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1、全国高职高专实用英语口语大赛”选拔赛竞赛参考题Part II Presentation(3 minutes)Task:- You are required to talk about the figure, describing and comparing what you have seen.- Youll have 3 minutes for preparation. You must complete your presentation in 3 minutes.1 Number of Hours Worked Per WeekHOURSNumbers of Days Annual Ho
2、lidayDAYSThe average Japanese worker spends 47 hours a week, or 2 100 hours per year, at the office or factory, while the average Swede clocks up only 37.Swedish workers have 28 days of holiday per year, but the Japanese have only 15. A typical Japanese worker takes a six-day week, however, a Swedis
3、h worker works less than 5 days a week. If you are a worker, life is much easier in Sweden than in Japan, for you can work 10 hours shorter each week and you may have a much longer annual holiday.2 Change in Number of Visitors by CountryIndependentGroupIn 2009 there were a large number of visitors t
4、o China on group or independent tour. But there were changes in the numbers of vistors from different countries. Some increased but some decreased. The greatest change happened in Bangladesh. The number of visitors from Bangladesh was down-there were 70% fewer group tour visitors and 48% independent
5、 travelers than the year before. Visitors from Argentina were up by 53% for group tours and 26% for independent travelers. The number of visitors from Sweden was up by 24% for group tours and 15% for independent travelers.3 Sales of Computer Company1000MonthSales (Pound)At the beginning of the year
6、sales of the computers were as 80 000 pounds. Sales rose steadily between February and April. However, they then fell slightly between April and July. Following a minor rise in August, sales declined noticeably from 160 000 pounds to 120 000 pounds. The downward trend continued, and in November sale
7、s reached their lowest point since January. Fortunately, thanks to a new marketing strategy and growing demands for holiday goods, sales increased dramatically at the end of the year and eventually reached 200 000 pounds. In all, its a year of both rise and fall and was finally ended up with great s
8、uccess in sales.4 Time Spent on Different Media by Teenagershours/weekThe chart shows a survey result about the hours the teenagers spend per week on the different media such as Internet, TV, radio, telephone and books or magazines in their spare time. Clearly, the teenagers like surfing the net ver
9、y much and they usually spend 16.7 hours per week on-line. Next to this, they would prefer to watching TV, 13.6 hours per week being spent for that. Interestingly, in a week, they only spend about 6 hours reading books or magazines. And the amount of time they spend in listening to radio or using te
10、lephone is just in between.5 Foreign Trade Growth of China (in billion of RMB)As the graph shows, Chinese exports almost remained steady in January last year. In February, they went up rapidly. In the next three months, they fluctuated between 20 billion and 25 billion. From May to October, exports
11、saw a slight decrease, then a small increase in November. In December, there was a significant increase. But after that, Chinese exports fell dramatically. Compared with exports, Chinese imports saw a continuous rise from the beginning of last year to May. In the next six months, they showed a gradu
12、al fluctuation. At the start of November, they began to pick up and from November to December, imports increased abruptly to reach a peak of 17 billion. At the beginning of this year, a sudden decline in exports led to steep fall in imports.6 Market Share of MEX Company ProductsJapan 15%Australia 10
13、%Africa 5%Europe 30%USA 40%This pie graph shows the breakdown of the market share of MEX Company products in the world. As you can see, the U.S.A. is still our largest customer. It has the largest percentage of the market share of our products, at 40%. The second is Europe, at 30%. Next is Japan, wh
14、ich makes up 15% of our market share. And Australia accounts for 10%. Finally, the smallest part of our market share is taken up by Africa, with only 5%. Recently the world economy is not booming very fast, so we should improve our management system and try our best to produce better products and ex
15、plore potential market in the future.7 Total profit & its expenditure(in thousand US dollars) Company name: SuperSonic Industries Group Corp.This Graph reveals that our total profit of 2009 is US$200,000, which is US$50,000 higher than that of 2008. To expand business, our investment in establishing
16、 new enterprises was raised from US$80,000 in 2008 to US$140,000 in 2009. And the new circulating fund also increased from US$70,000 in 2008 to US$150,000 in 2009.8 Describe the caricature and give your comment.9Source of Income Percentage of Total IncomeParentsPart-time jobFellowship or ScholarshipAmer
