art 2&3 |
Place |
Describe a modern building that you think is interesting. |
Do you prefer old buildings or modern buildings? |
What do you think are the advantages of modern buildings over |
old buildings? |
Do you think the (outside) appearance of a building is important? |
Do you think government buildings should be more practical than |
attractive? |
Do you think interesting modern buildings can be used to attract |
tourists? |
What facilities do you think modern cities should have? |
Describe a restaurant |
How can a restaurant attract more costumers? |
What kinds of restaurants are more popular in China? |
Which is more popular, fast food of traditional food? |
Describe a hotel |
Describe a peaceful/harmonious/noisy place you go to. |
What are the benefits of being alone? |
What noises can we hear in a city? |
Do you think noise (ever) has any benefits? |
Do you think noise can be considered to be a form of pollution? |
What harm can noise do to people's health? |
How do you suggest this noise could be controlled? |
What do you think the government should do about excessive noise? |
Describe a place with water. |
Describe a river. |
Describe an ideal house. |
Describe a historical place. |
Describe a beautiful place. |
Describe a zoo. |
Describe a cinema. |
Describe a long journey. |
Object/ Thing |
Describe a well-known story from your country. |
Why do you think (little) kids like listening to stories? |
Describe a quiz show you watch on TV that you are interested in attending. |
Is quiz show popular in China? |
Why young people do not like quiz shows? |
Are there many competitions in everyday life? |
Some people say that competition has some disadvantages. |
Do you agree? |
Do you think that people are born to be competitive? |
Describe a vehicle |
part3:public transportation |
Describe the type of books you prefer |
Why do you enjoy reading this type? |
What kinds of books do people of your age like to read? |
What books do the elderly and young like to read? Why do they like |
different books? |
What do you think of reading online? |
Describe an interesting job you hear |
what is it? where do you hear this job? whether you want to do this job in |
the future? |
Compared to the past, what's the differences of the condition of workplace |
currently? |
Do you think it is reasonable that different people get different amount of |
salary? |
Do you think that people should get the same income? |
What can a good employer provide to his employees in addition to salary? |
Describe a useful piece of (electrical) equipment that you often |
use at home |
Are there any of those that you think are not very important? |
What do you think are the benefits of using modern equipment and |
devices (in the home)? |
Do you agree that older people have difficulties in using modern |
equipment? |
How can we help elderly people to use these modern devices? |
Describe something healthy to the environment you would |
recommend |
What do you think are the differences between healthy food and 'junk food'? |
What things do you think people in China need to do in order to improve |
their health? |
Do you think modern people do enough regular exercise? |
Do you think it's important for children to learn about a healthy lifestyle? |
Do you think the media can play a role in educating people about health? |
Do you think it's a good idea for employers to encourage their |
employees to live a healthy life? |
How can employers do that? |
Describe a sport/an outdoor activity. |
Describe a gift for another person/you received. |
Describe a precious gift. |
Describe a film you have recently seen. |
What kind of movie is popular in China? Why? |
What is the difference between Chinese movie and foreign movies? |
What do you learn from watching movies? |
Do you think it is important for a movie to be advertised? |
If foreign movies without advertisement, will it still be so success? |
Do you think a movie will be success without advertisement? If yes, why? |
What kind of people prefer to watch foreign movies than Chinese |
Movies in China? Why? |
What is the difference between Chinese and Foreign movies? |
Describe a job you would like to do |
what is the job, what do you need to do this job, where do you want to |
do this job, why do you want to do this job. |
Is it difficult to find a job? |
In what ways do people to find job? |
What kind of people employers need, and why? |
What skills do people need to find a job? |
Which is better, go to society before university or go to university directly? |
Do schools help students to find jobs? |
Do you think school do enough for students to find jobs, why? |
Describe a knowledge quiz TV show you would like to take part in. |
Describe a TV program. |
Describe a broken thing or a thing stopped working |
Compare the quality of goods in the past and now |
Discussion about second hand things |
Describe a special skill that was useful to you. |
Describe something you friend did and you admired him/her |
for that? |
What type of people do the young admire? Why? |
What influences do the young have if they admire someone? |
Do people admire different people at different ages? |
Describe an exciting message that you received before |
--what was the message about? |
--where did you receive the message from? |
--who gave you the message? |
--When you received the message, what was your response? |
--Why do you think the message is exciting? |
Do you think communication is important for people? |
Where do you think communication skills is useful? |
do you think speaking and writing are both communication skills? |
are they both important? |
What kind of things do think that can be communicated to the public? |
Do you think advertise to public is useful? |
Describe a new law. |
Describe something expensive you bought before |
Describe a well known story |
What kind of stories children like? |
Why do children like listening to the same stories again and again? |
Are historical stories important? |
Describe a photograph. |
Describe the subject you like. |
Describe a naughty thing you did when you were little. |
Describe some food from other countries. |
Describe your favourite sport/hobby. |
Describe a project you work with others. |
Describe a lie. |
Event |
Describe a walk with a friend that you remember. |
What are the benefits of walking? |
How do you think people could be encouraged to walk more? |
Describe some changes you want to make for your physical |
fitness & health |
Part 3: about sports and diets. |
Describe an important occasion when you are late. |
---what happen...why are you late...the result... |
Are you always late? |
Do you think the time is slower than before? |
When people will think the time pass slowly? |
Do you think the modern technology can help people save time? |
Someone says the modern technology today kill people more time? |
Why do people think they are under great pressure if people have more |
spare time? |
When are people late? |
What do you think of the people who are late because of a bad mood? |
When does being late cause serious problems? |
Animal |
Describe a wild animal |