CET-4

SPEAKING
Chapter 4 Individual Presentation
Lesson 26 Topic 7: Culture
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What is this lesson all about?

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Exercise 1 Exercise 2

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 PART
Suggested time: 12 minutes
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Exercise 1
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Exercise 1 2 minutes

How to manage Individual Presentation?

Task 3 Discuss with your tutor about what is in the picture, then try to make your speech.

In this task, you are to talk about the picture displayed on the screen. You will have 45 seconds
to prepare and 1 minute to talk about it. Now here is the picture.

The guided questions are on the next page.

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Exercise 1 5 minutes

How to manage Individual Presentation?

Task 3 Discuss with your tutor about what is in the picture, then try to make your speech.

Cue words:
Before making your speech, you can think about the following questions:
traditional
• What’s in the picture?
painting
cultural
• What do you think of the girl’s dress? What can we learn from the dress?
implication
globalization
• What’s your opinion?
preserve

You can use the cue words given. The answer is on the next page.
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Exercise 1 Y o u c a n u s e t h e 5 minutes
How to manage Individual Presentation? underlined phrases
in your answer to

Sample Answer:
make your speech
organized.

A pretty white girl is presented in this picture. Interestingly, she is wearing a dress with
traditional Chinese painting on it. Some people may say that what the picture conveys is a
new fashion trend, but in my opinion, it carries cultural implications as well. On the process
of globalization, to be national or to be international is a dilemma for almost every culture.
While global economic integration has fostered thorough cultural interchanges and made
purely national culture practically impossible, many countries with their distinct culture still
hold a conservative attitude toward being international for fear of losing their own national
identity. Admittedly, as it is the reflection of the outlook of a people, national culture is
especially to her people as priceless spiritual treasure and ought to be cherished and
preserved.

This answer is for reference. Other answers may be acceptable. Check with your tutor.
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 Exercise 2

PART
Suggested time: 13 minutes

TWO

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Exercise 2 2 minutes

How to manage Individual Presentation?

Task 3 Discuss with your tutor about what is in the picture, then try to make your speech.

In this task, you are to talk about the picture displayed on the screen. You will have 45 seconds
to prepare and 1 minute to talk about it. Now here is the picture.

National Chinese Character There are so many

Dictation Competition characters we forgot!

The guided questions are on the next page.

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Exercise 2 6 minutes

How to manage Individual Presentation?

Task 3 Discuss with your tutor about what is in the picture, then try to make your speech.

Before making your speech, you can think about the following questions: Cue words:

• What’s in the picture? traditional

out-dated
• What’s the problem revealed by the picture? challenge
significance
• What’s your opinion? preserve

You can use the cue words given. The answer is on the next page.
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Exercise 2 You can use the 5 minutes
How to manage Individual Presentation? underlined phrases
in your answer to
Sample Answer: make your speech
organized.

From the cartoon given above, we can observe that a couple are watching a TV program about
Chinese characters. They find that they forgot a lot of characters. This cartoon reveals the sad
truth that we are losing our traditional culture gradually in the modern society. There are
several possible reasons for this. For one thing, a few people, especially youngsters, believe
that traditional culture is out-dated and of little use in the modern society. For another,
foreign cultures have also challenged the traditional culture in China to some extent. Written
language is the carrier of a culture. Although foreign cultures have attracted a large group of
people, we shouldn’t forget the characters we use everyday and deny the significance of our
own traditional culture. Therefore, we should do something to learn more about our
characters and preserve our traditional culture.

This answer is for reference. Other answers may be acceptable. Check with your tutor.

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and
Good Luck
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