List of topics

1. How much importance do you pay to your diet?
2. Why do some people follow a career that does not make them happy?
3. What effect can technology have on local cultures and traditions?
4. Who would you ask for help in a difficult situation? Why?
5. What are the advantages of using online booking systems?

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• Candidates must choose and prepare to talk about only ONE of the five Topics given for
their Level.
• They should be very careful NOT to choose a topic from any other Level.
• Once they have decided which Topic they like, they can find information and
prepare to talk about it at the Oral Exam.
• They are NOT to bring any written notes to the Exam Room or any paper to take notes
while their partner is presenting their Topic.
• They are NOT to bring any project into the Exam Room to talk about their Topic.
• Although Candidates who are to be examined together may choose to talk about the same
Topic, it would be advisable that they choose a different one so that they will not have to
repeat the same ideas while they are interacting.
• Although Candidates are allowed to use their own ideas to expand on the question in
Section 3, it is advisable that they use the points given as it is less stressful for them.

Sample Answers :

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

 

Health :

One Two Three

Importance of diet

A good diet and excercise 

Balanced Diet

Excercise

Fast Pace One  Fast Pace two  Fast Pace Three

Advertisments 1   Advetisments 2

Food Additives 1 Food Additives 2 

 

Online booking systems

The Benefits of Online Booking Systems

Benefits of Online Booking Systems

Hotel Booking System

Online booking system vs phone booking 

Advantages of Online Booking systems 

21 Advantages 

Career Topic

Choosing a career 

Salary 

Job satisfaction and choosing a career 

Is the salary an important factor

Social Status 

Parents choose the career 

New Year’s Resolutions 2020

New Year’s resolution  :  a promise that you make to yourself to start doing something good or stop doing something bad on the first day of the year

 

 

Some New Year’s Resolutions :

1. I will keep my room clean.
2. I will keep good grades in school.
3. I will eat less snacks.
4. I will have a fruit or veggie with every meal.
5. I will try new foods.
6. I will go to bed at a decent hour.
7. I will exercise for at least a half hour each day.
8. I will drink less soda and juice and drink more water
9. I will eat my veggies even if I don’t like them, because I know they’re good for me!
10. I will be sure to do my homework before anything else after school.
11. I will take better notes in class.
12. I will pay better attention to the teacher and less attention to my friends during class time.
13. I will study my notes after school.
14. I will help my mom cook dinner at least three times a week.
15. I will do all of my chores without giving mom trouble.
16. I will be nicer to my sister and brother.
17. If I feel like I’m getting mad, I will walk away and calm down.
18. I will teach my sister how to play soccer.
19. I will watch less TV.
20. I will get out and play every sunny day.
21. I will put things away when I’m done using them.
22. I will brush my teeth each morning and night.
23. I will get into good hand washing habits.
24. I will find a hobby to do on rainy days so I’m not telling mom “I’m bored!”
25. I’ll be nice to every kid, even the ones that are bullied by others; I’ll be their friend.
26. I will memorize my address and phone number, and never give these out to strangers!
27. I will run for school president!
28. I will find a way to be actively involved in my community, even if it’s simply picking up garbage at the local park on weekends.
29. I will talk openly about my feelings.
30. I will resist peer pressure and be a positive influence on my friends.
31. I won’t talk back to my parents.
32. I will not tease my little brother.
33. I will be more organized in everything I do.
34. If I need help, I will ask for it.
35. I will read a new book

The happiest country in the world

Hi – I’m your grandpa

Be a kid this Christmas

Forever young – Lyrics

Let’s dance in style, let’s dance for a while
Heaven can wait, we’re only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?

Let us die young or let us live forever
We don’t have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music’s for the sad men

Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders, we’re getting in tune
The music’s played by the, the mad men

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever?
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever? Forever young

Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later, they all will be gone
Why don’t they stay young?

It’s so hard to get old without a cause
I don’t want to perish like a fading horse
Youth’s like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever

So many adventures couldn’t happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We let them come true

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever?
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever?

Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?

There is nothing like the magic of the season

Air Canada

A perfect miracle – Lyrics

I’d like to sit around and dream you up a perfect miracle
I’d part the clouds and have the sun proudly shining on you
I’d take the stars as well and line them up to spell “Darling, I love you”
And little by little watch it all come true

I’d like to sit around and dream you up a perfect miracle
I’d catch the wind and have it blow all my kisses to you
I’ll take the birds and teach them all the words of every love song I know
And I’d have them fly around and sing them all to you

Darling, you know, I’m sorry
I won’t get to see you today
My mind is a mess and I’m needing you less
Give me a call in a little while

I’d like to sit around and dream you up a perfect miracle
‘Cause every time I close my eyes, I’m just dreaming of you
There ain’t a man around could knock me off my cloud ’cause “Darling, I love you”
And little by little watch it all come true

Darling, you know, I’m sorry
I won’t get to see you this week
Lately I’ve found I don’t need you around
I don’t think it’s working out anyway
Anyway, and…

I’d like to sit around and dream you up a perfect miracle
‘Cause you’re the only girl I ever met who’s honest and true
I’d like to settle down with you and mess around a house on the hill
And I’m sitting here hoping it’ll all come true
(Sitting here hoping it’ll all come true)

Darling, you know, I’m sorry
(I’d like to sit around and dream you up a perfect miracle)
I won’t get to see you this spring
(I’d part the clouds and have the sun proudly shining on you)
My phone has been broke and I thought that we spoke
(I’d take the stars as well and line them up to spell “Darling, I love you”)
Don’t think it’s working out anyway
(And little by little watch it all come true)
Anyway, and…

Darling, you know, I’m sorry
(I’d like to sit around and dream you up a perfect miracle)
I won’t get to see you this year
(I’d catch the wind and have it blow all my kisses to you)
I hate to confess but I’ve changed my address
(I’ll take the birds and teach them all the words of every love song I know)
I haven’t been home in a little while
(And I’d have them fly around and sing them all to you)
A little while, and…

Darling, you know, I’m sorry
(I’d like to sit around and dream you up a perfect miracle)
I won’t get to see you again
(I’d like to tell the whole world I’m crazy ’bout you)
I met someone else, you should do it yourself
(I like you every second, every minute, every hour of the day)
So darling, please don’t call
(But now I’m sitting here going “When you gonna come home?”)
Please don’t call

Cleaning 9.000 tons of trash

 

Over three years ago, Versova beach in Mumbai was little more than a dumping ground for garbage and waste. After witnessing the devastating impact the refuse was having on the ocean, Afroz Shah decided to take matters into his own hands. What started off as a single man’s mission to clean up his favorite childhood beach turned into the world’s largest beach cleanup initiative. As of today, Shah and hundreds of volunteers have cleaned up over nine million kilograms of plastic and waste, with hopes to expand their initiative to other beaches in the future.

Vocabulary chunks to learn from video :

• A  landfill
• A little over 3 years ago
• A movement started and led by one man
• I am a lawyer by profession
• A dumping ground
• My personal journey
• To join in
• Hundreds of volunteers
• The biggest preventative action
• It’ about the mindset of people
• Local communities
• How to segregate it
• I’m connecting with nature
• It has to be spick and span (very clean and tidy)
• We are in for a long haul (difficult effort or task)

The beach after the cleanup project

Dive and discover

 

So little is known about life in deep environments. Almost every expedition uncovers something new. Dive and discover HERE

More adventures HERE

2019 Person Of The Year

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Vocabulary chunks to learn from the video :

• You are changing the world
• The world is waking up
• I’m just one of many faces
• Our leaders need to start acting acordingly
• Negative tipping points
• People will realiase what power we actually have
• The general awareness has been increasing
• We need to spread that awareness
• I don’t really care about social codes
• We need to work together
• To tell my grandchildren that we did everything we could
• We did it for them, for the generations to come

 

 

ECPE Speaking Test – Tips and Strategies

[Hellenic American Union]

Tips for all parts of the ECPE Speaking Test, useful preparation points and effective strategies that will ensure success.