Part 1

四大基本话题

Name

1. What is your full name?

2. What is the meaning of your Chinese name?

3. Have you ever changed your name before? Why or why not?

4. Do you want to change your name in the future?

5. What kind of names are popular in your country?

Major/Job

1. Are you studying or working?

2. What is your major? Do you like it?

3. Which subjects do you like and dislike most?

3. What are the difficulties in your study?

4. What would you like to do in the future?

5. What is your job?/ What do you do?

6. Do you love your job? Do you want to change it in the future?

Hometown

1. Where are you from?/ Where do you come from?

2. What is the weather like in your hometown? Any changes on weather in recent years?

3. Could you tell me something about your hometown?

4. Are there any changes happened in your hometown these years?

Flats and Houses

1. Are you living in a flat or a house?

2. Which room do you love most in your flat/ house?

3. If you could redecorate your room, what would you like to do?

4. Do you want to move?

5. What would your dream house be like?

高频及重点话题

Bicycles

1. Do you have a bike?/ Did you have a bike in your childhood?

2. Do you love riding bicycles?

3. What are the benefits of going cycling?

4. Is the bicycle popular in your country?

5. Do you think it will be still popular in the future?

Plant

1. What kind of plant do you like?

2. Are you good at taking care of the plant?

3. Do you know how to plant?

History

1. How do you feel about history? Do you like it?

2. How do you normally get history from?

3. Do you know any historical figure or event?

Politeness

1. Is it important to be polite?

2. Who taught you to be polite when you were little?

3. What kind of kids do you think are well-mannered?

Sunshine & Walking

1. Do you love sunshine?

2. What would you like to do and hate to do under sunshine?

3. Do you love walking?

4. Do you love walking in the city or in the countryside?

Toys

1. Did you have lots of toys in your childhood?

2. Do you keep lots of toys?

3. Why do people love to keep toys?

4. Compare the toys which people had 10 years ago to the present that people now have. What are the differences between them?

Painting

1. Do you love painting?

2. Why do people love hanging pantings on the wall of their rooms?

3. Is it necessary for kids to learn painting?

4. Are there any special techniques required for painting?

5. What can people benefit from painting?

6. Should schools offer some relevant courses?

Parks

1. Do you like going to parks?

2. Are there lots of parks in your hometown?

Relaxation

1. What do you think of relaxation?

2. How do you usually relax?

3. What do you usually do on weekends/ after school/ after work?

4. How do people in your country relax?

5. How do you feel about working on weekends? Should people get some overtime/extra salaries?

6. Are people busy nowadays?

7. When was the last time you were busy?

Housework

1. Who dose housework in your family?

2. Do you do housework at home? What kind of housework do you share at home?

3. Should children help with the housework?

Cooking

1. Who often cooks in your family?

2. Can you cook?/ Do you love cooking?

3. Do you remember the first time you cooked? And what did you cook?

4. Do you think people should learn cooking?

5. How do you feel about Chinese cooking programs?

Sleeping

1. What time do you normally go to sleep?

2. What do you do to help you sleep?/ How to enhance the sleeping quality?

3. How many hours should a person sleep for a day in order to keep fit?

4. Do elder people tend to sleep more or less?

Time & Daily routine

1. What is your most efficient time during a day?

2. What is your daily routine? Do you want to change it and how?

Outdoor activities

1. Do you love doing outdoor activities?

2. Which one do you prefer more, indoor activities or outdoor activities?

3. Which kind of outdoor activities do children love?

Patience

1.What would you like to do when you are waiting for a bus? Will you exhibit some impatience?

2. Are you patient?/ Are people in your country patient?

3. What is the importance of patience?

4. How could people be more patient?

Concentration

1. What is the importance of concentration?

2. How do you concentrate?

3. What factors influence your concentration?

Clothes & Fashion

1. What kind of clothes do you love to wear?

2. Comparing the clothes of your childhood to the present. What are the differences between them?

3. Who chose clothes for you when you were little?

4. Would you consider the influence of different colors when you are buying clothes?

5. Have you ever helped your friends to choose clothes?

6. Do you love fashion?

7. How does fashion affect people’s life?

Cell Phones

1. How often do you usually use your cell phone?

2. Which one do you prefer, making phone calls or texting messages?  

Writing & Letters & Emails

1. Do you like writing?

2. Do you prefer to write letters or e-mails?

3. Do you think that letters will be replaced by emails someday?

Photographs

1. Do you like to take pictures or take pictures of you? And explain why.

2. What kind of pictures do you like taking?

3. What kind of situations do you take photos?

4. Do you like collecting photos?

Trees

1. Are there lots of trees around your place?

2. What are the functions of trees?

3. Do you think it's important to protect trees?

4. Have you ever climbed trees before?

5. What kinds of trees are popular in China?

Flowers

1. Do you love planting flowers?

2. Have you ever planted any flowers before?

News

1. How do you usually get news from?

2. Which one do you prefer, international news or local news?

3. What kind of news do people like to read?

4. Do you want to be a journalist?

Countryside

1. Do you like living in the countryside?

2. What advantages and disadvantages of living in the countryside?

3. What are the changes happened in rural areas these years?

Buildings

1. Which one do you prefer, old buildings or modern buildings?

2. What are the differences between old buildings and modern buildings?

Boating

1. Has it ever occurred to you that you should have a boat?

2. Do you like boating?

Health

1. How do you normally get healthy information?

2. How do you keep fit?/ How do you keep a healthy lifestyle?

3. Do schools have relevant courses to teach students how to keep healthy?

Sports

1. Do you love doing sports?/ What is your favourite sport?

2. What are the benefits of doing sports?

Advertisements

1. How do you feel about advertisements?

2. Are there lots of advertisements in China?

3. What kind of advertisements do you like?

4. Do you love advertisements on TV or in magazines？

5. Do you agree that advertisements can help products to be sold?

Transportations

1. What is your favourite transport?

2. What is the most popular transport in China?

3. What is the main traffic problem in China? And how to solve it?

Singing & Music & Instruments

1. Do you love singing?

2. Who is your favourite singer?

3. Which do you think are more important to a song lyrics or the tune?

4. Any songs you loved in your childhood?

5. Do you love listening to music?

6. What types of music do you prefer?

7. Can you play any instruments?

8. Should kids learn how to play instruments?

TV Programs

1. Do you love watching TV?

2. How often do you watch TV?

3. What kind of TV programs do you like?

Friends

1. Do you like making friends?

2. Do you have lots of friends?

3. What is the importance of friendship?

4. Who are more important to you, friends or families?

Relatives

1. How often do your family relatives meet with each other?

2. What kind of things do you guys normally do when you are together?

3. Friends or relatives, who do you think is more important to you?

Gifts & Birthdays

1. When do Chinese people usually send gifts to each other?

2. What kinds of gifts do Chinese people usually send to each other?

3. What was the best gift you have got?

4. When was the last time you got gifts?

5. Do you like selecting gifts for others?

6. Which one do you prefer, sending gifts or selecting gifts?

7. How do you normally celebrate your birthday?

8. What are the important birthdays for Chinese?

Part 2

People

1. Describe a good parent.

2. Describe a polite person.

3. Describe a person who taught you a thing.

4. Describe a person who has an important job.

5. Describe an interesting person you recently met.

6. Describe a person you love to spend time with.

7. Describe a person you helped.

8. Describe an old person you admire.

9. Describe a famous person in your country.

Animals

Describe a wild animal.

Places

1. Describe a place near a lot of water that you enjoyed visiting.

2. Describe a cafe.

3. Describe a library.

4. Describe a street you went to shopping.

5. Describe a shopping mall.

6. Describe a place you listen to music.

7. Describe a place you study or work at.

8. Describe a crowded place.

9. Describe an interesting country you love (not your own country).

10. Describe a seaside place.

11. Describe a room you spend a lot of time in.

12. Describe your dream house.

13. Describe a tourism attraction in your country.

Events

1. Describe a change you have made recently.

2. Describe an occasion you helped others.

3. Describe a recent happy experience.

4. Describe an important meal you were invited to.

5. Describe an interesting historical event.

6. Describe a picnic or meal that you ate outdoors.

7. Describe a school rule you like or dislike.

8. Describe a party you would like to throw for others.

9. Describe a party you had.

10. Describe a travel by public transport.

11. Describe a childhood game.

12. Describe a performance or show you watched.

13. Describe a healthy lifestyle.

14. Describe a science course you took.

15. Describe a speech you listened to.

16. Describe a story you heard in your childhood.

17. Describe an outdoor activity.

18. Describe a job you want to have in the future.

19. Describe an occasion you were late.

20. Describe a perfect vacation away from home.

21. Describe a decision you took a long time to make.

22. Describe a group/ club you joined.

23. Describe a sports event you watched.

24. Describe a visit you got.

25. Describe a thing you learned from Math.

26. Describe your ideal job.

27. Describe you future plan.

28. Describe a conversation you had with a stranger.

29. Describe a situation of being helped by a stranger.

30. Describe a subject you dislike in high school.

31. Describe an experience of moving to a new house or school.

32. Describe a competition you would like to participate in.

33. Describe a team project you took part in.

34. Describe a family business.

35. Describe your favourite season.

Objects

1. Describe a radio program.

2. Describe a website you browsed recently. / Describe a useful website.

3. Describe a book someone recommends to you.

4. Describe a photograph.

5. Describe a plant in your country.

6. Describe a piece of clothing you wear on a special occasion.

7. Describe a book or a film about future.

8. Describe a kind of useful electronic equipment you bought for your home. (not a computer or TV)

9. Describe a language you would like to learn. (not English or Chinese)

10. Describe a TV program/ film that made you laugh.

11. Describe an advertisement that made you want to buy something.

12. Describe a childhood toy.

13. Describe an important message you received by phones/ emails/ texts.

14. Describe a thing you bought but you are not satisfied with.

15. Describe a gift you gave to others.

16. Describe a gift you got.

17. Describe a thing that helped you to learn a foreign language.

18. Describe a thing you can’t live without (not computers or cellphones).

19. Describe a piece of art.

20. Describe a sculpture.