- 1. What’s your name?
- 2. Does your name have any special meaning?
- 3.swhereswere you come from?
- 4. What kind of landscape surrounds your hometown?
- 5. What is the main crop in your hometown?
- 6. What is the difference between Beijing and your hometown?
- 7. What are the main places of interest in your hometown?
- 8. What is the climate like in your hometown?
- 9. What is the character of the people like in the regionswheresyou live?
- 10. What are the differences in accent between the people of your hometown and Beijing?
- 11. What is people’s favorite food in your region?
- 12. How do you make dumplings?
- 13. What do you do during the Spring Festival?
- 14. Why is the Spring Festival so important to Chinese people?
- 15. Can you describe one of the main festivals celebrated in your country?
- 16. Tell me something about the Lantern Festival.
- 17. Tell me something about the Qing Ming Festival.
- 18. Tell me something about the customs of your country.
- 19. How long have you lived in Beijing?
- 20. What is the weather like in Beijing?
- 21. How do you compare the climate in Beijing with that in your hometown?
- 22. What place in Beijing do you like best? Why ?
- 23. Which is the worst place you’ve been to China?
- 24. Which is the best place you’ve been to China?
- 25. What places in Beijing should a foreigner visit? Why?
- 26. What are the major social problems in Beijing? How can they be solved?
- 27. What is the biggest problem China faces?
- 28. What places in Beijing should a foreigner visit? Why?
- 29. Could you tell me something about your family?
- 30. Have you any children?
- 31. What is your child’s name? Does his name have a meaning?
- 32. What does your wife/husband do?
- 33. When did you get married?
- 34. Describe your wedding.
- 35. How have weddings changed in recent years?
- 36. Are there any special customs about wedding in your region?
- 37. Describe a traditional wedding ceremony.
- 38.swheresdid you go for your honeymoon?
- 39. Did you have to ask for permission from your parents before you got married?
- 40. Is it acceptable for couples to live together without marrying?
- 41.swheresdo you think a newly couple should live? Living with their parents or on their own?
- 42. What responsibilities should a couple take?
- 43. How do Chinese usually celebrate birthdays?
- 44. Are there any traditions concerning the birth of a baby?
- 45. What kind of parent do you intend to be?
- 46. What do you think of One-Child Policy in China?
- 47. Why do people in China traditionally want to have a son?
- 48. What difficulties do Chinese farmers have concerning their old age?
- 49. What do you think needs to be done insgroupsto relieve the farmer’s worries?
- 50. What hope or fears do you have for your children?
- 51. What sort of culture do you hope your child will grow up in?
- 52. Are you going to bring up your child differently from the way you were brought up? How?
- 53. Do you enjoy shopping?
- 54. Who does most of the shopping in your family?
- 55. What are you good at cooking? What is your favorite dish?
- 56. Who does most of cooking in your family?
- 57. Is there sex discrimination in China?
- 58. How do you sum up women’s conditions in China?
- 59. What are the causes of sex discrimination?
- 60. Should government pay certain salaries to those housewives? Why or why not?
- Would you want your wife to continue with her career or to stay at home taking care of the household
after you get married?
- 62. Have you ever wished to be one of the opposite sex? Why (why not)?
- 63. What would you do if your next-door neighbour were noisy nearly all the time?
- 64. Do you have a lot of friend?
- 65. What does friendship mean to you? What kind of people do you make friend with?
- 66. What is your major?
- 67. How do you like your major?
- 68. When andswheresdid you graduate? What qualifications have you obtained?
- 69. Do you still remember your school days?
- 70. What impressed you most when you were at university?
- 71. Which is the best university in your country?
- 72. Could you sum up your own study habits in a few points?
- What do you think of the practice of setting up key schools in primary and secondary school education in China?
- 74. Do you think the subjects you are studying today are relevant to present-day society? Why ?
- 75. What do you think education should be? Should it be a process of learning what is useful for your future life or should it be simply learning for enjoyment? Why?
- 76. What do you do for a living?
- 77. What do you do in the office every day?
- 78. Since your job seems too professional to me, could you explain it in detail?
- 79. What are your job prospects?
- 80. If you had the opportunity to change your job, what would you do with it?
- 81. Do you have any ambitious?
- 82. Will any possible future changes affect your job in any way?
- 83. What are your spare time interests?
- 84. How do you spend your weekends?
- 85. What is your favorite sport? What are the rules?
- 86. What is the most popular sport in your country?
- 87. What are the sporting facilities like in your university/Beijing?
- 88. What do you know about Qigong? Do you believe in Qigong?
- 89. What do you do in your spare time?
- 90. Do you often read newspapers? If not, why ones do you read?
- 91. What do you think of computer?
- 92. Do you think computer has changed our life so much?
- 93. Do you often go to the cinema/theatre?
- 94. What kind of films do you like best?
- 95. Do you often watch TV? What is your favorite program?
- 96. Do you think watching TV too much is a waste of time?
- 97. What kind of music do you enjoy?
- 98. Who is your favorite film star? Will you describe him/her to me?
- 99. Do you enjoy travelling?
- 100.swhereshave you been travelling to? Which place interested you most?
- 101. Do you smoking?
- 102. Do you think smoking is a problem that needs special attention and has to be solved? If so, why?
- 103. What do you know about XXX?
- 104. What problem do you think you will have in XXX?
- 105. How will you overcome the difficulties?
- 106. Do you think you will be able to cope with English-demands of your intended study program in XXX?
- 107. What difficulties do you think you’ll encounter in your studies in XXX ?
- 108. Can you imagine what life in Britain/Canada/Australia/London, etc. would be like?
- 109. How will you fare in Britain/Canada/Australia, etc. without your family?
- 110. What do you intend to study?
- 111. Which university are you going to study at?
- 112. Why did you choose this university?
- 113.swheresare you going to study in XXX?
- 114. What are you plans in XXX?
- 115. What is your research proposal all about?
- 116. What do you hope for most from your study abroad?
- 117. Will your study abroad help your job prospects after come back to China?
- 118. Should you study more theory or do more practice? Give your reasons, please.
- 119. What kind of differences in the cultures are you expecting between China and the XX?
- 120. How will your study in Britain benefit your work in China when you come back to China?
- 121. What do you intend to do after you finish studying?
- 122. What will be your main problem when you are study in a foreign country?
- 123. What problem can you foresee in the future when you come back to China?
- 124. Will there be any adjustment problems in your life when you come back to China? If so, what are they?
- 125. Will you have to make any changes in your work/life when you come back to China?
- 126. Do you think there will be a gap between your knowledge gained in China and the level of knowledge you are going
to encounter on arrival? If so, what will it be?
- 127. What do you think of the future of China keeps an open policy?
- 128. What do you regard as the most significant events in your country’s recent history?
- 129. Are there any special places you want to see in Canada? What are they?
- 130. What do you especially want to do in Canada?
- 131. How do you like your life in ******* University?
- 132. What do you think of the training in the university?
- 133. In what way do you think university training is helpful or falls short?
- 134. What aspect of English do you find the most difficult?
- 135. Do you find American English easier to understand than Britain English?
- 136. What sports are played in your country?
- 137. Could you describe the traditional architecture of your country?
- 138. What role dose religion play in everyday life in your country?
- 139. What would you regard as the most significant events in your country’s recent history?
- 140. How aware do you think people are nowadays about environmental issues?
- 141. Could you tell me why you chose to study at the university of ****?
- 142. What role dose tourism play in your country’s economy?
- 143. How serious is unemployment in your country?
- 144. In your opinion, what are the most serious problems associated with modern life?
- 145. What do you think have been the most important changes in your field over the past 5 years?
- 146. What are you going to major in ?
- 147. Are you going to do your own cooking when you are at university?
- 148. Some local students feel that overseas students get preferential treatment. What is your opinion?
- 149. Do you think you will be able to cope with the English-language demands of your intended program?
- 150. What do you think are the main causes of road accidents?
- 151. Do you think the government is doing enough to prevent road accidents?
- 152. As there are more and more private cars, what do you think the government should do insgroupsto encourage citizens to use public transport?
- 153. How do you see yourself in ten years’time?
- 154. Have you ever thought to have your own business?
- 155. What business do you hope to have?
- 156. Do you know about any policies about opening a business abroad?
- 157. What are your plans for your future?
- 158. Why do you think there are more and more people leaving to immigrate to other countries?
- 159. Is it good for China that so many people are going to other countries?
- 160. Will your life change a lot after you immigrate to XXX?
- 161. What will you do if you are ill abroad?
- 162. Do you know what to do in case of emergency?
- 163. What will do if you cannot find a job in XXX?
- 164. Why do you want to immigrate to XXX?
- 165. What will you do after the IELTS test?
- 166. What will do if you fail the IELTS test?
- 167. How long have you been learning English?
- 168. What troubles you most at the moment?
- 169. Does your family support your decision on going XXX? What help do they offer?
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