A: Why do you like to watch that kind of program.

　　B:I think keeping myself informed of the latest world news is very important.

　　B: What program do you like most?

　　A: The Discovery Channel on cable TV is the one I like most. It's full of knowledge and is a very good educational channel. I like to watch it with my family.

　　3.興趣愛(ài)好

　　A: What are your hobbies?

　　B: I like music.

　　A: Can you play any kind of musical instrument?

　　B: I can play piano, but I'm not very good at it.

　　B: How about you?

　　A: I know nothing about any musical instrument. But I have a collection of many different CDs and records.

　　4.體育運(yùn)動(dòng)

　　A: Mr. ××， what's your favorite sport?

　　B: My favorite spot is tennis.

　　A: What is the most popular sport in China?

　　B: Ping-Pong is the most popular one in China.

　　A: In our country, we prefer soccer to ping-pong.

　　B: If it is the convenient for you, how about we go to watch the professional ping-pong game together tomorrow?

　　A: I would be glad to.

　　討論問(wèn)題、分享意見(jiàn)：

　　這類話題可以涉及的對(duì)象比較廣泛，但是不論說(shuō)什么，都會(huì)用到下面這六組句型。

　　1.Asking for opinions

　　What's your opinion of …?

　　What do you think of…?

　　How do you feel about…?

　　I was wondering what your opinion of …was?

　　I was wondering where you stood on the question of…?

　　What about…?

　　2. giving opinions

　　I'd like to point out…

　　As far as I'm concerned,…

　　In my opinion,…

　　From my point of view, I think…

　　Personally, I think…

　　It would seem to me that…

　　As far as I'm able to judge…

　　Frankly, I think

　　I reckon

　　If you ask me…

　　You know what I think, I think that

　　I'd say that…

　　The point is …

　　Wouldn't you say that…?

　　Don't you agree that…?

　　As I see it…

　　I'd just like to say that I think that…

　　3. agreeing

　　I agree entirely.

　　I totally agree.

　　I couldn't agree more.

　　I agree with you on that.

　　That's just what I was thinking.

　　You know, that's exactly what I think.

　　That's a good point.

　　I take you point.

　　I'm with you on that.

　　I'd go along with you on that /there.

　　4. disagreeing

　　do you really think so?

　　I wouldn't agree.

　　I disagree.

　　I see what you mean, but

　　Yes, that's quite true, but…

　　I'm not really sure if I would agree with you on that.

　　I'm not sure I quite agree.

　　Well, you have a point there, but…

　　Perhaps, but don't you think that…

　　5. asking for explanations (optional)

　　I'm sorry, I don't quite understand what you man by…

　　I didn't quite follow what you were saying about…

　　I'm afraid I'm not really very clear about what you mean by…

　　I don't quite see what you're getting at…

　　What do you mean by …?

　　6. giving explanations (optional)

　　Well, the point I'm trying to make is that…

　　Let me put it another way…

　　Sorry, let me explain

　　What I mean is that…

　　What I'm saying is that…

　　道歉：

　　需要道歉的場(chǎng)合也很多，但是總離不開(kāi)以下的句型，跟上一個(gè)大類一樣，大家只要按照順序，將自己要說(shuō)的具體內(nèi)容套在下面的句型中就可以了：

　　1. apologizing-admitting mistakes

　　I'm terribly sorry, but I seem to have …

　　I'm very sorry for …

　　I'm sorry that…

　　I must apologize for…

　　I'm not quite sure how to put this, but

　　I'm afraid I've got something to tell you…

　　2. making excuses

　　I had no intention of …really.

　　It really wasn't my fault, you see…

　　I didn't mean to, really

　　3. forgiving-accepting apologies

　　Oh, that's alright. Don't worry.

　　Oh, never mind, it doesn't really matter.

　　Please don't blame yourself.

　　That's OK. Forget it.

　　4. apologizing for changing future plans

　　I'm terribly sorry about this but I don't think I'll be able to …

　　I hope this doesn't put you out too much, but I'm afraid I won't be able to …

　　You know I said I'd …well I'm afraid… I can't now.