1(NEW!!) About history event.

Do you think history musicals are useful for people to learn history?

Do you think musicals should be free to watch for the public?

If musicals were free to watch, who would pay for the cost?

What types of current things could be kept 100 years later?

2(NEW!!) About spending time in countryside.

Do you think countryside is good for all ages of people to live?

Do you think young people would like to live in countryside?

Countryside and city, which place is better for people to live?

How is countryside different from what it was in the past?

Do you think life is difficult to live in countryside?

3(NEW!!), What difficult decisions do teenagers need to make?

What bad influence would there be if we didn’t make the right decisions?

How to make good decisions?

4(NEW!!), About two people from one family.

Do you think family is important for people in your country?

What are differences between now and past as to family life in your country?

Do you think it is good for old people and children to live in the same place?

What could people do if family members have different personalities?

5(NEW!!), About interesting neighbor.

What do you think of your secondary school classmates?

Do/did you have your favorite teacher?

Do you want to be a teacher?

What benefits can we get from neighbors?

Do think people in big cities know more about neighbors than people in small cities?

6(NEW!!), About well-paid job.

Why are some jobs well-paid?

Do you think people who work for government should earn money illegally?

Do you it is fair that people have different levels of salary?

Do you think people with high salary will be lazy?

7(NEW!!) About life plan. (a type of work you might do in the future)

What plans should people make every day?

Do you like making plans?

Why don’t some people make plans?

Do you think most people could finish what their plans say?

What do young people usually consider about career plan?

What influence do family have on people about how to choose a job?

How does salary influence people about seeking a job?

8(NEW!!), About a decision that you disagreed with.

Why do you think you should decide what to study in your education?

What other decisions should young people make by themselves?

9(NEW!!), About interesting house or apartment

Why do people want to move to new buildings?

Do you think it is good to move house?

Owning a house or renting one, which do you prefer?

10(NEW!!), About important event to your country.

Do you like history?

Do your parents think learning history is useful?

What current things would be the cultural relics in the future museum?

Are museums free to the public in your country?

Can you see museums in most cities in your country?

What celebrations are important for a country?

11(NEW!!), About a book that you want to read again.

Why do parents read stories to children?

What bedtime story did your parents used to read for you?

Do you want to buy books or rent them?

Do you think library is important?

12(NEW!!), About an experience on good service.

What are the different services in large shops and small ones?

What do people usually do when getting bad service?

Why don’t some people know what good service is?

Men and women, who can do good service, do you think?

13(NEW!!), About waiting experience.

Do you think it is polite to let others wait?

Do you think patience is important?

What things are worth waiting?

What do people wait for every day?

What need us to wait every day?

Do you think people are more patient than they were in the past?

14(NEW!!), About quiet place

What do you feel when listening to noise?

Do you know any places where there are no noise?

What things make noise, do you know?

How to reduce noise?

Would you like to stay in noisy place or quiet place?

15(NEW!!), What are differences between men and women as to free time activities?

What are differences between now and past about free time activities that people do?

What do children usually do in free time?

Do you think parents should give suggestions to children about what free time activities to do?

Boys and girls, who have more free time?

16(NEW!!), About foreign food.

Do you have a lot of foreign food in your country?

How has people’s taste about food changed in the past years in your country?

17(NEW!!), About shop in your hometown.

What shops are popular in your country?

Do you think government should protect small shops?

18(NEW!!), About holiday in the future.

What tourist attractions do people in your country like?

What influence do tourists have on local people’s life?

19(NEW!!), About an activity you feel excited.

Is it good for people to try new things?

What do people today love to try dangerous activities?

Why are some people afraid to try new things?

What help do people need when they are trying new things?

20(NEW!!), About an experience you spent with a child.

How to teach children?

Is sweet a good thing to reward children?

Who usually looks after a child in your country, mother or father?

What is the difference between now and past as to how children play?

What influence does video game have on the imagination of children?

21(NEW!!), About weather.

How do people change clothes as to climate change?

Would you like to live in the place where climate changes a lot or the place where climate changes less?

What types of bad weather do you have in your country?

What can you do in such a bad weather?

22(NEW!!), About interesting speech or talk.

How to talk with children?

What are the different things when you talk to adult people?

How to improve the ability of giving speech?

23(NEW!!), About cellphone.

Do you like taking photos by phone?

What do you think of some people who buy expensive phones?

Do you think children should use cell phone?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using cellphone?

Do you think people rely on cellphone too much nowadays?

24(NEW!!), About a cafe.

What type of people would like to go to cafe?

Why do young people like going to cafe?

What is difference between restaurant and cafe?

Would you like to eat something in restaurant or at home?

25(NEW!!), About festival.

What places are good for spending festivals?

What would you feel if you lived in the place of spending festival?

What suggestions would you give if people spent festivals in other countries?

26(NEW!!), About swimming.

Why should people learn swimming?

Do you think it is good to learn swimming earlier?

How can children overcome the fear when swimming?

Should parents teach children swimming?

Are there any sports facilities which are not suitable?

27(NEW!!), About a family member you feel proud of.

What children do would make parents feel proud?

Have you ever done something that made your parents feel proud?

28(NEW!!), About polite person.

Do you think politeness is important?

What types of politeness do you have in your country?

1,  About someone you know.

   How do people know each other usually?

   What is the most important thing about making friends?

   Would you like to make friends who have the same  interest or hobbies?

2, About a small and successful business.

  What characteristics should people have in order to make a successful business?   

  Should people specially learn something for making a successful business?

3, About a time when you met a wild life.

  Are there any animal products you know?

  What are the advantages and disadvantages of raising pets?

  Do you think animals should be protected?

4, About a tall building you know.

  Are there many tall buildings in your country?

  Why are there so many tall buildings?   

  Do you like tall buildings?

  What are the advantages and disadvantages of constructing tall buildings? 

  Would there be more tall buildings in the future?

  Do people in your country like living in tall buildings?

  Does climate have any influence on how people build houses?   5, About a short journey you don’t like but often have.

 How is the transport now as you see?

 Why are there so many people that would like to travel overseas?

 Why do people in your country like shopping when traveling?

6, About a time when you were busy.

 Do you think children in your country are stressful?   

   Bad self-control...

   They like imitating adults to do and they are easy to be guided.

 Do you think students learn more in playing than in class?

 Do you think students in high stress are unhappy?

 Do you think computer would replace human in doing something?

 What are the good and bad parts when doing a stressful job?

7 About a stadium in town.

  Do you think it is important to have a stadium in a town or city?  

  Do you think there should be more stadiums in a city?  

  What types of sports do people in your country like doing?

  Do you know some other places that are good for people to do sports?

8, About an equipment in house.

 What equipment in house is good for old people to use?  What types of equipment do Chinese people like using in house?  

 What equipment in house is unnecessary do you think?

9, About your favorite movie/film.

  What types of films do people in your country like watching?

  What films do girls like?

  What films do old people like?

  What are differences between old people and young people as to films they like?  

  What are differences between oriental films and western films?

  Do you think it is necessary to invest lots of money on special effect?    

 

10, About someone that made you laugh.

  Is comedy popular in your country?

  Why?

  Why is comedy used in advertisement?

  Why do some people think something funny but others don’t think so?

  Are there any differences between men and women about something funny (punchline)?

 11, About advertisement   

  Why do some people choose advertisement as their major?

  What can these people do after leaving school/graduating?

  How is the development of advertisement industry in China?

  Why do some foreign enterprises do business in Chinese market, do you think?

12 About website.

  What is the most popular type of website in your country?

  Do you think children should spend lots of time on some websites?  Weak self-control, easy to be guided and led, weak ability to tell what are good and bad.

  What websites are not for children, do you think?

  Do you like online shopping?

  Are there any popular shopping websites in your country?

  What are the advantages and disadvantages of shopping on line?

   13, About a person who you met before that you want to know more.

   In what ways can we fully know a person?

   Do you think it is important to have someone who knows us very well?

   How to maintain a good relationship with friends?

   What is the difference between men and women about knowing a person?

14, About a creative inventor or musician.

  Do you think inventors or musicians are important in society?

  On what occasions do we need creative ability?

  How to develop creative ability?

  Do you think creative ability is important for children?

  

15, About a well-known/famous person in your country.

  Why do some people want to be famous?

  In what ways can people be famous?

  Do you think it is good to be famous?

  What are the advantages and disadvantages of being famous?

  What are differences between foreign celebrities and the ones in your country?

 

16, a person who has had great influence on you.

 What kind of people have great influence on others?

 Do you think it is good to learn something from famous people?

 Would you like to be a person that has influence on others?

 How can you differentiate the good and bad influences that others have on you?

 What should a teacher do to influence students in a good way?

 What influence do parents have on children?

 

17 About a gift that you recently gave to someone else.

  What are the popular gifts do people in your country like sending to others?

  Do you think sending gifts is a good way for people to maintain relationship?

  On what occasions do people in your country send gifts to others?

  What are differences between men and women about how to choose gifts?

 

18, About a sport you would like to do that is a little expensive.  

 Do you think people should spend lots of money on doing sports?

 What types of sports are expensive to do in your country?

 Do you think expensive sports are always good?

 What is the best sport do you think?

 What are differences between men and women as to sports that they like doing?   

19 About an interesting song.    

 What types of songs are popular in your country?

 Lyrics and melody, which one is more important in a song?

 Do you think children should learn singing since childhood?

 What can people benefit from singing songs?

 Would you like to enjoy live music or listen to it on CD?

 Is singing popular in your country?

 20 About an area of subject that you are interested in(such as physics, mathematics)

 What subject is the most difficult for you in your studying?

 Science subjects and arts subjects, which ones do you prefer to study?

 Some people say arts subjects are not important, what do you think of this?

 How to improve children’s interest in studying?

 What subjects should be added in primary school education, do you think?

21 About a special meal you have had.

 When do people in your country usually have meals together?

 Do you think people should talk when having a meal?

 Family people and friends, who do you want to have meals with?  

 Are there any table manners in your country that you know?

22 About an outdoor activity which you like doing.

 Indoor activities and outdoor activities, which ones do you prefer to do?

 What types of outdoor activities do people in your country like doing?

 Do you think scenery or natural environment is important for people when doing outdoor activities?

 What is the best place for people to do outdoor activities?

 Men and women, who prefer to do outdoor activities?

23, About a bicycle/motorbike/car trip that is interesting.

What is the most popular transport in your country?

What transport would you like to take when going for a long journey? How about a short journey?

What is best transport do you think?

How is the transport system in your country? If it was terrible, how to improve it?

24 About an interesting photo.

 Would you like to take photos when going for a trip?

 Will you learn the skill of photography?

 What do you think of the job as a photographer?  

 Do you know some apps or programs that would make photos more beautiful?

 Why do some women like beautifying their photos on phone or computer?

 Do you usually make up before being photographed?

 Taking photos of others and being photographed, which one do you prefer?  

25, About a time when you needed to use imagination.

Do you think imagination is important?

What can parents and teachers do to improve children’s imagination?

On what occasions do people normally use imagination?

What jobs need imagination?

26 About a time when you made an appointment for something.

What politeness should people pay attention to when having an appointment with others?

What do you think of some people who are late for appointment?

What should people prepare for an appointment?

What types of appointment do you usually have?

27 About team project for studying or entertainment.

Do people in your country usually do lots of team projects?

What difficulties would we happen to when doing something in a team?  

How can people cooperate with each other well in a team?

How to improve team work efficiency?

28, About an interesting or unusual thing you did recently in your free/leisure time.

What do people in your country usually do in leisure time?

How can we make full use of leisure time?

Do you think it is always good to have lots of leisure time?

What are the different free time activities that men and women like doing?

 

Do you think children should have a lot of free time?

What should they do?

Long holiday and short holiday, which one do you prefer?

 

 

29 About a place where you relax.

 What is most popular place for people to relax in your country?

 What is the difference between men and women about the place where people go to relax?

 What activities do people like doing to relax in your country?

 What do children like doing about relaxation?

 30, About a place in other countries where you would like to work.

 What difficulties or problems do people usually come across when working in other countries?

 Do people in your country like working overseas?

 Men and women, who prefer to work abroad?

 Why don’t some people like working in other countries?

31, About a place you often visit.

 Will you go to a place to travel for a second time?

 What types of places in your country do people like visiting?

 Historical sites and natural landscape, which one do you prefer to visit?

 32, About a garden/park you have visited.

 Are there many parks/gardens in your hometown?

 Do you think more parks should be built in city?

 What is the difference between foreign parks and the ones in your country?  

 What part do you enjoy most in a park?

 What do people like doing in a park in your country?