《华二口语话题库》doc版.doc

话 题 库一、 Part OneNames 1. Who gave you your name?2. Does your name have any particular (or special ) meaning?3. Do you like your name?4. In your country, do people feel that their name is very important?Hometown5. Where do you live now? What are the advantages and disadvantages of living there?6. What places would you recommend a visitor to go to in your city / hometown?7. Have recent social changes created any problems in the place you live in?8. What changes have you seen in the past few years in your town?9. What kind of landscape surrounds your hometown? What is the climate like in your hometown?/ What is the weather like in your hometown?10. What are the main places of interest in your hometown?House and Home1. What kind of housing/accommodation do you live in ? How do you feel about it?2. Could you describe your home?3. If you were given a choice, what sort of house would you like to live in? why?4. (If you answer you havent lived there long ) Whats the difference between where you are living now and where you have lived in the past?5. Which room does your family spend most of the time in?6. Are the transport facilities to your home very good?7. Could you describe the traditional architecture of your country?8. Whats your opinion about the sharp raising price of houses?Neighbors1. Do you know all your neighbors?2. How often do you see (or talk to ) your neighbors?3. Do you think its important (or necessary) to know your neighbors?4. Do you think its important for a person to have a good relationship with their neighbors?5. How well do you get along with your neighbors?6. What are the benefits of having good relationships with ones neighbors?7. What sorts of problems can people have with their neighbors8. In what ways can neighbors help each other?9. Have you ever asked a neighbor for a help?10. Would you prefer to have young people as your neighbors, or old people?Schools1. Can you describe your school?2. What are some of the most popular activities at your school?3. What subjects do you like best in your school?4. And which subject did you like the least?5. Which subject do you think is the most useful for your future?6. What part of your school education do you appreciate most?7. Why do you choose to attend No.2 Secondary School Attached to East China Normal University?8. What impressed you most when you are at your school?9. What are the best and the worst memories you have of your primary or secondary school days?Leisure Activities/ Hobbies1. What do you do in your spare time?2. What are your spare time interests/hobbies?3. How do you spend your leisure time?/How do you spend your weekends? /What do you like doing at the weekend?4. Do you think modern lifestyles give people enough time for leisure?5. Do you think people today have more time to relax than in the past?6. Do you think its important for people to have leisure time?7. What do you think are the good points and the possible bad points about having leisure time?TV1. Whats your favorite TV programmer?2. Do you think television has changed in the past few years?3. Possibly do you think television has changed since you were a child?4. Has television changed your life in any way? Internet/ Computers1. How and where do you go onto the internet?2. What do you do on the internet? Have you bought anything on the internet?3. Is there anything that s not so good about on the internet?4. In general, what impact does the internet have on people s lives?5. What kinds of people most often use the internet ?6. How computers influenced/ changed your life in any way?7. Do you think computers have changed our lives for the better?8. Do you think a computer can give you better access to knowledge?9. Computers are now used a lot in education. What do you think of this?10. Do you think computers are perfect now or do they still need to be improved?News1. Are you interested in the news? What sorts of news are you most interested in?2. Why do you want to know the latest news?3. How important is it to you to get the news everyday?4. Through what kind of media do you usually get your news?5. What sections of the newspaper do you usually read?6. Besides newspaper, what are some other ways people get news?7. Which do you think is more important, domestic news or international news?Music1. Do you like to sing?2. What kind of music do you enjoy?3. Are the lyrics (words) of the songs important to you?4. How do you feel when you listen to this music?5. Have you ever been to a musical performance?Photography1. Do you prefer to take photos yourself or to have other people take photos?( why?)2. How did you become interested in photography?3. Do you prefer to take pictures of people or scenery?4. Do you frame any of your photos?5. Do you prefer to send postcards to people or send photos that you took yourself?History1. What historical event do you find most interesting?2. Do you like to watch programs on TV about history?3. Do you think one can really learn history from films or TV programs?4. Can you name a person from history who you would like to learn more about?5. Why would you like to learn more about him/ her?Traveling1. Do you like/enjoy traveling? Where have you been to?2. Which country/place would you most like to visit?3. Which parts of China would you recommend a foreigner to visit?4. Have you ever been to another country? Where did you go?5. Which is the best place youve been to in China?/ Which place do you like best?6. What do you like to do when you visit an unfamiliar place?Cooking1. Who does most of the shopping / cooking in your family?2. What is the favorite food in your family?3. What cooking experience have you had?4. Do you think children should help their parents prepare meals?Others1. Do you like reading? What kind of books do you read?2. What is your favorite sport? What are the rules?3. Do you often go to the cinema/ theatre?4. What kind of films do you like best?5. Who is your favorite film star? Will you describe him/her to me?6. How do people usually spend their free time in your country?Ambitions1. Do you have any ambitions?2. If you could start your life again, would you do anything different?3. What do you see yourself doing in ten years time?4. Have you ever thought to have your own business? What kind of business do you hope to have?5. How do you want to develop your career?Future Plan1. What are your plans for your future?2. What do you intend to do after you finish studying?Living/Studying Abroad1. Which country do you intend to go to?2. What are you going to major in?3. Which university are you going to study at?4. Why do you want to study abroad?5. What will be your main problem when you are studying in a foreign country?6. Some Chinese students feel that overseas students get preferential treatment. What is your opinion?7. What kind of culture shocks do you think will be probably encountered in western world? How will you overcome them?Language1. What aspect of English do you find the most difficult?2. Do you think foreign language learning is important?3. Do you think you will be able to cope with the English-language demands of your intended program?4. How do you think language should be learned?Friendship1. Do you have a lot of friends?2. What does friendship mean to you?3. What kind of people do you make friends with?4. What would you do if your next door neighbor were noisy nearly all the time?Being busy1. Have you been very busy recently?2. Do you prefer to be busy or to have nothing to do?3. Was there a time when you felt stressed out (or , under pressure) because of a busy schedule?4. How do you handle stress?5. (Similar to above,