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D o you l i ke goi ng out or stayi ng at home? What do you l i ke to do when you go out?
H ow of ten do you go out? D o peopl e i n your country go out a l ot? H ow and where
GOI N G OUT
do peopl e i n your country usual l y soci al i z e? What ki nd of entertai nment i s popul ar
i n your country?

What type of cl othes do you l i ke to wear? What ki nd of cl othes do peopl e i n your

country usual l y wear? H ow i mportant i s f ashi on to you? What ki nd of cl othes do
CLOT H E S you di sl i ke? D o you thi nk peopl e behave di f f erentl y i n di f f erent ki nds of cl othes?
What ki nd of cl othes do peopl e wear to work i n your country? Are cl othes expensi ve
i n your country?

Whi ch country are you f rom? Where i s thi s country l ocated? Whi ch part of the
Y OUR COUN T RY country do most peopl e l i ve i n? What are the mai n i ndustri es i n your country? I s i t
easy to travel around your country?

D escri be your dai l y routi ne. What do you usual l y do? What do you do on the
D AI LY ROUT I N E weekend? What i s you typi cal weekday l i ke? D oes your l i f e change much f rom
week to week? D o you have any f ree ti me duri ng the week?

Whi ch pl aces woul d you recommend to a vi si tor i n your country? D o a l ot of

touri sts vi si t your country? What do they usual l y do there? H ow has touri sm
T OURI SM
changed your country? I s your country expensi ve f or most touri sts? What are some
f amous l andmarks i n your country?

D o you watch tel evi si on a l ot? What do you usual l y watch on tel evi si on? H ow
many hours of tel evi si on do you usual l y watch? What are the most popul ar shows i n
T E LE VI SI ON your country? What ki nd of shows do you l i ke to watch? What are some advantages
of tel evi si on? What are some of the di sadvantages of tel evi si on? What di d you
l ast watch on tel evi si on? Why do you thi nk certai n T V shows are so popul ar?

What’s the most i mportant f esti val i n your country? H ow do peopl e cel ebrate thi s
f esti val ? What speci al f ood i s associ ated wi th thi s f esti val ? What speci al
F E ST I VAL
acti vi ti es are associ ated wi th thi s f esti val ? What do you enj oy most about thi s
f esti val ? D o you thi nk f esti val s are i mportant f or a soci ety?

What are some of your f avouri te f oods? What f oods are popul ar i n your country?
F OOD
What are some of the f amous di shes of your country? D o you enj oy cooki ng?
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D o you l i ke sports? D o you enj oy watchi ng sports? D o you enj oy parti ci pati ng i n any
sports? Whi ch sports are most popul ar i n your country? What’s your f avouri te sport?
SPORT S
When di d you f i rst become i nterested i n sports? H ow of ten do you parti ci pate i n
sports? What equi pment do you need f or your f avouri te sport?

D o you enj oy shoppi ng? H ow do you f eel about shoppi ng? D o you l i ke shoppi ng on
SH OPPI N G the I nternet? D o you have any f avouri te stores? What don’t you l i ke about
shoppi ng? Whi ch i s the most popul ar pl ace to shop i n your hometown?

D o you enj oy watchi ng movi es? What’s your f avouri te f i l m? Who are your f avouri te
F I LM S
actors? H ow of ten do you watch f i l ms?

D o you have any hobbi es? What are some of your hobbi es? When di d you f i rst
H OBBI E S devel op thi s hobby? What are some of the advantages of havi ng a hobby? H ow
much ti me do you spend on your hobby?

What i s the atti tude toward marri age i n your country? D o most young peopl e pl an
on getti ng marri ed i n your country? What are some of the advantages of marri age?
M ARRI AGE
What are some of the di sadvantages? I s the di vorce rate hi gh i n your country? D o
you thi nk peopl e shoul d be al l owed to get di vorced?

What do you f eel about smoki ng i n publ i c pl aces? D o you thi nk smoki ng shoul d
SM OKI N G
be banned i n peopl e’s homes?

D escri be a pl ace you l i ke to go. Why i s thi s pl ace speci al to you? When di d you
PLACE f i rst vi si t thi s pl ace? Where i s thi s pl ace l ocated? What l anguage i s spoken here?
D o you speak thi s l anguage?

D escri be a f ri end. H ow l ong have you known each other? What do usual l y do
F RI E N D together? What do you l i ke the most about hi m / her? H ow of ten do you see each
other?
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D o you send and recei ve e-mai l regul arl y? Who do you usual l y communi cate wi th?
E -M AI L H ow of ten do you check your e-mai l ? D o you thi nk wri ti ng e-mai l has strengthened
or weakened peopl e’s wri ti ng ski l l s? What are some di sadvantages of e-mai l ?

D o you use the I nternet much duri ng the day? What do you usual l y do on the
I nternet? What are some advantages of the I nternet? What are some di sadvantages?
I N T E RN E T
D o peopl e i n your country use the I nternet a l ot? D o you do any shoppi ng on the
I nternet?

D o you thi nk computers hel p soci ety? D o you thi nk computers are bad f or heal th?
COM PUT E RS
H ow do you thi nk computers have changed the worl d?

D o you l i ke to travel ? What ki nd of pl aces have you vi si ted i n your l i f e? Whi ch

T RAVE L pl ace woul d you real l y l i ke to vi si t? Why? What’s the best pl ace you’ve ever
vi si ted?

H ave you ever been to a weddi ng? Whose weddi ng was i t? Where was i t hel d?
What cl othes do peopl e wear? D escri be the weddi ng ceremony. What sort i f gi f ts
WE D D I N G
do peopl e buy f or the bri dal coupl e? What ki nd of cl othes di d the bri de and
groom wear?

D escri be your home. What ki nd of bui l di ng do you l i ve i n? H ow l ong have you

H OM E
l i ved there?

What’s the weather l i ke i n your country? D oes the weather af f ect your mood? H ow
do rai ny days make you f eel ? What’s your f avouri te season of the year? What do
WE AT H E R
you l i ke to do when i t’s hot? What do you usual l y do i n the wi nter? H ow many
seasons does your country have?

What’s speci al about i t? Where i s your hometown l ocated? I s i t easy to travel

around your hometown? What i s i t known f or? What do peopl e i n your town do?
What are the mai n i ndustri es i n your hometown? What probl ems f ace your
H OM E T OWN hometown? What l anguages are spoken i n your hometown? What are the advantages
of l i vi ng i n your hometown? What are some probl ems f aced by your hometown?
Compare your hometown wi th another ci ty. What are some envi ronmental probl ems
f aced by your hometown?
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ST UD I E S What are you studyi ng now? What i s your area of speci al i z ati on?

D escri be your educati on. What ki nd of school di d you go to as a chi l d? D i d you

go to a co-educati onal school ? What was your f avouri te subj ect as a chi l d? Who
E D UCAT I ON
was your f avouri te teacher? What i s the educati on system l i ke i n your country? D o
you thi nk your country has an ef f ecti ve educati on system?

What do you do? What are your responsi bi l i ti es? H ow many hours do you work each
day? D o you enj oy your work? I s there some other ki nd of work you woul d rather do?
I f you coul d change your j ob or prof essi on, what woul d you do? D escri be the
WORK
process of getti ng a j ob i n your country. D escri be the company or organi z ati on you
work f or. What i s your posi ti on? What do you l i ke about your j ob? What do you
di sl i ke about your j ob?

D escri be your f ami l y? D o you have a l arge or smal l f ami l y? H ow much ti me do you
spend wi th your f ami l y? What do you l i ke to do together as a f ami l y? D o you get
F AM I LY
al ong wel l wi th your f ami l y? Are peopl e i n your country general l y cl ose to thei r
f ami l i es?

D escri be an economi c ri sk : What i t was l i ke ? Where i t took pl ace ? When i t took

pl ace ? and expl ai n your opi ni on of i t. E xampl e answers: Wel l , ri ght at present,
whenever you turn on the T V or surf the I nternet, you wi l l i nevi tabl y see a term

E CON OM I C RI SK
"economi c ri sk" appeari ng repeatedl y. I t ori gi nated l ast year i n Ameri ca and now i s
af f ecti ng the whol e worl d. One of the most si gni f i cant i nf l uences i t has exerted on
our l i f e i s the depressi on i n real estate i ndustry. On the one hand, real estate
compani es have a l ot of apartments and f l ats f or sal e. Contrasti ngl y, those who are
i n an urgent need f or houses can not af f ord them. Another i ndustry whi ch i s al so
suf f eri ng f rom thi s economi c cri si s i s stock i ndustry. Peopl e l ose money i n i t due
to the steady decrease i n the pri ce of stock. Consequentl y, peopl e pani c f or the
sake of i t. I n addi ti on, the f i nanci al cri si s al so gi ves ri se to the i ncrease i n the
unempoyment rate. A l ot of f actori es cut down on thei r work f orces i n order to
survi ve thi s cri si s. I n my poi nt of vi ew, al l the governments and i ndi vi dual s shoul d
make j oi nt ef f orts to sol ve the probl em. Our government has been encouragi ng
peopl e to spend money i n order to promote the economi c devel opment. But as an
i ndi vi dual , I guess the best pol i cy i s to save enough money and try to devel op an
economi cal l i f estyl e.