Day 8 Oral

Picture discussion

This picture depicts a scene of children and two adults on a field. I think that the adults are the teachers of those children. They are probably the students in kindergarten. From the picture, I can see that they are playing a game which the person standing in front of the teacher is supposed to protect the students behind her and the person in front is supposed to catch the people behind. I think everyone is enjoying themselves because they are playing with their friends and get to interact with the other people at the same time. I think the children will change roles after this, or do some cooling down and prepare to go home. I think playing games are a very good way for children and teachers to build a closer relationship with each other as if you are willing to play games with the students it shows that you are willing to get close and interact with them, and they will be more willing to open their hearts towards you.

Conversation
1.Tell me about a business you would like to run one day.

I would like to open a shop which sells healthy breakfast in Taiwan, for those busy people who do not have time to make or eat breakfast, but still can enjoy the benefits of having breakfast. In this urbanized society where people are too busy to enjoy the breakfast, having a shop selling breakfast is very important. My strongest skill is the ability to cook well. I can cook quite well and a variety of different food. As for cooking breakfast, I have also researched on the benefits of certain food and have tried making different kinds of healthy breakfast. The results turned out to be pretty positive and I am sure that I would be able to produce delicious and healthy breakfast. Running a business would be difficult when it comes to funds and publicity. A lot of money is required to make publicity and set up a shop. It also takes some time for the shop to gain fame or popularity, which makes it a big challenge to set up and run a business. You would need lots of determination to run a shop, so that you will try over and over again after every failure. Other than that, you would need a good business mind to be able to use it for making your shop better known. If you are able to overcome these factors, the future would be bright for your business. I believe I would be able to overcome these difficulties and bring my breakfast shop to fame.

2.What are some of the difficulties faced by women wishing to pursue a career and have a family?

When women want to pursue a career and also want to have a family, there will be many difficulties faced. Even so, the difficulties can definitely be overcomed. The difficulties that will be faced are when their children get sick and their mothers cannot take leave to take care of them, leaving them alone at home. As children fall ill often, if their mothers keep taking leave, sooner or later they will be fired if their superior cannot understand why they are always on leave. Employers can help such women by giving them additional leave to take which are specially catered for when their children fall ill. This way, it would be easier for the women when their children are sick. Employers can also apply a policy of working frmo home the women are on leave to take care of their sick children. This way it ensures efficiency of the work to be done on that day. The advantages of working from home are that the women would still be able to complete what they are supposed to do and not delay anything. This also makes sure that their colleagues would not be overloaded with the work left undone from the days they were on leave. The disadvantages are that some people may not have a computer or internet connection from home, which makes it difficult to work from home.