2019年5月大学英语四级口语备考复习资料(1)

个人陈述中的分类主题词/句子

broaden one's horizons/开拓眼界

Traveling allows us to experience a different culture, meet different people and hear different dialects or languages. 

strengthen one's body/强健体格

Traveling often involves a long walk in the country or climbing up famous mountains.  Both walking and climbing are good for health. 

classic works of literature/经典文学作品

Shakespeare/莎士比亚；  Hamlet/哈姆雷特； King Lear/李尔王

the reality/现实

human geography/人文地理

Classic works of literature are informative(使人增进知识的) and instructive (有启发性的). They usually reflect the reality of the era when they were created, conveying to their audience much information about huamn geography of that time and teaching them how to be a man or a woman. 

relieve pressure/缓解压力

work pressure/工作压力； family pressure/家庭压力

peer pressure/来自同龄人的压力

Most people live under various kinds of pressure: work pressure, family pressure and peer pressure. Too much pressure will do harm to people's health, both physically and mentally.  Singing songs, playing games and doing sports are all effective ways to relieve pressure. 

aging/老化， 衰老

aging population: 老年人口

pension： 养老金， 退休金

live on a pension： 靠退休金生活

With an increasing number of aging people, more pension will be needed, which means a bigger burdon will be put on the society.  To solve this problem, the government may consider extend the time for retirement and some governments have put it into effect.  But there arises a new problem: Elderly people will remain longer in their positions, especially high positions in a company,  leaving the job market more competitive for young people.