240 Speaking Topics with Sample Answers

Q126. Should students work while they study?
A. Sample Answer
I don't think students should work while they study. If students work while they study, it will take
up a bunch of time. Studying is considered an occupation, and I think that if more people treated
school like a regular job with a 40-hour work week, students would learn more and be more
productive. Adding work into the mix would just stress students out and make them do badly in
school. Also, most jobs for students are really bad, like being a janitor or a store clerk. I don't think
those jobs are appealing and most don't make that much money anyway. For these two reasons, I don't
think students should work while they study.
B. Create new sentences using the expressions below.
(1) lie in (reside in)
(2) live (lead) a life
(3) feel regret
(4) turn out
C. Find an error in each sentence.
(1) I think students should not work while they study
(2) My father told me that he was unable studying hard because he had to work to support the family.
(3) He didn’t allow me working part time at a gas station.
(4) He thinks his work deprives him from his liberty.

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Q127. Which do you think is better for the environment: to build
fewer factories or to create more wildlife preservation areas?
A. Sample Answer
I believe we should build fewer factories rather than create more wildlife preservation areas.
We have a fundamental problem with pollution and it is because we create too many things we don't
need. Creating wildlife preservation areas will not solve the problem. If we build fewer factories,
we will at least slow the gradual degradation of the ozone layer and our natural world. In addition,
factories produce a lot of air pollution, which reaches everywhere on Earth. Smog doesn't know land
boundaries, and if we build wildlife preservation areas while building more factories, the animals
will eventually die off anyway from a lack of oxygen. To conclude, I argue that we should build
fewer factories.