Self-introduction and personal information What’s your name? What does it mean to you? What names are popular in your culture? Are there many people who have the same name as yours? What name would you like to give to your own child in future? Are you a student or worker? Do you like your student life? What’s your major? Is it hard to learn? Why did you choose this major? What can you learn from it? What is the most important in your study? What kind of job would you like to do in future? (student) What’s your job? Do you like your job? Is it stressful? What are you responsible for? What can you get from your current job? What do you often do after work? Do you want to recommend your job to other people? (worker) Are you for or against extra work on weekends? Should workers who work on weekends get extra salaries? What is your prospect for the future? Primary School What subjects did you like when you were in primary school? Have you ever gone back to your primary school since after graduation? Do you often go back to your school to visit your teachers? Do you still keep in touch with your classmates in primary school? What do you like best about your middle school? Studies/ Sleeping Time/Routine Do you like writing? How often do you write? Do you want to write a book? What are generally required to write in middle school? Do you prefer handwriting or typing on the computer? How long do you study normally everyday? How many hours do you spend on your homework? Do you sometimes feel tired of studying? When do you usually get up in the morning? When do you often go to bed? How many hours do you sleep one day? Do you think the older people should sleep for longer hours one day? How long should we sleep? Do you think people have less time to relax nowadays? What are the differences on plans between elders and youngsters? Are you planning to change your schedule? How do you arrange your time? What time do you like best in a day? Concentration How do you concentrate on one thing? What helps you concentrate? When do we need to concentrate more? When does it make us hard to concentrate during a day? How to improve our concentration on what we do? What jobs needs concentration more? Patience Are you a patient person? What do you often do while you are waiting for the bus? Have you lost your patience because of a long wait for the bus? Are Chinese people patient in your perspective? Hometown Where are you from? Which part of China are you from? Do you like your hometown? What is the weather like in your hometown? What do you like best about your hometown? Do you think your hometown is a good place for children to grow up? Can you tell me a good thing in the place that you grew up? Are there many places of interest in your hometown? What are the changes of your hometown? What makes them happen? What was it like when you were younger? What kind of city would you like to live in? Would you like to live in your hometown in future? How many countries have you ever been to? What are their features like? Would you like to return back to your own country? Why/ why not? Do people like traditional buildings or modern ones? Do you like designing buildings? What architectural style attracts Chinese people? Tell me something about one of buildings that you have visited. Entertainment (Relax): What entertainment venues do you often go to? What kinds of entertainment do you enjoy? Where did you often entertain yourself when you were a little kid? Do you like watching TV? Do parents allow children to watch TV? Do Chinese people like taking pictures? What do you like taking pictures of? How do you reserve your photographs? Is photography popular in China? What kinds of activities do you often do in your spare time? How do you often relax yourself on weekends? How do your surrounding friends relax? What is your favorite way to relax yourself? Do you like going for a walk? Is it beneficial to us? Do you like reading? Do you often read printed books or e-books on the internet? What kind of books do you like best? Why? Do you like sports? What is your favorite sport? What kind of sport is popular in China? What kind of sports do elderly people like doing in China? Have you even taken the boat? Do you wanna get a boat of your own? Do people often go boating in your country? Is going boating popular in China? Do Chinese people use the boat for travelling? House/Apartment Where do you live, a house/ an apartment? Are there any entertaining facilities nearby? What pleasant thing you will do with your family in your house/ flat? Which part of your home do you like best? If you have a chance to redesign your house, what will you do? What is your ideal future house like? What’s on the wall of your house/ flat? Do you prefer to invite your friends to your home or be invited to your friend’s home? What makes your house/flat look pleasant? Do you want to move in future? Clothes and fashion Who picked clothes for you in your childhood? Have you ever picked clothes for anybody? What type of clothes do you like? Do you like casual clothes? Have you ever shopped online before? Do you like shopping online? What kind of bags do you like? What kinds of bags do you choose on different occasions? What are the factors that affect your choices? Do you like fashion? What do you think about fashion? News Do you often read news? What news would you like to read? How do you get news, by reading newspapers or surfing on the Internet? Do you wanna become a broadcaster? DO you like discussing news with your friends? Weather/ Season/Sunshine What weather do you like? Do you like hot or cold weather? Do you like sunny days? What do you often do in sunny days? What do you often do during summer? What is the weather like in China? What are the differences among four seasons in China? What is the influence of weather on people? Does the weather ever affect what people do? Gifts& Postcard Do you use postcards? Why do people send postcards? When do you send postcards? Have you ever received postcards? Which do you prefer, postcards or e-mails? On what occasions will you send postcards instead of e-mails? What kinds of gifts do you like? What sorts of gifts are you not into? When do people send gifts in China? What types of toys did you use to play with when you were a kid? DO you like toys now? Art What kind of art forms do you like? Did you learn any subjects related to art when you were a little girl/boy? How do teenagers get the art education? Do you like drawing? How often do you draw? When did you learn it? What do you think about painting? What do you think about traditional and western paintings? Do you often go to the gallery? Do you like visiting the museum? What is its importance to us? What kinds of museums would you like to visit in future? Do you like dancing? Would you like to learn dancing? What is the most fashionable dance in China? Do young people like traditional dance? Are you interested in singing? What type of music do you like? Do you know how to play any musical instruments? What are differences between traditional music and modern music? Public park& Forest Did you use to visit the park? Do you often visit the park now? Do you think the park is important? What are its functions? Will there be more public parks in future? Are there any forests in your hometown? Do you like trees or forests? Have you ever climbed trees? Do you want to live in the place near the forest? What benefits do people get from trees? Electronic products/Internet Do you often use the internet/computer? When do you often use the computer? Do you often send e-mails? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the computer? How important is the computer/internet to your family? What time did you use the internet for the first time? Do your family members use it too? Do you use the mobile phone? When did you start using it? How important is it to you? How do you often use it? Do you prefer to send messages or emails? Why? Do you prefer to make phone calls or send messages? What are the disadvantages of the cell phone? Food and health What kinds of food are healthy? In comparison with the food in last 20 years, is the food healthier now or not? Which is healthier? Do you have a healthy diet? What kind of food do you like? Do you like to try new food? Is breakfast important to us? Do you prefer to have breakfast or dinner? Would you like to have a large meal or small meals one day? What is health in your perspective? How does your school educate you to keep healthy? What did you learn about health? How to keep healthy? Is it easy to keep healthy? Household Chores Do you often do household chores? What household chores did you do in your childhood? Is it good for children to do household chores? What sorts of household chores do you dislike? Do you like cooking? Do you like it is important to know how to cook? What is the importance of cooking to children? Advertisements Do you like advertisements? What kind of advertisements do you like best? Why some people don’t like advertisements? What do you think about the ads? Have you bought anything after watching an ad? What impact has the advertisement made on people’s life? Birthday How do you celebrate your birthday? How was your birthday in your childhood? What do Chinese people often do on their birthdays? Do you think it is important for people to celebrate birthdays? Are there any differences between youngsters and elders on celebrating birthdays? Transport What is your favorite means of transportation? Is it expensive? How is the transport in your country? How to improve traffic? Do you like cars? Do you prefer private cars or the public transport? Do you know how to drive? What kind of cars do you like? Do people in your country like driving? What patterns of cars are popular in your country? Would the car be more used in the future? Do you possess a bicycle? Is the bicycle popular in your country? Countryside Do you like living in the countryside? What are drawbacks of living in the countryside? Why some people like to travel in the countryside? What are the problems of living in the countryside? | 