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1.Do you like writing to people?
How often do you write an email or a letter?
Who do you write to?
Do you often write letters?
Who do you write to? (by letter)
Which do you prefer, to write a letter or write an email? (Why? Compare them.)
2.Personal Present Situation:
Are you a student or do you have a job?
a)study
What do you like most about your studies? What is your major?
Which is the best university in China?
Do you think your present subjects are relevant?
b)working
What kind of job would you prefer after graduation?
What are your job prospects?
What do you do for a living?
Describe your job in detail.
Is your job important to you?
Is your job important to you?
If you could, would you change jobs?
If you could, would you change jobs?
Are their possible changes that could affect your job in any way?
Describe an ideal job.
3. Driving
Do you often drive?
Is it necessary to learn driving?
Is it important to drive well?
When would you allow your children to drive?
Describe a skill- driving.
4.Live in a flat or house
Do you live in a flat or a house? What kind of flat? What is outside the windows? what is there on the walls? what can you see when you look out the window? hometown Describe your living place.
5.What do you do in your leisure time?
What relaxation do people around you like?
What kind of activities do people of your country do for relaxation?
Why do people need leisure? Describe a leisure activity
6.Describe a picnic or meal outdoors Park
7.Describe a perfect trip / holiday/ trip planned not so well
8.Film/movie
Do you like watching movies? / How often do you go to the cinema?
Why do you like to watch films?
Do you like to watch films in the cinema or at home?
What kind of films do you like?
Who is your favorite movie star?
What’s the difference between American films and Chinese films?
9.Describe your favorite sport
Talk about a kind of sport. You should say:
What it is?
Whether it is popular?
Who likes it?
10.Party
What is the difference between formal and informal party?
What do you wear to a party?
Do Chinese people often hold parties?
On what occasions do Chinese people have parties?
11. Do you like / enjoy shopping? When was the last time you went shopping?
Where do you go shopping? What kind of shopping do you dislike? What’s the worst part about shopping? What do you think about online shopping? Do you prefer to shop in big stores or small shops?
12. Food
What kinds of food are popular in your country? What is your favorite food ? What’s your favorite food when you were a child? Can you cook? Do you like cooking? Who cooks in your family? Have there been any changes to Chinese food these years? Would you like to try a new food that you have never tried before?
13.Sports
Do you like sports? What sport facilities do you have near your home? Are there any sports you would like to try?
14.Holiday
Do you like holidays? What did you do last holiday? Which country would you like to go to?
15.Reading / Magazine / Newspapers
Did you read a lot in your childhood? What kind of books do you love reading? Why do you think people now read less? How do you get your news? What kind of news do you like?
16. Television
What kind of programs do you watch? What kind of programs did you like watching when you were a child? What are the effects of watching too much television?
17.Do you often go to the cinema? Do you often go to the theater?
What kinds of movies do you like best?
Who is your favorite movie star? Describe him / her.
18. Do you like music?
Do you think music is important?
What kind of music do you enjoy most? How long do you listen to music everyday?
19. FRIENDS
What does friendship mean to you?
Do you have a lot of friends?
Do you prefer to be alone or to be with friends?
Do you prefer to be alone or to be with friends?
Do you prefer to be alone or to be with friends?
What do you usually do with your friends?
What do you usually do with your friends?
Part 3
1. Describe a library
where it is
when you went there
what books and facilities this library has
and explain what you like(d) or dislike(d) about this library.
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What can people read in a library that they can't read in other places?
Even though it might cost a lot to maintain a library, do you think every university should have its own library?
Do you think public libraries should be free of charge?
What are the qualities of a good library?
2.Describe an important success in your life
When /where/what about it
How do you make it?
Why it is important for you
3. Describe your favorite season.
what season it is
what the weather is like at this time
what people usually do at this time (or, what you usually do)
and explain what is special about that season.
4.Describe your favorite movie/movie star Do you often go to the theater?
What kinds of movies do you like best?
Who is your favorite movie star? Describe him / her.
5.Describe a sport event
What is it about?
When did it happen?
Who won the game at the end?
How do you feel about this game?
6.Describe an advertisement that persuaded you to buy a product.
You should say:
What kind of advertisement it was
When and where you saw (or heard) this advertisement
What product you bought
Explain how this advertisement persuaded you to buy that product
7.Describe a member of family who you like to spend time with
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What is the disadvantage in a tight family?
Do you think the government have responsibility to the old people?
8.Describe a famous person that you admire.
You should say:
Who the person is and where he/she lives
What the person does
The things you admire about this person
And explain what you think people can learn from this person.
9.Describe a historical place
when to build
how do you know it
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continue to talk about the historical place topic
10.Describe the place you live—Apartment/ Describe the ideal home that you would like to live in. Where it would be ,what type of house it would be, how you would decorate it and explain what why you would like to live in this kind of home?
11.Describe a life change you would like to make to your job or studies.
What would you choose to change
Why you choose it
How would you go about changing it
And describe what problems you might have changing it.
12.Describe an important stage of your life/ a success
13. Art Do you think the art is important to life?
Can you give an example of arts you learn?
What kind of art do you like?
What kind of art experience did you have when you were young?
What kind of art are you good at?
14.Describe /a friend/someone/an old man you Admire / a hero who is strict with you
15. A Traffic Jam Describe a time when you were caught in a traffic jam. when it happened
where it happened, how you passed the time while waiting
and explain how you felt when you were in that traffic jam. When do traffic jams usually happen? What are the causes of traffic jams?
Compare traveling by car and traveling by bus.
Do you think the problem of traffic congestion will be eased in the future or will it become worse? What would you suggest as possible solutions to the problem of congested traffic?
16.Swimming
Do you like swimming?
Where do (or can) people go swimming in your hometown (or, near your home)?
Why do many people like swimming?
What do you think are the benefits of swimming (or, the benefits of knowing how to swim)?
Describe a place (near where you live) where people go to swim.
You should say:
where this place is
what this place looks like
what kinds of people go there and explain why people choose to go to this place (instead of other places)
17.Clothing What kind of clothes do you like? What’s the difference between the opinions of men and women on clothes? Do you like buying clothes? Do you often wear formal or informal clothes? Do you think that color is important when you buy clothes?
18.Describe a conversation: where is it made , who do you make the conversation with, what is the content of the conversation?
19.Healthy food
how government promote it