问答题 Discussion--about 5 minutes
In this part of the test the examiner reads out a scenario and gives you some prompt material in the form of pictures or words. You have 30 seconds to look at the prompt card, an example of which is below, and then about 2 minutes to discuss the scenario with your partner. After that the examiner will ask you more questions related to the topic.
For two or three candidates
Scenario
I'm going to describe a situation.
Our company is going to hold a meeting, and need renting a meeting room. Talk together for about two minutes about equipment and decide which 3 are most important.
Here are some ideas to help you.
Prompt material
· Computer
· Desk Chair
· Arm Chair
· Printer
· Water cooler/drinks machine
· Ashtray
· Radio
· Fax machine

【正确答案】
Interlocutor:
· Now, in this part of the test you are going going to talk about something together.
· I am going to describe a situation.
Here are some ideas to help you.
[Tusk sheet 1 is placed in front of the candidates so that they can both see it.]
Think about the ideas for a few seconds.
· I will describe the situation again. Our company is going to hold a meeting, and need renting a meeting room. Talk together for about 2 minutes about equipment and decide which 3 are most important.
Now talk together. Please speak so that we can hear you. [Candidates have about 2 minutes to complete the task.]

A: What do you think, which room we should take as our meeting room? Room No. 204 or No. 206?
B: I think we should take room 206, because it has fax mathine, water cooler and a computer.
A: But Room 204 has also water cooler and a computer, doesn't it?
B: Yes, but it doesn't have fax mathine.
A: Well, we don't need fax machine. What we need is a printer. Is there a printer in any of these rooms.
B: Room 304 has computer, water cooler and printer.
A: That's great! Let's go to room 304 to hold a meeting.
[Materials are collected.]
[Interlocutor selects one or more of the following questions as appropriate.]
· What do you use radio for? (Why?/Why not?)
· How many fax machines should be available? (Why?)
· Do you really think it is nice to let people smoke in the meeting room? (Why?)
· Is it necessary to have computers? (Why?)
Thank you. That is the end of the Speaking test.
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