2010.01.09口语

Hometown and Accommodation
Where are you from?
Where do you live?
How’s the traffic around your home?
Is it convenient for you to buy fresh vegetables and fruits?
Do you live in a house or an apartment? Which one do you prefer?
What’s on your apartment’s wall?
How to improve your home?
Where’s your hometown?
What do you like most about your hometown?
Are bicycles popular in your hometown?
Do you like to live beside the seaside?
What are the facilities in your community?
Which room do you like most?
If you can redesign your home, what would you do?
What’s your flat like?
What’s on the wall?
What can you see from your window?
Are there any fitness facilities near your home?
How often do visitors visit your home?

Weather and Season
How’s the weather in China?
Does weather affect people’s work performance?

Driving
Do you (know how to) drive a car?
Do you think it's important to get (or, to have) a driver's license?
How important do you think it is for drivers to have good driving skills?
What advice would you give people about safe driving?
At what age do you think young people should be allowed to get a driver's license?
Do you think it's important to have driving classes at school?
Apartment and House
Do you like the place you currently live in?
How is your relationship with your neighbors?
What can you see out of your windows?
Describe your flat or house

Advertisements
Are there many advertisements in your country?
Why do you think there are so many advertisements now? What kind of advertisements do you like?
Have you ever bought anything after seeing (or hearing) an advertisement?
Do advertisements have much influence on people's lives?

Fruits and vegetables
Do you like to eat fruit(s) and vegetables?
Did you like to eat fruit and vegetables when you were a child?
Is it easy (or, convenient) to buy fruit and vegetables where you live?

Flower
Do you like flowers?
On what occasions do people give flowers to other people? 
When was the last time you gave flowers to someone?
Do you like to have flowers in your home?
Do many people in your country grow flowers at home?

Computer
Do you use computers very much?
What do you think are the benefits of (using) a computer?
Do you play computer games?
How often do you play computer games?
What do you do when your computer has problems?

Activities
How do you spend your weekend?
Do you read a lot in your spare time?
Has anyone sent you a book before?
Tell me something about your campus life in leisure time?
What kinds of activities do Chinese people like for relaxation?
Why do people need leisure? Is it important?
Do you like watching TV in spare time? What kinds of programs do you like?
What are the ways to relax yourself?
What do you usually do in the evening?
Do the people have more time to relax now?
Do you read a lot of books in your childhood?
What kind of shopping do you like?
Do you like to go to picnics?

City
Which city do you want to visit?
Why do you like to visit this city?

Education
What’s your major?
Why did you choose it as your major?
Is your major difficult?
What do you want to do after graduation?
Do you need any special facilities in your school subjects?
What do you like most about your school?
Who can learn a foreign language better? The elderly or the young?
Do girls learn a foreign language more quickly than boys?
What’s your suggestion on language learning?
What’s the most difficult part of language learning?
Do you prefer individual learning or group learning?
Mass Media
How do you get news?
Do you think it is important to get up-to-the-minute news?
What do you think of advertisements?
Do you like watching TV?
What’s the different between magazine and newspaper?
Is the information on the Internet reliable?
Talk about the style of shops in your neighborhood?
Do you watch TV everyday?
What kinds of arts are provided by TV programs?

Place
Have you ever visited a museum?
Is the visit beneficial?
Travelling
Do you prefer traveling alone or with friends?
Do you prefer traveling with just one or two friends or with many friends? What was the last place you traveled to?
Where do you want to visit most?
Do you like traveling?
When was the last time you go traveling?
What would you prepare before travelling?

Shopping
How often do you go shopping?
Talk about your last shopping experience.
Why do you like shopping?
Do you prefer to go shopping with friends or alone?
Do you like shopping?
What makes you interested in shopping?
Do you think shopping is a waste of time?
Reading
Do you like reading?
How much time (each day) do you spend reading?
Where do you usually do your reading?
What did you (like to) read when you were a child?
What books (or, what things) have you read recently?
Letter
Is there any letter you do not want to reply?
Do you often write letters?
When is the last time you sent a letter?
What was the letter about?

Clothes
Do you think clothes is important for you? 
What is your opinion about clothes?
When do you wear formal clothes?