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(Speaking)
【Part 1】
Self-introduction and personal information
What’s your name? What does it mean to you?
What names are popular in your culture?
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? 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? What are you responsible for? What can you get from your current job? 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
Do you like writing?
How long do you study normally everyday?
How many hours do you spend on your homework?
Do you sometimes feel tired of studying?
How do you concentrate on one thing?
What helps you concentrate?
Relatives/friends/ family members
Whom did you use to be close to among your relatives?
Whom do you spend the longest time with?
Who is the most important relative in your life? What influence does she/he give you?
Did you spend more time with your relatives or friends?
Do you think the time you spend with your relatives will get longer or shorter in future?
What activities did you often do in your childhood?
What skills did you learn in your childhood?
What are willing to do with your family members?
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?
Entertainment(Relax)
Do you like watching TV?
Do parents allow children to watch TV?
Do Chinese people like taking pictures?
How do you reserve your photographs?
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 reading?
What kind of book do you like best?
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?
Do people often go boating in your country?
House/Apartment
Where do you live, a house/ an apartment?
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’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?
Clothes and fashion
What type of clothes do you often 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?
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
What weather do you like?
Do you like hot or cold weather?
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?
Color
What is your favorite color? Did you use to like it in your childhood?
Which color do you dislike?
In which color would you like your room to be?
Are there special colors that mean different in your country?
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?
Birthday
How do you often celebrate your birthday? With whom?
Which is your most unforgettable birthday party? What happened on that day?
How would you like to celebrate your birthday when you get old?
How did you celebrate your last birthday?
What do Chinese people celebrate birthdays?
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?
What type of music do you like?
Flowers
Do you like flowers?
Which kind of flowers do you like best?
Do people in your country like sending flowers
Do you often send flowers? Are they important to you?
Do you prefer plastic flowers or the real ones?
Would you like to keep flowers in your home or plant them in the open air?
Public park
Did you use to visit the park?
Do you often visit the park now?
Do you think the park is important? What are the functions?
Will there be more public parks in future?
Toys
Do you like toys?
What kind of toy did you like in your childhood?
Do you prefer to play with the toy alone or together with others?
What can you learn from playing with toys?
What sort of toys can improve children’s intelligence?
Do you often send toys to kids as gifts?
What type of toys do people normally send to children?
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 cell 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 kind of food is 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?
Household Chores
Do you often do household chores?
Is it good for children to do household chores?
What sorts of household chores do you dislike?
Transport
What is your favorite means of transportation?
How is the transport in your country?
Is there lots of traffic jam?
How to improve traffic?
Do you like cars?
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?
【Part 2&3】
1. A teenager you know
Part3 What is your attitude towards young and older people? What is the responsibility of young people? Is the life of young people comfortable? What are differences between teenagers and children?
2. An old friend you seldom contact
Part3 How do you get in touch with your friends? How do you maintain your friendship with your friends? Are there any disadvantages of contacting old friends? Are you willing to upload your personal information online?
3. Describe a famous person(singer or musician) in your country
Part3 Do you want to be famous? What do you think about being famous? Why do people want to be famous? What sort of people can get famous in China? Is it reasonable to publish privacy? Do you think the news about celebrities is reliable? Do you believe the news on TV or newspapers? What makes a person famous? Any there any differences between celebrities in the past and now?
What is your favorite way to listen to music? Do you think it is good to listen to music alone at home? Do young people like traditional music? Will the traditional music disappear one day?
Where do people in your country often go to watch the concert? What are the advantages and disadvantages of living concerts? Who often goes to? What is the importance of the national anthem? What is the influence of technology on music?
Has the high technology made the music changed?
What kinds of instruments do parents send their children to learn?
Why do kids in China learn musical instruments?
4. A polite person
Part3 Are there other polite manners in your country? Being polite is regarded more important in the countryside than in the city? Will being polite be important in future? Should the school teach students to be polite/respect others?
5. A person who does an important job
Part3 What are the standards for you to choose jobs? Who do you often consult with? What attitude should people hold towards the job? If the employees are upset with their work, what is the boss supposed to do? Why some people change jobs?
6. A good neighbor
Part3 What are the qualities of a good neighbor? How is the neighborhood in China? What are the influences of neighborhood on children? What sort of neighborhood is beneficial to children? What sport facilities can improve communication among people?
7. A talkative person
Part3 What sort of people are more likely to need communication skills? Can a person who is not qualified with communication skills get more talkative through training? What characteristics are required to be a talkative person? How do children learn communication skills?
8. A person you enjoyed talking to
Part3 What are the qualities of a good communicator? Are communication skills important to us? Are there any differences between the way adults communicate with children and the one among adults?
9. An interesting old man
Part3 What are the advantages and disadvantages of being old? What age do you consider is old? Do you like to live with elderly people? How is the life of elderly people in China? Is their life really better than before? Do they really know how to surf on the Internet? Do you think Chinese people are happy? What is people’s attitude towards elderly people in China? What can we do to improve their life? What are the differences between elders and youngsters? Do you think it is hard to learn drawing? Do you like drawing?
10. Describe a library
11. Describe a natural beauty/ a natural protection area
Part3 Do you like travelling? What benefits can we get from the tourist attraction? When you go to other countries, would you like to visit the city or the natural beauty? Do you think tourism can do harm to the local environment? Should we be allowed to take the cell phone when we visit the natural beauty? Should we protect the natural beauty? What measures should the government take to protect the environment? What can an individual do to make contributions to the environmental protection?
12. Describe a lake or sea you have visited
Part3 Are there any kinds of underwater sports in China? Why do people like water sports? Do you think the government should invest more money in setting up more facilities for water sports? Do you think the voyage is popular in China? What are the advantages? Will it be more and more popular in the future?
13. Describe a perfect house you have visited
Part3 Do you like designing houses? Do you think you can do it better than designers? Will you hang your own works or the works from famous artists on your wall? What kinds of houses do most of young people like to live in? How about elders? What living environment is the most attractive to elders? What factors we should consider when we buy a house? How important is the location of a house to Chinese people/ elders/ young people?
14. Describe a room where you want to spend a lot of time
Part3 Do you prefer larger rooms or smaller rooms? What are the differences? Are larger rooms the symbol of the social status? What do you want to fill in a room? How to make a room pleasant?
15. Describe a park/garden
Part3 What is the importance of the park to the general public? Should children often visit the park? What do people often do in the garden? Do you think the government should invest money in setting up public gardens? Why/Why not? Do you prefer private gardens or public gardens? What are the differences between them?
16. Describe an important city in your country(A city/town you have visited/would like to visit)
Part3 Do you like living in the countryside? Do you prefer to live in the city or countryside? What are the differences between the city and village life? What changes have taken place in the place? What are the problems in the city? Is the crime serious in the city? How to solve it?
17. Describe your favorite cafe/restaurant
Part3 What are the differences between the cafe and restaurant? What are social activities at home?
18. Describe a book you have read/you want to read again
Part3 What books would children like to read? Is it good to read before going to school? What should parents do to help them? What do you think about reading for pleasure? What are the differences among different libraries? What should be a library equipped with? Should be the electronic equipment included? What should people benefit from the library? Can electronic equipments take place of books in future? A lot of American Indian can not read, but it is reported that everyone could do in China, what do you think about it?
19. Describe a speech or talk you enjoyed
Part3 Do you like speeches? Is the talk about children’s education important? What is difficult? Are visual aids necessary when we make the presentation?
20. Describe an interesting family photo
Part3 where do you like taking pictures? Is photography popular in China? What is the difference between taking pictures by cell phone and camera? Which method do you like? Is it possible that the cell phone can take place of the camera in taking pictures? Are skills required when we take pictures? What are the disadvantages of taking pictures by cell phone? Why do people like to use the software called Ps to beautify pictures?
21. Describe a wild animal/ a situation coming closed to a wild animal
Part3 Do you like pets? Do you keep pets? Why do people keep pets? Is it good to keep wild animals in the zoo? Are they happy in the zoo? What is the role of animals in your country? How do people treat animals? Should we protect the wild animal? What measures should the government take to protect the wild animal? What makes the animals endangered?
22. Describe a plant you like/ are familiar with
Part3 Is it good for us to plant vegetables? Is being a farmer easy? Are farmers satisfied with their job? Why is fertiliser used in agriculture? Is agriculture playing an important role in China? How to stir their interest in farming? What is people’s attitude towards farmers nowadays?
23. Describe a present you gave to your friend
Part3 What are presents usually given in China? Which situation is suitable to give a present? What is the present you’d like to receive? Would you like to be a giver or receiver? Is present giving important? Is it different to send gifts made by yourself or you buy? What do we need to pay attention to when we send gifts to children? Should we send gifts which are educational to children? Who tends to be happier when receiving a gift, children or adults? What influence does the advertisement make on choosing gifts? What if the child does not like your gift?
24. Describe a film about a real person or an event
Part3 Who do you want to recommend this film to? What makes the actors/actresses successful in the performance? What people or events are usually referred in this type of film? Why do people like watching films about the politicians? What’s your impression on the characters in cartoon films? Will they take place of the real actors/actresses?
Do you think the documentary tells us the truth? Can people learn more about the historical event or people through documentaries? Does the big name influence the box office of the movie?
What do you think about the ranking system in the movie industry? Will children be influenced by the violence in the movies?
25. Describe a TV program that you watch regularly
Part3 What kinds of TV programs are Chinese people keen on? Do you prefer to watch movies at home or in the cinema? Why do people like watching movies on TV? Do you think the cinema will disappear someday? Why elderly people don’t like going to the cinema? Do you think that people will be isolated from the society if they indulge themselves into the TV program? Are there too many Sports TV programs on TV? What are their advantages and disadvantages? What is the importance of international TV program?
What are the differences between Chinese and foreign TV programmes? Should parents supervise the time that children spend watching TV?
26. Describe a meaningful song
Part3 What sort of music is the most popular in your country? Are there any changes in the music that people like? When should children start to learn music? Is it good and necessary? Do your parents or older generation in your family like the same music as you?
Compare the differences on the music that your parents ,older generation and you. Why? Do you think your parents or grandparents would like children’s songs that you like?
27. Describe a game not a sport you used to play when you were a child
Part3 What sorts of games are children keen on playing now? Are there any differences on games between now and in the past?
Is designing games beneficial to children? What are the differences between indoor and outdoor games? What are the advantages? Which one do you prefer? Should students do some exercises after studying? Do adults like the same games as children? What are the differences?
28. Describe the food you like/favorite meal
Part3 Do you like eating out or at home? What place do you like to go to eat? How to be polite when we eat? What is the influence of technology improvement on agriculture? What measures has Chinese government taken to manipulate agriculture? What do you think about genetically modified food? What do you think about the usage of fertiliser and pesticide in agriculture? What will the agriculture like in future in your opinion?
What influence does the advertisement make on teenagers’ eating habit? Has the eating habit in your country changed? Is having meals with family significant?
29. Describe your favorite weather/ season
Part3 Do you often watch the weather forecast? What is the importance of the weather forecast to a nation? What is the influence of seasons on people’s wear? How does it affect tourism and economy? What sports do people do in different seasons? Can you tell me some festivals related to different seasons? What is the influence global warming has on us? As far as global warming is concerned, what should we do to improve the weather?
30. Describe something you want to buy if you have enough money
Part3 what do you think about money? Does money always make people happy? Is money important? How to spend money? What do your friends normally buy when they have enough money? What troubles may we be put into when we have money?
31. Describe a vehicle(car)want to own or you would like to buy
Part3 What are advantages and disadvantages of the bicycle? Is it dangerous to ride the bicycle? What do you think about the motorcycle? people long for cars? What do you think about car advertisements? What are pros of public transport? Advantages and disadvantages of subways and buses
32. Describe a difficult thing you did well
Part3: What do we need to prepare to do things well? Do you like challenges? What is the biggest challenge teenagers are facing in China now? How to cope with them? Do teenagers and adults bear the same pressure? What are the differences?
Are there any changes? What do you think about ambition? Is ambition important?
33. Describe a piece of clothes you like best
Part3 Do you like shopping for clothes? What do Chinese people often wear on official occasions? Are there any differences on wearing between women and men? What are advantages and disadvantages of shopping online? What is the influence of changes in fashion on clothes manufacturing industry?
34. Describe something you bought that you were not satisfied with
Part3 What products are Chinese young people into? Why do people buy foreign goods? Do you think foreign goods are good? Why don’t think Chinese goods are good? What are the differences between Chinese and Japanese products? Is I-phone the necessity for a student? What are the benefits of shopping online? Do you often shop online? How to avoid customers being cheated by the merchant? What impact has shopping online made on people’s life? Compare shopping online with shopping in the real store .Can shopping online lead more workers that work in real shops to lose their jobs? What is the development of logistics in China?
35. Describe a useful equipment but not computer
Part3 Which one is more significant to us, the laundry machine or the TV set? Do you think it is essential for us to know cooking? Do children need to do household chores?
36. Describe an electronic product you want to own or you would like to buy
Part3 How technology is used in education? What is its influence on children? What are the changes of electronic products? What types of electronic products are used to clean in your house? How about in the past?
37. Describe a useful website
Part3 What do you think about the internet? What do different age groups of people do on the internet? What is people’s life like with/ without the internet? What are the differences between young people and elders on surfing on the Internet?
38. Describe an important message
Part3 Do you think communication skills are important? Does the way people from different age groups communicate vary? In what way people normally communicate with each other?
39. Your favorite communication method(email, cell phone, letter)
Part3 Why do some people think cell phones do harm to us? What are the differences between communicating by electronic products and face to face? Why some people are keen on writing letters? What will be the communication method like in future?
What will be the cell phone like in future? Is it good to be contactable? What are its disadvantages?
40. Describe a group project you took part in/ an activity in a group
Part3 What is the importance of teamwork? What can you benefit from teamwork? Should children take part in some group activities? Is it good to take part in some group activities? What kinds of group activities are popular in your country? Do people at the age of your mother like group activities? Why some people like group activities while some other people don’t?
41. Describe an unusual/ideal job
Part3 What kind of jobs is the most attractive in China? What kinds of jobs are less attractive? What kinds of jobs are enough paid in China? What kind of jobs do you think should be highly paid? What comes first at work, being happy or getting more salary? What about the working environment and interpersonal relationship? Nowadays do women are conducting different types of jobs?
Why do some people often change their jobs? What do you think about changing jobs? What are the differences between men and women on jobs? Why?
42. Describe a science course in secondary or high school
Part 3: Do most of students like science courses? Are girls and boys both interested in science courses? Why do we need to study science courses? What do you think about the science study in Chinese education? Do you think boys do better than girls in science study?
43. Mathematics in primary school
Part3 Some people think maths classes are boring, what do you think?
Chinese students are pretty good at mathematics, do you think it will influence your future career?
44. Describe an activity on the sea or beside the seaside you want to try
Part3 Why people are into visiting the seaside? Who is more suitable to do that, young people or elders?
45. Describe your favorite street in your city
Part3 Where do young people like to live? How about elderly people? What do you think about living in the countryside or city? and their differences /What do you think about living in the countryside? Advantages and disadvantages, including facilities, education etc
46. Describe an etiquette/ A situation to be polite(you had to be)
Part3 what is the etiquette like between you and people you are acquainted with? Is it different from the one between you and strangers? Why parents tell their children to tell a lie in some situations? Are there any differences on being polite, friendly and honest? In what situations do we need to be polite? Honest? Who is responsible to teach children to be polite? Are you polite or honest to your friends?
47. Describe the thing you learnt from a family member
Part3 What important skills can parents teach their children? What children can learn from staying with their parents? What do you think about family education in comparison with the one at school? What role do parents and grandparents play in children’s development? What’s the influence of family and friends on personality development?
48. Describe a wrong decision made by someone
Part3 Should children be given more opportunities to make their own decisions? What decisions does the family make? What decisions are important? Are there changes in the way the family makes decisions?
49. Describe an enjoyable lesson/training session you had
Part3 Do you think elderly people should continue studying? Is it important for elders to learn some skills? Do you think school courses should be fun? What are qualities of a good teacher?
What do you think about children’s education? What is the importance of education to adults? Is the interest in a subject important to our study? Should we power off our cell phones in the public?
50. Describe another language not English you want to learn
Part3 Why are Chinese people learning English but not using it? Except English and Chinese, what is the most popular language that children are learning in your country? Is living in a country the best way to learn its language? How to study a language very well? What do you think is a good way to learn a language? Why do Chinese students learn a second language?
51. Describe a happy marriage
You should say: who they are, how they met, how they maintain their marriage and explain why they are happy
Part3 What is the wedding like in your country? What do the bride and groom normally do on the wedding day? What is the suitable age for people to get married? Are there any changes on the age between in the past and now for people to get married? When will you get married? Do you think it is reasonable to spend a lot of money on the wedding party? What roles do a man and a woman play in the marriage? What are the responsibilities of married men and women? Will they exchange their roles in the marriage in future?
52. Describe something made you laugh
Part3 What kind of TV programs can make people laugh? Are there any differences between men and women? Why do comedies make people laugh? In Chinese culture, do people prefer to express their emotions on face or hide in heart? Do you think it is positive or negative? Do males and females have differences on expressing feelings? Are there any differences between males and females when they deal with relationships with each other
Are comedies popular in your country?
53. something you did recently that made you relaxed
Part3 Are there any differences among different people on the way to relax? How do other people relax? What is the importance of relaxation to us? What are the differences between now and in the past in relaxation? Do you think the leisure time for people will get shorter or longer in the future? What do you think about the fact that some people ignore to relax due to their jobs?
54. A future plan not related to your work or studies
Part3 What do you think about the day-to-day plan? How to plan your day? What do people often make plans for? On what occasions do we often make plans? Are they important? How do plans benefit our future careers? How do people plan their life? What plans should children make? Why are parents eager to make their children get good jobs? Is high salary important to a job?
55. Describe a recent change in your life
Part3 what do you think about changes? What is the positive influence of changes on people? What are the disadvantages of changes? Do children like changes? What do parents do to make their children adapt to changes?
56. Describe what you were late for
Part3 What are the cons of being late? Would you mind if others were late? What do you think about being punctual? What is young people & elders’ attitude towards being late? Do people from different countries hold different standards of punctuality? Why? Are people getting busier nowadays? What may be caused if we don’t spend enough time with families? Do you think it will get worse or improved in future?
57. Describe the time you enjoy most in a day
Part3 How do you often arrange your timetable in one day? How to balance time for working and family? Are there any differences between young people and elders on the way they arrange time? How to take good advantage of time?
58. Describe a happy event /an unforgettable event/journey you had in your childhood
Part3: what was important to you in your childhood? What made you happy? What often made you sorrow? What do you think about the fact that lots of people like to take photos to memorize the past? Do songs and music help us to recall the good memories in the childhood?
Where do you often pay a visit to? What kind of travelling do you like? What is the most popular/expensive travelling? What sort of travelling will be popular in future?
59. The experience that you helped others
Part 3 volunteer
60. Describe a sport event you took part in or watched on TV
Part3 Do you know any famous Chinese athletes? Who is your idol? What factors do you think contribute to the success of an athlete? What do they often do after they retire?
What type of sports is the most popular in China? Do you often watch domestic sport events or international ones? What can we benefit from holding international sport games? Are there any disadvantages?
61. Describe a performance you like watching
Part3 Do you like cultural art? What do you think about Beijing opera?
Should the government support the traditional art? What is the importance of TV programs to art?
62. Describe a historical/traditional event in your country
Part3 What makes people historical in your country? Have you ever learned history in your childhood? Do you think it is important for us to learn history? How can we learn the historical event? What do you think about the comments of historic persons? What’s its importance? Should the museum open to the public for free or not? What stuff may be displayed in the museum in the future?
Are traditional clothes or food still attractive to young people in your country? More and more Chinese people are celebrating western festivals, do you agree with that? What do you think about it?