Speaking You are given a card with a topic and questions to speak about for 1-2 minutes. Before you speak you have one minute to think about what you are going to say. Card 1 Think of 10 great inventions of our time that changed the world. Card 2 What are the best and the most useful inventions of the mankind in the 20th and 21st centuries? What famous inventors do you know? What were their inventions? Do you know anything about the inventions of Leonardo da Vinci? How did the invention of television change people's life? Do you think it is a useful invention? What is the role of television in your life? How often do you watch it? Card 3 When did you buy or get your first mobile phone? Do you think you can live without your mobile or is it now an important part of your daily life? Are you anxious when the battery is flat or you are out of reach? What do scientists say about the influence of mobile phones on our health? Do you use the Internet? What Internet services do you use? Do you feel any addiction to the Internet? How much do you spend on the Internet a month? Card 4 1. What ratio of work to leisure would be your ideal? Answer using percentages. 2. Are the people in your country famous for working hard or for having a good social life? 3. What jobs would you most and least like to do? 4. What jobs have you done in your life and what did you like and dislike about them? 5. Which age-groups are worst affected by unemployment in your country? 6. What are the causes of unemployment and how is the problem solved in your country? Card 5 1. Do people leave your country to find work in other countries? Where do they go? What sort of jobs do they get? Are they made welcome? 2. Do workers in your country pay a lot of income tax to the government? 3. Do people with large salaries pay a much higher rate of tax than other workers? Do you think they should? 4. Do you think that every worker, (including doctors, nurses, teachers, the police, ambulance crews and fire fighters), should have the right to go on strike?