SPEAKING

. Congratulations! You’ve just won the talent contest!  What contest would it be?  How might your daily life, and your personal relationships, change?

State officials are promising that Ukrainians will no longer need to go abroad in search of a better life. Nevertheless, emigration from Ukraine is steadily gaining momentum. How could the situation be changed?

It is much-debated topic whether or not it is morally acceptable for scientists to do genetic experiments on animals.  What do you think about scientific experiments on animals?  What about other types of medical research?

Everyone is afraid of something. Recount a time when you faced a fear, challenge, or failure.  What was it? What is more preferable for you to avoid it or conquer it? Why?

You do realize how important mothers are.  What are your mother’s outstanding characteristics?  Is your mother your role model? Do you take after her?

The level of medical care today is much higher than it was in the past.  In your opinion, what is the biggest medical advancement that has been made in the last one hundred years?

If you were a famous film or book character, who would you be?  Why did you choose this character to represent you?  Does this character resemble you physically or mentally, or is it someone totally different from how you see yourself?

In some developing countries, it is difficult to get good teachers to work in rural areas.  Why do you think good teachers do not want to work in rural areas in developing countries?

Time moves in one direction, memory in another.  What would you choose to lose all your old memories or not to be able to get new ones? Why?  If you lose your memories, are you still the same person? Why?

They say, people don’t notice the time when they’re happy.  How do you express happiness?  How can you compare happiness of a person and an animal?  What makes you happy day after day?

Travel broadens the mind. Imagine you have an opportunity to go to any country you’d like to visit.  What country would you travel to? Why?

. Imagine you could travel around the world with one famous explorer.  Who would you choose to travel with?  What places would you visit first of all?

Animal experiments are widely used to develop new medicines and to test the safety of other products.  Do you think scientists should test medicines/drugs on animals to overcome human diseases like cancer? Why?

Healthy life is one of the most discussed issues now.  What does healthy life imply?  What problems/situations/factors can affect our lives?

Nowadays more and more people prefer ecotourism as a form of tourism involving visiting fragile and relatively undisturbed natural areas. Why is ecotourism gaining popularity? What kinds of ecotourism do you know?

The genuine root of culture is traditional folk music.  How does traditional folk music reflect the life of its people?

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.  What does it mean in your point of view? What is a wasted time?  What experiences, however workaday, gave you pleasure?

My family is my strength and my weakness (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan).  What does this phrase mean in your point of view?  What traditions do you have in your family? Describe them, please.