Museum
1. Are there any famous museums in your hometown/country?
2. Do you think museums are useful for visitors to your hometown/country?
3. Do you often visit a museum?
4. Did you go to any museums when you were a child?
5. When was the last time you visited a museum?
6. Do you think museums are important?
7. Do you think it’s suitable for museums to sell things to visitors?
Name
1. What’s your name?
2. Does your name have any special meaning or significance?
3. Have you ever changed your name, why or why not?
4. Do Chinese people like changing their names, why or why not?
5. What kind of people like changing their names?
6. What’s their purpose in changing their names?
7. In your culture, do women change their names when they get married?
Photography
1. Do you like photography and why?
2. When did you start to like photography?
3. Do you keep your old photos?
4. Do you often see those old photos?
5. What’s the meaning of keeping old photos?
6. What is your most impressive photo?
Time management
1. How do you organize your time?
2. Do you think young people and older people organize their time in the same way?
3. Would you say you manage your time well?
4. Where did you learn how to organize your time?
5. How do you think you could better your time?
6. Do you think it’s useful to plan your time?
7. Have you ever been late for anything?
8. If you had more time, what would you do with the extra time?
Weekends
1. What do you do in your spare time?
2. How do you spend time with your family?
3. What do you usually do on weekends?
4. What did you do last weekend?
5. What do other people in your country usually do on weekends?
6. What are you going to do next weekend?
7. Do you think it is important to make the most of your weekend?
8. Do you feel that weekends now are more important to you than when you were a child?
Art
1. Are you very interested in art?
2. Did you create any art such as painting or sculpture when you were a child?
3. Have you ever been to an art gallery or an art exhibition?
4. How often do you visit art galleries?
Bags
1. What types of bags do you use in your everyday life?
2. What do you put in these bags?
3. Do you usually carry a bag when you go out?
4. What sorts of bags do women like to buy?
5. When you are buying a bag, what factors do you consider?
6. Do you think the style of a bag is very important, why or why not?
7. Do you have a bag for special occasions?
Cards
1. Do you ever receive letters or cards?
2. Which do you think is better, to send a postcard or a letter?
3. Do you think it is important to send postcard to each other, why or why not?
Sleeping
1. How many hours do you sleep every day?
2. Is it necessary to take a nap at noon?
3. Do old people sleep a lot, why or why not?
4. Do you think younger people sleep more than old people?
5. What are the effects of sleeping too little on people?
6. Do you sometimes find difficult to fall asleep?
7. Are there any methods to help us fall asleep more easily?
Writing
1. Do you often write things?
2. Do you write every day?
3. What do you usually write about?
4. Do you like writing to people?
5. How often do you send e-mails?
6. What are your main reasons for using e-mails?
7. Do you like to send e-mails?
8. Do you usually write by hand or write using a computer?
9. Nowadays, how do most people write things?
10. Do you think computers might one day replace handwriting?
11. When do children begin to write in your country?
12. How did you learn to write?
13. Do you think handwriting is very important nowadays?
14. How can children today improve or practice their handwriting?
15. What impression does a person’s handwriting have on other people?
Building
1. What kinds of buildings are popular in China now?
2. Compare old buildings and modern buildings. Which do people prefer to live in?
3. How do people in China feel about old buildings?
4. Do old people and young people in China have the same attitudes towards old buildings?
5. Is it important to preserve old buildings, and why?
6. What aspect of culture do old buildings reflect?
7. Do you think it’s worth the money to preserve old buildings?
8. How have buildings changed in the past few years?
Countryside
1. Have you ever lived in countryside for a long time?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in the countryside?
3. Compare the availability of services such as education, health services and transportation in cities and the countryside.
4. What are some of the differences between city people and country people?
5. Which place is more beautiful, a city or the countryside?
6. Do you think a city could ever be more beautiful than the countryside?
7. Which do you think is the more relaxing place to live, the city or the countryside?
