The beginning of a group discussion

So you re preparing for the HKCEE oral exam, I guess. Basically the info. that you need can be found in your course book or teacher s notes. If you really have no idea, remember the following points:

(1) greeting
(2) drawing people s attention
(3) reminding people the discussion topic [don t just read the topic aloud]
(4) organising the tasks (ie sub-topics 1-3 given in the instructions)

EXAMPLE:

examiner: Candidates, you have 6 mins for the discussion.

S1: HELLO EVERYBODY, SHALL WE START NOW?

s2,3,4: yes/sure

S1 AS YOU KNOW, WE RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE FREEDOM OF TEENAGERS. I THINK WE CAN POINT OUT [xxx xxx xxx] FIRST. THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT [xxx xxx xxx]. AND FINALLY WE DISCUSS [xxx xxx xxx]. DO YOU AGREE?

2006-11-03 10:33:56 補充：
after doing the above things you may give your first point, with reasons given (e.g. I think that xxx xxx xxx, because xxx xxx xxx). DO NOT simply ask others: 「What do you think?」because the examiner might think that you have no idea at all.

2006-11-03 19:58:33 補充：
thank you, and i hope you can practise more with your classmates.

do you have more background information? sometimes you should mention your role and say why you have to discuss that topic as a start. what about the details? this seems a bit unclear. anyway, here are some suggestions but i have added some assumptions here:

a) hello, everybody, our teacher has asked us to organise an exhibition about the freedom of teenagers at school. do you have any suggestions about...?
b) recently, many of our fellow schoolmates have been talking about the freedom of teenagers. as a teenager, what do you think about this?
c) in order to arouse teenagers' attention towards their own freedom, we are here today discuss about this hit topic. can you share with us what you think about this?

due to the lack of bg info., i can only think of these three. if more details are provided, i am sure more can be used. actually, just be natural when leading a discussion, just like what you do in school as usual. remember to be flexible when dealing with different types of topics, too!