Part 1 Q & A

1．Name

What is your name?

Does your name have any special meanings?

Do you think you would change your name in the future?

2.Studies/Major 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

What kind of weather do you like?

What is the weather like in your hometown?

How has the weather changed in the past years?

5. Family

How many people are there in your family? Who are they?

How is the relationship in your family?

How would you and your family work things out when you have problems?

6. Friends

Do you have a lot of friends?

How do you make friends?

How can you make friends with foreigners?

How do you keep your relationship with friends?

7. 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?

8. Building

Do you like architecture (buildings)?

Do people in your country prefer traditional buildings or modern ones?

What is your favorite traditional building?

9. Countryside

Do you like living in the countryside?

Why do some people like living in the countryside?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in the countryside?

Will it be a trend for more people to move to the countryside?

10. Park

Are there any parks in your neighborhood?

Do you like going to parks?

What usually do people do in parks?

11. Housework

Do you do housework at home?

What kind of housework would you do at home?

Who do most of the housework at home?

Do you think children should do some housework? (Why? )

12. Cooking & Food

Can you cook?

Do you think people should learn cooking?

Do people in your country prefer eating at home or eating out in restaurant?

What kind of diet do you like?

What makes a healthy diet?

13. Clothes and fashion

What types of clothes do you like the most?

Do you always buy clothes that are expensive or not?

When you buy clothes, would you think of the influence of different colors?

Do you like fashion?

How does fashion affect our life?

14. Shopping & On-line shopping

Do you like shopping?

Where do you like to go when you shop?

How often do you go shopping?

Do you like shopping on-line? (Why?)

What are the advantages and disadvantages of on-line shopping?

15. Public 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?

16. Sleeping

What time do you usually go to sleep?

How long should a person sleep every day in order to be healthy?

What would you do if you could not fall asleep?

How can the elderly keep the quality of sleeping in their life?

17. Daily Routine

What is your typical day like?

Which period of time of the day do you like the most?

What would you do during your favorite period of the day?

18. Driving & Cars

Can you drive?

Do you prefer sitting at the back as a passenger or sitting in the front as the driver?

Have you ever had the experience of driving long distance?

Do you like cars?

What kind of cars would you like to own?

What kind of cars do people in your country like the most?

19. Music & Musical Instrument

Do you like music?

When appreciating music, do you prefer going to the Concert Hall or staying at home?

Can you play any musical instrument? Would you like to study a certain type of it?

What can people benefit from playing musical instruments?

20. TV Program

Do you like watching TV?

What type of TV program do you like the most?

Do people in your family like the same type of TV programs?

21. Photography

Do you prefer taking photos of others or taking photos of yourself?

Do you like collecting photos?

22. 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?

23. Dancing

Can you dance?

What kind of dance is popular in your country nowadays?

Are there any famous traditional dances in your country?

How can people preserve the traditional dance from one generation to another?

24. Museum

Do you like going to museums?

What kind of museum do you like to go?

Do you think museums should be free for the public to go? (Why? Or Why not? )

25. Boating

Have you ever traveled by boat?

Are there a lot of boats in your country?

What are the differences between traveling by boat and traveling by other means of transportation?

26．Postcard

Do you like postcards?

Have you received any postcards from friends?

Is there any difference between sending postcard and sending letter?

27. Concentration

How can people concentrate well when they study or work?

How do you usually maintain your concentration?

Is concentration important for doing any kind of work?

28. Patience

Do you think you are patient?

How could people be more patient?

Is patience important in life? (Why?)

29. Bags

Do you like using bags in your daily life?

What types of bags do you like the most?

Have you ever lost any bags before?

Are there any differences between the bags people use these days and the ones in the past?

30. Art

Do you like art?

What types of art do you like the most?

Are there any art gallery in your neighborhood?

Do you think there should be more galleries open for the public?  

31. Stress

Do you like being busy or being relaxed?

When will you be the busiest?

Do you feel stressful when you are busy?

32. Writing

Do you like writing?

What did you write the most in school?

Should children learn to have the habit of writing?

33. Trees & Forest

What kinds of trees are there in your country?

What trees do people like in your country?

Are there any meanings of some trees?

Have you been to the forest before?

34. Advertisement  

What kinds of advertisement are there in your city?  

Do you think advertisement can help products to be sold?

       Would you be influenced by advertisements when you decide to buy certain product?  

What are the advantages and disadvantages of advertisements?

35. Toy

What kind of toys did you like the most in your childhood?

Why do some adults save toys you had from the past?

What are the differences between toys in the past and toys children play these days?

36. Happiness

What is happiness in your opinion?

Are people with a lot of money happier?

How to make yourself happier?

37. Mobile phone

How often do you use mobile phone?

Do you prefer making phone calls or sending text messages?

Do you think phones will be taken place in the future?

38. News

How do you usually get news from?

Would you read news from the Internet?  

What do you think of Internet News?

39. Computer &Internet

How often do you use computer?

What would you usually do when you go on line?

What influence has Internet brought to people’s life?

40. Gift

Do Chinese people like sending gifts to others?

When will people send gifts to others?

How do people select gifts?

Do you like receiving gifts?

Part 2 Cue Card Monologue

人物题

1. An old person you respect

2. A good parent

3. A polite person you know

4. A good neighbor

5. Someone having an important job

6. A person who became your friend on the first day you met

7. Someone who taught you a useful skill

8. A teenager you know

9. A couple having a happy marriage    

10. An interesting person you know

11. Your favorite musician/singer/music band

12. A famous/successful person in your country

13. A leader you admire

14. A person in news you want to meet

15. An interesting wild animal

地点题

1. An interesting foreign country

2. A city (you want to go to/you have been to)

3. A seaside place you’d like to visit

4. A place you studies or worked in

5. A café

6. A library

7. A place you go for music

8. A shopping street

9. A crowded place

10. A room you spent most of your time in

11. A river/lake/part of sea you like

12. A natural beauty

13. A ancient building

物品题

1. A book (someone recommended to you/you want to read again)

2. An interesting family photo

3. A toy that was important to you in childhood

4. A piece of Clothing you like

5. An electronic equipment you bought for your house

6. An important plant in your country

7. A gift (you gave to a friend/a friend game you)

8. A vehicle you’ d like to buy

9. Something expensive you bought

10. A school rule

11. A TV program or film making you laugh

12. An advertisement making you buy something

13. A radio program

14. An important message you received

15. A useful website

16. A song that is meaningful to you

17. Something keeping you healthy (sport)

18. A performance you watched

19. A childhood game you often played

20. A story someone told you when you were a child

21. A job you’d like to try

22. A foreign language you’d like to learn(not English)

　　事件题

1. An interesting historic event

2. An outdoor activity

3. A talk or speech you listened to

4. A change you made recently

5. A perfect holiday

6. A trip by public transport

7. A situation of being late

8. A home visit at your home

9. A special meal

10. A picnic you took part in

11. A party you’d like to throw

12. A happy event taking place recently

13. A situation you helped someone/someone who helped you

14. A science class

15. A math lesson/something important you learned from a math lesson

16. A wedding you took part in

17. A sport event

18. Bad weather you experienced