1, About leader

   Who is leader in Chinese family?

   Who is the leader in your family?

   Is father always the leader?

   How to solve family problems?

   Do children always listen to the leader in family?

  (Are children always obedient to the leader in family?)

   2, About magazine and newspaper

   Are there many kinds of magazines in your country?

   what is the difference between magazine and newspaper?

   why people love reading magazine?

   what do you think of the rumor and gossip about famous people in news?

   Are journalists responsible for this? or newspaper?

  What do you think of the journalists nowadays?

  Do you think it is interesting to be a journalist?

 what kind of people want to be journalists?

 what quality do they need?

3, About a long journey

   Travelling abroad and in your own country, which one do you prefer?

   What type of transport would you like to choose when you travel to a far place?

   What do people should prepare for a long journey? How about a journey overseas?

   What did people in the past think of travelling overseas?

  Men and women, who prefer to have a long journey?

  What problems would people happen to during a long journey and how to deal with them?

 Would you like to travel alone or with other people?

Do you it is positive for children to go for a long journey?

4, About interesting conversation

   What is the difference between the topics which men and women enjoy talking?

  Would you like to communicate with people face to face or via telephone? 

  What are the advantages and disadvantages of communicating with people through telephone?

 Do you think it is good to have many friends or a few friends?

5, About job

  Do you think old people will change their jobs?

 Do you think it is easy to find a job in your country?

 Do you think it is easy for people who don't go to university to find jobs?

 What jobs are for women and what are for men?

 Do you think children should learn something about their future career in primary school?

6, About beautiful or handsome person

  Do you think clothes is the most important factor to judge whether people are beautiful or not? How about face, ear or nose?

 Why do companies like selecting beautiful people in nice clothes to advertise for some products?

 Do you think beautiful people will have more achievement in working? Or do you think they are more competitive?

What do you think of the fact that some people do plastic surgery for seeking better jobs?

7, About city

   Why do people like living in city?

   Big city and small city, which one do you prefer to live in?

   Compared with city, what are the advantages of living in countryside?

  What is the worst thing of living in city?

 What ages of people are suitable to live in city?

8, About getting lost

  In what ways can you avoid getting lost?

  Are you good at using map?

 Have you ever used GPS when travelling to strange place?

 What influence does GPS have on exploring space and voyage?

 Do you think countries should cooperate with each other in exploring outer space?

 Do you think government should spend more money on citizens' life rather than exploring outer space?

 9, About music and singer

  What do you think of music industry in your country?

 Why do some musicians or singers always chase for money?

 Do you think they should pay more attention to music creating?

 What types of songs do Chinese people like listening to?

 Do you think it is good for children to learn singing or musical instrument when they are very young?

Do you think music in your country has changed a lot in the past years?

Are there any songs which are for old people?

10, About a project or homework

    When do children begin to have homework in your country?

    Is there a lot of homework for children?

    Do you think it is good for students to have a lot of homework?

   Do you think National Matriculation Test (College Entrance Test) is important?

  11, About habit

  What habit is good for health do you think?

  How to develop a healthy habit?

 Do you think it is difficult to form a habit?

 What habit is bad for people and how to remove it?

12, About neighbor

  Do you think it is important to get along well with neighbors?

  How should people work with neighbors?

  How do you normally help neighbors?

  Why do some people feel lonely? And how to help these lonely people?

  13, About cell phone

  Do you think different ages of people should use different cell phones?

 When do parents usually buy cell phones for their children?

 Do you think children should use cell phones？ What are the advantages and disadvantages?

What do you think of the people who deeply rely on cell phone in daily life? Is it harmful for health?

14, About meal

     When do people in your country usually gather for meals together? Festivals or holidays?

     Have you ever had some meals on formal occasions? Are there any etiquette that you should pay attention to?

     Do you think having meals is a good way to socialize?

     What do you think of the fact that some people invite someone who they turn to for help to have a dinner? It is a positive or negative?

    Home and restaurant, which one do you prefer to have meals with others?

15, About time waste

     In what ways can people do to avoid wasting time, do you think?

     What type of people usually waste time?

     How should parents or teachers do to educate children to learn the way of managing personal time?

    Money and time, which one is more important do you think?

16, About homemade things

    What type of homemade things are popular in your country?

   Are there a lot of people who can make things hand?

  Men and women, who prefer to make things by hand?

   Is it easy to learn handicraft making?

  Do you think handicrafts are expensive in your country? And should craftsmen be highly paid?

 Do you think handicrafts can reflect the culture and history of a place?

Do you think sending homemade gift can better express people's love and care?

What is the most popular gift that people in your country like sending?

Would you say that expensive gift is better than cheap one?

On what occasions do people in your country send gift?

What do you think of the fact that some people send gifts to leaders or officials for special benefits or rights? Is it a type of corruption (腐败)?

17, About a second foreign language

 Do you think people should learn foreign language?

 What can people benefit from learning foreign language?

 Do you think there is a language which would replace English in the future?

 What is English so popular and important?

 Do you think it is good for foreigners to learn Chinese?

 Why do many people learn Chinese?

 Is French easy to learn? Why?

What is the best way to learn foreign language?

Gift and diligence, which one is more important in learning foreign language?

Do you think children should learn foreign language when they are very young?

 18, About prize

   Do you think prize can always inspire or encourage people to work harder? Are there any disadvantages of getting prize?

   Certificate of honor and money, which one do you prefer?

   Is it easy for you to get prize? In what field?

   What factors decide whether people get prize in competitions?

19, About restaurant

  Small restaurant and big restaurant, which one do you prefer to have meals?

  Do you think expensive restaurants always serve/offer good food?

Eating at home or in a restaurant, which one do you prefer?

Do you think food quality in restaurants  is good enough?

What do you think the fact that some restaurants use bad food materials? Should government supervise the owners of restaurants and inspect their food quality regularly?

20, About building

  What is the difference between modern building and traditional building in your country?

 What type of building do you like most?

 Why are buildings in different cities always alike in your country?

 Do you think old buildings should be protected? how? 

 Do you think rebuilding and restoring old buildings is necessary?

21,  about far away from home

 Do people in your country like staying far away from home?

 What should you prepare and take when you go to a very far place? What is the most important thing for you?

 Have you ever happened to anything dangerous when travelling far? How did you deal with it?

Do you think it is good for old people to travel far away from home? How about children?

Men and women, who prefer to travel far?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of travelling far away from?

22, about history event

 Who is your favorite history figure? Why do you admire the person?

World history and history about your country, which one do you prefer? why? 

What can you benefit from learning history?

Are there any disadvantages of learning history?

Do you think what history books say are always true?

Do you agree to the idea that history classes for primary school students should be reduced a little because learning history is not useful?

23, About animal

  Do you think it is necessary to learn some knowledge or common sense about animals?

  Do you think animals should be protected?

  How to protect animals?

  Do you think environment pollution will have any negative influence on animals' life?

 What animals in your country are going to be extinct?

 What do you think of the fact that some people buy products made of wild animals? 

24, About working with group

     Do a group need a leader?

     What kind of work do not need teamwork?

    Why do some people fail to do what teamwork requires?

    Do you like doing something in a group?

   Would there be any conflicts?

  Do you think leader is important in a group?

25, About service

Have you ever received bad service? How did you feel? Did you complain?

What types of people are fit for jobs about service?

Would you like to do the job about service?

Women and men, who are better fit for service job?

Do people in your country have the habit of giving tips when receiving good service?

 26, About project or homework

  Why do teachers give lots of homework/assignments to students?

 Do you think it is good to give a lot of homework/assignments to children?

 Do high school students in your country have much homework/assignments?

27, About good law

 Why do people need law?

 When is it acceptable to break law?

 Do you think government should consider people's opinions when making/enacting laws?

Do you think it is necessary to teach children something about law?

28, About traffic jam

 Does traffic jam often happen in the place where you live?

 What do you think of the transport system in your hometown?

 In what ways can government do to reduce traffic jam?

 What can individuals do to prevent traffic jam?

  29, About tell truth

    Why are people likely to tell lies?

   Do you think telling a lie is good?

  What is the result after someone told a lie?

 With high technology, are there any measurements to test a crime?

  Do you think people should always tell truth?

30, About something to buy

    Do you like collecting something?

    In your country, what things do people like to collect?

   What are the advantages and disadvantages of ads.?

   Have you ever bought anything on line? what are the advantages and disadvantages?

31, About working with family people

   Why do some people like to work in family business?

  Why don't some people like it?

  What are the advantages and disadvantages of working with family people in business?

32, About something you learn from internet

  Why do you think some people, especially young people like social network website?

  How to use internet to study?

  Please give an example of studying something related with class knowledge on line?

 What are the advantages and disadvantages of using internet to socialize?

 Men and women, who prefer to use internet to socialize?

33, About someone you want to/famous people/sports star?

  Do you think it is good to be famous?

  In what ways can people be famous?

 What do people like to follow what some stars do?

 What type of stars do children like?

 Do you think advertiser should invite stars to be publicists for some children's products?

Do you think famous people or stars should be highly paid?

34, About exciting sport

   Do people in your country like doing dangerous sports or maximal exercise?

  What people shouldn't do exciting sports?

  What is the most popular sport in your country?

  Have you ever tried maximal exercise?

35, About surprise

    Are there a lot of surprises in your life?

   When do you dislike to have surprise?

  Men and women, who prefer to have surprise?

 Does surprise always bring you happiness?

 36, About family happy events

  Do you like spending a lot of time with family people?

 Do you have any conflicts when getting together with family people?

 What is the best activity for children to do in family?

 Do Chinese family treat girls and boys the same or equally?

(Should people treat girls and boys the same?)

37, About app

 Please give me an example that science and technology brings people benefits.

 With development of science and technology, do you think people waste more and more time?

38, About a place full of color

    What colors do people choose for house?

    Do people in your country always like the same color?

   Why do people choose less bright colors for business occasions?