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Basic Information What’s your name?
Does your name have any special meanings?
Have you thought about changing your name?
What are some popular names in your country?
Why do people change their names?
What kind of people would change their names?
Major
What is your major?
What do you think of your major?
Why did you choose your major?
Did your major bring you any interests?
Which part of your major is interesting?
Do many people from your hometown study the same major as yours?
Neighbours
Do you know your neighbours?
Do you get along with your neighbours?
Why do you think people know less about their neighbours than before?
How important is good neighbourhood?
Games
Do you prefer to use computers or papers at work?
Do you play games? Why or why not?
What kind of game do you like to play?
Do you prefer outdoor games or indoor games?
Do you play video games? Why or why not?
Did you play video games when you were a child?
Do you think computer games are good for children?
How has the games children play changed?
What kinds of games will children play in the future?
Walking
Do you like walking? Why or why not?
Who do you usually walk with?
How is walking different from hiking?
What do you think are the benefits of walking?
Did you like walking when you were a child?
Do young people enjoy walking in your hometown?
Favourite lesson
Weekend's plan
What do you like to do on weekends?
What do you plan to do next weekend?
What are you final weekdays like?
What do you like to do in your free time/leisure time?
Which do you like most, morning, afternoon or evening?
When is your favourite time to study in?
When do you relax yourself?
What’s your plan for the week?
Photography
Do you like taking photos?
On what kind of situations do you take photos?
Could you tell me one of your happy experiences of taking photos?
Meal
What kind of food do you like?
Which is most important to you, breakfast, lunch or supper?
Do you think we should have more meals or have much at one meal?
What did you like to eat when you were young?
Do you still eat it now?
What would you give to your children in the future?
Do you like cooking?
Who does the cooking in your family?
What does he or she like to cook?
Would you cook more in the future?
Housework
Do you do any housework? Why or why not?
Who does most of the housework in your home?
What housework do you like to do?
Is there any housework you don’t like doing?
Did you do housework when you were a child?
Do you think children should learn to do housework?
Language
How important is your native language in the world today?
Can you speak any other second language except English?
How many languages can you speak?
What are the benefits of studying foreign languages?
Is it difficult for you to study a foreign language?
Indoor / Outdoor activities
What indoor sports do you like?
Do you like sports?
What is your favourite sport?
Do you like doing outdoor activities?
What outdoor activities do you like to do?
How much time do you spend on exercise?
Do you prefer indoor activities or outdoor activities?What are the popular outdoor activities in your country?
Car licensing / Car and driving license
Do you have a car?
What is you idea about self driving tour?
Can you drive?
When did you learn to drive?
Who taught you to drive?
Noise
What do you think of noise?
What effects does noise have on your life?
Why are there so many noises?
Can you hear noise at where you live?
What do you think of the noise at work places?
What kind of sound/natural sound do you like?
Dancing
Can you dance?
Do you like dancing?
What kind of dance do you like?
What kind of dance is suitable for old/young/Chinese people?
Newspaper / News
Do you often read newspapers?
Do you read local news more or international news more?
Do young people read newspapers today?
Do you think people will read newspapers more or less in the future?
How does the Internet change the way people read newspapers?
How do you get the news?
What kind of news are you interested in?
Is it the same for the old and young?
Is it important to know the news?
Reading
Do you like reading?
What kind of books do you like to read?
Did you read much when you were a child?
What (kinds of) books did you like reading when you were a child?
Do (young) children like reading books?
For children, what do you think are the benefits of reading?
What do you think are the benefits of reading to children?
Public Transport
What kind of transportation do you like? Why?
What is the public transportation like in your city?
Do you like walking?
Hometown
Where are you from?
Is your hometown suitable for young people?
What is the climate like in your hometown?
Are you from a big family or small family?
Where do you prefer to live, in the cities or in the countryside?
What are the differences between cities and villages?
Work
Are you working or studying?
Is it difficult to find a job?
How did you get your job?
What job did you hope to do when you were a child?
What is your dream job?
Work or family, which is more important?
Study
What type of school are you studying at?
Would you choose a secondary school for your children?
What is your favourite subject at school?
When do you study during a day?
When do you have the best efficiency on studying?
Climate
Where is the climate you like?
What is the climate like in China?
Have you experienced any climates in other countries?
What weather do you like?
Do you prefer cold weather or hot weather?
What’s the weather like in your hometown?
What weather do you like?
What is the weather like today?
Do you think that weather may affect people’s mood?
What’s the weather like where you live?
What season do you like best?
What do you usually do in your favorite season?
Do you like rainy weather?
Has the weather changed much in your country?
Color
What’s your favorite color?
Do you like the same colors now as you did when you were younger?
What can you learn about a person from the colors they like?
Do any colors have a special meaning in your culture?
What color would you choose if you had time to decorate your home?
Flower
What do different flowers mean?
On what occasions do Chinese people send flowers to each other?
When did you last send flowers?
Bicycle
Are bicycles popular in your hometown?
Has the number of bicycle riders in China changed much in the past few years?
How old were you when you first learned to ride a bicycle?
What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of bicycles compared to cars?
Would you say bicycles are suitable for people of all ages?
Weekend birthday/Birthday
How do you usually celebrate birthdays?
What are some important birthdays in your culture?
Do people in your country celebrate birthdays? How?
Do you think it is important for people to celebrate them?
How did you celebrate your last birthday?
Is the birthday more important for old people or young people?
Museum
Did you go the museum when you were young?
When did you last go to the museum?
Is there any famous museum in your country?
Many museums sell things to the visitors. Do you think it is right?
Sea
Do you like to live close to sea?
Why do people go to the sea?
Birds
Do you like birds?
What kinds of birds are there where you live?
Are there many birds around your neighborhood?
In your country, do birds have special meaning?
Do you think we should protect birds?
Animals and pets
Do you like animals?
Do you raise any animal as pet?
What kinds of people do you think like to raise pets?
Do you think pets are important?
What was your favorite animal when you were a child?
What do you think are the benefits of a child having a pet?
Number
Do you have any lucky number? Why?
Are numbers important in your life?
Do numbers have special meanings in your country?
Which numbers or dates are important for you to remember?
How do you memorize numbers?
Painting
Do you like painting?
What are the benefits of painting?
What are the benefits of drawing for adults?
Do you think the art is important to life?
Can you give an example of arts you learn?
What kind of art do you like?
What kind of art experience did you have when you were young?
What kind of art are you good at?
Collection
What do you like to collect?
Do you think it is important to collect something?
What is the real meaning of keeping collections?
What did you collect when you were a child?
If you have a lot of money, what will you collect?
Do you think collecting something is good for children?
Time Management
Are you good at organizing time?
How do you usually organize time?
Do you think planning is important for time management?
Why do you think some people pay to learn time management?
Do you think children should learn to manage time
Science/Subjects
Do you like science? Why or why not?
How do you like science?
What do you find most interesting in science?
Is there anything about science that you don't like?
What science do you learn at school? / What science did you learn at school?
How has the science that you have studied helped you?
Does your work have anything to do with science?
Function of mobile phone
What functions do telephone/your mobile phone have?
What is the most important function for you?
Why are cellphones getting more and more important?
Travel
What kind of places do like to travel to?
What are the problems when you are travelling?
Why do people go a long way for travelling?
Do you travel by public transportations?
How often do you travel by public transportation? Why?
What do you like to do on public transportations? Why?
Have you ever been bothered by the noise while travelling?
How do you spend your holiday?
Do you think people need holidays?
When did you spend your last holiday?
What did you do during your last holiday?
What do you like to do during the holidays?
What do you dislike to do during the holidays?
Do you think that you have enough holidays?
Exercises
How often do you do exercises/work out?
What is your favourite kind of exercises?
House
Do you live in a house or an apartment?
Do you like living in big houses?
Do you like your room?
How would like your future house to be?
What kind of house do you like to live in?
Cloth
What kind of clothes do you like?
What is your favourite clothes?
Have you bought any designer clothes?
Shopping
In what way do you usually shop/buy things?
Do you like shopping?
Where do you usually go shopping?
Do you buy things from the internet?
Fashion
Do you like shopping for clothes?
Where do you buy your clothes?
Where do you think you can buy the most fashionable clothes?
Where do you usually buy your clothes?
When was the last time you went shopping for clothes?
Do you think men and women think the same about clothes?
Do you like to try on clothes before you buy them? (Why?/Why not?)
What are the benefits of following fashion?
Do you think your tastes in fashion will be the same when you are old?
your apartment,happiness,computer
What do you think makes happiness?
Do you think happiness is very important?
What do you do to make yourself happy?
What do you do to make people feel happy?
Do you think money makes people happy?
Friend
How often do you visit your friends?
Do you prefer to be visited or to visit others?
Do you like meeting new people?
Did you often meet new people when you were a child?
How do you make new friends?
What does friendship mean to you?
What kind of people are friends?
Email letter
Which do you prefer, email or letter?
Do you keep the letters you received?
Will email take place of pens in the future?
Do you often write emails?
What are the advantages of writing emails?
What types of emails do you write, business or personal?
What’s the difference between letters and emails?
What kind of letter is hard to write?
Park / Garden
Do you like parks?
How often do you go to parks?
What do you do in the parks?
Are there any parks near where you live?
What functions do parks have?
Concerts
Have you ever been to a live concert?
When was the last time you listened to / went to a concert?
Would you like to go to a concert in the future?
Do you prefer to watch a concert on TV or to attend a concert?
Which would you prefer, to attend a concert of your favorite artist or to buy his or her CD?
Hand-made things
Did you ever make anything by hand when you were a child?
What kinds of things do children make by hand?
Do children often make things by hand?
Do you like make things by hand?
Why do you think people choose to buy hand-made things?
How are hand-made things different from machine-made things?
What kinds of handicrafts do people in your country like?
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