Historical place
Why do people go to historical places?
Which is your country’s most famous historical place?
Should people pay entrance fees to historical places?
Could you tell me about a famous historical place that you have visited?
What place it was?
Where it is located?
What about that place interests you the most?
Do you agree that people must pay to visit these historical places and museums?
Do you think TV is a good medium to learn about the history of any place?
Do you think parents should teach their children about history?
Do you think history should be taught at school?
Do you think people are keen on visiting historical places?
Describe a seaside place you want to visit
How to save water?
Does the urban area consume more water than the rural area?
Does china face the problem of water scarcity?
Describe a concert hall
Why is it important to preserve historic buildings?
Describe your ideal house
When was it built?
Should the government invest in maintaining the historical places?
Should government invest in creating more employment?
What kind of housing do most Chinese people live in?
Where is the housing?
What are the differences between the architectural styles in the different areas in China?
Should a company design its own buildings?
Describe a room occupied by your friend
Describe a polluted place.
Describe a peaceful place. (How often do you go there? What do you do there? Explain why you like it.)
Describe a historical building.
Describe a modern building.
Would you compare modern buildings and old buildings?
Do you like high buildings?
Arts
Do you think arts are important for people in the modern society?
Do you think you can make money from your art?
How do the elderly and the young view arts?
Describe a handicraft
Describe a children’s song
Describe an oil painting
Stages in life
Describe an important conversation you had in the past.
What was the situation?
Who did you talk to?
Why is it important to you?
Describe a stage of life you enjoyed
When was it?
Who did you live with?
What did you do?
Why do you think the stage is important or enjoyable?
When does a child become an adult?
What cannot you do when you become an adult?
Do you think the law is reasonable?
If you want to make changes, when is the timing?
Describe a happy event in your childhood
Describe a family event.
Would it be a shame to forget tradition?
Is it good for companies to hire elderly people?
What role do elderly people play at home?
Do young people change their attitude towards the elderly now?
Education
Describe a science class
When did you attend it?
What was it about?
What do you think of distance learning?
What do you think of home studying?
What should the parents do to help their children if they choose home teaching?
Do your parents help you when you study at home?
Do you think studying at home is a good way to acquire knowledge for adults?
Do you think studying at home is becoming more popular? Why?
What is your favorite subject?
Should youngsters learn science? Why?
Do you think boys can learn science better?
When should students learn science?
Should students learn history?
How do we acquire the knowledge of history nowadays?
What’s the point of acquiring the knowledge of history?
Films with historical themes are very popular now. What do you think about them?
Should history films retell authentic stories or should the stories be dramatized?
How do the dramatized stories affect children?
Language learning
Describe something useful for your English learning.
How do you learn a new language?
Who do you learn with?
Is learning a second language important?
Will the learning of a new language change your understanding of local culture?
In your opinion, which languages will become more popular in the future?
What are the benefits of learning a foreign language?
Are there any differences between the way the young and the elderly learn a language?
Educational trip
Can students benefit from educational visits?
Should schools organize the visits?
What’s your suggestion?
What roles do parents play in a family?
Health
Do people live healthy life styles in China?
Are people healthier now than before?
Are PE lessons necessary for students?
Abstract
Describe a piece of advice
What kind of advice do you usually follow?
Who usually give advice?
Where does the advice lead you?
How to make young people follow wise advice?
Nowadays, do the elderly give advice to children or vice versa?
Is it important to give young people advice?
Who often give advice in your community?
Is old people’s advice more important than young people’s?
History
How do you and children learn history?
Describe a local history.
A conversation
What did you talk about?
Whom did you talk with?
Describe the different way of talking between man and woman.
Describe the quality of speaker.
Describe the relevant of two speakers.
A success
How do you make a success?
How should we define success?
Is result more important than process when you pursue success?
Does success lead to stress?
A speech
Why do people feel nervous when delivering a speech?
Who should give speeches to children?
Describe an important conversation you had.
Are there any communication differences between males and females?
Do you think communication skills are important?
Help
Tell me about an experience of helping someone
Do you often help people?
Do you think people are less willing to help others? Is it good?
How should parents encourage their kids to help others?
Do people usually do volunteer work in China?
What do you think of the volunteer work in China?
Describe a sound in nature.
Object
Clothes
Describe what you wore on a special occasion
What it was
Where you bought it
Whether people thought it was good or not
Do you still keep it now?
On what occasions do people wear informal or formal clothes?
Do you think you can judge people’s character by what they wear? How?
Describe something special you would like to buy in the future.
Describe an electric appliance.
Describe a photo.
Describe something you made by yourself.
Describe an important (post) cards or letter you received.
Describe a school you went at childhood.
Do you like wearing watches?
What do you feel when you are late?
