参考答案：Topic A：What makes a perfect gift
—My nephew is going to celebrate his AAth birthday next week．I’m going to buy him a pet，but I don’t have the slightest idea of what to buy．
—That’s easy, I guess．You can buy him a pet dog or fish or something．
—But that’s too ordinary．Every boy receives birthday presents like that! I want to do something different!
—You’d like to impress him，don’t you
—Absolutely. But I don’t have got a clue how.
—To my way of thinking, you may get him a guinea pig, that lovely and furry creature. I’m sure he will like it.
—I don’t think so. He doesn’t like rodents in the least. He has a phobia towards that.
—Well, in that case, you can also buy him an iguana, a kind of tropical American lizard. I think he will be ecstatic when he sees it.
—Mmm, I can think about that. Talk to you later.
Topic B: Student-teacher Relationships
—Almost every aspect of our daily life is changing, so is the student-teacher relationships.
—What do you mean by that
—I mean today there is more interaction between students and teachers than before. You know what the relationship was like in our parents’ school times or several years ago
—Well, it was just teaching and learning independently, so students rarely had the chance of talking to their teachers.
—So what do you think the relationship between students and teachers would be like
—Well, with little communication between the two parties, I think teachers would have little knowledge of students’ demand and students would know little about their teacher and lost the desire to convey their own ideas to teachers.
—But today the relationship has changed completely. Teachers are willing to know about students and students would like to communicate with teachers.
—Actually, students and teachers should be like friends in some way. They both could become better students or better teachers by efficient communication and cooperation.
Topic D: Pressure of Modern Life
—Life today is really different from what it was like years ago, or in our parents’ times.
—Why do you say so I mean, in what ways according to your understanding
—Well, you know, dozens of years ago life was free and simple, while nowadays people— especially young people—are much burdened by a large amount of pressure from various aspects of their lives.
—You said it! I could even feel the pressure all the time though I have not started a career or finding myself in a position to support a family.
—Me too. Many people say people today are not as easy-going or easily pleased as before. In my opinion that’s because they suffer from many pressures.
—And these pressures could lead to people’s depression, anger, coldness to others, late marriage or even no marriage at all.
—Yes. Maybe the world will develop much faster with its citizens being so burdened, but I do not think this will do any good to the world in the long run.
—Absolutely! And more than that, this will do great harm! There will be less candid and friendly communication between each other; people will consequently become less open, more lonesome, and easily depressed by even the most trivial things.
—What’s worse, the story doesn’t stop there because all the above unhealthy feelings will result in various kinds of diseases in the human body.
—Ah... I remember. If a person has been under pressure and in a low mood for a long time, he or she will develop psychological problems. It is only a matter of time.
—Besides psychological problems, there will be some physical problems too. You know, when people have been in low spirits for quite a long time, their body will produce certain chemicals which could lead to cancer if accumulated to some extent.
—Gosh! Then it is our misfortune to live in this time.
—It depends. Anyway, living in this very time, you could enjoy all the advantages that were non-existent at all some time ago. If you could develop a positive mentality you could still live a healthy and happy life.