1.Name
What is your full name?
Does your Chinese name have any special meaning?
Do you think you would change your name in the future?
2. Study or work
Do you work or Are you a student?
If student: What subjects or major are you studying? Do you like your subjects /major?
If work: What do you do? Do you want to change your job in future?
3. Hometown
Where are you from?
Are there any special places in your hometown?
Is your hometown suitable for young/old people to live in?
Have there been any changes happened in your hometown in the past years?
4. Weather and season
What weather do you like the most?
How is the weather like in your hometown?
Is there any change about the weather this year compared to the past?
What season do you like the most?
What do you usually do in your favorite season?
5. Keeping fit
How do you keep fit?
Do schools have courses that teach people how to keep fit?
How do people that you know keep fit?
6.Color
What colors do you like the most?
Do you prefer dark colors or light colors?
When people shop, will color influence their choice?
If you redecorated your room, what color would you choose to paint the wall?
7. Sports
Do you like doing sports?
What is your favorite sport?
Do you like doing outdoor activities? If yes, what outdoor activities do you like?
What can you benefit from doing sports?
8. Museum
Do you like going to museum?
What kinds of museum do you like to go to?
What can people benefit from going to museums?
Do you think museums should be free for the public to go to?
9. Internet and computer
Do you use computer a lot? How often do you use computer?
What do you use computer for most of the time?
How has Internet had an impact on people’s life?
10. Clothes and fashion
What types of clothes do you like the most?
Do you always buy clothes that are expensive or not?
Do you like fashion?
How does fashion affect our life?
11. Cooking & Healthy food
Can you cook?
Who does most of the cooking at home?
Do you think young people should learn how to cook?
What is healthy food?
What kind of food is your favorite?
Do you have three meals regularly every day?
12.Flower
Do Chinese people like to send flowers to others as gifts?
Have you ever sent flowers to people?
What kinds of flowers are popular in China? What are the meanings of those flowers?
Are fake flowers popular in China?
13. Dancing
Can you dance?
Do you like dancing? Why or why not?
What kinds of dances do Chinese people do a lot?
What can people benefit from dancing?
14. Postcards
Do you like sending postcards to people?
What are the functions of sending postcards to others?
Can sending e-mail replace sending postcard? And why?
15. Car and Driving
Can you drive? (If yes, have you tried to drive to long distance? )
Do you prefer driving a car or sitting in a car as a passenger?
Do you have a car? If you do, what brand is your car? What type of car it is?
Do you want to change a new car? If yes, what is the new type that you want to change into?
16. Bags
What type of bags do you like to use?
Why do you like this type of bags?
Are there any differences between the bags used by boys(men) and girls (women)?
17. Living
Do you live in a house or an apartment?
Which room do you like the most at home?
If you redecorated the room, how would you do it?
Do you like inviting people to hang out? What do you usually do when friends coming over?
Do you prefer living in the city or in the rural area?
18.Relatives
Do you have a lot of relatives?
Do you stay in touch with a lot of relatives?
Who do you think is more important to keep a good relationship with, relatives or neighbors?
Do you think your relationship will be influenced if not contacting each other for a long time?
19. Toy
What kinds of toys did you have when you were a child?
What kinds of toys could help to develop children’s intellect?
How did toys affect someone’s childhood?
What other kinds of activities did you play in your childhood?
20. Primary school
Where did you study primary school?
What subject did you like the most when you were in primary school?
Do you still go back to your primary school for a visit?
Do you still stay in touch with your classmates from primary school?
21. Entertainment
How do people in your hometown entertain themselves?
Where will you go when you try to have some entertainments?
Have you been to any places for entertainments lately?
What are the differences between entertainment in the past and the one we have nowadays?
Can you see what entertainment will be like in the future?
22. Birthday
How do people in your country celebrate birthdays?
When was the most memorable birthday you had?
Have the ways people celebrate birthdays been changed in the past years? And how?
23. Drawing
Can you draw pictures?
Are there any special techniques required for drawing?
What can people benefit from drawing?
Should children learn drawing? And Why?
24. Weekend
What do you do during the weekend?
Are there any changes about how people spend their weekend compared with the way they did in the past?
Do you think people should get extra pay for working during the weekend?
25. Transport
What means of transportation do you like to use?
Is there more private transport or more public transport in your hometown?
What is the problem of traffic in your hometown these days?
How is the future of the traffic condition in your hometown?
26. Happiness
What is happiness?
Is happiness related to money?
How should people gain more happiness in life you think?
27.Shopping and online shopping
Do you like going shopping?
Do you like to shop online?
What are the features of shopping online?
What can be improved about online shopping in the future?
Part 2 Cue Card Monologue
人物题(普通人名人动物)
A good neighbor
Favorite singer/musician/music band
Someone you want to talk to
A famous person in your country
A couple having a happy marriage
An interesting old man
A teenager
A child
A leader you admire
A character you know from TV or a film
A person who made a wrong decision
An interesting wild animal in your country
地点题
An ideal house/a beautiful house or apartment you’ve visited
A river/lake/sea you know well
A street in a village, town or city you know well
A city you visited
A natural beauty
An important city in your country
A historical place
A park or garden you visited
A museum
A restaurant
A foreign place you want to go to
物品题(实际物品+抽象物品)
A vehicle you’d like to own
An interesting old family photo
An electronic equipment (not computer)
A book you want to read again
A toy
A gift you gave to a friend
A piece of furniture
A kind of foreign food you’d like to try
A work of art
Your favorite way of communication (phone call, text message, e-mails)
A film telling the story about a real person/event
A TV program you watch regularly
A song that is meaningful to you
An advertisement
Favorite newspaper or magazine
Favorite website
Favorite season / weather
事件题
A situation of being polite
Sth. making you laugh
Favorite science course
A historic event
A sport event
A happy travel in childhood
An unusual job you’d like to try
A training session or course you had
A special meal you had
Favorite time during the day
An important stage in life
A cultural event
A project or a group activity that you did with others
Something difficult but you did well
A wrong decision made by a person you know
A best way for relaxation
Unforgettable birthday party
A future plan(not with work or study)