英语口语话题200篇

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nIlove

ThepersonIloveismymother。Sheiskindandcaring。Themother’s

alwaysstandingbehindmeinallthatIdo.

Igrewupleanonmymother,sheismyfirstteacher，shetaughthowto

read，howtowrite,howtogetalongwithotherpeople，

howtobeapositiveandhonestperson。

Shedoeverythingshecantomakemehappyandneverasksfor

anythinginreturn。Motherisabestfriendaswell。Whenwestay

together，esomeproblems，I’llaskher

lwaysthereto

encouragemetodothethingsIwanttodo。Sheisagoodlistener。She

lcomfortwhenI'msad,loveme

whenI’mmad，pickmeupwhenI’mdown，encouragemewhenIneed

ashove。

ferencesbetweenmotherlyloveandfatherlyloveifthereare

any?

Accordingtomypersonalexperiences，motherlovesthenewborninfant.

Boththeirloveareunconditionalandunlfish。ButIcanfeelmotherly

loveisdirect，

other’s

eyes，eelwarm

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Fatherlyloveisdeepbutindirect。Fathermaynotgoodatshowingtheir

lovesorcares。Theyareannoyed，angryanddisappointedbecauthey

eelsafe,

itmaybebecaufemaleareperceptualwhilemalearerational。

3。Whatdoyouthinkmakesagoodheart？

Tobekindthoughtfulforgivingcaringandgeneroushonest

Controlone’stemperesaytogetgetalongwithotherandbeagood

listener

Keepacalmattitude

Apersonwithagoodheartshouldbeabletotreatotherquallyno

matterwhatsheorheis，howsheorhelooksorwhattheyaredoing。

Andalwaysbebravetofacethedifficultinlifeandlovelife。

4。Thedifferentattitudesofpeopletowardsdisabledpeople。what’s

yourattitude?

Somepeoplelookdownupondisabledpeople，thinkingtheybringmany

troubles.

Somepeopletheyarepoor,feltmuchsympathyforthem

Thesocialattitudestowardsdisabledpeopleareoftentooprotection,

tudeisthat

wecan'tlookdownupondisabledpeople,justtreatthemwiththeattitude

towardsordinarypeople。wealsoneedtofightforourrightwhen

conflictwiththem。Wemustfacetheproblem

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5。Whatarethebenefitsofkeepingpets?Andwhatarethetroubles?

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Good:alwaysbewith

you。Itwillalwaysstaybyyourside（exceptdead）。Itisagood

listener。

bad：ifpetsarenotoftenbathed，theymaybecomedirtyandsmelled。

'mesitis

toonoisytokeepadog。

6。MakeashortsummaryofthearticleSpeakingDifferent

Languages。P45

Manandwomenlanguageshadthesamewordsbutdifferentmeaning

dependingonthewaytheywereud。Womanwouldtendtoexaggerate

thefactorsandmenreactinanunsupportivemanner，becauthey

mistakenlytaketheexpressionsliterally。Itisimportanttorethinkor

translatewhatpeoplehaveheard.

manydifferencesasyoucanbetweenmenandwomen。

Givesomeexamples.

Manandwomenldommeanthesamethingevenwhentheyuthe

samewords。

Genderdifference(性别差异)

Manandwomenlanguageshadthesamewordsbutdifferentmeaning

dependingonthewaytheywereud。Thereexpressionsweresimilar，

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buttheyhaddifferentconnotations(含义）oremotionalemphasis。

Example：“Ifeellikeyouneverlisten。”Usingtheword“never”isjust

awayofexpressingthefrustration。

Womanwouldtendtoexaggeratethefactor，menmistakenlytakethe

expressionsliterally，reactinanunsupportivemanner。Menuspeech

asameansofconveyingonlyfactsandinformation.

Example：woman:“wenevergoout。"Menrespond”wewentoutlast

week。”

8。Whatarethecausofmisunderstandingsinhuman

communication？Givesomeexamples。

Reasons：pronunciation

Culturaldifference

Character（outgoingintrovert）性格差异

Genderdifference

Emotion（nervouxcited)

CommunicationSkill(gesture）

Situation1

英国人对家人的帮忙会说谢谢；而中国人认为帮助家里人是一种义

务，所以无需言谢.Interactions：helpbetweenfamilymembers

Conventions:politeness

ChineConventions：one’sownobligation，noneedtothankorbe

thanked

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BritishandAmericanConventions：Expectpoliteexpressionslike

'plea’，'thankyou'，etc。

Situation2

外国人觉得中国人对待他们是十分友好的，但是有时候会问出一些令

他们感到尴尬的问题，比如问他们的年龄和工资.Interactions：

conversationbetweenpeoplemeetingforthefirsttime

Conventions:conversationaltopics,privacy,taboo,openness，directness

ChineConventions:ManyChinepeopletendtoaskaboutage，

maritalstatus,，

gaperson’sagehelpsthem

uappropriatetermsofaddress，suchas'LaoWang’,’XiaoLi'，orkin

termssuchas’uncle’or’aunt’，nepeoplepayalotof

attentiontofamilylife，sonaturallytalkoffamilymembersfeaturesasa

commontopic。Astosalary,sincethereisanationalsystemofsalaries，

peopleusuallydon’tconsideritacretandtheytalkaboutitopenly。

BritishandAmericanConventions:InBritain，weatherandsportsare

commontopics。Sometabooquestions：age，marriageandsalary.

Theareconsideredtooprivateortoopersonaltotalkaboutwhenfirst

meetingsomeone。

Situation3

中国人结伴出游的时候，如果买什么东西，去买的人一般都会按照人

头购买,即便有人客气地说不要;和外国人结伴出游,如果你客气地推

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说不需要某样东西，那么对方真的就不会给你买。

Interactions:offeringrefreshmentsordrinks

Conventions：politeness，individualdecision

ChineConventions:WhenaChineoffersrefreshmentsordrinksto

hiscolleague，hiscolleagueoftendeclinestheofferpolitely，becauhe

doesn'twanttotroublethepersonwhooffersanditalsoshowshis

politeness。Normallythepersonwhooffersstillpreparesorbuys

refreshmentsordrinks，andthiswillbeexpectedbyhiscolleague。

Sharingfoodanddrinkwhengoingouttogetheriscommonamong

colleaguesandfriends。

BritishandAmericanConventions:Respectone’sowndecision，’yes’

meansonewantsit，’no’meansonedoesn't，politenessisusuallyshown

bytheexpression'thankyou’or’plea’.

9。Whataretheimportantfactorsforsuccessfulcommunications？

Speakclearly

Beconfident

Organizewellandputmorefocusonmainidea

Payattentiontothedifferentspeakinghabitofdifferentx，education,

andculturalbackground.

10。Whatarethewaystoavoidmisunderstandings?P66

donotuwordswithdifferentmeanings。

Expressandpronounceclearly。

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Putfocusonmainpointofyourview

Donotpretendtounderstand

Askwhennotsureaboutsomething。

Understandthex，educationandculturalbackgrounddifferenceduring

communication。

Itisimportanttorethinkortranslatewhatpeoplehaveheard。

11。Howdopeopledefinewinning？Whatdoeswinningmeanto

you？

Thewealthyman

Gottheachievement

Makebigcontribution

Achieveone’sgoalsinlife

Overcomesomeproblemsorweakness

Career,wealth,fameorpost,andpower

Enjoyonelf

Enjoymylife,livehappilyandtorealizemydream

12。Whodoyouthinkisawinnerinyoureye？Why？

Someonecanovercomehisweaknessandrestartafter

e.g：Disabledathletes张海迪

Cruelfatehaschallengeinfront，hedidnotdepresdanddestruction,

butthelifeisfullofconfidence，withgreattenacityandperverance

combatingdia,sufferedveretests。Self—studyuniversityEnglish

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andJapaneandGerman,manyEnglishtranslation

13。Doyouregardyourlfasawinnerorlor?Why？

It’shardtosay，Ithinkweareallonthewaytobeawinner。

wearenotprefectinourquality,butweareattempting

14。Whatcharacteristicsofwinnersorlorshave？

Preparedness,promptness及时,perverance锲而不舍，politeness

Squash：gossip,criticism，indifference

Loveoneanother，befaithful,beloyal,beunlfish,betruthful

Turnupanewidea，turnupwiththedeterminationtodoabetterjob

Sbisintelligence，independent，havegoodcapabilitytodosth

Sbisflexibility

15。SaysomethingaboutSirWinstonChurchillandAbraham

Lincoln.p91

16。Thepsychologyinourdailylifebygivingexamples

Psychologyplaysanimportantroleinourdailylife。Ifwemastersome

basicrulesofit，

instance，

1。thepsychologyofmoney。someguyswouldratherspendthansave,

whilesometendtoparsimony

iesupsychologytoincrea

business。

3。Thepsychologyofshopping。Aslongasthepricesofsomegoods

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comedown，anincreasingnumberofpeoplewillbuyit。

chologyinhospital。Apatientwillfeelbetteraftertaking

placebo.

17。shouldwetallthetruthtoacancerpatient?Giveyourreasons.

Anoptimisticattitudemayhavesomethingtodowithone’shealth。

Asoundmindinasoundbody。Thetruthmaybreakdownthepatient.

Asthepsychologyofpatient，thinklessofhisdiamayleavelonger.

18。makasummaryofthetextthepsychologyofmoney

Ourindividualmoneyhabitsnotonlyshowourbeliefsandvalues,but

ypeople，moneyisanimportant

mepeoplecanbeaddictedto

money。Thepeoplecanbedividedintotwogroups，thatis

compulsivespendersandcompulsivebargainhunters。Tosolvethe

problems，psychologistsoftenuamethodcalled“behaviortherapy”。

19。Johnoftengetsangrywithhissonwhodoespoorlyinschooleven

hnsomeadvice。

MaybeJohn’ssonisnotalearningmaterial，buthehadworkedhard。

agehimtokeeponstudyinginsteadofgettingangry.

himforeverylittleprogress

mhisfatherisalwaysproudofhim，andnomatterwhathappen,

fathermaystandbehindhim.

phisotherinterest。

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20。whatcandreamtellaccordingtowhatyouhavelearnedinthis

unit？Whichdoyouagreewith？

①predictthefuture②warnyouofhealthdangers③provideananswer

toaproblem④stimulatepowerfulphysicalresponinthebody⑤

prentaworkofarttoacreativemind⑥makeyoufeelgood⑦make

youfeelbad⑧pointoutpersonalityflaws⑨showyourealfeeling

ofsomething

eetsomethingscaredyouor

excitingyou，youmaydreamaboutitatnight。

21。whydopeopledreamaccordingtothetext

asimplephysicalcau

innerfearsthatareinstantlyrecognized

22。sharewithyourclassmatesanyofyourdreamswhichishappy，

sad,horrible，weird,orfunny

OnceIwenttravellingwithmyparents，

nightIhaveahorribledreamthatwhenwecrosdanarrowbridgeI

pandbrokeoutina

sweat。Thenextday,excitingthatIforgot

’trememberthedreamuntilIreallyfell

intoalake。Luckily，’ssoweird

thatIstillremembertoday。

youlike/disliketoeatanddrink？Giveyourreasons。

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Vegetable：Ilikepotato,onion,cucumber，pumpkin，celery，Idon’t

likecarrot，thoughIknowit’shealthy。AndIdon’tlikeparsley

becauIcan'ateeatingbroccolibecau

whenIwasalittlechild,Iwasforcedtodrinkthesoupmadeofthe

broccoli。

Fruit：Ilikealmosteverykindoffruit（getalotofvitaminsfromit）

Meat：pork，beef，chicken，especiallythea-foodbecauIlived

nearthea。（helptobuildourbody）

Cereal:riceandnoodles（giveusalotofenergyrapidly）

Drink:whenIwasachild,Ilikecoke,juice,llyIgrewup，

I’ngeto

drinkmineralwater,milk,yoghourt.

24。What（arethefactorsthat)helptodevelopone’atinghabit?

Givesomeexamples.

Thetaste（manypeopledon’tlikeeatingvegetables）

Thedifferencesofregion（studentsfromnorthlikenoodlesand

dumplingswhilesouthpeoplelikerice；peoplebroughtupnearthea

enjoyafood,whilepeoplefromthewestlikebeefandlamb)

Thefigure(somegirlareonadiettokeepaslimfigure）

Theconceptionofhealth(somefoodsarebadtoeat，thenutrition，）

Thefamily（poorrich）

Theculture（thetaboo,differentreligions)

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25。Whatareyourreactionswhenyouesomebodyeatthingsthat

youdon'tlike？Givesomeexample?

Peoplefromonecultureoftenthinkthefoodsthatpeoplefromanother

cultureeataredisgustingornauating。

Itemsstrangertome

ImaybecomesickwhenIesomebodyeatthingsthatyoudon’tlike，

forexampletheincts,spider，mou,thebrainofmonkey。

oyouprefertoeattocelebrateyourbirthday？Ina

campuscafeteria，afast—foodrestaurant，anexpensiverestaurant,

orathome？Why?

nddadare

alsothere。

invitemygrandparentsandmybestfriendstocometomyhome。

27。MakeasummaryofCookingandcuisine

P211

nthe（Italian）proverb“WheninRome，doasRomans

do"？Talkabouttheimportanceofknowingdifferentculturalby

givesomeexamples.

(引文"WheninRome，doastheRomansdo"meansthatwhenyouare

visitinganewplace，youshouldtrytodoasthepeopledowhoarefrom

theplace。Itisaverygoodadvicetotouristsandvisitors.

Peoplefromdifferentplaceshavedifferentwaysofacting，soitis

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ethiswill

makethelocalpeoplefeelmorecomfortablewithyouaround,alsoyou

，imitatingthelocalways，youwill

learnmoreabouttheircultureandtradition，also，youwillbeableto

makemanynewfriends。Also，itcouldbefun。Thetraditionsofthe

placeyouarevisitingmightbedifferentandinterestingatthesametime。

Ifyou”doastheRomansdo”,youwilldoalotofthingsthatyou

wouldn’tnormallydo。Whoknows?Maybeyouwilldiscoversomenew

talentsinyou。）

29。WhatcharacteristicscometomindwhenyouthinkaboutChine,

AmericanandBritishpeople？

Britishistraditional，introverted，cautious，Britishpeopleisnoteasy

forapersonalrelationshipwitheachothernoteasilytrusting,dependon

others,onceestablishedfriendshipwiththeBritish,theywillcherish

what，long—termtrustyou。Businessisalsoveryharmonious.

Chineconrvative,introverted,modesty,tolerate，Lackofcreativity

Americanstreattheenthusiasm,optimisticandeasy，easytoapproach,

whenyoufirstmakeanAmerican，hewillbetoyou,andmakeyoueven

talkingfreelyfeeling，

Practical，theylikeeverythingyourlf，thesizeofthethingscan

solve，

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Extravalueofsuccess，theimportantvalueofmytalentandability

30。TalkaboutthediningcustomsinAmericaandChina.p237

China：

Bealittletimeearlier。

TheChineeatfoodwithchopsticks。

America：

Beontime.

Whenaprayerisbeingoffered,keepsilentwithbowedhead。

Uonehandwheneverpossibleandkeeptheotheroneonthelap.

Betweenbites，puttheforkontheplatewhiledrinkingcoffeeor

butteringbread。

Putaspoonwhereitwilllieflat。

Donotusilverwareforeatingbread。

Ifyouwanttoleavethetableduringthemeal，saytothehost“would

youpleaexcumeforawhile"。

Stayfortwoorthreehoursafterthemeal。

31。FindsometaboosinChinaconcerninggift—giving，dressing,

eating,language，gestures,etc。

Donotsaythewords“die”orthewordswiththesameorsimilar

pronunciationtoothers.

Donotndafriendsanumbrella,sinceithasasamepronunciationto

theword“散”whichmeansparation.

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Donotdivideapairintopieces。Ithasasimilarpronunciationtothe

word“分离”,whichmeansparting。

Donotpatonothershead，itisimpolite。

asaconnotationof

“breakinguptherelationship”。

greethat“moneyistherootofallevil”？whyorwhynot?

—--——IwanttobeevilifitmeansIcanhaveallthemoney!

No，actually，Iagreethattheloveofmoneyistherootofallevil.

Moneyisneithergoodnorbad，itisjustatoolforustou。However，

theloveofmoneymaycaupeopletodomanyawfulthings.

Moneyisthecauofallsortsofevil——--lying，stealing,cheating，

robbery,andevenmurder。

Moneyisnotevilinofitlf。Onlyhowdoyougetitandhowdoyou

spenditcouldbe。

greethat“moneyisthesourceofhappiness"whyorwhy

not？

venoaimand

theyfeelconfudandhopeless.

Happinessisnotacommodity。Youcann’tbehappyallthetimejust

becauyouowemoney。

Itemsthatamajorityoftherichcitiessufferahighcriminalrate.

Onlyifyoucanplowyourmoneybackintosomeinvestments，youmay

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feelhappy。

34。whatdoyouthinkarethemostimportant3thingsinlife？

Why?

Family。Myfamilymayalwaysstandbehindmewhenthingstendtogo

wrong。Everyonemayabandonyoubutneveryourfamily.

Friends。MyfriendsmaycomfortmewhenI'msad,lovemewhenI'm

mad，pickmeupwhenI’mdownandencouragemewhenIneeda

shove。Wesharehappinessandsorrowtogether.

eedrivalsthoughsometimeswemayhatethem。Anear

rivalmakesmeworkhardandmakemoreprogress。Withoutarival，

Imaybecomeproudandstoptoworkon.

35。shouldchildrenbepaidfordoinghouwork?Whyorwhynot？

No。

Asoneofthefamilymembers，it’schildren’sdutytodohouworkas

well。

Childrenmayformanattitudethatthehouworkisnottheirbusiness，

andnomoney,nohouwork.

Childrenshouldlearntodohouworksincetheymayliveonthemlves

oneday。

brieflythestoryalettertogod.

AfamercalledLenchondalettertoGodforhelpafterthefarm

damagedbythehail。LenchohopeGodcangivehim100pesostoresow

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thisletterthepostmasterwasmoved。Hetriedhisbest

andgatheredtogether70pesos。Aletterwiththemoneywasntbackto

nchogotthemoney，ghtthepost

—officeemployeeareabunchofcrooksandaskedGodfortheother30

pesos。

37。doyouagreeordisagreethat“moneyismerelyarawmaterial"?

giveyourreasons。Absolutelyyes！

Moneyisjustatoolforustochangeforgoods。

Ifyouplowyourmoneybackintootherinvestments，youmaymake

moremoney.

Moneyismadetomakeourlifemorecolorful。Ifweonlystoreour

money,itmaybecomeworthless。

38。whatwouldyoudoifyouareawarding5000Yuannow？give

yourreasons。

Iwillbankthemoney。Cauwearestillstudents,wegetmoneyfrom

ourparents。money

aimlessly，Iwillfeelashamed。Soit'sbettertobudgetthemoneybefore

using。

eycanbeudafter

mygraduation。

39。whataspectsdoyouconsiderwhenyouaremakingabuying

decision?Giveyourreasons.

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canIaffordit

whatcanIdowithit

isitworthy

isthereenoughmoneyleftifIbuyit

doIlikeitprettymuch

oplebuyfewbutexpensiveclotheswhileothersbuymany

butinexpensiveclothes。Whichgroupdoyoubelongto?Giveyour

reasons。

Ibelongtothefirstgroup。

Theexpensiveclothesismadeofgoodmaterial.

Itcanbekeptforalongtime。

Itwon'tgooutoffashioninveralyears

Itismorecomfortabledressinginexpensiveclothes

41。howaremenandwomen,youngpeopleandoldpeopledifferent

inshoppinghabit？Whatisyourshoppinghabits.

Womentendtospendfarmoretimeinshoppingandbargainingthanmen.

Womenspendthemostoncosmetics，clothesandjewelry。

Seldomdoamanbargainwithasalesmanandtheyspendmoston

sportinggoods，shoesandelectronicgames。

Youngpeopleliketospendhoursshoppingforthemlves。Theypay

moreattentionsonadsandbrandthantheold。Theyareneverafraidof

tryingnewproducts。

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uldlike

keepeverythingthesameandldomtrythenewbrand。

Asayounglady,oshopping

whenIreallyneedsomething。Iusuallymakeashoppinglistandbuy

hostofthingsforthenextquarter。

'syouropinionaboutbargain？

SeldomdoIbargainoverthepriceofsomething,sinceIamnotgoodat

bargaining.

ButitisreallyapleasurewhenIsucceedinbargainingwiththesalesman

abouttheprice。Usuallyifthepriceisacceptable，Iwillbuytheproduct

r，insomemarketsbargainingisacustom.

Everyshoptheretahighpricethenletthecustomerstobargainoutto

thelimit。

43。talkaboutthebenefitsandproblemsofonlineshopping。

Benefit:

①Peoplearebusyinworkingandstudying，resultinginhavinglittle

ternet，youcansimplyfind

theitemsyouarelookingforwithoutgoingthroughstoreafterstore.

②Peoplealsoneednotqueueupanddrawtheirexhaustedbodiesto

archforgoods。

③Mostoftheproductsonlinearealsoondiscount，whicharemore

economicalandpractical。

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④Searchingfortheproducthavinganaffordableprice，acceptable

quality。Comparisonshoppingcapabilities

Problems：

①limitedonlytoonlineurs，peopleneedtobuyacomputerandto

haveinternetconnection。

②Shoppingonlinehasnoguaranteeofqualityofcommodities。

③Hiddencostsofonlineshopping。Deliverycharges，packingand

handingfees.

④theprivacyandcurityofonlineshopping。Fraudconcerns。

44。whatdoesagoodhealthmean？

Agoodhealthmeansbeingmentallyandphysicallyhealth.

Healthypeopleshouldbethowhohavegoodhealthphysicallyand

estrong，energetic,andalertmentally。

45。whatkindsofemotionsandhabitsdoharmorgoodtohealth？

Givesomeexamplestoexplainit。

Harm：

Anger，envy，sadness，frustration,fear—--damageourimmunesystem

Hostilitymaycontributetobreathincrea，heartbeatfasterandharder

andthemusclesofarmsandlegstighten。

Smoke,drink————-heartdia

Good:

Optimistic，merry，cheerful,happy

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Exerciregularly，ahealthydiet，agoodeaterandsoundsleeper

46。whatarethecretsofgoodhealth。

Haveahealthydietanddonoteatordrinktoomuch

Don'tsmokeexcessively

Takeregularexerci

Sleepvenoreighthoursaday

Getregularmedicalcare

Beinamerrymind

Haveanoptimisticattitude

youdowhenyouexperiencesuchnegativeemotionsas

loneliness，sadness，frustration,anger，ect?

SometimesImayfeellonelinessandconfud。ThenImayfindmybest

friendandstaywithher，sayingnothingorjustcallinghernameinalow

voice。Itmakesmefeelbetterwhenthereissomeonekeepmycompany.