1.
NAME
1.Who gave you your name?
2.Does your name have any particular (or, special) meaning?
3.Do you like your name?
4.In your country, do people feel that their name is very important?
5.Would you like to change your name?
6.Is it easy to change your name in your country?
7.Who usually names babies in your country?
8.Do you have any special traditions about naming children?
9.What names are most common in your hometown?
2. STUDY/WORK
1. Do you work or are you a student?
2. Is that a popular subject in your country?
3. What are the most popular subjects in China?
4. Why did you choose that university?
5. What are your favourite classes/ courses/ subjects at university?
3. HOMETOWN
1.What's (the name of) your hometown (again)?
2.Is that a big city or a small town?
3.Please describe your hometown a little.
4.How long have you been living there?
5.Do you like your hometown?
6.Do you like living there?
7.What do you like (most) about your hometown?
8.Is there anything you dislike about it?
9.Do you think you will continue living there for a long time?
4. ACCOMMODATION
1.What kind of housing/accommodation do you live in?
2.Do you live in a house or a flat?
3.Who do you live with?
4.How long have you lived there?
5.Do you plan to live there for a long time?
6.(If you answer you haven't lived there long) What's the difference between where
you are living now and where you have lived in the past?
7.Can you describe the place where you live?
8.Which room does your family spend most of the time in?
9.What do you usually do in your house/flat/room?
10.Are the transport facilities to your home very good?
11.Do you prefer living in the house or a flat?
12.Please describe the room you live in?
13.What part of your home do you like the most?
5. WEATHER
1.What's the weather like today?
2.What kind of weather do you like (best)? (Why?)
3.What's your favourite weather? (Why?)
4.What do you usually do during your favourite weather (or season)?
5.What's the weather (usually) like in your hometown?
6.Do you like that weather (or, that kind of climate)? (Why?/Why not?)
7.How often is the weather good in your hometown?
8.What did you do the last time the weather was good?
9.Are there any bad points about the weather in your city?
10.What is the typical weather in China like?
11.Have there been any changes in the weather over the past few years?
12.Does the weather ever affect what you do?
13.How does the weather affect people (or, you)? (If yes, how?)
14.How do you feel when the weather is cloudy?
15.Do you always pay attention to the weather forecast?
16.Can you give any examples of unusual weather?
17.Do you like snow? (Why?)
18.Would you prefer to live in a place that has just one, warm season that lasts the
whole year or a place with different seasons?
19.Do people in China play the same sports in different seasons of the year?
7. TELEVISION
1.How much TV do you (usually) watch?
2.What's your favourite TV programme?
3.Did you watch much TV when you were a child?(How much?)
4.What(types of) programmes did you watch when you were a child?
5.Do you think television has changed in the past few decades?
6.(Possibly) Do you think television has changed since you were a child?
7.Has television changed your life in any way?
8. MUSEUM
1.Are there many (or, any) museums in your hometown?
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?
8. MUSEUM
1.Are there many (or, any) museums in your hometown?
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?
10. FILM
1.Do you like to watch films?
2.Do you prefer foreign films or Chinese films?
3.How often do you go to a cinema or watch a movie?
4.Do Chinese people like to go to a cinema to watch a film?
5.What kinds of movies do you like best?
6.What was the first film that you watched?
