EOI Advanced Topic Cards Monologue PDF

A DVANCED Monolo g u e s
1 2010 2 Click here to watch my youtube video answering the

ENVIRONMENT THE WORLD
OF WORK exam questions below.
ADVANCED Monologues 2010 1

Read the title of the topic and the suggestions.
Choose one or more ideas to include in your monologue.
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Talk about the topic for 3 to 3:30 minutes.
THE ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE

1. Evidence of climate change, scientists views. Causes: pollution.

2. Consequences.
3. Solutions (global/ national/ local).
4. Measuring and reducing your carbon footprint: travel, shopping, the
home.
5. Predictions for the future.
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exam questions below. ENVIRONMENT
THE WORLD OF
WORK

THE WORLD OF WORK
1. Working parents and child raising.

2. There are far too many civil servants in this country.
3. Is parity in governments such a good idea?
4. Equal opportunities for men and women.
5. Are immigrants a threat to the local work force? The future of
unskilled workers.
6. Strategies for job seeking.
7. Teleworking: a real alternative? Working to live vs living to

work.

3 2010 4 Click here to watch my youtube video answering the

RELATIONSHIPS BREAKING
THE LAW exam questions below.

RELATIONSHIPS
1. Changes in the concept of family.
2. The right time to fly the nest.
3. Our societys response to the issue of the elderly.
4. Parents staying together for the sake of their children.
5. How are family relationships different from those with friends?
6. Different types of friends at different stages of your life.
7. Relationships with neighbours.

8. Marriage: the perfect state for adults?

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BREAKING
exam questions below. RELATIONSHIPS THE LAW

BREAKING THE LAW
1. Honesty, the best policy.

2. Prisons have been turned into a kind of hotel with all kinds of facilities.
3. CCTV: an invasion of privacy or a tool to ensure our safety.
4. Crime and technology: phishing, identity theft, hacking.
5. Corruption: some authorities believe theyre above the law.
6. Has the credit crunch meant a rise in crime rates?
7. Are juries the key to fair trials?
8. Domestic violence: is the law tough enough?
9. What do you think are suitable alternatives to imprisonment?

5 2010 6 Click here to watch my youtube video answering

PROGRESS
AND SCIENCE
COMPUTER
SAYS NO! the exam questions below.

PROGRESS AND SCIENCE
1. Predicting the future. How do you imagine everyday life in 2110?

2. Genetically modified food.
3. Playing with DNA: What are the chances of parents choosing the sex, hair,
eye and skin colour of their babies?
4. Cloning and its implications.
5. Stem cells: storing your babys umbilical cord blood.
6. Space exploration: useless or useful?
7. The future of Robotics. www.marekconnellenglish.com
8. Best and worst inventions of the 20th century.

5
PROGRESS
2010 6
COMPUTER
AND SCIENCE SAYS NO!

COMPUTER SAYS NO!
1. The Internet and television: will they co-exist?

2. The Internet and the cinema. Downloading films vs going to the cinema.
3. The Internet and music: concerts, DVDs, CDs, will they exist in the future?
4. The Internet and books: books and libraries will probably disappear.
5. Blogs and social networks.
6. Computer technology: how has it changed over the past 25 years?
7. The skys the limit: can computers outsmart us?
8. Different attitudes to computers: the elderly and the youth of today.
9. How have computers changed our lives? Education, leisure, work, others.

7 2010 8
SOCIETY AND COMPUTERS AND
THE MEDIA THE INTERNET

SOCIETY AND THE MEDIA
1. The news: informative or alarming?

2. The days of traditional newspapers are numbered.
3. TV in the original version: an option or a need?
4. The radio: an everlasting companion?
5. TV programmes should be more closely monitored by the authorities.
6. TV sets in childrens bedrooms.
7. Your opinion on reality TVDefindete
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8. The role of advertising.

9. The Internet: a real threat to mass media?

7 2010 8
SOCIETY AND COMPUTERS AND
THE MEDIA THE INTERNET

COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET
1. The Internet and you: time spent, what used for.
2. Effects of the Internet and computer games on family life /personal

relations / friendship / health.
3. Downloading: how much and what do you download? Do you consider it

piracy? Your opinion of laws against downloading, rights of artists,writers,
musicians etc..
4. Dangers of the Internet for children / teenagers.
5. Your experience/ knowledge of e-books.


9 2010
ENVIRONMENTAL
10
ISSUES TRAVELLING

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
1. Recycling: the only way to be green?

2. Public transport: a real alternative?
3. Congestion charges in big cities.
4. Buying locally produced goods.
5. Theres too much unnecessary packaging in supermarkets these days.
6. Global warming: a reality or a threatening political weapon.
7. Hybrid and electric cars.
8. Your carbon footprint. Renewable energies.

9 2010
ENVIRONMENTAL
10
ISSUES TRAVELLING

TRAVELLING
1. Your reasons when choosing a holiday: climate, tourist facilities,

landscape, accommodation, price, any others...
2. Travelling alone.
3. What can ruin a holiday?
4. Low-cost airlines.
5. Jet-lag experiences.
6. Home swap: budget accommodation.
7. Rural tourism. Defindete en el mundo del ingls...
8. Volunteering holidays.
9. Space holidays.

11 2010 12
STAYING MAD ABOUT
HEALTHY SHOPPING

STAYING HEALTHY

1. Traditional medicine vs natural remedies.
2. Hypochondria: an illness or a phobia?
3. Our public health system: a success or a failure?
4. Swine flu: myth or reality?
5. An apple a day keeps the doctor away and other ways to stay
healthy.
6. Is child obesity a real problem?
7. Medical advice on the Internet: is it really good?
8. Can excessive hygiene be a problem? The healing power of

positive thinking.

11
STAYING
2010 12
MAD ABOUT
HEALTHY SHOPPING

MAD ABOUT SHOPPING

1. The sales: a good deal or a
commercial trick?
2. Shopaholics: a by-product of our consumerist society?
3. Your view on the issue of plastic bags in shops.
4. Men and women: a different attitude to shopping?
5. Different kinds of shopping: catalogue, online, teleshopping...
6. Pros and cons of department stores or malls being allowed to open on

Sundays and bank holidays.
7. The influence of advertising on our shopping habits.

8. Is it a good idea for parents to buy everything their children want?

14TO BE
13 2010I WANT
MONEY
MATTERS SUCCESSFUL

MONEY MATTERS

1. Your attitude to lottery and gambling.
2. Should there be a tighter control over the wages of celebs, sportspeople, ?
3. Do you ever worry about how the money given to charity actually gets spent?
4. Is pocket money for children a good idea?
5. Politicians tell you to tighten your belt while they keep their astronomical
wages.
6. Is money the most important thing when choosing a job?
7. Do you give money to beggars onen elthe
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8. 40-year mortgages: isnt it crazy?

9. Would you be glad to suddenly become a millionnaire?

14TO BE
13 2010I WANT
MONEY
MATTERS SUCCESSFUL

I WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL

1. In your opinion, what does being successful mean?
2. What exceptional qualities are required to be successful in life.
3. Advantages and disadvantages of becoming successful at a young age.
4. Are all celebrities successful?
5. Success and private life.
6. Success and money. Success, work and stress.
7. Power corrupts people. Defindete en el mundo del ingls...

8. Do you consider yourself successful?


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A DVANCED Monolo g u e s

1 2010 2 Click here to watch my youtube video answering the

ADVANCED Monologues 2010 1

1. Evidence of climate change, scientists views. Causes: pollution.

Defindete en el mundo del ingls...

ADVANCED Monologues 2010 2

1. Working parents and child raising.

7. Teleworking: a real alternative? Working to live vs living to

Defindete en el mundo del ingls...

3 2010 4 Click here to watch my youtube video answering the

ADVANCED Monologues 2010 3

1. Changes in the concept of family.

2. The right time to fly the nest.

3. Our societys response to the issue of the elderly.

4. Parents staying together for the sake of their children.

5. How are family relationships different from those with friends?

6. Different types of friends at different stages of your life.

7. Relationships with neighbours.

8. Marriage: the perfect state for adults?

Defindete en el mundo del ingls...

ADVANCED Monologues 2010 4

1. Honesty, the best policy.

9. What do you think are suitable alternatives to imprisonment?

Defindete en el mundo del ingls...

5 2010 6 Click here to watch my youtube video answering

ADVANCED Monologues 2010 5

1. Predicting the future. How do you imagine everyday life in 2110?

8. Best and worst inventions of the 20th century.

Defindete en el mundo del ingls...

ADVANCED Monologues 2010 6

1. The Internet and television: will they co-exist?

Defindete en el mundo del ingls...

ADVANCED Monologues 2010 7

1. The news: informative or alarming?

8. The role of advertising.

Defindete en el mundo del ingls...

ADVANCED Monologues 2010 8

1. The Internet and you: time spent, what used for.

2. Effects of the Internet and computer games on family life /personal

3. Downloading: how much and what do you download? Do you consider it

4. Dangers of the Internet for children / teenagers.

5. Your experience/ knowledge of e-books.

Defindete en el mundo del ingls...

ADVANCED Monologues 2010 9

1. Recycling: the only way to be green?

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ADVANCED Monologues 2010 10

1. Your reasons when choosing a holiday: climate, tourist facilities,

Defindete en el mundo del ingls...

ADVANCED Monologues 2010 11

8. Can excessive hygiene be a problem? The healing power of

Defindete en el mundo del ingls...

ADVANCED Monologues 2010 12

2. Shopaholics: a by-product of our consumerist society?

3. Your view on the issue of plastic bags in shops.

4. Men and women: a different attitude to shopping?

5. Different kinds of shopping: catalogue, online, teleshopping...

6. Pros and cons of department stores or malls being allowed to open on

7. The influence of advertising on our shopping habits.

8. Is it a good idea for parents to buy everything their children want?

Defindete en el mundo del ingls...

ADVANCED Monologues 2010 13

8. 40-year mortgages: isnt it crazy?