【正确答案】Topic Card A
a. Health
What is the relationship between health and wealth?
I think health is the precondition for personal wealth. And conversely wealth can influence personal health condition. There is an old saying health is wealth. All our daily activities depend on good health. If we had no good health, the world will cease to exist for us, let alone wealth. Without good health, one cannot enjoy the ease, comfort, or luxury brought by wealth. The only thing wealth can do is to help get a full recovery. Undoubtedly, wealth can affect one's health condition to some extent. Some people cannot afford the medical fee for operations and they have to suffer from pains or even death which may be relieved or delayed by money. However, money is not everything. It cannot help people avoid natural death but it may help people live longer. So, we should treasure good health and do not do silly things such as sacrifice our health for wealth.
b. Hobbies
How can we use hobbies for pleasure or relaxation?
Hobby is something people does for pleasure. Your hobby makes you fulfilled and cheerful. Examples of hobbies include collecting various objects, engaging in creative and artistic pursuits, tinkering, and playing sports. By continually participating in a particular hobby, one can acquire substantial skill and knowledge in that area. But, nowadays, many people especially young people are interested in computer games which occupies most of their spare time. This kind of hobby should be abandoned as a bad habit because it's not good for our eyes. Students should be encouraged to take more outdoors activities.
c. Pollution
What are the main causes of pollution?
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of noise, heat or light. Air pollution comes from both natural and human-made sources. Motor vehicle emissions are one of the leading causes of air pollution. Principal stationary pollution sources include chemical plants, coal-fired power plants, oil refineries, nuclear waste disposal activity, PVC factories, metals production factories, plastics factories, and other heavy industry. Pollution can also be the consequence of a natural disaster. For example, hurricanes often involve water contamination from sewage, and petrochemical spills from ruptured boats or automobiles. In the ease of noise pollution the dominant source class is the motor vehicle.
Questions maybe asked:
1. What are the effects of pollution on human health?
Adverse air quality can kill many organisms including humans. Ozone pollution can cause respiratory disease, chest pain, and congestion, etc. Water pollution causes approximately 14,000 deaths per day, mostly due to contamination of drinking water by untreated sewage in developing countries. Oil spills can cause skin irritations and rashes. Noise pollution induces hearing loss, high blood pressure, stress, and sleep disturbance. Older people are majorly exposed to diseases induced by air pollution. Those with heart or lung disorders are under additional risk. Children and infants are also at serious risk.
2. What do you think of the causes of job stress?
Job stress is something we all face as workers and we all handle it differently. Causes may be fear of job loss, excessive workload demands, lack of control or clear direction, poor or dangerous physical working conditions, inflexible work hours, and conflicting job expectations.
Topic Card B
a. Job interview
Do hobbies and personal interests need to be shown in the job interview?
It is not imperative to show one's interests in the job interview. However it can provide an employer with an insight into the interviewee's personality. Hobbies and personal interests can show a person's character feature which may imply whether the interviewee is suitable for the position or not. Usually the job interview lasts only 15 minutes. During the short interview, interviewers try their best to know more about interviewees. Besides the academic knowledge, interviewers like to know something about their personality. Talking about their own hobbies and personal interests is a good way to show their inside personality.
b. Education
What are the consequences of lack of education?
Education in its general sense is a form of learning in which knowledge, skills, and habits of a group of people are transferred from one generation to the next through teaching, training, research. The effects of lack of education include illiteracy, higher rates of unemployment, low income, or poverty, crime, violence, etc. Without skills, people tend to be unemployed or get low income, which keep them poor. Without knowledge about the law, some people are likely to violate the law without awareness. For young students, the results of lack of education are more serious. They may confound the right with the wrong and commit criminals.
c. Population
What are the effects of overpopulation?
Human population is growing like never before. We are now adding one billion people to the planet every 12 years. That's about 220, 000 per day. The list of problems this is causing, is a long one. It includes shortages of all our resources, war and social conflict, limits on personal freedom, overcrowding and the health and survival of other species. One billion people, one out of every seven people alive, go to bed hungry. Every day, 25,000 people die of malnutrition and hunger-related diseases. About one billion people lack access to sufficient water for consumption, agriculture and sanitation.
Questions maybe asked:
1. Does a CV always need to be long?
CV length should not exceed two sides of A4 paper. How much you fill depends on how much you have done. It may be hard for undergraduates to fill two sides of A4 simply because they may not have very much experience, if this is the case one side of A4 will suffice. Conversely candidates who have established a career history will have to be selective as to what they include. In this case they should make sensible use of margin and paragraph sizes.
2. Should the education section always be near the top in a CV?
If you still are in or have recently completed formal education, your academic achievements will form a major part of your qualifications, and it is recommended to place these near the top of your CV, because they are the most advantageous qualification for the position.