Name
What is your full name?
How should I call you?
Does your name have any special significance?
Who gave your name?

Study/work
Are you a student or Do you work?
What’s your subject?
Why did you choose it as your major?
Is your major difficult?
Which part of your subject do you think is most interesting?
What do you learn from your major?
What job will you have in the future?
What do you want to do after graduation?
Is it easy to get a job with your major in your country?
What’s your job?
What are you responsible for?
How was your first working day/ school day?
Do you think the first day is important?
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 currently live in?

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?

Happiness
What is happiness to you?
Do you think money is important for a person to be happy?

Bird
Do you like birds?
What kinds of birds are there where you live?
In your country, do different birds represent different things?
In your country, do any birds have special significance?
Are there any birds (in your country/where you live) that have become extinct?/that are much less common today than they used to be?
Do you think we should protect (wild) birds?

Concerts
Have you ever been to a live concert?
Are concerts ever held in your hometown?
When was the last time you attended a concert?
Would you like to go to a concert in the future?
Would you prefer to watch a concert on TV or to attend a live concert?
Which would you prefer, to attend a concert of your favourite artist or to buy a CD of this artist?

Science
Do you like science?
What science have you studied?
What science subjects do you like the most?
Is there anything about science that you dislike?
How do you study science?
What's the most difficult part of studying science?
How has the science that you have studied helped you?/ will help you?

Handicraft
Have you ever made anything by hand when you were a child?
Do children in your country often make things by hand?
Do you think it's very useful for children to make things by hand?

Advertisements
Do you like advertisement?
Do you prefer advertisements on TV or in magazines?
Do Ads influence your choice of what to buy?
Do you think there are too many Ads?
Painting and Drawing
What kind of painting or drawing did you do as a child?
Is it important for a child to draw or paint?
What kinds of things do people draw or paint?

Parties
Do you like to go to parties?
Where are (these) parties usually held?
Do you prefer family parties or parties with friends?

Gift
Do you like buying gifts to others?
When was the last time you buy one for others?
Do you prefer giving gifts or receiving one?

Travelling by air
Do you like to take airplane?
How often do you travel by air?
What do you think the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by air? (compare with other means of transport)
What do you think the air travelling will be in the future?

Dancing
Can you dance?
Do you like dancing?
Is dancing popular where you live?
What kind of dance do Chinese people like?

Animals
Do you like animals?
Do you have a pet?
What kinds of animals do people keep as pets where you live?
Are wild animals protected in your country?
Do you often visit zoos or wildlife parks?
Are animals important in farming in your country?

Friend
Do you usually meet new friends?
How do you make new friends?
Where do you usually hang out with your friends?

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//Time management
Do you often wear watch?
How do you feel when you are late?
Do you sometimes feel that time goes slowly?
Do you think time management is important?
Can you manage your time well?
How do you manage your time well?
Where did you learn about time management?

Collection
Do you like collecting 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??