How was your first working day/ school day?
Schedule/ daily routine
House/apartment/flat
Do you live in a house or an apartment?
What’s special about your flat?
What do you think is the most important thing in your room?
Will you recommend others to live in your flat, and why?
Do you want to change another house?
How long have you lived there?
Live alone or with others?
Have you ever been living alone for some time?
Surrounding?
What kind of community are you living in?
How is the traffic around your home?
Do you like the place you current live in?
Neighborhood
Do you know your neighbor?
Do you think it is important to have good relationship with ur neighbor?
How is your relationship with your neighbors?
How often do you meet them?
What kind of conflicts people may have with their neighbors?
Are your neighbors old or young?
Do you prefer the neighbor in your age or older than u?
Hometown
Where are you from?
Where do you live?
Would you say it’s a good place to grow up?
Where will you recommend to your friends in your city?
Transportations in your hometown
Where do you want to live, south or north of China?
What’s special about your hometown?
Do you like the city you current live in?
What do you like most about your hometown?
Do you like to live in a big city or a small town?
Do you think your hometown has bright future?
Do your family and you live here for a long time?
Do you like to live with your parents?
Weather/season
What type of weather do you like?
What type of weather do Chinese people usually like?
What do you often do in sunny days? Cold days?
How does weather affect you?
Does weather affect people’s work performance?
Which is your favorite season?
What is the most common weather in your country?
Do you pay attention to the weather forecast?
What do you think about weather report?
Do you think people’s activities will change in different seasons?
Sound and noise
Your favorite sound from nature and why?
The noise you hate the most?
The types of sounds that you consider as noise
Do you like quiet environment?
What kinds of sounds remind you about your childhood?
Time/watch
Do you often wear watch?
What do you think of "time"?
How do you feel when you are late?
Do you sometimes feel that time goes slowly?
Collection
Do you like collect things?
Why do you have such a collection?
Did you like collecting things when you were a child?
What will you collect when you’re rich in the future?
What do Chinese people like to collect?
What can people learn from their collections?
Food & Cooking
Do you like cooking?
Do you cook at home?
Did you learn cooking in your childhood?
Will you cook in the future?
Who cooks in your family?
Is it important for young people to know how to cook?
Dancing
Can you dance?
Do you like dancing?
Is dancing popular where you live?
What kind of dance do Chinese people like?
Fruit/vegetable
What kind of fruit/vegetables do you like? Why?
Where do you buy fresh fruit and vegetable?
Is it easy (convenient to) buy fruit and vegetables where you live?
Do you like to eat fruit(s) and vegetables?
How often do you eat fruit and vegetables?
Did you like to vegetables when you were a child?
What are the benefits of eating fresh fruit (or, fresh fruits and vegetables)?
How much fruit and vegetables do you think a person needs to eat (everyday) to stay healthy?