口说，可畅所欲言，分享观点。 4. 原因：上周有成员出国退出，所以再度招募。 5. 地点：大庆车站星巴克 (每次聚会都有空位，还没遇过客满) 6. 时间：每周六晚上7-9点; 若不足3人参加则取消或延期到周日。 7. 方式：轮流当主持人，事先挑选主题、阅读素材(非必要)、和讨论题目。之前三周的 题目如下。 *** 11/30 Sat. 7 P.M. Starbucks Hong Kong Democracy Backers Win Big as Voters Flock to Polls is.gd/5tYFhn This week we gonna talk over what happened in HK, and how would they influence us? Q1. How much do you know about what happened in HK and why so? Are you pro or against them? Q2. The news says the election suggested that the public continues to back the democracy movement, even as the protests have grown increasingly violent. how do "you" interpret the election results, and what's the next step you'll take if you were the following roles: a peaceful citizen, a protester, pro-democracy party politician, pro-Beijing party politician, Xi, Trump, Tsai, Han and Soong. Q3. How do you see what happened in HK will influence its neighbor districts or countries? Try to imagine if you are leading one of the neighbors, what would you like to see it end in HK? *** 12/14 Saturday 7pm “What do you want to be when you grow up?” https://cn.nytimes.com/education/20190417/stop-asking-kids-what-they-want-to-be-when-they-grow-up/zh-hant/dual/ Q1: Have your parents or adults around you ever asked you this or similar questions when you were little? If yes, what have you answered? And what's the ir reactions followed by your answers? If not, what do you think they haven't done so as most people usually have done? Q2: The reporter criticized this question for not helpging but misleading kids 'cause 1) It forces kids to define themselves in terms of work. 2) Searching for the answer could makes kids feel lost and confused. 3) Careers rarely live up to your childhood dreams. Do you agree or not with the comments and why? Q3: It mentions a equation: happiness is reality minus expectations. We're better off going in with a realistic preview of what works really like, warts and all, and lowering expectations to erase the gap between what we wanted and what we got. Do you agree or not with the comments and why? Q4: Do you find differences betweens these 2 questions? Which questions you might use for your kids in the future? 1) “What do you want to be when you grow up?” 2) "What kind of person you want to be when you grow up?" *** 12/21 Saturday 7pm Global Refugees Crisis https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syrian-refugees-libya-two-years-alan-kurdis-death-a7925616.html Q1. What do you think about the refugees crisis? Q2. Are you worried about all the job opportunities natives could lose to a refugee? Q3. Do you think supporting refugees is a burden for a country? Q4. If you are a president, will you receive refugees? --

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